The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-30
THE SEASONS TRADE
Jobbers Well Satisfied With the Re-
suits of the Business Of
the Fall.
Some Lines Report an Increase OF
rs Per Cent-Suggestions for
Booming Minneapolis.

with the seasons trade. In many lines
the fall trade is over and the statesmen
are closing up for the year. AS a rule,
collections are in good shape. although
some houses report that they have fallen
off the last two weeks because the farm
ers have had no time to attend to any
thing but their crops.
Minneapolis has received a fair share
of the trade from the new towns on the
different lines opened in the course Of the
summer. The trade along the 500 line
has especially favored Minneapolis.
In some counties of upper Iowa and
southeastern Minnesota, where the corn
| crop was poor, trade has been somewhat
| affected. but this Is made up In other
quarters.
| rs per cent a rather large estimate OF the
increase of the business of this year, as
compared with last. many are willing to
admit that that figure IS about right.
Some classes of trade report a 10 per cent
increase.
good deal of the increase in trade
comes from new customers, but all along
the line retailers are increasing their pur-
chases. Everybody seems to be employed
and to have money to spend, therefore.
to supply the demand, stocks must be
increased in both size and variety.
Business men predict that Minneapolis
will grow as wholesale center IN
|
tation facilities and increases the diver
sity of lines of merchandise handled and
of goods manufactured. Buyers like to
come to a market where they can buy
everything. There is a growing dislike
to piece out a buying trip all the way to
New York. Because Minneapolis has in
creased and bettered transportation IA
cilities, it has, in many places, cut INTO
the territory which Chicago has supplied
territory which rightfully belonged to Min
neapolis, but which, owing to the large
freight allowances required, naturally
threw the business to the east.
The Central Exchange Idea.
A feature which is bound to improve
the wholesale business Of the two clt1es
is the furniture exchange. situated De-
tween the two cities, at which retailers
will find samples Of all kinds OF furnl
ture It has been suggested that the MIN
neapolis jobbers in other lines also ge'
together and provide some similar way
to save time to the customer
The jobber believes that the traternlt!
could afford to pool on the expenses o
sending q competent representative to tn
country to preach Minneapolis and tn
many facilities which the city has for sup
plying with promptness the wants OF Tn
| country dealers in all lines.
One class of goods in which Minneapoi
has a growing trade is the holiday line
| ~ y
prietors who having come to the city L
examine goods, have pushed on to st. Pau
and to Chicago, and then have returned t
this city to secure a full line. The gall
in the holiday business is very age.
Hardware Trade Good.
The hardware men find their trade good
Retailers in this line are accustomed t
order for six months in advance In accord
ance with their experience Of the CORE
spending six months of the preceding
year. Nevertheless as with the glas
wholesalers it is found that the counties
improvements being made in the northWes
require an immense amount of materia
| in the hardware line. Every hamlet an
> village boasts of it's new store building
r and prosperity has induced many of tn
citizens to build new homes or repair thei
old ones. all requiring an immense amour
Of material.
In crockery the traffic has been excel
lent WhiteWare goods are usually sol
: in the spring, but the market for decorate
{ lines has been good. Crockery in the IA,
season merges into the holiday linz
: French china and fancy decorated Englis
dinner sets are bought extensively for tn
Christmas trade.
The grocery jobbers have found an in
creasing demand for the toothsome thing
and for the staple articles Of food.
y Minneapolis has had it's share of the she
trade. Trade journals show that while
} the east a decrease has been noted, tn
middle west has had large percentage
o gain Boston reports 3S7, 900 cases benin
the trade of a year ago. Part Of this come
to Minneapolis.
Decrease In Failures.
Il Credit men notice a decrease in failure
!, One big house reports only one of conse
= quence which has come to it's notice tn
season.