The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-29

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These are in a nutshell the statements
given The Republic yesterday by the
heads OF the five great dry goods COM
panies on Washington avenue ana CON-
pieteiy overshadow all former talk of bad
business on account of drought
FROM early morning until midnight en-
pioyes are working in these big stores in
vain endeavor to catch up with the or
ders. VI
Extra help is in demand. and even with
their thousands Of feet of floor space none
OF the great stores have room enough to
carry on the business required of their
shippinS departments. Aisles IN the slies-
1o2r foUiis snan anu stockrooms are used as over
now space Great trucks with all manner
OF goods purchasable in a wholesale dry
goo0s house stand for hours waiting nm
loading and the men to place them in
boxes preparatory for Shipment 70 ihsir
destinations.
Prospect for Increase.
Last years dry goods business in CT
Louis has been estimated at from s45.0s0O
10 %oWv.vV. and 1t is said by one Who
Know Knows that the business OF 1890 was $4,000. :
U ybe ea,er hstor, tnan that OF any other year IN
rms year the business bids fair to ex-
ceed by far that Of last year. Early in
,ne, ,ne season reports OF drought in the terri
tory tributary to ST. Louis cast a gloom
over the big houses. But the ST. Louis
merchants were equal to the occasion They
got their best special men out on the road
and made bid for business that had
formerly gone to New York. such Induce
ments were onered that merchants from
and even from as far East as Pittsburg.
who had always gone to New York and
otner Eastern cities to purchase their
Dry goods are cheaper this year than
ever before and this will cut no little figure
In the years business. Jonathan Rice,
goods in his line are to per cent Cheaper
and that an increase of per cent on the
business done is necessary to overcome
this that the years business may be as big
as last year. He is confident. however, that
this will easily be overcome.
New York and other Eastern dry goods
houses have suffered where st. Louis has
gained this season. Eastern dry goods men
are crying that the drought has affected
their business: St Louis merchants have
forgotten all talk Of drought. Their only
have sold on the cars All are from four
to fiye days behind in their shipments, a
condition never before existing in this
city, not even last year, when all former
records fSr dry goods sales were broken.
Buyers who arrived in St. Louis yester-
E E. Durham Psissiins: Tex: Mr. and Mrs.
Ina Ma Has; :o, W G. Howell. Lansas,st Tex: n;
KISS Ruth M wv Reet aR4
Mn And j. r. Quinn, Hughes springs. Tex: ~: i.
Gs Barker aha n1f ear pSs
s,on. Groesbeeck. Tex; J.. a. Hargstt. Moody.
Lex. L. v Cnapnlan. Shefman- Tex: Ayce
Gases' S,iis Calvert Tex; -, A. 1: Crouch Brtes. ate
f l. ssia Hope RGITatan IT. MaSst M5S, Mount
Vernon. Tex: ". l.. Lindsay and F. W. John
Tex: {. n. Armisteaa and nd c. H. NeWb1rn. r"a. Con.
way, Ark Wright Young Harrisburg Me-; +.
f. Page. Valley View. Tex: Hattie Robinson.
Linn. Mo-: Amy Reynolds. Linn. Mo-: Mrs. F.
Ferguson. Castor Mo-: J. NJ Petty Santa Rita.
New Mexico: Paul Lowenthal, Shreveport La !:
Mrs. T. F. johnson. Denis. n. Tex: Ida Smith.
ker. Grandview. Tex; Charles Howard Moody.
Tex. J. F. Burge, St James, Mo-. Mrs. A,
Hanft. Aurora Mo: Mrs. Clara Maiin Para.
gould. Ark; Young Mckinney. Mena. Ark: Dave
steinberg. Lebanon. No: w ]. Woods. Dublin.
Tex: $. b. Haytes. Huntington. Tex; H. r.
Fort and II. f Fort. Cunningham, Kas Clara
Mccormick. Grand Island. Neb.: Mrs. Mary
Mousny and Miss Mabel lie yette. PttsbIrg.
Kas.: Miss N. McGaw. Springfield. Mo-: ". W.
Reeves and Mrs. E. II. Reeves. Abilene, Tex:
F. II. Leslie. Bartlett: Tex; NJ Menkhsus. Wash
Hodges Wichita. Kas; J. P Is1; Madras, Tex;
son. Rogers. Tex: Mr.. and Mrs. c. e. HAYDEN.
Grandyiew. Tex: Belle showalter. Appleton
city Mo-; Matte N. Blood Elma. Neb.: ". h.
Frank Chandler, Ok J. c.. Cordes. Sedala.
Mo-: p Gartenberg. Hot Springs. Ark. J.. NJ.
Scott Frost, Tex; Miss Texia Thompson. Lin
dale. Tex: James H. Walker. Pinevile. La;
Lulu D. Quinn. Caney. Kas.: Miss Emma NIL
ler Navasota. Tex; Miss Belle Mayman. Pal.s-
tine. Tex; J. J. Hyatt. ozan. Ark Ms. Lillian
Pennington Mo-: Miss Bessie Hudson, Cnamois
Mo-: NJ E. Talbert. Eureka Springs No. Fam
ME Shufcrd. Fayetteville. Ark: N w. Redwine
Leslie Ark.