The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-24
HAVE HAD NO Dull SEASON
HARDWARE n DRUG MEN TALK
OF THEIR BUSINESS.
Daniel Stewart Company Cannot Oh
tain Enough Men for Its
Glass Factory.

About the only way in which the steel
strike has affected our business thus far is
by making it difficult for us TO obtain gal
vanized goods. both iron and tin" said
Charles L. Hurlbert. who has succeeded
p. NJ. Hildebrand as buyer for the In
dianapolis Hardware Company. Prices
on these goods nave gone skyward. Our
trade. however. has been much better this
month than we had expected. for we usual
ly experience our season of dizziness at this
time of the year. / guess we are not 60
ing to have any dull season this year. We
are doing plenty of business in the build
ers' hardware line both in the city and
outside. One of the largest local contracts
we have taken lately was to furnish the
hardware for the new residence that
George G. Tanner is putting up. Our man
tel trade Is still on the boom, and none
but the better grades is being called for"
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From reports that we are receiving /
am inclined to the opinion that the corn
crop was not in quite as bad shape as
earlier reports indicated" said j. n. Carey,
of the Daniel Stewart Drug Company, yes
terday. II look for the recent rains TO de-
velop the crop into something that will
make at least a respectable showing. Our
advices from the rural districts indicate
thdt a u N6lS llUCil
The drug business has been wonderfully
good this summer continued Mr.. Carey.
Each months business has been larger
than that of the corresponding month last
year. The dull season seems to have passed
us by permanently, for the fall trade is
about to open with every indication of
icing a recOrG-breaker. As a rule our dull
season is from the middle of July to the
middle of August. All of our travelling
statesmen are out on the road and sending
in orders at a most gratifying rate"
Speaking OF the glass factory operated
by the Stewart Company. in which are
glass, Mr.. Carey said that it is running
full time and scarcely able 10 keep up
with orders. are advertising in pa
pers published i'm Cincinnati, Chicago, st.
Louis and Pittsburg," he said, for skilled
Wcrkmen for our factory, but with poor
success. You see, we require labor of high
Skill, and ii seems that sort of labor is
steadily employed this year. We managed
to pick up two good men in Chicago the
other day., but We need a great many
more"
MIR. Carey said that the healthy spirit
OF confidence that prevails in the country
at large is responsible for the excellent
condition of trade. To illustrate his mean
ing he told a story of the late Judge John
A. Holman once a resident of Indianap-
oils, but at the time of his death of New
York city. Judge Holman at one time,
when he was well-to-do and liberal to a
fault" said Mr.. Carey, owned a hunting
and fishing boat on the Illinois river. and
often entertained parties of friends Tor
weeks at "A time. One day he was discuss
ing certain improvements that were need
ed III the boat, ana observed i'm his char
acteristic style: Some day, when we get
richer, or feel richer. which is the same
boat, and ii will give us more room. The
Judge unwittingly, or perhaps wittingly-
who knows?-uttered a great commercial
truth in that jesting remark