New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-24
DRYGOODS JOBBERS.
BUYERS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE COUNTRY
FLOCK TO THE PRIMARY MARKET OF
NETWORK CITY - MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS WORTH OF GOODS

woman to shop in q store where assortments are
larger and better than In others. where the
newest goods are to be seen, and where she
knows she will have the benefit OF the lowest
prices possible--these same reasons enter into
the considerations of the merchants themselves
when they go to buy their goods
It is obvious that in order to meet the de.
mands of their customers they must allow those
demands to shape their course and judgment
when they themselves are in the market 1t is
only natural, therefore. that New-Yorls, the GEN.
tire and convergng point of Americas CONNER
cial greatness should be likewise the centre OK
the individual trade corollaries which enter into
the whole.
ATTRACTIONS OF THE METROPOLIS.
The same advantages which attract the retail
buyer to the splendid establishments which line
Broadway Sixth-ave. Twenty-third-st. ana
Fourteenth-st in evidence in the great
wholesale and jobbng section downtown For
this reason the buyer Of drygoods from North.
South East and West gravtates naturally
toward New-York, the market for the largest
share of all the drygoods sold in the United
States II is in this city, too that the manu-
facturers from all parts OF this country ana OF
Eurone make their first bid for favor. The for
eien manufacturers are all represented here ana
here they show their first samples. The great
uncertainties for buying and selling. The manu-
facturer who seeks quick outlet Tor large guam
titles of goods looks naturally 10 New-forK'
knowing that it opens up the way Tor MS PROD
uct to enter every section Of the country he
knows that IL his line is handled through the
New-York jobbers it will go to every CITY. every
hamlet town and village OF this broad ana pop
ulous country for the New-York Jobbers cater
to all trade in all sections. and those merchants
who do not come to the market for their goods
are reached by the omnipresent and enterPris-
ia1 at.a11n n III n
are sent out every season by the drygoods Joo-
bers of this city.
A WIDE CHOICE.
The buyer of drygoods who visits New-York
has before him the opportunity for Inspection
of multitudlnous lines. The number OF firms
who are ready to supply his needs Is large, and
the opportunities for special Jobs" and bar
gains is one that the merchants OF the country
are not without due appreciation OF. Not only
has the merchant an opportunity 10 Duy from
many jobbers handling general llhes, nut 'neae
s an even greater number VINO nave Spe-
cialty and the merchant has an excellent
chance to vary his purchases 10 meet the de-
mands of his customers at home; $1,000.
The smallest merchant as well as the largest
can find In the drygoods jobbng houses or
New-York just what he wants, and the con-
slant stream of buyers Is an indication OF .hs
appreciation which the industry enterprise and
energy of the jobber evoke from all parts OF
the country
WITHOUT A RIVAL.
New-York Is undoubtedly the greatest pri-
mary market in this country for drygoods. and
IL Is to the hustling capacities of the jobbers
that this superiority Is largely due. The fac
tories and mills OF Fall River, New-Bedford,
Paterson and Wilmington Augusta and Co
hoes pour their fabrics through THIS enamel
The great mills of France and Germany add
their quota to that of every other producing
centre. and a large share of the output comes
here to be distrit uted.
In short the drygoods jobbing trade of New
York Is one of its most stable and representa-
tive industries. and is easily keeping pace with
the general growth and development of our
commerce. Some idea of the extent OF BUSH
ness transacted in NewYork may be gathered
from the fact that nearly fifty commission
houses here representing the combined capital
OF more than $4,000 600 as representatives OF
the cotton mills OF the country, do business
an,ountinp I'm value to SLIGO 600 600