Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-07-18

are improving. confidehee has been restored
and the effect of thi4 ichange will be felt
from this time on. Washington has shar-
ed in this revival. which i believe is only
the beginning of permanent state of
affairs that may be called q return of pros
perity. may also add al personal ex-
perience, or rather az experience of our
the beginning of the financial depression
In 1893 we have kept employed our full
force of clerks during fhe dull months
This is due. not onlyIfo the improvement
of the times, but alsdtto the enlargement
of our business.
A Marked Advance.
House & HERMANN, It'll and 1 streets:
Business with us has improved and our
trade during the spring and present sum-
mer has shown a marked Increase over the
corresponding period of last year. We are
looking forward to very good business
in the fall. AT that, season trade in our
line Is the liveliest, and we expect that
this fall 1t will be larger than ever There
is better feeling, more confident feeling
in business circles throughout the coun-
try; money is more plentiful and is easier
to get. and people show more of a DISPOSE
ton to make needed improvements in their
homes. We also note tendency on the
part of the public to buy better class of
goods, and there is not so much demand
for the cheaper grades as formerly To
meet this demand our purchases for the
fall have been of this character"
business has been brisk all year" said
Mr.. j. s. Topham, the leather merchant
and trunk man, at No. 1881 Pennsylvania
avenue. For the last three months he
continued, 1--WE have been working between
sixty and seYenty-fye hands, and have
been rushed with orders. Some govern
ment work has caused us to labor overtime,
so in this respect the war has helped bust
ness! wonderfully. The prospects in my
q ~ ODD TIL
Lutz & Co., 497 Pennsylvania avenue.
harness and trunks: with us business
has been much better throughout than 1t
was last year. OF course the war has help
ed a great deal, but trade had been picking
up right along"
VIM. Knabe & Co., 1922 Pennsylvania
avenue, pianos: We have had a better
spring trade than last year. and the pros
poets for the fall trade are indeed excel
lent"
J. F. Ellis & Co, music dealers said that
while they did not care to express any
opinion for publication, they would say
they have no cause for complaint in the
matter of business. ..-a-r -.
Business Doubled, 90
Messrs. Stumph Brothers, 7th and x
streets, dealers in and manufacturers of
bedding, couches and like goods, through
Manager Atkinson expressed themselves
as being well satisfied with the business
year." said Mr.. Atkinson, rs double what
1t was up to this time last year, and we
are sure we will this fall double our BUSH
ness for that season. We sell mostly by
wholesale. you know, and that is pretty
good line on trade prospects. Then too
our products are in the nature of luxuries,
and as people are buying them in greatly
increased quantities, that is the best indi-
cation in the world that money is much
more plentiful and easier than for a good
time. Another thing which
is the fact that our carpet cleaning and
storage business is, this season, very much
heavier. That shows that people are going
away for summer outings much more than
they did last year. They cannot go away
without they have money, you know. We
look for great fall and winter trade"
Money More Plentiful.
The firm of Jackson, Bfothers, OH 7th
street, furniture dealers, sell only for cash,
and they stated that they sfind money not
only much more plentiful. but that people
are spending much more 9f it than for a
long time. o., .-...-.. .
Last year. said the senior member of
the firm, Mr.. E. Jackson, I'VE had two
stores now we haveJthree and we are
about to take fourth one. That shows
the increase IN our business and as we sell
only for cash. it shows a great increase In
the volume of available money. Our bust
ness this season has kept up longer and
better than ever before, so much so that
we have not yet been ableoto get away to
do our buying. EverySther year we have
been in business we have been able to get
away for that purpose long before this.
This state of affairs prevails all through
the country, for every Drummer that comes
to see US tells us that money is Aeing spent
much more freely than eyer before. They
all predict an immense trade in the fall and
winter. thus confirming all we have said"
Lansburgh & Bros 7th street between d
and E northwest: f-."-.. a. 80,
Trade is not only just as good with US
this year as it was year ago. but 1t is
even better. We have observed a crafty
ing Improvement in business within the
PAST year. One probable cause for the i'm
pIovement is the fact that more people are
at work. The war has given employment
to many and has set money circulating gen.
eraIy.'' -- -'' --- 80