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Show tooU Sign. New York, 9. The Tribune notes aa a good sign the arrival in this city of hundreds of retail merchants from the eaBt, west and south. During the recent hard times the custom ol buying buy-ing goods iu small IoLb by orderB given to traveling salesmen came very much in vogue. Small traders saved traveling travel-ing expenses, and were able to get along by carrying small stocks frequently fre-quently replenished. A more settled and prosperous condition of trade is causing a roturn to the bettor system of the past, which brought the country coun-try merchant to New York twice a year. |