The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-01
THE J0BBERS ARE
HIGHLY PLEASED
Wholesale Merchants Did Prosper
Gus Business.
OUTLOOK FOR THE NEW YEAR.
Collections are Easier and DrumEers
Make Very Encouraging. 1seportsto
Their Firm. What Some Lead
ing Firms Have TO Say.
OUTLOOK FOR THE NEW YEAR

The year just closed has been a very
pr. sperous one with the JobbinS trade.
Richmond goods are being sold ala over
the South and the territory of the eruul-
,mers Is constantly being enlarged .sear-
IL every big house reports an INCREASED
business over the previous year
Mr. Charles Z. Wlnso, president ef the
N.;nco. EIEett &, Crump Shoe Company,
said:
Regarding the boot and shoe trale in
thfs section and by this section wttnea II
the Southern tier of States down . the
Florida line. the outlook for businss for
tha ron,fnp year is GOOD, and we tIieve
that we are going to aave d prettyEctlVe
demand from now on for goods .HtabIe
for spring and summer wear
In consequence of the long. dry sum
mer. crops in some sections ar}quite
short, but this is compensated ftq IN
Iorva measure nv the nigh priC.4 that
NOW, DrevaiI especially is this the use in
rseard 10 cotton and tobacco. Coli ious
&C I, rria have been good and II few
failures for the year now drawla TO
qIr,ss W.. feel that we may well bsr0ud
of the record made by the wholesf boot
and shoe trade of Richmond for Il year
1860"
THE DRUG TRADE
Mr.. Edgar D. Taylor. vice-pres ant OF
the Powers Taylor Drug Compare Said:
THE volume of business doHeF tAc
joobing druggists of thls city necli
larger this year in our judsnea iHah
in any previous year OF its histos safes
nave been made at very close prts' ooth
BY the jobbers and retailers. gig 10
conditions which exist in everySecton
of tile country The payments nag as q
rule. been prompt and satisfacte, ana
very few bad debts made. We Eve no
reason to believe that the bushes sitlook
for 1901 is better than it has = TINS
,,a,r o,vinc RI the severe and CistrOus
drought which prevailed both IN y state
and North Carolina and which w neces-
sarilv effect business in the Eomins
year"
HATS, CAPS. ETC.
Mr. Jacob Bates, of Etchlson, ltes 6
Starke, wholesale dealers IN NJ caps
and straw goods, when intervieai, had
this to say:
Our sales for 1909 We're the fest IN
the experience of the house, e&pe-
rience extending back to 1866. Y losses
were less than in the previous y, ana
collections have been socd-Vs good
of late. l would not care 70 PFC re-
suits for the whole OF the conf year, |
but business ought TO. and VIII
ne good during the spring seas Last
spring was such ecord-oreaithdt /
was about 20 say | would De sfled 10
do as well this year, but none Jus are
- or,ira7,, satisfied. and so vS.ill top |;
ii if we can. | think the JooosoL our
city have the right TO approve ana
smooth themselves down with 10 VIZ
GINA Never Tire but rememins Tue
success of our market is so En- que
to her wide-awake statesmen, liil auu
the better Observation-Disclosures fliliiiers
Full of Fire
%, 1nhn s Harwood. Of trim of
Harwood Brothers. said:
Our business for 1860 has n very
l;aeoa+arT Tho large denanfor our
lupricating goods has been 10 the
fact that all manufacturlngttotisIi
ments have been operating tofiF iuii-
,.s,t capacity. and the Fai4Ef hiase
fbeen using all OF their rolllnsfcA cor
tinuously There have oeeif large
number of cotton mills built II 9outn
the past year and these, wflhe oid
ones. have been running ooqay ana
night. The large sale on fS ana
paint oils show vast amor o. ne"
building and also improvemd 10 the
old ones This is one OF thefo Signs
OF good times.
The above conditions haVetue 'Ats
YEAR one of the best in theftory o.
our business. In addition TO ! market
values have been on the mfe. mus
giving US an upward market forh on
Our collections have been Vsfatlsiac
tory. We feel that the out ior 1871
* very encouraging, and we FcC Sood
WHOLESALE GRoCEts-
Nassrs Davis & Atkins, Whtle Sroc-
ers, said:
Our business. from an estiHlmade at
the time covering a period o. se years.
shows an average annual ga thirty!
six per cent. on the amountEouslh |
done. The year just closing neeh
very satisfactory one. and PINK Hie
business outlook for nineteen fspec2as-
" encoura gins.
BEST YEAR OF Y
This IS from the Stephen fey COM
WV Wholesale dealers in f!ear: 7
This has been by far tle fest year ,
in our experience: cosieet!a sScetiehl'
smallest percentage or lossef .di''ies Z
for years.
MANY OF our statesmen az Tor Inc r
hc.!ioays, and all expect la9 SAFES IN d
January, February and " t"nh t
closes out spring season. t1sveF pc J a
fore for the same period; AT lhipes- e
sible to supply customers ast as uss t
call for goods. showing bufs 10 pc o
good with the retailers.
This is natural in the p states t
where our trade chiefly lip"iAs 70 I,
Inc satisfactory price OF colt b
..Our trade IN Maryland. fsyivanfa. g
Oklahoma and Indian Terrfs( COM
paratively new fields). Is stef tncfe sas.
ing. II