114 SANTA FE ASSORTMENTS. 



Although a fair variety of dry goods, silks, 

 hardware, &c., is to be found in this mar- 

 ket, domestic cottons, both bleached and 

 brown, constitute the great staple, of wliich 



qual 



into 



'Santa Fe assortment' The demand for 

 these goods is such that at least one half of 

 our stocks of merchandise is made up of 

 them. However, although they afford a 

 greater nominal per centum than many other 

 articles, the profits are reduced by their 

 freight and heavy duty. In all the'Southern 

 markets, where they enter into competition, 

 there is a decided preference given to the 

 American manufactures over the British, as 

 the former are more heavy and durable. The 

 demand for cahcoes is also considerable, but 

 this kind of goods affords much less profit 

 The quantity m an assortment should be 

 about equal to half that of domestics. Cot- 

 ton velvets, and drilhngs (whether bleached, 

 brown or blue, and especially the latter), have 

 also been in much request But all the 

 coarser cotton goods, whether shirtings, cah- 

 coes or driUings, &c., were prohibited by the 

 Aramel of 1S37; and still continue to be, 

 with some modifications. 



