Year: 1876

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toy establishments anticipate large trade this TALL
and making the most extensive preparations
for the expected rush toward the end oil November and
beginning and middle OF December. The inporta-
Will be heavy and the volume of business In this
line, which reaches enormous proportions. will be
larger than II has been Tor several years past


THE RETAIL HARDWARE TRADE


shares In the general but not according
to the Information that has been gathered very
great extent The demand this and has been
better than tor time past but there those
gagged In - say, room lor s,es. improvement .r,.
Southern trade 70 CROWNS rapidly and the domestic
q vast amount OF capital embarked In


Tux srovR BUSINESS


and thoss Interested 10 II SEQ splendid prospecs
with tho representative OF OF largest
panes he said substaut ally THE stove business
has been very prices are lower than for good
many years. Until within month have done very
,le business, bat during the last twenty or thirty
days trade has picked up good deal and now We are
having regular rush Customers throughout
the country keep their stocks very low and sailing
closer 10 the wind now than ever before. lhs so far
learn true or all kinds OF business. and Is
excellent sign OF the times. We have all stopped
featuring and laying stocks for speculation,
and good thing that No have We always tell
where stand and Know just what We arc DONG aud
what We erc cot Business OF all descriptions has boeu
running riot, but II has been brought within proper
limits last and 1t 10 be hoped Will be kept thcre.
We aaye been doing steady ma ufscturing business
months back and with three four weeks Of the
regular October trade clear out our entire stock.
From this gentleman was learned that there Is big



shAil bear on the prize. Ii We get tho arst pre-
nium," said be, "as We ought TO- Il will be big
thing tor and help trado immensely IN tho
future; put we havo to buy and pay money FOR II,
why. don't want IT, We have sent the best stoves
there but We have sent no money TO control decisions
influence awards, ana do not intend W do So"
The manufacturers have been apprehensive OF
strike among their employees during tho last TWO or
three weeks. The men in one establishment did make


denaad ten per cont increase upon wagea but the
arm decidedly refused allow and tho worklngmcn
had tho good continue werk. This is no tlino
for strikes even III the business A large


0ENEHAL FURNITURE


house reports that tho CITY trade has increased very
largely during tho past couple OF weeks and IS con-
fdcnt that It's particular line OF business will continue
To advance for the next two or threc months Tho
gentleman in tho establishment referred 10 who gave
this information mixed up churches and restaurants IN
a very amusing way. Said he, .'ihe restaurant and
church business has been splendid lately" Tho rela


on between the two was not very clear without the
explanation tnat necessary 10 sit down In aud
TO furnish the one As the other.


they called not enthusiastic, but they
are tull OF hopes and confidence. ~ glad
to see," raid leading member OF the trade
yesterday, "that nearly every other branch OF bus
snS ahead .sv, saa sSs S
own observation confirms It. wish could say as
much for the brick business; but cannot" The gen.
teman referred then entered into sound, economic
dissertation upon the situation, SO far as he
eernsd satd he"The lumber and other business will
70 ahead before the brick which has direct
relation real estate. which in turn bears exact
ratio 10 the surplus savings aud capital OF the people
Savings nearly always go real estate but
is very little and the building interest is prostratc
We shall be among the last to feel the rc-
vival OF business, bus for US ! regard II as the
ahead We should be the last TO feel the revival but
II certain to come" He was. though not repub-
cau, exceedingly severe upon the city authorities,
COIN planning that during the last four or five years
something should have been done in the way Of city
improvements II do not know how true II Is, !" said
he what extent, but read IN tho newspapers
and hear among business men that we are losing
d,rectiousY,o Baltimore and Philadelphia Now thus
10 all wrong When New York loses business there s
something wrong, and the sooner we hnd It out
and remedy 1t tho better The condition OF
our docks and wharves is scandalous, and
l do not wonder that trade IS going away from
ua Why" SAID he. ~ can see where business has
been driven away my door across the river
| TO Williamsburg. short time ago there was float
ing elevator here employing hundred men, but The
foolish unwise and ibera policy our city authorl-
ties sent it away Ii was small thing, 10 be sure,
prevails all and that other places have in this
manner been built up al our expense. We must have
broader and more generous poi,cy We ought oil TO
strive to build up instead OF tear down our CITY,"
MARBLE INTEREST


Down ON and by Water there several large
marble works Dropping into ono Of the largest OF
thom q rcprcsen tatve OF the HERALD found exceed
ingy intelligent gentleman, who gave an encouraging
very wc.; inoced'' saio1c. ''in line and
port marked and gveat Improvement during The inst
month or six weeks we are not donR much IN the
are very large and are steadily increasing. The tno
marble work tho last thing that goes INTO house.
Work has been resumed on a large number OF
buildings, bu: they have hardly como to our
point yet The frst thing Is to get the floors
down and the roof on and then como the mantes and
the inside decoration Trade all tue country Is,
however, the We deal In foreign marbles
prnclpuily and the demand the With
the South We have little business, but with the
West the New England States we do large trade
Notwithstanding the duii times tue churches have
show signs Of Improvement lately Costly statues are
now imported which would show that there is do
nand for thcm."


are beginning talk checriully and anticipate
good trade Prices Of course down, and the ten
dency toward the cash system in this as in othor
descriptions OF Dusinoss


CooPERAGR


is q large interest and shows signs OF Improvement
Most OF the factories rolling out barrels by the
thousand daily and tho prospect oi large business Is
good


are complaining very bitterly about the condition OF
their business particularly that branch Of where tho
dealings are with truckers - They say that all
tho city thousands Of trucks are standing
aS doing o .rss .. ns SH xh ,hs
who have been induced to trust them month after
month, in the hope OF revival OF trade and better
times The wave OF returning business has not
this class yet but in the nature Of things II
cannot be tar away. As soon as tho Thousands OF
have completed their purchases the question OF trans
portation Will come when this class OF the community
look on all sides is most encourag,nS Nearly every
admits that we are now on the tide Of returning
prosperity and rising slowly but surely, toward high
THE COTTON TRADE At YALL RIvRR--CON-


TINUED FIRMNEss In THE COTTON CLOTH


TRADE-ANrICIPATED ADVANCE IN THE


WAGES OF yAcToBY HANDS TO COMMENCE


OCTOBER !.


FALL RIVER, MasA, Sept. rs, 1915


Everybody In this vicinity Is anxiousIy looking for.
ward the let OF October and 1t Is fervcniiy hoped
that strike will bo prevented. The mill operatives
arc determined to strike unless tho mill owners keep
their word aud gvo them back the reduction which
effect August Z. Since the latter date the
prico OF PRINT goods has advanced from 81
~ cents por yard. with tho market
very brisk for tha; kind Of goods. None
have found this fact readily than tho
operatives who TO say the least. since the memorable