The St. Louis Republic., 1903-08-05
CROWD OF BUYERS
INCREASES DAILY.
Visiting Merchants in Wholesale
District Predict Great
Fall Trade.
MANY ENCOURAGING REPORTS.
John F. Steele of Nebraska. Who
Says He Believes in Combi-
nations, Brings Bride
This Trip.

Merchants representing ard owning bust
ness houses In Iowa. Indian Territory
louisiana. Illinois. Texas and Missouri. con
tinued TO throng Washington avenue whole
sale establishments yesterday in their mis-
| sion to supply the thriving communities
| they represent with fall and winter mer-
| chandise.
Still ST. Louis merchants and manufac-
turers declare that the arrivals this week
| will only represent the pioneers Of the
buyers army that will invade the city dur
| Ing the next few weeks.
| The newcomers have registered In suffi-
Client numbers. however. to assure manu-
| facturers, importers and Wholesale dealers
generally that 1903 is going to be a record
year in ST. Louis trade.
So far the shoe men, the dry goods deal
ers and hat men are getting the bulk of
the trade. So far, too, it is principally the
tall merchant from Oklahoma, Indian Ter
ritory and Texas who has arrived. They
see that the big railroad rnagnates are daily
extending their lines OF railways across fer
tile plains where Nature every year is pro-
ducing greater wealth Of grain and cotton
than ever before. and they see that there
the merchant also must thrive.
Among the arrivals are c. H Nicholson OF
Nicholson Davis of Tulsa, Indian Ter
ritory. who might be taken for a member
OF the St Louis Club or the Merchants
Exchange. and who went to Indian Terri
tory recently from Texas. He has un-
bounded faith in the future Of the Terri
tory which is knocking at the door of state
hood
GENERAL PROSPERITY.
Il am almost better acquainted with
Texas than I am with the Territory" said
Mr.. Nicholson yestrday. but there is no
doubt Of the prosperity Of both these great
Southwestern empires. They are empires.
you know. and are in finer condition this
year than ever before.
Around Tulsa the wheat and oats crops
already garnered are excellent. and corn
and cotton both indicate splendid yields.
We have all kinds Of faith in the future,
and l think st. Louis will reap a harvest
just as good as our own
A crowd Of buyers was in the Hargad:pe-
Mckttrick dry goods establishment when
Eugene Lewis Of that firm, who has Just
returned from an extensive Southwestern
TOUR, greeted them. Among them were Burt
Earwood OF Bryan. Tex: Mr. Black OF
Black; West & Cox Of McGregor. and a
nalt dozen others who bore testimony 10
their confidence in the future CT their COM
munides by bestowing orders In q score OF
st. Louis stores
While cotton is largely the money-mak-
ing crop Of Texas" said Mr. Lewis, "alI
these gentlemen will tell you that after all
corpS1s the great necessity. The farmer
does not get it, as he has not been able to
for the last year. he has got to buy it, and
that leaves him with very little surplus
with which to buy anything else Last year
Tor Instance. Hill County "a lima r,aI r,f,t
million dollars for corn. This year the
farmers not only have ample corn for their
own use, but corn to SELL
Mr.. Black said that his town had paid
out So.Vg for corn last year This year
they will spend that money on something
else. All these things simply go to show
the apparent absence of the boil weevii
SO far. great prosperity will prevail in the
Joseph NJ Brown of Brown Bros, dry
goods merchants, of Bowie, Tex, said:
Not only are grain crops excellent IN our
section Of the State. but this year We have
pies. peaches and like fruits have proved
an exceptionally profitable investment for
farmers. and all the towns about us are
shipping fruit in great quantities and at
good prices
BUYER BRINGS HIS BRIDE
Edward Lumpkin of West Texas is an
other merchant who feels confident Of a big
fall trade in the Southwest.
Benjamin Utterhack Of Dublin, Tex. who
is buying large lines Of dry goods from
Washington avenue merchants. a-so is en-
thusiastic regarding the future of business
Among the large hat dealers who are in
town are K. G. Wood OF Whiting. kas.. ".
OF Haskell. Tex, G. VI. Bergman of Du-
quoin. ILL.,; A. NJ. Cellar of Fayette, Mo-,
and NJ. F. Klattenhoff of Taylor. Tex, all
of whom speak in encouraging terms Of the
fall outiook.
John F. Steele comes from thriving Mt
tie city in Nebraska, which was named by
who settled there. calling the place Ohiowa-
Mr.. Steele buys cry goods and ne believes
n r. e0sm6inasiSSns SO he set the pace & fer all
ST. Louis with him this trip.
He thinks there Is nothing that money
can buy that Nebraska people are not go
ing to have this year, and he is purchasing
goods on that scale.
LIST OF BUYERS.
Among the arrivals at the Interstate Mer-
chants Association rooms in the Century
building yesterday were:
ID. II. West. Yancleve, No.: L. Shaffer.
Milo. III; Mary w. Patterson. Memphis.
Mo-: I. Tenenhaum, Little Rock. AK;
George kennard. Coon Rapids. Ind; Ar
IhuF Memphis. MEsSs Mo g.
Nilgrom. san Antonio. Tex: Daniel j. Por-
Ter; Datlas. Tex; Mrs J. L. Phsnney. Rus
sell. Kas,; e. g. Hines. Kansas City; |
James Lobitz. yr.. Perry. Ok: George
W. Briggs, Des Moines. Ia: E c. But |
toner, Nevada. Ia; y. l.. Schmidt. Avoca, |
la: Mrs. d. NJ. Abernathy, Pittsburg, |
Tex; John Joseph, WiIburton. l. T.; D. II. |
Alternately. pittsburE. Tex; knut Hansen. |
Eos.in. Ia; Jessie Hsrper. Eddyville, Ia: |
Moneta Harker, Eddyviile. Ia: J. s. Kis. |
senger. Clarksville. Mo-; p L Allen, Van |
Buren, Ark, J. r. n. Patterson, Gaines |
meade, Tex; Joseph HarburE, Las Vegas |
BLOcKADED.