Evening star., 1898-07-20
Business Men See Bright Prospect
for Good Times.
The INFLUENCE OF WAR
Local Merchants Tell of Trade to
Star Reporters.
ARE OF ONE OPINION

its investigation in this line among local
merchants today, with the following re-
suits:
Our business this year up to the present
time said Mr.. q. l.. Peckham of w. b.
Moses & Sons, furniture, corner llth ana
+ streets, has been better than for seve-
raj years past, and the prospects for the
iall trade are very bright indeed. We have
been very fortunate in securing government
contracts. one of the recent ones being that
for furnishil g all the chairs needed for all
the government offices throughout the en-
tire United States for the fiscal year Just
begun. We have just received instructions.
by the way, to forward at once to Cuba the
once furniture necessary to equip the
eleven new stations OF the weather bureau
where our observers will study climatology
and give warnings of any tornadoes that
may be bound in this direction"
My business has been very good during
the past spring and winter" said Mr. w.
b. Hoover. grocer, of No. 14i7 New York
avenue, and has held up this summer bet
ter than 1t has for years. From present In
dications l believe the fan trade will be
very good. So far as | am concerned. /
am entirely satisfied with trade conditions
MI William w. Gait of the firm of q.
T. Cornwell & Son. grocers, Nos. l4I2-I4l4
Pennsylvania avenue, said:
We find that business is as good and
perhaps a little bit better than Il has been
Tor several years past. At this season we
snip great many goods out of town We
nave no cause to complain of business con-
d1uons For us the fall trade promises to
be very bright. The indications are for a
good Improvement"
We find that business is better. if any
lnlhg, than II was last year. said Mr. "
W. Burchell. grocer. No. 1875 F street.
The promise for fall and winter trade Is
excellent, l think
The Stars inquirer was informed at the
Evans Dental Parlors. No 1863 II street
northwest. that business was fully as good
as II was last year, and in some branches
uecl9edly better There's a lot of hurry
WORK m early summer" said the inform
ant People who are going awav and vvbo
nave neglected their teeth all tho ,,.aT
rush IN and want them fixed before going
TO the seaside or mountains We arr doiDS
soo9 ueal OF work for the Camp Alger
ooys' because We extract their teeth Traa
OF charge. Business will be better 7 tbinIr
next winter. 1t always is the second win
ter OF new administration"
Decided improvements.
W. >. Teel. 1929 F street: "Tmproyemen.
IN business has been very decided in my aY.
perlence during the rast few months a.
compared with the same period of last
year This is due in part. no doubt "a the
chanse l made in the location OF NV nIace
OF business. rs well as the practically new
STOCK which bought at that time ha-
heve that the Increased trade NAV be aIso
attributed to the influx of visitors to the
city, caused by the war / beItevs the
trade in the fall will be good and far ahead
or what ii was last year"
}. Fred GAtchel. 604 18th street; .sDur-
ins is the past year" said Mr.. E. F. Mudd.
business has been with us three times In
volume what it was last year We oxnact
not only continuation OF this exDerienca
put next IAN decided increase. The times
are ,s, laV0raDle and oorGitions are improving
with all classes of reople, and of course
business feels the influence"
ENans drag store, 83s f street: with
me, said Mr. Henry Evans. business
SLOWS a marked Improvement over thu
same period last year / know of no raa-
son. except that on account OF the war
more visitors have come 70 the city and
more people have remained in the city tbsn
usual Whatever the EXPLANATION tbe To-,
remains that business is better and tn
prospects are that it is likely to continue
Mayer Bros & Co, 9S7 F street: Business
has been fully as good as IL was last wear.
IN 1act, with US il has been better because
OF the increased facilities we have provided
Ihe prospects for the fall trade are very
encouraging, indeed"
John G. Hodges bookbinder All 9th
street: w hen the fire attacked my place of
business Saturday afternoon 1 was doing
more business than | ever had before in
my career. Fortunately the damage caused
py the hames was compa aratively slight
ana as soon as possible / expect TO have
new plant In operation and prepared to
% more and better work than ever before"
Great Improvement.
Mr.. r. c. Lewis OF r. C. Lewis & Son.
haterdashers. 1921 New York avenue:
Trade in eysry line, 1 believe. has been
better right along than It was last wear.
The conditions now point to a still greater
Improvement for the fall Yes. the war
has helped some, but business was In a
very healthy condition, or getting so, long
before the war was thought Of"
Mr. Snyder OF Hoover g. Snyder. shoe
at RrfH
has been a steady improvem snt in our bust
ress since the LIST of January There has
been no spasmocic increase. We have not
felt the war one way OF the other but n
has doubtless been benefit to trade as a
whole. Right alCng throughout the sprtug
to the present time the Improvement i'm
rade over the same period last year has
been marked, indeed. And l am inclined
to believe that the outlook for n beavv
Iail business is exceptionally good"
Transition state.
Mr.. B. B. Earnshaw of b. b. Earnshaw
Il Bro. dealers in groceries. &c. HOS IIth
street southeast: Il have been in business
in Washington since 1870. and have seen
all the ups and dow rs of trade since then
and L should say of the present business
situation that IL is in a transitory state
FINANCES and business are slowly but very
surely regulating their conditions, seeking
the normal condition, which feel is COM
irg, more rapidly, perhaps, because of the
stimulation given by the fact that the
country Is at war today. War is of course
a horrible thing, and no one more truly de-
plores 1t than / do, but the fact remains,
nevertheless, that IL IL surely bringing
about large Increase of business, not only
here, but also throUg ghout the whole couu-
try. One of It's effects is the opening up
OF many nearby markets for our manufae-
turing and agricultural products. our bus
lness This year has so far shown a decided
increase over that CT last year. and we are
To-Day seiilng more fne goods than We have
deal Of money in cur trade centers. and IL
Is bound to be soon equitably distributed
We are buying more hes yilv Than for
many years. and of tho finest goods in
anticipation of a very heavy fall and win
ter trade, and We are sure We have enter
ed upon an era of great prosperity not
alone here, but also throughout the ensire
Mr.. Edward Stevens. proprietor OF the
well-known drug store at 9Th street Ind
pennsylvania averue: Business in the
District has undoubtedly increased this
year to very gratifying extent Such is
our experience. and such seems 20 be the
experience Of about every business house
here. In every line of our business sales
have materially increased this year. and