The Minneapolis journal., 1905-10-11
FALL WEATHER
HELPS in TRADE. |
FIRST CHILL SENDS PEOPLE TO.
THE SHOPS.
Retailers All Thru the Business District
Feel the Livening Influence Of the
First Intimation of Winter, While tho
Coal Man Is Mighty Busy-Rural
Shoppers Here.

With the first intimation OF winter,
retail trade in Minneapolis has IN
creased with a sudden rush. The wealth.
First, everybody found that their
clothes were too thin and that, like in
the foolish virgin episode of long ago,
they were not prepared for an adver-
tised occasion. In the second place, the
chill rapidly removed the Incidence
whichc has characterized the people
during the warm fall weather. It en-
ergized them so that they wanted to
get out. 1t drove the lake people in.
raa hsn ev the Ps0ps "a an fGs hte by the
pected to. Women have been peculiarly
the victims Of the buying habit. For
this reason, the women IS stores and the
department and dry goods stores have
been blessed with much activity. -
Men Buying, Too.
The shoestores, the clothing stores,
the hat and cap shops and all the es-
Establishments which vend goods that pro-
Their proprietors are wearing the never
vanishing smile. Warm underclothes,
warm suits, warm hats and caps, warm
outercoats, and gloves with caloric
properties are selling fast. Much Of
this class of trade is coming from out
of town. The shops that have overcoat
departments are feeling a wave Of
prosperity from this class of buying.
Sheep.lined short outside coats. and all
rapidly, primarily to farmers, woods
men, and to persons who have work
that'm makes them the butt Of the wealth
er' 8 pranks. ,-,''... .s.,s
Even the jewelry houses are feeling
the impetus of trade. Their business
profits because the cool weather always
Fsviyes the spirits, With which comes N
line promises to be rs per cent ahead Of
October, 1904. While one would not
naturally look for an increase in the
cigar business thru the cool snap, it
has come. Tobacconists say the in
crease results because the weather has
driven the people to town.
Up to the Coal Man.
The coal men are rather disgusted
class that knows their customers have
The trouble is that that 'tsome time''
has come all in bunch. Men who have
not thought Of coal since last spring,
f6hnd all Of sudden that all there was
to burn in their furnaces was scraps of
fwuel left in the corners of their coal
bins. Of course, they must have coal
right away. =.
Men who would laugh at the charge
Of improvidence for their families, feel
just as keenly the inability to get coal
as the man who hasn't any money to
buy fuel with. Physical inability makes
it impossible for the dealers to deliver
! fuel all at once to everybody, hence
the bad language prevalent the last two
days among the heads Of families.
Another line of business affected is
the excursion trade. A cold day is a
day Of decisions. H. 7. Cobb, the vet.
eran California excursion manager, saws
this weather is doing great things for
his line. AS the grumblings Of @ tooth
hustle one to the dentist, the intima-
tions of winter make the inveterate
California travel think hard and quick
about sleeper reservations. ..-t 5.,
The ice business is on the other side
Of the ledger. The cool weather de,
presses the demand for ic. Summer
users only'' are beginning to dlscon
tinne. Strangely, the ice man & grum rum;
bleth not, as the sudden cool spell will
prevent a possible ice Famine.
A freak of the season is that last
Saturday was one of the best retail
days Of the year, altho it was one of the
warmest. -. :~1q.s. ..
Many Transients Here.
An unusually large number, of tran
sients are in the city at present, all o.
the hotels doing large business. On
hotel reports that it had every room en-
gagged for the night by pm. yesterday
and turned away fifty people last even
ing.
A large portion of this business come
from small towns of the northwest, in
cluding those of Minnesota, and an es
pecial1y large number from the Dako
tas. Many of these visitors are well
to-do farmers who have completed th
handling Of the fall crop, including mar
keting their grain, and have com
"dow to the cities'' to purchase win
ter supplies and clothing, and at tn
same time enjoy the recreation Of tn
trip after a season of hard work. Lo
!, cal trade is feeling the increase in trad
resultant from these rural visitors, es
pecially the last two or three days sine
chilly weather has set in. -.-