Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 1, 1881, Page 13

THE CHIGAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, JANUARY 1, 1881I—TWENTY PAGES. Ae eee 7 REF? Tv . = = ' oranges but yore 2 edd, as repo now depend on thamselves, One firma year | ure. The rise tn cost was cuicHly due to | more largely to decorated, ware, ant fang: pee prover to ue ne quantities of ea Avera nigel honest : ag tho reports [ ao had forty steam straw sewlng-inneliines | hizber prices for leather, though there was 0 goods of all kints have been In active ee hoth fruits were bought up early and] The badness wae fairly profitable | in operation; it now has sixty fully em- | slight advance in fabor, with some in rents. | mand, Buyers have generally called for at tarrled atone with ‘great expectations,” during the entire year, though loved. and others have made acorreaspond- | Dealers note that. the demand has ran in tho More expensive line of goods than in any Tn the cago of Jemons the new crap of Sieliy tho tmargin of profit, was sinall enough to | Ingincrense, Our merchants find that it is | direction of a better elnss of goods than here- | preylous year since 1s For Instates: a. and other producing cotntries proved te be | pineh some of the lesser houses, ‘The mam- | nobonly nsaving in the tuatter of first cost, | lofore, especially during the Fast four months. year ago there waa practteally no ante for = wich betler than wasanticipated carly. when | oth operations of our tending firms reduce | but that it brings them nearer to thelr cus: | Tho yexpect this tobe x still more strongly iinps that cost more than $40,00@0.00 por | the weather was bad. As soon as the result { the percentame of expense on tho volume of | toiners than before, doing airy with the de- { marked feature of the business during the dozen; while lamps costing over $100 per * became manifest, holders threw their slacks goods they handle, Qur drystoods mer. [| lays in filling orders which used to be so fre- | coming yeaty atid manufacturers are prepate dozen now nicet with Toady sale. Domestic ” on the inarket, whieh was frecly fed durlag | chants have reduced the business to such a quent and so annoying. Our wholesate mil- | Ing to test It. ‘They algo look for a urther | ginssware jing been imatked dawn # little the summer with fresh supplies, and pri porfect sytem that they naw netually ners ara cach year selfing more and more | riso in prices, but do not antlelpate anything | toro extensively tian foreign goods; aa: the of March, when tt mover up another 3¢¢, At tho boginning of summer prices deetined toOg@arze, and they eontinned to work downward’ until thoy reached By@oe Mn Sentember. ‘They elosed at G@aler. Of Talsins tho $s79° crop was eonslierably below the average, the deficleney In Viton clas nione being cathnated ab from 7,000 to 6,000 fond, As Ro natural eonseqiience prices have ruled much higher than for 18i0, the diiference In Jayer raisins bemg at teas Te ‘to a IitUo over 2,000,000 bags of 160 Ibs, Tho relative atatus of the chiv! foffoe- onnaliming eouitties ranges a3 follows; First the Unites Btates, consuming 123,000,000 Ths; next Gere Inany, which tnkes #218,000,000 next France, with 110,000,000; next Austrin-Hungnry, with $2,000,000; then Hollanc, witlt 63,500,000 anid dinally Belgium, with 48,000,000 lbs, ‘These countries take 40 per cont of the whole prod. uct of the world. Kugland ranks among tho third rato consumers, and Russia, with hor pople, vs y ‘i The ag " vy to Western jobbers, and the jobbing antes of | like a boom, such ng soine other branches of | foriner were dlaproportionnately advaneed inst fa bout a sar enplun. ror seene nt year tora wat ward ate Mneket, aor Tian sige warned ey dail attend of itt ftv ee int of ye very’ this city now exceed those of New York, | trade seen to expect, Tha fact that winter. ‘They now again tend upwards. OED IMIEL Sar ea! Tet rtatfon of not more than ale per | erage, especialy in. the country districts, pd the uerchiiits of int ¢ ty lo very Httle | There ls no longer any rooin to dispute the CHICAGO MANUPACTUIERS Our estimates for this branch of business. nas 1 Gea) holug the prevailing quote | Thousanls of boxes of cool. kcmons were | I the West.’ The en buyers Mul fee the eee, | claim of Chiengo to be the xreatest millinery Pay espeetal attention to the peculiar rep | Year oxo Were somewhat too Inrge, so gs also {ho seaaon of 1880 saw the towost pr i ny dine tio market trapped off to | sold to dhe peddlers in this city, who rotalled Gait cP Wdritnnttine WiKe Mts noe fener | contre dn tho United States, ; Giirements of cousmmors i the diferent ————— Sear, nal rontinaed Wile Allene ieee , anid Inter fo $2,002.05, ‘Ine new | thom on the streets at 146 ae her doz STU he at ate tele woods, Most of teat ya a Meady Falling off tn the lrinosta; sections of the Northwest enables them to S MUSIC, ates until Inte in the Jail, when prices ng Inn at nhont §2.450¢3.h0, and the | for fully six weoks, In March lem- ie materint 3%. s y b Bt y whieh some f E here comes direct from the | funy 7% per cent of the millinery goods now supply a large section of country w walt THE TRADE-IN MUSICAL, INSTRUSENTS me AT One Mieht be disposed to regard ns leith: i; i 22.50@5.00; and how SL00@5.9), ‘The orange ra; and tha difference in rente | sold In the United Stites are of domestic hhately Ielonging rst oat ‘thanks to | as been a much more activa one, but again crop of Europe wos, really light, Slelly tulle benses forins more than an offset | ann facture. the wnerey of our merchant and mannfac- { Very trregular. ‘The incrense In the yolume + . | to the additional cost of transportation, Our . ale: ‘ | {ae OF one-half, and lurge lots wo b ay Tending hanaes now earry. slacks witeh are CLOTHING. turers, and the fact that the Infter ary ablo te | of gales, at- wholesale and rotall, ynrying 'y My “ a . he draw frectty upon vast stores of the raw fefrom 15 to40 per cent; It Is aenrcely possitts” + Keon well. Re hts ells Te veteatts Tunnel st tent Whtel ir etait nine IN THIS DEVAUTMENT WE NOTE wnaberial, welifhe ater places cre cull Rew {0 J to separate thotwo.departinenta intelligently {iio jtiva Tund o0,000 boxck, at repacked and | that they are surpassed by None In the world. | a great Improvement. Stles havw inerensed | draw thelr supplies from ws, Chileno Is Tho volume of sales {scstimated nt about $1 de i i year closed atS22x@435, “Owing to the fight crop of 1879, APPLES NAVE 80LD MUCIT IIOIER than for tho previous year, ‘The difference Was niueh more marked during we fret bolt of tho year, when it amounted to. fully 8e° oper pound, §_ Opening prtcos for New York nnd Michigan rult wero 8s 36 but before the close of January tho market advanced to 840. In March It fell off to B@sige and hy May to GY@ie. The prospect of an finmenso ap ple crop for 1880 began to affect the market al that thine, nnd prices continued to work downward until Gatober, when tho fruit showed an average reduction, ns compared. ong were $6,00@7.00 per box; in summer With 1879, of 20 per cont, Onr direct im- yorts continue to exhibit a gratifying in- creaso, For tho year Cae amount to about £00,000 packages, which Is an Increnge over Isxb of 15 per cent. The yenr closed ona folrly actlyy and hardening market, at {Oe for falr to choire Jnvs, at Baio for Oolongs, nt B@de for Young iHyson, and at » RBx@ibe for gunpowder. CANNED GOODS AND PIOK- Tas. IN THIS IMANCIE OF TRADE acl ns t bout and shoe centre it e | che aren aupolied with dry coods from | nearly 20 percent, the total for 1880 bem recognized ns the great , i Inst $2,500, 79, our figares wa inn ormigeteint. wns “tis largent eves ch rae Intell rake Hie trade now £10,100,000, agalnet $11,000,000 Im 1870. The of th. ‘ioral The Avestern fae ae nent dda dee gars i known, and the inost fruitless, Box-ornnies. prarhies te fe te Alt tek inner quantities enpltal employed ts estimated at 26,500,000, | nnd New York antl Boston houses have little change In the $400,000 caplial engaged Were $3.00@4,50_enrly, and My past year: while Texas and New | being an increase of 500,600 over that of the pingtically abandoned the field to Chiengo | i, the business, OKO) Nay tine and , Valonelas were Sh.i0ce0.00 | duchy the f | ow Phe jubbers. We now sell largely to Texas, 0 x sup ane New summer araines from Nation Mexico, with the intervening aren to the | previous year, ‘The Inerense la partly duo to constderable quantity, to ‘esleo, and sent Prices havo averaged higher than in 1879, nd Rol sold at $6.00@8.00 per box, nnd | Mouthwest, finve made tnerensed purchases. | addition of necruing profits to enpltal, ootls all over the Northwest, clear up to ant | but not so hgh as was expected m year agi, were not plenty Fastarenee aint few failures: have eecurtens | Bd Partially owl to the entry of one or | futocthe ietiet Hosseasins, “The. imant- { Some manufacturers twarked up thofr lists 3) - € . vas freely offered at 44@iye. SUIl lower if “hale Mf i the past yonr was not n speelatly prosperous | {As freel ; rtd During the past threo months the market | ¥4 : i : two new firms Into the wholesale clothing | facturers here confined thelr attention to t Inst January, but soon found It by e 08 ures would have prevailed had not, ex- ta tos * s, The number would have been sinaller wera dj ‘ ee . Percent Inst January, but soon fount Seloped towne the clea ot isn yi ie A races come to, the rescue. ‘Stimulated by set et ly Fron Lontshina amt | ere w ood bankrupt law In existence, ‘Tho | business In thts elty. Seen take Nifieture at find sive ay Necessary to partially retract, The atandard ie comparatively Jow prices there sprang uy a brisk demand for export to France aud Germany, whieh resi tho imurket of all surplus stock and art the downward tendency of values, ‘The cold snap carly tn November, which resuited Jn the destruction of large quantities of apples, further strenzth- ed tho market, and the year closed on firm mlees nt sigceidje for Enstern guarters, Penehes nso fiavy ruled much higher than UTE Wi envy | Southern States hag (aken moderate quan | ‘The greater part of tho augment In sales 1s | yenrs azo tho manny rea i s of planos have ndvanced, on the aver- malehs. The crop at A yeNan Meas a Mens titles of our dry: goods, but they are beri fl hemi in this city, and it hns developed | makos of plan end dy i due taan Increase In the quantity of gouds | oS y since’ then, The ploneer | age, about 10 por cent; . while St has beon plenty and cheap, crowding out Florida. ani aisels stase pays Hot avin entirely fore ¢ | Bold. ‘There was « general advance in prices fronder fully, aittca preparing to ‘ardely - Tiiieult to antits much: ‘of ‘an advance:' ainilen. Tras has not been very zoo, the each Haein okbon ie Southern trade | Of 10G@2 percent in the latter part of 1870; | tend its business fn that AUvention, und will | $n reed Instruments (organs) on account - fanot regnrded with quite so wneh favor ag { but froin oue-linif ta two-thirds of that ad- | bring five ar six hundred additional workers | ot tie competition among inanufacturers, siana oranges havo been soll at & ei Ae to this elty during the coming year. The | Probably S@lO pe will ne iy nt oy bth Fumiton ne Sy.000.00, nnd that of other sections, ‘The most marked | vantage was lost during the three months neve departure iam been ri pened pm thay Trobably 8 Fer oc eR eurly represent ; Ye : "1 e AVErARG Ade +.00@4.00 ver box of 100 uranges, ‘Tho re- | feature of the trade during the past yearks Ita | potween April and August, so that a great | two fargo Enaterit manufacturers have de. there na declted searelty of Instruments, more general aud Iberal “stocking up” than usunton the part of retailers and tho small Jobbing trade, many ordering months In ad- ‘yance of probubloe needs, ‘Tho result was that during the spring and stinuner business was exceptionally ght, and prices were weak and devllning in consequence, Tho dullest early cold weather haying checked tte ceipta of the Jatter ara now inereusing, entenelon Me aa: AND MICHIGAN. part of the autrinn busfitess was done on a | cfded to transfer thelr husiiess to this city, ehieft cle in the Ist was peaches, owing to the \ Ret ana uy | Laraabont to erect factories here. Ils | ere id cove rie oot ee manufactur. article tn the Ist was peaches, ow! for 187),—about be per ib, The highest quo- . | declining market, and ata really low range | and aroabont to eree! stories te ers had curtalled production early In 1870, large stocks enrrled over from the provious | tatton was aange for halves, agalnst s@ FIsil. Gud merehinnta How Allien Ml Us est eae of prices, Appronching those of 1870, which Suet ee aa ne sina ler este ya art there Was ry sitike amon, planomakers Year and tho full crop‘of 1880, ‘Tho deeling | Sige for tsz0, and the lowest O@Elge, Seal q IN COMPAINEON WiTlt 1879 into Atrica In thelr competiuon with New | were the lowest known for many previons the uxninples lenate e the trade during the past year if to Te BUS pat aut ‘au share ie tie pen ii oe Au els ml at ig. “Ailnekuerrtes {8 Inerenso Ln tho enles of fis of fully 1S per | York houses, years. About Lwo months ago the deellue |" Stivutaetirers report that there has at the growing demand fur’ om 4 i care ‘1 mente bel 7 ‘The Mereased demand for dry goods has | was arrested: and there hins slice been au.ad= ‘ t rtain kinds of cont ie mene dG nmETaS, Tein et won started up tie colton millls of the East and set | vanee in quotations which has carried them Sins hes a satel having been 60 rent as UPRIGHT PIANOS. "lie eanttals i bate iy | {motion hundreds of thousands of suindies | fon little above whnt they were a year neo, to keep the market bare for weeks together, | Tho new purchases are now very largely of ‘The capital employed hasnotbeen materially | Wiel recently were idle; while they tind so | ‘The rise in prices Is, however, scarcely equal in spite of the grent quantity of slaughtering | Unt style, and a great many people hava Snerensed, -Tho figures rematn at $359,000; | intel more to do nt hone that they are send- | ty tho Increased cost of production, which and tannery work dona here. Karly in the | chinxed thefr od squares for new uprights that amount having been found snficient to | Ing a sinnller quantity of euods ty Europe to | ‘arises mostly from 4 general turking wp of s er was scarce, and upper | Within the past twelve months, ‘The old * m1 iy nid su sittumer sole Jeather was scarce, and upp , ‘ey 1 do the whotesnia ant Jobbing business, In | compete at low prices with native manufuet- | 15@20 per cent in wages, The jtem of Jabor leather was quite low fn stock during a part | Satiares are now mostly atilized by “renters, nome respects tha year hns been more gntls- | U8. Theproductlonof wovlensalsoshows | Isaiarge one in the npegrerate of cost In of the summer, ‘There {s now an ainple sup- | 80d few of that style are being made. ‘Tho opened ally ver Ib dearer than for 1879, and riled higher until August, when tho new erop hegin to arrive freely; then there was adrop to T@ikge, ‘The inarket soon res covered, however, and during November and Devember was yb T7684, From tha beginning of February down to the middle. of June prices mnged from Wy@12t¢e, For eral advance established during the fall of 187), Denlers have had a fairly active trade since the begining of nuttin, but the total of sales barely reaches tho previons year’s Dgures, Prices are 10@20 per cent lower than a year no, with the exveption of corn and pens, Tho higher prices of the former fy 7 arked Increase. © In oll departments, too, | clothing manufacture. There has been less upright plano is now manufacttred ns strong, -" by due te recut Syenttlatiya notyitys ated nearly all descriptions of dtfed fruits the faclory than was the previous year. Stocks, qtr at inerensed nnd inerrant demand change in the selling value of the raw mnte- ply of both, 7 re nearly as rich in tone, as the parlor crop. Of tho entire quantity of canned | e8t ¢losed much lower than it opened, for Instance, have been Ii better sliape, ‘The | tor faut goods,” witha growing convietion | rin}, and other expetises have not been much TUNER GOODS . q | Brand, but the semt-erand sufi] mects with xonds annual! y soll In this market probably. = searclty which, during certain perlods of | thatthey are the cheapest in the end, The prewter as & consequence of tha autumn haya, teen auite tks: raga Bat eated Bolne favor, There Hee been ttle chang: in Hot to excved fy percent is put up in tho GREEN FRUITS, 1870, deranged trade, and more or fess gori- | trade Nera reports ‘a very much better de | boom, i year 1879, style tn organs. Band instruments were vory mand for the finor classes of gonds, ng silks, ‘The yenr ins been almost uniformly n busy | mitch lower than at the date of our Inst Au- | active during the first lial of the year, and execution of orders, | ting dress eaota, ’xbensive’ shawls tte. | ane, thalnits belngshortmmdonly part fal. The | nual Review. when a reported Great searclty | the trade In sheet-musie shows a largo in hag not been oxperienced to the smue extent | whieh were formerly Gotscht ue Lhe East, if | spring trade wasn profitable one. ‘The sum | of the raw material had caused an advance Crease, the old songs being more called for durlug the pastyear. ‘There have heen thnes | aball, A better demand for foreign soods, | mer and autumn trade did not pay very well, | of 40@59 per cent, and_was expected to send | than fa some former years. wher the supply of cortain (ahcrotably fut } mostly of the fancy klads, has led to nlarce | ot account of the weakening above noted. | prices much higher. There would undowht- Our wholesale trade with the country ex- inackorel_ and George's cnd—wns constter- | inereaso in the volume of our dircet hnpor- | Trae was considerably stimulated in No- | edly have been’a searelty of rubber goods If | hibits. little Increase; Indeed, some houses — ably short of the cemant, but generally | tations, Yetuber bythe unusually carly cold snap, | Jast winter had been a hard ones but it | have done less In tlils direction than in for- . West; Indeed, aside froin corn and tomatoes, DOMESTIC GREEN FHUITS vomparatively little eanning is done in tls | sold at too low prices to ptuve very profitable . partof the country, though the gtallty of re 0; oe vas he goods turned tut will compare favorably | (0 the growers or slippers. Neatly all yn. with tho product of other sections, ‘Tho great | Tieties “wero miusually abundant, which bulk of the canned fruits and vegotables | mundo them cheap, ‘The greater yield did not comes from Delawareant Maryland, Theyoar | fully compensate for the lower prices, for ously interfered with tu lose: 1 : Speaking tho marke wns wall supplied; ane Chicago seems destined to become a prom | whieh ted inany to expect a bitter wluter, | proved tobe a mild season, and the result | mer years, donee tee bulk of the country Sth standart peak selling at Susmanss | 06 Not weathor tnjuréd n great deal of the | {kien nll in mdi ibs arson mia e mere an dent cata guutied ue nu dlstantess Ca ‘The fall demana was decidedly for a Was a surplus towards spring, under which | wholesale trade is transtcted” by two hme per dozen: seen Ne $1.95@1.40;" standard fruit carly, the frosts Inter, and the expenses ordinarily satisfactory one, Prices have | stderable ‘Texnn cotton was reeelved here IIGUER CLASS OF Goons sliatatiins fell back nearly to normal Agures, Manufacturers have recently boen pressing corn at S1.U0@L70; low graces nt $1.40@1,00; | attending the marketing of the stock helped | averaged higher, though the dilferonce was the past senson, and sold to manufacturers tunn heretofore, The trade had gonerally | {ie sales of rubber goods hove very lirgely | their goods more directly upon ptrchagerss and standard tomatoes nb $1.20, “~ "tT to eat away the profits. Large crops were Hee elite nisterlal, eae oy ae of bats ‘unt warh, jPouvertinng eatin into antlelpated tlds, and prepared. for {t, so that Jrereaned Grin Ae PERCE Sea nae tnt with Hille advantage, yeaa es the ere - ivorge’s codiish, which liny vd from He | y s istry y janey ‘Wi : ent exe | * ves prise | some of em are re PLAIN AND FANCY PICKLES, tho rule Iu the West. Berries wero very | cost por 10) Ihe woera the ee ete Hoth ie an duclustry that 1s, A tew ang tirag { Miere Was tone of the disnppolntnent ex chases In this city within the last two years, | 2 o , The sales of goods In this lino werg nenrly | plenty, noticeably the strawberries and double the total for 1879, exceeding $500,000, Dinckberries in Michigan, ‘Ihe crop of tho ‘Tho crop was nota full one, being reported Jntter was tho lurgest ever known, Tho Pyaweus tyvorthirds DE on -avernny tae ue strawberries were fine In quailty, and sold nt Owing to the higher price of Jabor, cooper- | fair prices early, but there wes nat much freee the coat of putting PD mado In them at b0@We per case of 16 ats, these goods was increased 10 per cent, | which was bald for large quantittes of Mlch- cod old-fashioned way.of dealing with the West only through the agents‘ in Chicago, e 4 - tathhial va odee | Derienced alittle more than ayear ago by a a ff "4 % aie 3 bpetlar hl eke pale ieee were wanted, ‘There has been o big ense y % = eas a Wasa fait avornge, hut, ns tho stocks lett | naturally centre tn Cieaze, All the wust- | Th'the vulume af trade vith cone Weekes ener CLAS ely Coloessin Ly tise Al JEWELRY, over from the previous yenr were incon- atta reaaten bee in city handtett 1000 territories, thelr Increase of population seem- | Thelnrgest sales: howevor are atti te the A WIDE EXTENSION siderable, all were used ay fast a4 received, aie th He fae i [isa iy hut fe reat | listo be nlmost entirely enpatied by cloth: | Stutesat Michigan, Indiana, Minois, Wiscon- | ts noted In thls fine of business; four or five and prices were sustained ata relatively high Pa ea he ay se gid Bh tf cease Stat | ing from this elty. Our tendlig houses re- ain, and Iowa. “Wenote that boots nud sitoes val avlaieetenaas a durtins tho point, $4.2404.50 per 3g bri for No. 1 whi leak more than Oe COMMIS BLASUIL, port that collections have been good through. comprise about one-third of the $18,000,000 | Ze firms having opened up hy ing ties arog ish belng te lowest quotation of the year. WOOLES Goons outthe year; and they have ‘suffered ver o E G past year, ‘There arenow about forty houses Hits bees about LF per gene piaimeate Prices | lzan fruit, Ttaspberries were In fatraupply, | Yrloas epenel 4 SF. 00G5.25, nd wradually | tia Been very. active, the volume af sates | littie loss from’ fallures in nny part Of tho Dred Jn uo Ualied Stato nual manutuer- | TN tho trade, Including . manufacturers! showing the iain anne The Die tee and sold nt 7%@$1.00 per ense, The Southern | worked upward until about the tstof Marel, | having luereased fully 25 per cont, Lt is es- West. ‘ ngeneles; several of which are now estab wwns done on about the same capital as for | crop of peaches was poor and light, and the | When thoy, stood at $0,506.00, mi that | timated at $7.600,000, against $0,000,000 In| A very large part of the clothing sold here, |. S MICAS lshed here for the distribution of goods to 1879, and waga moro than ordinarily pros- | carly shipments did not amount. to much, | Hime until the middle of August th 181i, nue $5,000,000 In INS. A Intge part ot] both wholesnte and retatlis manufactured | DRUGS AND CITE * Western. trade, ‘There hava beon no. erous one, the tendency of prices yy pies Starland nenches were snecessfully handled | N28 downward, S440@4.50 bel thy Increase was, however, due to an ad- | in this. city. Nearly all our. wholesale TRADE IN THIS DEPARTMENT tho Western trade, Thero have been pearas 2 all KY aufvnnee ju. Se Pe aG Sauent Jn, tio (Urlces pt Bons. Tue wae fous aks thelr, ats Fouls cuiplosing Incvenserd about 10 per cent over that of 1870, Falla peep sears and, natatibelant vOry Ker i EK October | mostly due to on rise in the prices ot airee wunbers of workers, 3 trie they q y q - ie increasing competition, business has and Noveniber, ‘Thy Iatter was a resnltot | woole butt labor, dye stilts, sonps, ctey | have to obtain the material elsewhere; bit | 1" tho first clziit months the volume of busi- | Ing ; jee Nt ‘ ‘ 1 y fitablo than in any the October storm, which worked avec | nya’ adyaneed, adding to the total cog they are able ta pay good waxes, while durn- | ness was heavier than In the corresponding } generally been more pro! with tho nuts. ‘Cie'storm was perhaps the | of the hutene goods, There has been no tie ott work ne Cheaply agit ean be done | time of the previous year, and prices grad- | previous twelve months since the pante, mast severe ong experienced on the Upper | minterial change in the total capital enm- | eisowhere, the latest improvements in mne ually advanced. The autimn sales were | 94 there was no loss by depreciation of goods Pakes, and the lake fisheries have recelved a | ptoyeds the additions from the prolity of esd chinery: petng, used wherever machinery {3 | outy fal, and within the last sixty days the | while in stock, The volume of bustness has blow from which thoy will not fully recover | bel about offset by Ue Withdrawal of ona | applleabler echaracter of Chicago mnde 1 : 25. pe for yenrs, ‘hero was a total destruction of | or iy drug fea Ue Meee re eee tlething stands deservedly, ih all over thy | Hetding staples have shrunk in valuo tally 10 | tnerensed from 20 to 23 per cont, giving an tho pound-nets, nnd, as tho busl- | transacting the business remains about the | West As no vloywork {3 turned out here, | percent, Large stocks which had been car- | average of fully 15 per cont. We placo less Rhias not been very roinuner- siting, ‘There have been no failures in. the | Indeed, a large part Of the Eaods compare | ried along trom inonth to month by speeu- | the aggregate of sales at $6,500,000, against ative In late years, It is not ensy to seo | city, and few fn the country, Collections | favorably with the best custom make, and | Intors and Enstern jobbers were put on the | $5,000,000 for 1879, The capital employed in cen stendify upward, Seno senson opened here till Michigan was ready tocater the lists, on A basis of $7.50 por bri for plain, plekles | Tho Michignn erop was a heavy ane, anv and closed xt $0,00, whieh is about $1.00 per | penches sold down to 2% per basket, for the bri below tho highest fizures' for 1879, ‘Tho | finvst, nnd wtterwards at bo@ooe! During the quality of the plain and fancy mixed pickles | Light’ of the season the reeelpts ware the sent out from here ts recognized ay superior largest known, ‘The strect was, overstockel to that of any other of tho domestic markets, lay after day, and hundreds of baskets bad and wil compare favorably with the prod: | tobe thrown out. Then came pears, whieh vet of the best Kuropenn factories, ‘Tho | sold at 750 down to 2500 per box or basket, trado Is steadily growing inall directions, | ‘The crop was falr. rapes were poor, The nid there fs no reason to suppose that Chis | Delawnres were n failure, and Concords were cago Will not sustain the reputation sho has | tnt ees They Iai acquired as the largest plekty : UreriOr ta tho West, “Thoy Sold at 2@iic market in the | per th, Wherg the money to put the fishermen on | faye xenerally been made promptly; nnd the } hundreds of thousands of people naw -Wwere. market nt reduced prices when it became | tho business may bo estimated at $9,000,000, untry. : i vory | {helr fect agate Is to come from. Sincoearly | truce have enjoyed a protitahle years tho ready-made goods who a few yonrs ago | Marke $ t oe anesanee fore wee anorghurd ia Gene in October the recelpts of lake fish havebeen | “The mostatrongly marked feature of the | would at touch ‘them. ‘Che cheapeningof | Known that tho fall demand would not We hota ‘Mint tea ee dowry, Bae TOBACCO, Of tho prominent sections New York is sald Hast io yothing, aul He Jee feo wiliolate bustnens during the rast twelve ruanthis x A | cost Lhrough Iman fretting in grent Guantl- ental Autleinauais, iat Sear, howatty, heaven nace ys ‘thier cig tn ger a v ¢ vst are elites ks ir know Pee tigrense In the volume of ttnportations, | ty enables the people to wear more clothing | has been a satisfactory one for FO! “f x : i ai tit one ecb Tenatern State A Oe eet, aioe OLUSE | tmarket,, Stneo Ost, 1s tore has heen Anat Thisisiiireetiy traveuble tote sary wutvuned | thaw tarmertovand Co stinies eee eae i Houses | Uillon, excepting New York, and there is 0 was not an eventful one to the tobaceo trade, Hastern States, aru Candas pralitced pros ‘Phe total of sales docs not show a very con- quglausly, tnd, tha nls wwergithe lermece siderable increaso over that of 1879, except in | ever known, reaching perhaps 1,000,000 brig, plug, to which the attention of the trade hag | Most of them wentto England. Yn the West y 1 the sales of tho seven local houses endel fact te Sang Of $4.00 por bri, ond the tendency ls |in tha prices of domeatle eons, witlle for | Jaiter fuel is ai Mera cele ae eats | at 5 growingtendency ninong antnufacturers to alii upward. ‘ie fail eaten of tke Herding | een tauren exhlinted MULE ‘chino. In que palnt of view, to say nothing of inereased | 8&8 Inereasedl 125) par Caut—to $5,500,000, | regard thls ns the polut from which they {as a total falture, One firm here, who in | tations, ‘Phe European tmarnuteturer wns comfort. and — the capita invested lo 70,000, | must seck the trade of the Great ests t= the past have received ns many. as 26,000 nat siow to take advantage of the change in —— Chicago has supplied n wider extent. of ‘ter- | terior dealers no Jonger send thelr orders to asi packngus did not recelye 100 paeknges the situation. ‘She dowestle production of IKATS, CAPS, AND FURS. rhtory, The new towns “out West” have | the seaboard, They are also buying a much. been chicily directed. Dut the: increased | tho yluld wns alko large, espucially In Michie | PATRAS lid nol ree B.posttion sta gut us | heavy. wonlens’ lns lnereated tate OF \ furnlshed many new customers. A tected | better elnss of goods than a couploof years movement in plug tobaccos was only brought Futbol ae egeiced tne ny Mes a Wolk, i many a8 any one, ® mck an percent ants lighter fabctes IN THIS LANE Lprovement i, tie eily busters Jo abs ane | neo, though the sala of cheap watches shows . about at tho sacrifice of prices, the year's | to tho raiser, wns almost like iving then BALI-WATER Fisit }ve also bean muda Tit uitch larger quantl- AE ieee aerial oO See Cine SrILaLEa ene ‘ul for. | an enormous lucrease. business having been done at so closu a | away, and handreds of bushels Were never {| hava beon moro plentiful than for the vre- {| Hes thin heretofore, + Dusen! 2 is rh P e 1 S margin as to leave very little proiit for tho, gathered but fed to stock, or eft to rotin | vious year, and of better quality, ‘Che high CARPETINGS sales being £6,00,000, against $5,000,000 In | have again Increased theirdmports, the goods | LEATITER AND FINDINGS. ie orchards, deater, The competition between sival’ nh 5 manufacturers and the ngentsof the different in the tulle Liat ast ts be- brands was never before so sharp, and tho Ing about Siaselsnper Die ‘Phomeust and goads were often sold right down to manu | the Territories ial Stutes tar ue Nee took facturers’ prices. ‘That tho year’s showing } a good den! of tho fruit. Tho logal can- is not more favoravle is duo to the Banu on as nis pis. aud a erent anny, 7 ay vers mn into cider. ‘The price of apples Sioa, seetoRe ee established by advanced. in November, Toeal inns. pad To Agatet uta abomimege tf | stocked up, but not heavtiy, when the cold seat i ! ; 1 0! H lon. ° and. chitilig blasts came and frosted thou- x } od rade hore has vigoronal y contended » | sands of barrels in the country and in cars, bite sie fae Filttout, fcoomp lahing: ony" | leaving the stock to be enrried over mutcit tee i bratty taloed, the sy8- | emailer than It had promised to bo enrlior i anasont Ge hoe anally enforce Abie theautunm, Fail apples sold at Si25@l.76 ales ts adoption. | By ile Work the argo Hee ear tols, and @ few solect luisa ra hea. otal sales reach a milton | ~ iny tae in cranberries has beon smaller stars dete e tteatage ovOr the small than naual. The cheapness of apples, tho the thousands, “Bnte pce aftr at ne abundant and low-priced berry crop Enst, cao will ultimintele ea ited by th ie | aud the cold weather in November, all helbed foreomontut thoes tare a gos 7 eu | to redites tha demand. ‘The outsldetrade tins or eb at Ut ties ysl fae ts ready Hy Nee been bartly stippled with Eastern berries, Tecra partir Best aac seeped here. | wut few of them came here. “rho Wester Inst, and, ng che hele eee, Uae’ | crop, though small, appears (o kava beon factorily, ‘nu wees wie eressing satls- | suifletont. ‘Tho local reevlpls are estimated Galabliatied tne uses wilt (no Houbt bo | ne .s3h000" bris, of whlch’ Wiseousin. fire 7 Gablished, The ana ow, operation has | wished over two-thirds, “Mletiliten con- capaclty oF 8,000,000 Tig "4 OF AN annual | tributed a fow thousand barrele of poor a wee fruit, much of which sold at $4.00 per bri, TUR SALES OF CIGARS The Wisconsin crop was tina in quality. have fnerensed o trifle, and a good many | lrices ranged at. Ten 7.60 for tho bert more elgarets than ever bofore haye bech fruit, and at $0.25 for fair Western aud Enst- sold, ‘Tho trade in fine-cut and smoking to- ern, ‘Che stock hero Is Nght, but thore is lit- baccos, on the other hand, have fallen o} + Ag | tlo call for tho berrios, : & whole, values have ruted steadior than ‘in | ©The Jonesboro Qneectte reports tha bhi . baat yenrs, “They wore sumawhnt unsottled | monte of green frults from Cobden, Villa early In tho season, but were very uniform Ridge, and several othor puints In Southern during the Inst six months, At the Enst ther | Iinols to Chicago tha past senson at 441 wore some heavy fallures during November | enr-loads and 41,748 packnges, ‘Tho Bhilp- and December, Dut the trade here remains in mnents from Cobden alone were 441 car-londs, S sqund condition, According to the report CALIFonNIA\PRuITs, o fia eiteemone of Aaricn read Hie,tonse: | Tha receipts were somewhat smaller, the decrensa in the neon a ied be Aven ators | 1088 being in pears, aud prices ranged higher dlecrenge in the aren pi porte. © Sliven nbOs | thon In 1870,” Moro grapes were received Wiig wioten en reports than in any former year—some say 50 por sant tate ae ary ed ea apes ecroase fa | cont moro thin in 187,—and the arrivals read WD and. 15 Dor cunt, renee eee: | wore fino In quality nad condition, . ‘Lhe pene tates uf Conncoticut, Pennsylvania, “Olio, and { FOP Of Cailtornin was Nery, light, heavy Wisconsin oach reported ‘an tneronso'in ncroago, | Tlusin April injuring tho buds when the SYpillo tho Keates of Kentucky, ‘Tonnessoe, nnd | trees woro In bloom. ‘The grapo crop was Missourl roportod a sllvht decrease, The weathor darge, and plunge were plenty. ‘lhe season Trades of mackerel! havo been 'a iittle scarce, | tiaye not materially increased fn thie nepre- | 1879. ‘The enpltal is inerensed to 1,850,000, | Coming through on direct bills of lading via | rue counsE OF THE LEATHER MAMKET Gicetio entelr of mediuan and snail sizes was | wate of sales, “The total is estimate ct | Severn additions have been made to the | NeW Nore and "Montreal. ‘the isto tin | gor tho yenr under review was in marked Ht large, and of unusually good quality, which | &3.300,000,—1 et 8379, ports Ineludes ebleily essentind oils, qui- £ Thee tora ee naaRRMlly ood aus dll ty Sun Mi pele, men Hie, aa he ik ie 4 | Bunbor of houses In tha business, smnking | iiine, opti, castile-soap, und chemlenis, contrast. with that for 1879, Then dullness H nereased the demand, Extra mackered hel umends {01 ie of saving. ¢ thom at the close fourteen or fifteen, instead | A gigantic corner in opluin was projected } and ttepression were the prevailing character- fully up to the previons year's quotations, Pade amend en tts tad to paritod The of cleven as Inst year, They nye all tirived: | this past Benson, but ft lins at bout alta istics, Toward the closa of that year thero Hee eta 1.00, Georgwecoutish werd | trite of Inst wpring was very” netive, and | but goods have heen lnndled on very close | Fen tca tere Smee, pefenter Had its | wasn improvement in the demand, and a ty feat guppy trout. and continne so. | merchants prospered. — Afier May I | margins, which probably makes this the best Sark. ont oxic Ge ree oplum | Very pronounced advance In prices; but as a 100" ibs shtzher ethan moter oS : open fue ind mares Se fall of Tard market tn tho United States for buyers. | market for the world, It was based on the | whole the season was far from prosperous. ° Ing at $5,75@6.00, and closing at $0.00, and Hh ‘so Hight Uline. alee destined Aside from the sharp competition, the nssort- prospect of p short crop in the Orient, ‘Tho | ‘The year just closed, on the contrary, was ‘Tho Jowest quotation was $5.50, Bank cad: | tan pofnt slightly below tho cost of produc- | ment of goods Is unusually large. ‘The busi- | “syudieate” held large quantities of tho | onarncterized throughout by more than ordl- fish on Hie otbar handy ¥ fe | Hen Ut asut tlon. A good any yartls In the business | ness seems to be peculiarly attractive, and TE ce are, ae avery welyanca ‘brea nary netlvity, and prides wera sustained ato 7 : erring ‘ oH i . rel ts in fir supply. ‘Tho mmortationtat loliend Pee hae Here ee secre there is some anger of He being overdone, {ings from, outsiders, aad ft soon beeame | Polnt that left a liberal margin for peaiite. or Dutch herring were the Jargest ever fest. After the October elections there was | ®S.Was the case a few years azo, necessary to lower tho fluures again. ‘Thus, | Not only was thero a Jargely increased do- known, but atthe very low prices at which | 9 marked re { of confidence, and anad- { Prices have not yarfed much during tho { white opluin has probably sold higher than mand from local and outside manufacturers, thoy were offered thay went rapidly into | yanea in prices: that month beg muel the | season. Wool hats were reduced. In prica } fe woukl have dono If left to itself, prices | put tho enstom-shoemaker, who for & num- consumptlon, and tho stocks now on hand are | most active ever known, Prices ave ae in August and September on account of low. | HA¥e NOt been ron up to the point that the ber of years previons hud hard “pegging” to notlarger than usual. Sales of this fish | or, cod higher in for the yenr precedin principal holders expected to put them, and Keboth “ends” meet,appearsto haveagain, havo nearly quadrupled. “OF Norweetan her. | Ske! none whe sa owen wankers, | cf Ptlcos for woot, but recovered subsequent. | how thnt the sonson for tne nev srop ts draw. | maka bo! see Pear aes erty. thous thug the importations show n falllng off, the | wold last spring. ns high ng S105) and the | > Furhats were matntained at about the | ing near, tha nnxlety to realize 4s not likely ere whoduting fie bard titce succeeding high prices In Norway Keoping Ura fish at { Jowest prices of che yent tor the same gonds | SAMU range ns ruied fn tho provious year, | to’abate, {hough rumors tre afloat to the | Bi panic wero constrained to abandon the home. | The catch of “Labrador wus a little | was Boeehe, aeninse Wee tr 18k Tho | though thy cost of minking them was en- | effect that the coming crop will not bos full ractico of haying their own and their famt- short, but the quailty was better than usual, manufacturers’ Ist price for 1881 will bo from | Muneed alittle, A heavy. and satisinctory | one. Ree foot-wear mate to order, now find {t Scnled herring, auctiovies, smoked . hallout, | s6to sige, ‘This Is elated to he ns low as | trade was experlenced in straw goods. The LARGE IMPORTS OF QUININE practirable to return to that luxury; and the smoked animon, bloaters, and sardines have Wil pay for producing that class of goods, | fall business in furs has been a decided bine freo of duty have kept the article low or domand from the | custom-sloemaker has been dealt In quitens extenstvoly'ag in former and ft wil probably fon popular price: for | provement over that of the previons an- cheap as compared to the prices of tt in the | year doubled within the past twelve seasons, Prices havo not differed very ma- retailers, 08 thoy can sell the goods at $1.00, | tum. ‘The early cold weathur proved a viz~ yenrs before the repeal of the tarif, It is | months Prices have averaged constderably terlally from tho ruling rates of 1870. Sul | ‘The sates of all clotlis show a rather jmpor- | orons stlmulus, and the sales of furs have | estimated that about one-lialt of the sales higher thin for 1879. The oxtremia prices won havo vot been very plentitut, he | tant Merense. ‘They opened about 10 por | been heavy ull through the Jobber's season, | wore of tho foreign quining, | Although a | current at tho close of that year have npt Enstern entch ns well ns thaton tho Paelfe | cont Highor than for 187%, but fell back Inter | Some houses revorting an” extraordinary | pow manufactorse was established in New | been sustained, but. the market has ruled Const wns a partial failure, and prices in this | to about the figures of n year provious, eal, | Seu! advanced 20@25 per cent, and all | York, tho domestic manufacture of quinine from 8@5e per Ib higher than the prices. market have ruled about $2,00 per brl higher, | “The coat of production hins recently beon | tho dyed furs have appreciated in value, | js anid to have beon less than In 18 The current during the first six months ‘The comparative nunual prodnetion and eon- fully 15, and soine say 20 per eent inore than | Mink are still taboued by fashion.- Buffalo powers tht onco controled the American | of 1870, Notwithstanding the — fact aunipHog of fish by the Tending nations of the | a year nea. Blocks fy manufacturers’ hands | robes advanced, fully 40 per cont, and | market don't find tuso enormously profitable | that many Yats whieh hud Jain idle world aro shown by the following figures: Gre Hight, and tho higher cost of material ing | are destined to bo dear in future, as they did. during the provions two or three years vera « Product. Consumption, | tod Con inaterint curtaliment in production; | a8 the apply ts decreasing annually. A notable ndvance fs noted In glycerino; of | again put Into service, the trade were ab (00 LN KD some concerns having shut down, entirely | Buck goods have not done so well as other fully 40 per cent, | ‘The consumption has in- | times inconventonced by a Inck of. atook. 32,807,600 S865,780 | within the past sixty ‘dave, their object be- | Ines, though the wintry weather In Novom- | creased largely, while. the hate production | "ls was more especinily the ense with the Tay { tiucto foree prices (0 amare romunorative | ber greatly holped to swoll the Inte sales and oppenrs to have been limited by n senreity of | patter grades of sule, At the present writing Raawion | Point. Jobers and. rotallers Iook for, an | sustain prices, Tho senrelty. and hiel eles material, | ‘Lhe imports were greater, Io- | stocas generally speaking ave limit, and the vesg | houive spring trade, but are rathor Mhghily | of these goods the previous fall TeMt to Inrger | ding declined about 433¢ par cant, outivok js favorable to the amalntenauce of THe PRUBI FISH NURINESS stocked a present, “Che trade in imported { manufceture and sono speculation, und | ‘Sho prices of somo oe tho lending staples } yulues, ‘Choe demand for hos ruled actlye, st higher prices, Tho nd- Goods jins been light throughout, It has | tather large stocks have buen carried this on tho dates named were as follows: INS Vatico wns purtly In sympathy with other steadily cverensed Lor two or throes years past, | Sciison, but they are decreasing now, though Jan, Deos0, SHEEPSKIN a Unes of goods, and partly beentina of tho in. | as doiestie xouds are now gonerally cone | the mild weathor In Decembor checked sales 158," , | has been unprecedentudly netlve, and the ni crenslng cost of orlnging tho fish hore. il | ceded to be filly equnt, and In some casos su- | somewhat, Quinine, por ox €2.00 | Vittice of S2.00@2.50 ner dozen which was ed recently our dealers procured most of thelr | partor, to those af Laredgn manufacture, THR Orry JONNERS plum, por ib, ‘Tu | tablished toward, tho close Re 1810 has been fish from tha northern hulfof Lake Michi ‘The capital cnzcged Ih the business is catl- | pave inereased thelr trade in neatly evary | Jodino, port am [ie sustnined, The usu of sheeps! E ’ ‘Thy catch at’ Waukegan, Racine, Mated nt $750,000; the sane ag a your azo. ro T 7, | Lod. af po! Inrgcly Increased within the past two or and Milwankeo has dwindled, large pn a Shore nro only four tirms tn tho clty doing bean, mips Tee a pette ea ot tnrea “yours, They are now very oxten- countof the sinighter of sinall fish sively used in placa of ‘morocco Hesteeae Ault eat cane ar | Jethro sat" th “Cogs a8 hy Hane | Raunt hie a inithneg |" NOME banners | Anke iain aul Naniins anus | CONFHCTIONnY, = a Betas ot mt tn fho botter. he wvorngo yield 8740 pounds per | ten The ‘eatine? trege CULT YR AOGIN, (refrigetatine ath orion at MITTINERY, rallrands, it ta noted that farivers, ant | and centa ts 20 per eent, estimating the sales | fd im ke manutacture of muitte, and in Hn. aero, aumtost 705 last year, frults enst of tho Rocky Mountains | up for tmnsporing them iither, “Ein nice IN WHOLESALE MILTINERY peuple iattar claer er ena athe West, are At $8,000,000, agninst $2,500,000 fn 1870, The | were nsed, ‘The demand Is In excess of the The capital omployed in the trado hore fs 4s controiled by twa_ house i} given, at $1,500, ant the total sales at are estimated Tt $300,000, “ko Trutt’ seule i bor of firma engaged In the business fs trade has Leon active throughout, and ren- ‘They have learned that the best fs the cheav- | {crensy measured in- the- quantity of goods supply, and continued high prices nny be ex~ 5 oom, ‘which ore the same figures as for } tributed throughout the maura; ang afew Hood af Sis ocy Rat ae sean oe er: | sonably profitable. ‘The record of trananc- gat, ‘Cho mining and distant regions of tha | sold ig: much nrger than in the previous | Pee busiaess (ab. 0 prevall.a Tho yen hoad af $1,000,000, bong an {herense of soma Ing exclusively) shows nn increase over the h @ He od, % tlons shows an Inerense of nearly 15 per cent | West are also demanding fine goods, and the | year, some dealers Winclig it as high as 33 y " st 20 per cent, the ai, ex rt ord ope havo on atone ahe Selene 8 per cont over gyre of 1879. In in the amount recolved on sales, and about puttaradlat styles iat wor recontly sont to percent, The advanee In prices tins been Braviowa Fone an aeertaato of 1,800, as DRIED FRUITS, freight trains, and most of the fralt ts ‘Thoro hins bean an incrense of 15@%0 per | thesnme in tho quantity of goods handled, bas fiving place to tho” prevailing Anaicotn slight, and chiefly in proportion to the rise in | against $1,500,000 fur 1870. TO THE DEALER IN DIURD FRUITS browght hero by tha former, ‘The pastscnson tha past year was not ono of Jaro profita; | Was generally satisfactory” to denlers ao fnr | Cove; tho saino bulng true of tho otiur parts | The aggroanto Is estimated nt $9,300,000, | Bre BivInk pine Gbvlattng the nvecsalty o¢ | the cost of raw material. About hreo<auure TH EXPORTATION OF LRATIIER i 1 He United States_as well ag Chicago, | nicninst $5,600,000 In 1870, and $5,000,000 In mulntalning a special dopariment for this | ters of tho wholesala business is with the | has not beon as Ingo ns for 1870,—a result Indeed, during tho firetslx mouths, 0 con | Nnfortunate cote en ae soy, were Ayices have ruled @l0 vor ecnt higher, | 1878, also to $4,900,000 in currency tn 1877, | teeter cane 2 countey, ‘Tho elty tendo is out up, many of | due in part lo te ealinneed cost of tha art tUnuious was tho shrinkage In valucs that the | Bartlett hears arrived intoln July and Jasted | ints ettye arith aon irae te the buslieas, ‘The capital employed In the business (s about ; tho smaller ‘manufacturers retalling their | Cla uid partly to the linposition of the Ger profit and loss account showed a balance on | trough August, ‘Thoso pears came In direct | 10 thls elty, w $4,250,000, Oysters Word ro- | 81,200,000, bolug an Increaso of 10@12}4 por |. BOOTS AND SMOKES, own product, The bustiess of the year ting | finer grades of fnrness-loather possess an the wrong side of the ledger, ‘Tho country | competition with bly supplies of cheap home Truftand did not sell to advantagy. “Prices trade genorally had stocked up pretty hoay- | Wale $1,000.00 por box, chicily Ss00@a bo ily at tho adyanelng prices of tho provions | Pret nee oie pening, wore scares, the Noveinber and December, and tor tho first | Vicar bein tho most plentiful variety. “Tho throe thonths of 1860 thelr demands upon tho | fatter sold ut $2,000.50, and other kinds at trade hore were Iinuited in tho extrema In | $350G5.00. Tokay nnd’ white Muscat wera the nicantime values of nearly evory article aaa rie ara Ne do ee Sree gee Inthe st had undergone a greater or lesa |. from a much wider extent of tortitory than, shrinkage, somo itnes even reaching a pont | formerly, Pluma sold at $2.00g3,00 por box bolow the lowest prices of 1879, Asomewhat | Of 20 lbs, and kept longer than I any former ported scarco year ago, but they are much | cent. 4 COVERINGS FOR TH FRET been conducted on a profitable basis, Chi- undoubied advantage over thelr Europea more scarce now; New York and even Balti. ‘The business has been fairly Profitable, | have boon in much Jarger demand than in cago confectionary Is distributed throughout | competitors, as they hinve to import from - more feollng the pressure of more wanted though an increasing closoness of compati- | any provious year, and tho volume of ‘trade the West, and some of the manufuctorics | Americn such of the oak burk used, than can be suppited, 4 . : . “ ss and they find it too. expensive, * jhan san be supplted ee haying ton atnong n few largo firms has prevented | shows a stendy Incronse, which ly one of the Bers rank, aimong te dgraest tte a country. | iow great fas beon the growth of the for: slipment of oysters from this clty to supply | Me realization of largo profits, indeed, best guaranteos of success to thosu engaged mupetion thoy being espeelally recommended | lan true i American leather during tho dealers of the West ins scarculy boon so | prices have averaged a Iittlo lower than in | Init, ‘The aggregate of enlos In nll dopart- | for thelr purity, and many. descriptions are past ten or eleven years will bo acon ey. the active recently on account of railroad dis- 1870, and lowor thnn for any previous year | monts is estimated at about $20,000,000, | said to excel those mado elsewhere, Some | following table, slowing the number of erlminations In fayor of St. Louls: and our - | pounds and value of solu and upper leather Yeading firm hns estauliaheda hoanoh for equal quality and styie of goods, Cor against $17,000,000 In eet little Jess | of our Jeading establishments Intend to en: ! “ exported for each of the fiseat years enymer- otty foe tho purpose of metlig tho change tain Hnes aro materially higher, capeclaily | than $15,000,000 In 1878. ‘The largest part of jorge ty faney aa Any ees into the | ites. These figntoa do noe tueluda. the Ox. el Y Plushes and feathers, which have recently | this increase is in the guantlty of goods porta of moroceo and other fine Joathor, better trade was eujoyed during the aummor | Mineo _fiprlcats, penclt W otlier varleties-of heen, alt tho mao"; but in volvota and | handled, that being fullys por cent. grenter | Pave lelped to mako tho Frenchy cuisine go | bins OF motors o and : Mouths, bub there was no gencral tnprove- | grapes ‘complete tho list of Caltfomiia {rules DRY Goons. flowers thera, -tas been, 8 marked de- | than the provious yedr, ‘Tho romalnder Is g No phyogs 5 Value mentin prices until the fall trade opened, | that were surved jn this market, ‘THE SALES OF THR YEAR fing, changes ln eaage avin made | duo to somowhat higher prices, Thusalesot | CROOKERY AND GLASSWANE antign GUO 8S and then, savo In isolated cases, the advancg TOPICAL FRUITS, show an Incroaso of about 1334 per cent, bo- | has been decidedly Ir tho direction of the | leather boots and shoes, mengured In money, TUR THADE IN OHOCKERY, Se1BO yas not very pronounced, ‘The business ts | The sales of West India fruits are estt- ing estimated at $58,000,000, agalnat a little | more expensive woods; the higher in price | lave Increased nearly 35 percent, The cap Glassware, Inups, etc, has very much tm- soa in substantially tho same tands.ns a yoar | mated at 350,000, an Increago af 29 per cent. more than $51,000,000 In 1879, Our atatomont | the batter, As a leading party in the trade | {tal ongaged In the business las bogn aug- | proved durlug the past year, aa compared 68,70 2f0; and about the samocapital is employed, Since the opentng of the routate New Orleans of 859,000,000, ‘madi 4 remarked, “ Everybody now wants mented about 10 per cant; ¢ fs now esti | with 1879, and shows 4 vast linprovement on Soules ‘ Th Year's sales, oxcluslyely by Jobbors, are | the trade fins Increased greatly, nt the expense 000, inade & ‘year ago, was some ‘TUB DEST AND LATEST STYLES, (000,000, ‘This, he {nolud : hich Hod from the th 4,805,176 estimated at ,000, which ta about the | of New York, witch now sendscomparallyely | What too large, ‘Tho capital employed ag- oj: Moro ls nawno wlaccin which in | Mated at $6,000,000, - This, however, Includes | the dullness which prevailed from tho tue Beret saine as for 1879. | Collections were bettor | fow of these fruits West, Jananns were 80 } Brogates about $9,500,000, agalust §0,000,000 anlond. da that are unse DI one et the money invested {nthe procesa’of munu- | of the Jast panic to neur the close of 1878, A043 Shan usual, and tho losses through bad debts | abundant that thay have consed to bo a Won | in 1870, ‘The lnvter Ineroase is mostly duo to fasion’ seven the moat remote palate fa | facturing within tho city. ‘There have been | Thecash value of sales hing Increasud nearly 108,013 . were telfing by comparison with former for. fe ree wyouteen, country tad sud need Sugmient by the addition of profits of the | the West now hava. facilities for being | no Sunportant additions to, the numbor of | 30 percent, belug estimated at 88,000,000, mT : years, Prices o| widely popular.” ‘hey wero never en chore | business of leading houses. ‘The number of promptly informed of the changes in fusii-'| firms, and no falluros, | Indeed, the number | against a Mitlo ayer $3,000,000 In 1879, "Tho LUMBET. See ie a uns ‘uring ‘this |ae Taal epring aiid suininer. selling at 81, firma is the samo os a yoar ago, and there | (0; and they, want fo keep up with tho | of faflures Hroughout the, West wos fower {capital employed fn tho bustness fs about | THR LUMMENMEN WAVE MADE porns fhough rull aiiets Hower oT Nancie #80 por bunch. A’ fow Aspinwall and red | have been no Important changes {nthe gou- Uines | I. quoney, ate pena 10 Hors to ts oan oe Gy TE REY (bree ‘to | $500,000, -being slightly greater than the | tha past year, and aro well satisfied wit td for that’ youre. "The only nowble ‘oxcoption | parracod bananas wero sunt on from Now | eral features of the trade, ing the past year was tho fact that thoro was | tho hy trade, In fact, colluctions | Provlous year. Since our last Noviow, there | exbiblt of the senson’s work, ‘The volume: dt fs feared that tho heavy storms {n Buuelany etop. and inter uy hi ae prige of | Jamaica and other parts of the West, Indios apples, ‘Tho apentug price for that frult was | Will shorten tho 6 ie nish om lew @l0e, but- valites declined to aja DT sellin ohiedy Re Ge) WOO war TOO cee February, to T4@73fc ln April, “and further luctl 00 . ge 000, 1 aloug parts iin ‘Suptémber and Oc- qaction ote eee a Ieapples were, at tober ola prunes sold aa fow tl ls \ 03 4@43¢0, ane tho year closed at 4}¢@5o for old and at 7@ Prices haye averaged a shade higher than | no dull season. Business kept right alon are reported to have beon unusually good | has been an Increase tn the number of business exceedeil that of any previous year,. for 1870, but syeraroa lover on “iow all tho time, collections wera Muay goody from drat to last, making business smovth, | firms engaged {n the wholesale department | The recelpts wero 1,550,184 m ft of lumber. months than In March and Aprit, Late in | aud the number of bad debts remarkably | and helping to make one of the most salle: | ortnts trate, nid no fallures linve nesutted.-| avd 659,017 m shingles, against 1,489,870 m 16; the autumn the market ruled Timmer, staid suvall, Jones thera “Ro atealies ae nee | fagtory, Cee re Poca bene PINCES AVERAGED LOWE of lumbor nud 670,644 m slilncles fu 187, ‘Tha: ard sheotings and shirtings, with other staple | worked at aaienl ator a dfand vantage. ‘The | was Momewhint irregular, ‘hoy advanced | than the previous year, ‘They early declined | reported shipments were £18,574 in_ ft Lumber; g them hore in morchantable conditions cotton goods, belng generally marked up, | cost of transacting tho business hag remained sharply early {n the gears foll back later, aut | from the higher Tango attained under the | and 1:24.20 m slilngles fn 180, ngalyat 731, ago ‘ 1. ABO, tune, Thi . 4 : shingles 101 1670, Ea». dfs det," opantag ps SX [alr bi rater uepctabi bates was | Alig tsacturrowag tote rojas |v Hp Mucucaira atten nr | ge aL pay eat gla ay | Do ofa ve ek ruled epupar | ber and tae mage mil ce Wi jal uy ny) 1 hn the business ost o 10 aI 7 corcahienngmerne tied vanced to conducted. 3 cull i was rampant early } that abont 25 per cent of tue cotton crop had Uptowvey. recent perfod our ierchants Th per cent higher, the sdvanco in pricey | Out, except for white goods, which have been | shipments of Jumuber approximated 1,115,570 u GT, aud remained thery until the latter paré 4 on tho strength of Nght crops in Europe, . been cut off by the early frosts; but quaa | depended on tho Kast Zor those woods; thay | bellurlesy tha tharla tho costot monutecte comparatively negluotod. ‘Thu trady has rup | my £4, Tho suipments of yblogles worg iets i] 4