The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-18
THIS THE PLACE TO BUY IN
yBAr VISITING MERCHANTS SAY OF
MEN FORK.

NEW YORK,
,o u,rLct In the United states Like it-rbcy
Detnu some OF ITS AdvnntnRca-More Out-or.
ToNn Bu, ers Here Now Than Ever Before
Effects or the Cheap haic MoNcp,ent.
Several hundred merchants who had taken
advantage OF the Merchants Association re.
duced.rate movement 10 visit this city were the
guests Of the Erie Railroad Company yesterday
nm n tour about tho hagbor. The tour was In.
tended to show the merchants the city's superior
facilities for handling freight. The party wont
mn and down the two rivers and expressed the
orcntcst admiration for what they saw. The
out.oftown men agreed that commercially New
York was the greatest city In tho country, and
,bat 4, wa, after all, tho only market for a
business man to trade in. Among the mer-
Chants who went on the trip were Some of the
hest known Wcstcrners who have come here
sincr the reduced. rate system took effect.
The Merchants Association grows daily.
Seven hundred applications for membership
were received from out-of.towners yesterday.
when these are passed on the total nonresident
membership will be 81, 600. Tho resident list is
nav over $50 and the applications are coming
IN nj the rate OF twenty.one II day. The Advisory
BOARD OF the association met yesterday and de-
cidcd to form itself into subcommittee for the
purposc OF adding to tho local membership from
the different trades now represented on tho
bo,rd. This. 1t is believed. will serve to add
very largely to the local membership list. The
board passed resolutions of regret At the death
of Abraham Stcinhardt. one OF its members
who died OH sunday.
The action Of the Southern Pacific Company
fl deciding to sell tickets over all points reached
BY its Atlantic system to st. Louis or Chicago
bet tween the dates when tho second series of the
excursions from joint traffic territory will be
run, which dates are from Aug. % to Aug. 81,
Inclusive. opens up a very wide section of coun-
try in the Southwest where heretofore no con-
cessions have been granted at all. The Southern
Pacific Company S Atlantic system reaches the
extreme western part of Texas at Fl Paso. 1t
runs clear across the State. with connections to
southern Texas and Mexico, with direct
branches to nearly all the Gulf ports, including
Galveston. and with branches tapping other
sections OF Texas north of the main line, and
a.so operates q line of steamers from New Or
leans to New York.
The Atlantic system operates six different
railroads. aggrcgating 1854 miles of track. Its
steamship mileage is $3.50. SO that the total
miles. This will be a boon to several thousand
merchants who live in the territory on or near
Cor pam 'T roads w6o othe erS i8ut would ri have
been unable to have reached either st. Louis or
Chicago. &c, as to avail themselves at those
points OF the reduccd-rate tickets, except by
paying full fare from their homes to those cities.
The influx Of merchants from out of town
continues undated. According to the records,
going back for n period of twelve years. the
largest number of such merchants registering
IN this city on any one day was 225. On Monday
including the rooms of the Merchants Associa-
ton. $50 visiting merchants. oIbuyers., which
atOut 100 registered at the rooms OF the AIer-
chants Association during that day.
Of prosperity in their respective sections Sc nI.' and
there can no longer be any doubt that q big i'm
groyement has come, and come to stay. A. NJ.
This is the first time I have been in New
York. The Merchants Association and its work
were tho instruments which brought me here.
The market in the cloak district is surprisingly
low. In other lines there is an upward tendency
ahead Of last year. The farmers in our territory
are a thrifty set. and as crops have been good
ior several seasons We nave not feltthe so-called
S. B. Brown Of Brown s. Son, dry goods mer.
H mSst agree Gt eG 9has t Se% S Sai: is tSe le "A d msT SarRs,
In the United States. I have been buying in II
for years. Freight charges and high passenger
rates arc the causes that keep most out-of.town
vantages OF this great market.
willie. KY, said: Business Is Improving. The
crops. are our chief product and they are in
eisted: General conditions look better than at
said: :HsricultEure in our State is In fine oondi,
tion. Last year the wheat was very poor, sell.
ing at So cents a bushel. This year 1t is prime.
and is selling at s. cents. This is my first trip
to New York. The market for carpets is beyond
my expectation. Prices are higher, but this is
more OF a benefit than otherwise"
D. +. Clement. dry goods merchant, OF Horton.
Kan. said: This is my first time in New York.
Ifnd, a tip-top market, especially in millinery
and cloaks. The cloak line is. I think. the best
ever saw in a~ssortments. Heretofore all my
purchases have been made in st. Louis. Chicago,
and Kansas City. but I have done better in this
city with my purchases than in those cities.
particularly in jobbing lots"
~ F. Hammerslev, dry goods merchant. of
Washington, Ind, said: The real advantage of
~ York as a buying centre Is in its unsur.
cd variety and assortment of materials.
years relied upon samples. This year,
"Never. 1 have been making personal visits to
lhc New York market. and am materially prof.
lied thereby. In staple goods l can do about as
weIin Cincinnati, on account Of freight charges:
hat in high-class goods, novelties, and notions
there Is no market like New York for the selec-