The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1910-11-18
GOOD PROSPECT
FOR HOLIDAYS
Merchants Unite in Predicting a
Record Breaking Christmas
Business This Year.

Judging from present indications mo-
nolulu 81 Christmas trade will be of a
bumper nature. People have started
investigating shopping probabilities and
inspecting stocks and quite a number
of holiday purchases have already been
made.
The last steamer leaving Honolulu to
arrive in San Francisco in time for
Christmas viii be the Sierra which
leaves here en- December IA.
The Christmas boats coming from the
Coast will be the Manchuria, arriving
here on December 10, and the American
Hawaiian freighter Virginian, which is
scheduled to get in on Christmas Day
and which will be the real Santa Claus
ship.
Christmas Day falls on Sunday this
year and the wind.up of the shopping
will be done on good, old Saturday
night. The combination of Saturday
night and Christmas Eve should result
in something special along the line of
the noise and merry-making, which have
in the past made Christmas Eve the
carniva! night of the year.
Following are few expressions of
opinion gathered at random, concerning
the prospects of the holiday trade:
n. $. Sachs Dry Goods Co.-Our
& preparations this year for the holiday
and Christmas trade are on a larger
scale than we have hitherto attempted,
which speaks of the confidence we have
in our customers and the public. We
feel satisfied that we are in a better
position than ever before to cater to
the wants of the Christmas shopper.
Silva s Toggery.-Last years Christ
mas trade was good; we expect this
years to be better. There is more
money about this year and conditions
generally seem to be better, Judging
from our monthly records which are
way above those of last year.
L. o. Hall s. Son.-Indications point
to a good holiday business. Already
we've had a good enquiry for our holt
day goods. Retail business has been
picking up since the election and is now
brisk, our floor being generally well
filed. We have no complaint to make
with regard to the outlook. We have
big stock ready and expect to dis
pose of it.
NJ. A. Gunst & Co.-Holiday business
is opening up o. X. We estimated our
needs on last year s output and in many
cases we have had to repeat our orders
many of which will he shipped by ex-
press in order TO get them here in
time. The demand this year seems to
be for better and higher-prced goods
than was the ease a year ago and If
Il l- -al1 Icnc
to do at present we shall be perfectly
satisfied.
McInerny Limited-September and
October business was on the slow side
but things have picked up this month
and we are looking forward to a record
breaking Christmas trade. We have
laid in a big stock of New York goods
and anticipate no difficulty in getting
rid of them. The depression in sugar
stocks is nothing to be alarmed over.
There are generally two years of high
prices and two years of low ones. We
see no reason to expect dull trade on
account of the fall in stocks for this
will be in large measure offset by the
increase in Honolulu s population.
McInerny's Shoe Store.-We have
prepared for larger trade than usual
and it looks at present as if very
satisfactory Christmas trade were as
sured. In fact we have just increased
our staff in anticipation of it.
Manufacturers Shoe Co.-Prospects
for the holiday trade are excellent judg-
ing from what we have done already.
The outlook for a good tourist season is
bright and there are many more people
here than was the case last year, and
most of them are working.
Ehlers & Co.-The outlook for holiday
business is as good as we could desire.
We have been extra busy during the
last three days and have noticed many
strange faces in the store.
Gurrey 's.-We are all ready for a
large Christmas trade. The year s bust
ness has been better as a whole than
was last years The last two months
have been bit dull but the year has
been splendid one for everyone on
Fort street and the Christmas trade can
be judged accordingly.
HOLSTER Drug Colt looks like a
big Christmas and we have laid in a
larger stock than usual We see no rea.
son why the holiday trading record
shouldn u be broken thisl year; indeed
it seems safe bet that twill be.