The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-08-04
Merchants From Many States
Come to st. Louis to Buy
Goods.
REPORT PROSPEROUS TIMES.
Good Crop Outlook Insures Gen
eral Prosperity-St. Louis
Wholesale Dealers Reach
Out for Trade.

The epening day i0f the two weeks meet
Ing aEvanEed By the, Interstate Merchants
Association was q busy one for the whole
sale mefchnts Of st. Louis. Yesterday was
what might be appropriately termed Inau-
gural Day Of st. Louiss great commercial
harvest.
The new soecial-rates schedule granted
the aaDociation by the railroad companies
attractsd merchants from Arkansas, Colo
1ado. Indian Territory. Iowa. Minnesota.
NebraalEa. Oklahoma, Louisiana and Texas.
al Of whom are hockinG to ST. Louis to
purehass supplies for the ever-increasins
dema1d Of their rapidly developing terri
tory.
II wes only the opening day. but every
big house IN the wholesale dis.f-t had its
buyers. and II the advance guara groves
anything the next two weeks will have seer
An army Of purchasers in the St. Loris
market that It has never before seen.
No peosinnist, no "bear' on st. Louis's
commercial prosperity need seek consola-
don amid the commercial houses Of this
city ut now. Merchants are not talking
Take. boornA They are not Boosting They
arc nra4inR the alles accounts. and they
have oolDe to point where then can Judge
tne trede future about z: certainly a. an
I
TELL OF GOOD CROPS.
Eurthsf than this, these newly arrived
nsrchamss from the South and West are
bfingfng In expert information a. TO the
crop oonditions and trade outlook from in
0v1duai points all through that vast con-
e11tng territory. They all tell the same
10y e splendid corn and wheat harvests
sea.oady gArnered. Cotton. though perhaps
G nf0o kte, and little more uncertain. Of
AXHAR6fnRIv fYY0u1t4tnR
~ = weeks Of dry weather and there
81 ~ Q Cotton crop Of extraordinary quail
4 rs Acomn6 nerchants beam with pros
1ey q the diStrfcfs which they repre-
net local banks are in splendid
- - 1as NOT bought for years
= - ~ that -. Louis business men are
g a. pss5RRk + ys5y said the
- R56uhfic yesterday. ' ~
= no cI enaes lG e e. 5al *.
a1eethW01k. the Northwest. even such vide
ea1aae 81 territory, and population. can
ia fnoaBt11es- We are selling goods to
- Leuis shoes are leaving their imprint
80 H. walked into canada ON the no. III
49, $3.50. :: ne q s'p s,.a. nov know, NO
.Deo0oct2 u. Louis manufactured goods
sG s .o slGr 4. q eo%e e sss
S1n't pretend to nay.
PROSPECT NEVER BRIGHTER.
s 10 pat ths trade outlook briefly" said
sspsst Ferguson Of the Fersuson-McKin-
.&sv Dry Goods Company. ''Bt Louis never
- BRIGHTER prospectn than 1t has this
q a safe In saying that our business for
- esILsctions me fully d1se better. All
II ~ thiS fail III 1s p0n l1'es . sp'en-
u = spencer. Of the Hamiltsn- Brown
Ss1p .sS. s slsd. to h the
I3es Increase Il has attained ef jaie and is
- eo0eWhat on the picket line a. compared
y ordsls ars nov allsd. Henceiorth .e
e: sid.zs<M more for the month Of July
sstfsr FOR the de- frst SIX Hi months Of this
s1ear than last.
ALL ARE PROSPEROUS.
n e q. Lewis, vice president Of the Harga-
;mns-McKlttffck Dry Goods Company, said:
esEron the reports Of Southern buyers. who
|Aave been coming in here. all day. the crop
.ea066k through the great contributing ter
l!teex spsn which p Louis depends for =
~ ne grain crops have been more than
|S1EIpsk, If cotton. While some few Weeks
5l1&f ,S1fnAps, seems very favorable"
e0E q DsoYn. manAger Of the Brown Shoe
- 80 nosth Sstter THE year than last
- ~ eer traysless tell US that With .
- e buyers sss:s to e u, b Louis a IN
- - fortnight"