The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-29
] 12IgESS OUTLOOK BRIGHT.
,.,vNsH HAS NEVER KNOWN A
BUsIER SEASON.

i nolesale Men Rushed With Orders
,r,..p Have DihicuIty in Filling
-. So Great Is the Demand-AlI
-....I,es of business ActiVe-EVi-
- of Prosperity on Every
,,,n,-uow Merchants Account for
s ,,s.ct of the Army Camps Here.
.- ,.,-.uess outlook Is unusually fat
gurh was the verdict of lead
ao,..-,e aud retail merchants of Sa-
sb when interviewed by a Morning
rsoarer yesterday. Hard times
o,.s~" was the general expression.
,s oven went 50 far as to say that the
,..s If the North are affecting them to
.s am extent that it is difficult to Sc
r-s soois from that quarter to fill their
prdsrs
II NJ, bsing asked as to the cause of this
..-,o-3inliy demand, the invariable re-
, c9s that 10 a very great eX-
~ ,t the general products of the
.,.r,urding country have not only in
lo-..ee3 m.raculously in value, but that
=. demand for these products has in
F,r.,sal and is stin increasing and stimu-
a o,as every branch of business. For in
.s,,oee the lumber shipments are approx
snatsIv 50 per cent. greater than last year,
n br- The records show a net increase in
n value over last year of from 1913 per cent
j "a 5i uer cent. and over the year before of
3 more than 80 per cent. The same conditions
.v.t In the turpentine and rosin trade
N The lowest price for spirits in 1899 is So
q c5rrs while the lowest for 1898 was %
ems The highest for 1899 is AZ cents,
a vbje for 1898 it was 40 cents. The lowest
4 nri.- for white rOsin for 1899 was 500; the
n lowest for 1898 was $3.50 The highest
q nrcas for 1898 is S2.70 while the CORE
sropding price of 1898 was $295. Taking
inn, consideration that the season
FOR this year has fairly opened
end that the highest prices are
realized at the very close of the year
end that The highest prices for 1898 were of
short duration, ana that 100, at the close
Of the season, a realization of the present
outlook VIII he inevitable. The market re-
ce.p.s for naval stores have fallen off z
per cent since 1898. A falling off of 10 per
cent is equivalent to a much greater in
crease In value, thus giving even the be-
ginning of the season in these products,
heavy margin over the close of last year.
Our war with Spain" said one mer-
chant has been the key to much of this
prosperity. inasmuch as Uncle Sam has
been a splendid customer for our lumber
dealers" And" he said, the employers
otth0.e lumber dealers are good customers
Of ours " You wiz hardly find" he con-
tnued, "a thrifty saw mill in the coun-
try that is not accompanied by a little
store or may be- two or three of them,
and these little stores are our customers.
or course, The soldiers have helped the
ely trade largely, having left a great deal
Of money here, but they virtually helped
he wholesale men very little. Indirectly
they cid, Of course, but directly, they did
not Ii Is the general looking up in bus
mess that enables the wholesaler TO. de-
clare uuthfully and honestly. that the
business outlook is flattering. The thing
that causes him to make that declaration
i the identical thing that gives to men
IN every walk of life that independent air
prosperity. Not only do they point out
lumter spirits and rOsin, as referendum,
for the present prosperity, but they point
TO their drummers reports in which spe-
cial stress is placed upon the outlook for
growing crops. This is flattering for the
most part taking as an exception a belt,
,'''44i'Ai'S tAiLONSii d pOl A4Oii III CSillt al
Georgia. Crops" this report says, far
slrpass those Of either last year or the
year before A suggestion was advanc-
Cd by member of one of the largest
wholesale firms. The demand in and
around savannah has caught up with the
supply he said. 1T is compelled to re-
main So and hence 1 say Savannah 5
hard times are a thing of the past
There is, and always will be, a demand
Tor everything that is produced here, and
the people could never change 1t if they
tried hence the good prices predicted
for the future
one merchant, who deals extensively in
me North, said that the business out
look is tlatterlng everywhere. He hardly
knew how to account for it, other thar
on the grounds mentioned. Another said
We are doing more business for the
season OF the year than at any correspond
Ing TINE during the last three or -four
years Another remarked that "both we
ana the banks owe a great deal to the
increase IN price of lumber, rosin and
Splits BE the cause what it may, we