| Show business prospects in new hew york of the business pros prospect act in N 1 ew york rork city a correspondent correspondent says A good deal of uneasiness prevails in business circles in consequence quence of the failures reported duning during the past few days it is feared that many others will take place before january far it is extremely difficult to td collect money unless th is can be done merchants cannot meet obligations business continues to appear active enough but the reality does hot hoi correspond with the outward look I 1 have lately made inquiries among tradesmen and storekeepers of various classes with reference to the present situation and the prospects for the winter and the result satisfies tolis fies me that recent newspaper reports of improvement and activity were t too 0 0 highly colored employees of h houses auses that were sald said to be doing better than they did a year ago inform me that they are not doing so well that sales have fallen oft off and profits are aro smaller and te IQ entire situation is less favorable than it was wag in the early part of last fall neither the dry g goods 0 0 ds men the clothiers clo thiers nor the art jewelers ew e 1 ers are taking in as much money as they did theal then although most of the stores have just as busy an appearance pe arance as they had when money was plenty among the people there is is no denying the fact that it is not plentiful cowand allmen all nil men and women except those who weeo are fortunate enough to have a steady income find it necessary to practice economy as much as possible still although a good many failures may take place before january it does not by any means meang follow that we are to have a renewal of last years yearns panie panic no season passes in new york X ork without witnessing a great deal of embarrassment among busness business men and the present one may not riot prove any worse than many before it the chief trouble is that there are too many men in business and when a dull time comes of course the weak ones will summer suffer severely but as yet there is no reason to apprehend any more serious trouble than we have often seen before ex |
