The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-12-27
MERCHANTS
SATISFIED
Christmas Business the
Best in Recent
Years.

Tor years past was pretty well evil
denced by the good humored crowd on
| the streets Monday night. The stores
| have been crowded every day for weeks
and those that were kept open on Mon
day evening did a thriving business
until closing time. In but one quarter
has a complaint been made against the
| carnival-like noise of Christmas eve.
and that complaint was not so serious
that it follows that the noise will be
from San Francisco remarked to one
| of the merchants on Fort street yester-
day that he knew the noisy crowd had
kept some buyers off the street and out
of the stores; that in San Francisco
the horns and confetti were articles
| used for the amusement, or annoyance,
of the pedestrians on New Years eve
rather than on the night before Christ
mas when many people made their pur-
chasers.
But this was the only complaint made
in the presence of a reporter for the
Advertiser. AS a rule the merchants
interviewed sniled~and said there was
lots of noise but the people felt good
and bought goods up to the last mo-
ment. The consensus of opinion is that
the general condition of the country is
better than last year and the public
has been buying largely in conse-
quence.
At the banks there seems to-be plen-
ty of money and one gentleman con-
nected in an Sofficialzcapacity witt one
of the financialsfnstitutio remarked
that the total balance of corporate de-
positorS are larger this year than last
and this condition was noticeable, also,
with the accounts of Individual deposit
tors. las a reflex of the conditions"
this gentleman remarked, 81 would
suggest that you call on the dentists.
1t is said that when business is bad
the people who have trouble with their
teeth are satisfied to have soft filings
inserted but if times are good there is.
general repair work going on in their
mouths and soft filings of the year be-
fore are replaced with gold ones"
Views Of different merchants are
given below:
Benson, Smith & Co.-Business this
years has been better than at any time
in the history of the firm. We have
to be in all departments
H. May & Co.-Our business has
reached a stage where we should have
larger quarters in order to aecommo-
date the wholesale branch. In our re-
tail department the business has been
better thaA at any time in many years. |
The crowd on the streets Monday night |
showed the feeling of the people. With /
the aid of two or three men of Homo !
lulu this Territory could be made one |
of the most prosperous in the United |
States.
Harry Rosenberg.-The Globe has
done a good business this season and
we have no kicks coming.
Ehlers & Co.-On the whole we did a
better business than last year; better
than We expected but then our busi-
ness has been growing every year.
NJ a. Gunst & Cove have done a
better business than at any time since
the firm was established. In fact the
trade during the entire year has been
an improvement on previous years.
T. G. Thrum-We have had difficulty
in getting our toys and Chrisfmasl
books from the East but in spite of
that the trade has been entirely satis>
and better than last year.
E w. Jordan-Business has been
better in all lines and I think you will
ind better feeling than usual amongl
he merchants.
McInerny's Shoe Store-Slashing is
he word to express this seasons trade.
t has been satisfactory beyond our
Arleigh' s-we had our goods early
md made sales right along. I consider
his is the best Christmas we have had
n Honolulu in several years. Il
E. O. Hall & Sorl.--Regardles otsthe
tock taken over from the Pacific
hardware Co, our business has been s
ar in excess oE that done by US last {
ear. We are entirely satisfied with
he business through the year as well .
S the Christmas trade
Hawaiian Office Speciality Cove
ave had lot of difficulty getting the
oods that would have been in demand
t the holidays and that, of course,
TODD in the way of our doing the ban 2
er business of the company. We have /
ad no difficulty in selling the goods !
1e have had in stock and 1t looks as q
hough there would be good trade all $
ext year. [
E. A. McInerny.-Business has been i
great deal better than last year. Peo- Il
lie have had the money and they have
cen liberal in spending it Give Us I
our cent sugar during 1907 and You a
i'll see the biggest business in the MS Z
Dry OF the city at the close of the 1
ear.
Hayselden Tobacco Co.-Our business L
as more than doubled December of
.st year and on looking over the books h
the old firm I find the trade equaled T
lat of the boom days. t.
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