Connecticut western news., 1879-06-04
The Business Outlook.
A REVIEW OF WHAT IS NOW BEING DONE,
 AND THE PROSPECTS AHEAD.

AND THE PROSPECTS AHEAD.
 Throughout New England, says 8 reviewer of the business prospects of the country, the manufactories are very generally working on full time, and some new ones have been started. Wages being low, much larger number. of hands are employed, and the reports of town and other associations for charita- ble relief indicate that the proportion of enforced idleness has been reduced to the lowest known for half dozen years back. The cut of lumber in Maine is estimated at 75, 900, 600 feet, or more but prices are lower even than las year. In Massachusetts the wheels of the mills are running briskly, and the turn out of goods is unusually great; but here, as elsewhere, it requires close ciphering to keep the costs of produc- tion within the small prices obtainable. An increasing demand has put up the price of wool, and woollen goods, es- pecially fannels, are much sought after, so that many of the mills have sold ahead of their production. The demand for cotton, though not so great as earlier in the season, continues active at ad- vanced prices, and 8 still further increase in the near future is anticipated. The gain both in the number and value of the packages of cottons exported so far this year, as compared with the corres- bonding period in 1878, is almost fifty per cent, and the business is in so healthy condition that the Journal ot Commerce feels justified in saying that 1" the ball has been set in motion, and, it is confidently predicted by the most conservative, will so continue for the remainder of this year and several more years, though at intervals it may be re- tarded, not stopped, by periods of excess sive heat or cold.
 The market for leather, hides, and shoes is also brisk. the inquiry of late being especially active, with decided im- provement in prices. All the mills in Rhode Island, except those formerly owned by the Atlantic Delaine Company, which were recently sold by receiver and will be soon at work, are running on full time. In the Connecticut carriage business, one of the important indus tries of the State, the feeling is better than it has been for five years rast, and the stock on hand has been well nigh exhausted by the spring demand. The cotton and woollen manufacturers con- plain, however, of a greater advance ia the raw materials than in the fabrics, but, though profits are reduced, sales are increasing. Every manufsctory in central New York is running on full time, none have been closed during the year, and several new ones have been established. The North River iron fur naces are in full blast, and the other in- dustries of the state are hourishing on a brisk trade with small profits. Never in the history of Paterson, N. J., were 50 many people employed in the mills as at the present time, the silk manufacto- ries being especially active. The Tren- ton potteries, iron works, and machine shops have hard work to keep up with their orders, and even with the greatly reduced prices locomotives, for in- stance, selling for less than half what they brought few years ago-the bus mess of New Jersey is in prosperous condition, both for the workmen and the employers. Like reports come from the mining and manufacturing interests of Pennsylvania. Though the prices of coal are low, the coal mines are running on full time, and the iron companies are at work night and day in some cases.