Year: 1874

IN some shape and Congress mas gone ABOUT itS
business we are all beginning to oelleye We That we
have seen the worst OF our troubles. the people
nave now a. fixed iaith IN TINS iact.
the name OF money, they intend to use it freely.
Inc crops too. have been abundant and the lar
mers have been able to move them with good
deal less trouble than ever, hear; that is. the
grangers nave held Q certain amount OF terror
over the railroads. The companies have not


PUT THE SCREWS DOWN


as as marc as they might have done In the way OF
Transportation charges, and the result has been


little better or than they were before. II they
nave nave. made well on their crops no matter II they
year, the belief that they haven have had the best OF
share n r peases them ana e,s other people


T., FANCY GOODS.


:. IN TINS branch OF trade everything looks prom
about the future TO use the expression OF one Of
Them them, "Irade In this business as well as in all
Ssatss WIN DC; In my opinion, If not llveer.
VIII be light and few." rhe reporter was also IN.
formed that the retailers out OF town were APP
out good. the people were confident and mot
clinglng 10 stoutly to their money as it was ex.
most of them anticipated it to q certain extent
In fact all The fancy goods men expressed them.
selves confident OF doing good trade. The
and were from such quarters and at such rares a.
to assure them that retail customers both ont Of
town and in town, were not frightened as to the
prospects OF the season turning out badly


GRAIN AND PRODUCE.


The grain and nour merchants are confident or =
good season ahead, and the business, they saw in
the flour and provision markets has already set In
well. Prices, they say, may vary somewhat: but,
as general thing, will not be altered to any great
extent as far as can be seen at present. They say
that there Is now In store at Buffalo upward or
bushels Of wheat, i7e 600 Of corn. 10000 OF oaS
as against this time last year OF 6l, 433 OF wheat
9S S Of &C. t of oa Of barley One
trot there were in store over 100000 bushels OF
grain, as against about 600 for the same period
last year. They anticipate q good trade In -four,
&C., with good prices, and regard the trade In
grain and provisions as promising. They say they
have no trouble about payments, and find the
Western people are confident as they are that
there Will be no business difficulties or uncertain
ties like those OF last year which tied up the hands
of some OF the Eastern dealers so badly.


THE LUMBER MERCHANTS


who have dealings with the Albany market say
that just now their business Is rather slow, al
although the market at present is by no means un-
favorable. The orders are yet small and the guam
year at Albany being even less than last year for
the same period. revival OF the business trade Is
good season. At all events they do not com
PLAIN, and, so lar as what is called the fall trade
can affect them, they say they look only for bright
times and no great losses in the business, as cor.
ners are rather out OF the question since last
winter.


and the leather dealers in the swamp all talk
hopefully. Prices good, and, as they laugh.
inely remarked to the HERALD representative.
who called upon them for information, their busi-
ness would always be an indispensable one to the
world generally, unless people could learn to eat
paving stones or wear wooden SabOts for slippers.
One OF the largest dealers in leather In the Swamp
states tnat the trade expect very lively business,
scare, the Boston tire and everything else that SO
worried them last winter, the best OF feeling pre-
wholesale grocers say there was a great deal OF
misgiving as to the future, and those OF them es-
pecialy who carry on neayy business IN fine I'm,
alarmed. The currency policy Of Congress- they
say, or rather it's want OF any definite currency
needles. They knew not which way to STIR for
fear, moving as they were IN the dark, they would


MAKE FATAL LEAP.


Now however, they say confidence has been re-
stored IN the trade and no lear or alarm exists
whatever. "Al my friends in any extensive bust
ness OF any klnd,o said one Of the CHIEF wholesale
grocers to the HERALD reporter, ''are very hope
ful. We all nave suffered at least we think we
lost fearfully, but the majority of US came to the
surface again IN pretty good condition when the
aed ana most Of us
never to see land again. 1t Is true there are few
people know OF VINO, because OF what tney have
passed through are yet little ANXIOUS; they will
venture nothing for fear they will lose all. But
money is plentiful and can be had easily on good
security Confidence IS generally restored and the
only effect OF the panic can see around me in my
business connections Is


FEELING OF CAUTION.


This look upon as a good sign. lt shows that
men who even year ago thought they were wise
business men had gone too tar; had allowed them
selves TO be duped away from the true old safe
style of doing business. There is nothing like q
good lesson In this world when q man makes .
blunder, and think that the great mass OF the
people have derived great benefit, after all, from
the panic. They have suffered, but to their beneft,
and now look ahead before they think OF leaping,
and they generally take quiet walk instead Of q
leap. This is as 1t should be- and 1t shows tnat the
prospects ahead are good, because we are


GOING SLOWLY BUT SURELY.


The croakers who still say we the verge OF
another monetary crisis are not business men, to
my knowledge but fellows who speculate on the
peoples lears TO put money In their own POCKETS.
The skies are bright above, even II there Is cloud
here and there, and Ieel certain business will
grow livelier In every branch from this day for
ward"


A GOOD OUTLOOK.


In fact 1t may be stated in conclusion that the
great majority OF business men in the city have o
firm belief that the prospects OF the fall trade are
excellent; that II trade generally will not be very
profitable 1t will not at any rate bring anything
like heavy losses, even where it Will be the most
stagnant.