The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-15
FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.

that one can get the same articles here
that are to be found in the much-ad-
vertised emporiums of New York.
In number Of other dry goods stores
the members of the firm said that bust
ness was improving and there was
much more buying than last year at
this time.
In the matter of purchasing high
priced Injuries the wealthy class will
hold back and curtail in expensive ar
ticles like carriages and pianos. The
music houses in town say that musical
instruments are selling much better
than last year. Charles A Williams,
local manager of NJ. Steinert & Sons,
says that business is very good. Wor-
cester is music loving town, and
when money is coming in freely, there
is always a noticeable increase of buy
ers of pianos and other musical instru-
ments.
Both the Iver Johnson Sporting
Goods Company and the John P. Lowell
Arms Company report good trade. At
this time of the year there is alM,ys a
demand for football goods, and tins de-
mand ranges about the same every
year, but in general sporting goods
there is a better trade than last fall.
M. ]. Drohan at the Clark Sawyer
Company says that trade conditions are
improving right along, and the chief
difficulty, they find, is in obtaining GER
tain lines of goods that are almost i'm
possible to obtain from the manufac-
turer. The price of iron and steel pro-
ducts has increased so phenomenally
the past year that manufacturers and
jobbers will not quote prices, except on
immediate orders and the retailer is Ii
able to have his margin of profit wiped
out by the time he settles with the job
Der.
A. S. Lowell reports in all depart
ments ar amazing increase in business.
Mr. Lowell laughed when The Spy rep
resentatiVe spoke of the possibility of
the boom reaching Worcester soon.
Why" said he lit has reached here
with vengeance. Prices will be much
higher on all staples during the winter
and spring. Everything points to con-
tinued good trade" In the cloak de-
partment the same conditions hold, and
H. L, Jacobs in charge, expresses very
optimistic views for the future.
A E. Newton OF Bemis & Co., dealers
in boots and shoes, is much impressed
with the improved condition of bust
ness. His sales are largely in excess of
last year, and on all sides he sees ev-
licences of the boom having reached
Worcester.
J. L. Wyman, with W. A. Lyle & Co.,
says they are doing a better business
than for years, especially in custom
made garments.
T. E. Knight of ]. H. Clarke & Co.,
told the reporter that their firm had
experienced a great change for the
better. Last week was an especially
busy one
Ware, Pratt Co. express great gratifi-
cation at the fall trade
In house furnishing stores, like the
Union House Furnishing Co.. Pinkham
&Willis Co., and Putnam & Sprague
Co., all report gratifying increase of
trade.
And so the list might be increased al
most indefinitely
In these modern days where there is
so much to discourage the business
men, where trusts and combinations
are putting it almost out of the power
of a concern with small capital to hold
up its head, it is pleasant for the citi-
zens of the Heart of the Commonwealth
to know that it's business houses are
entered upon period of prosperity
that all hope will continue for a long
time to come.
Thomas Hamilton, Jr., of the Edward
L. Smith Co.'S large dry goods, millin-
cry and cloak dealers, on Main street
is much impressed by the revival in
retail lines. More buyers are turning
to better and higher priced goods than
for years. Purchase prices are ad-
vancing all along the line. It's a wise
buyer" said Mr.. Hamilton, "who gets
in early and buys before general ad-
vances" The Spy representative was
impressed with the idea that Mr. Ham
ilton's faith in conditions had made him
an early as well as a large buyer, and
that he had his goods at the right
values.