Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-12-06
VERMONT TRADE REPORT.
Bradstreet Tells of Conditions Prevailing
During Last Week.


| Bradstreet Tells of Conditions Prevailing
During Last Week.
pleasing feature as regards the
business situation IN Vermont Is the
continued activity of manufacturing con-
Germs. There has been good demand
] for lumber, scales, organs, granite,
marble, slate and machinery Of various
kinds, and the demand is still firm.
Some concerns have orders ahead to keen
| their plants busy for several months and
are unable to fill orders for immediate
| shipment. Preparations are being made
to cut large amount of lumber this
season: the high price which dealers
have readily secured the past year and
the prospects for another good year
have operated to stimulate lumbermen
to increase their outputs; the season thus
far has been favorable for these opera
tions as snow has fallen very generally
throughout the state, and while scarcely
in amount sufficient for the best work,
there is a good foundation. Farm pro-
duce is bringing good prices and agricul-
tural interests are In favorable cOndi-
ton. AS far as reported there is no
|
cases difficulty is found in securing help.
Business is good in Burlington: the mills
are busy and other manufacturing con-
Germs are doing well and the weather is
seasonable for retail trade, which Is re-
ported to be very good; the wholesale
dealers are distributing the usual amount
OF goods and collections are fair to good.
| In Rutland the manufacturing con-
Germs are unusually busy, orders freely
received and prospects point to another
good season. The marble business con-
tinues active, retail trade is satisfactory
and business men in all lines are encour-
aged as to the future. In Winooski
large factory has just been completed for
the manufacture of screens, and is Civ
Ing employment to large force; the
cotton mills also have quite large force
and the prospects of the retail trade
winch Is dependent to a considerable eX-
tent upon the mills here, are improving
in consequence of the increased purchas-
ing power which this employment affords.
Trade has been quiet here for some time
on account of the closing of the corpora
ton mills which formerly employed
large force, but which now are closed
and have done but little work for num-
Der of years. The slate business con-
tiDues very active at Poultney; the quar-
ries are running to full capacity, and the
dealers In roofing slate are not able to
accumulate any considerable stock be-
cause of the demand; the retail trade
reflects the slate business on which il rare
ly depends, and collections are reported
good. In White River junction labor Is
well employed, and business is general
is good lumber business in this vicinity
is fairly active and agricultural crops
are bringing good price. Manufactur.
Ing interests at st. Albans are satisfac-
tory. orders being received beyond the
capacity of the plants to fill. 1t is said
the great complaint in all kinds OF busi-
ness here is the impossibillty of getting
competent help at fair wages; retail
trade very fair. Manufacturing bust
ness continues good at st. ,Johnsburv.
and the same condition applies to retail
trade and collections. The lumber con.
Germs in adjoining towns are making ar
engagements for extensive operations next
winter, and the leading manufacturing
concern IN this city has just adopted "a
semi-monthly payment SUSTAIN in place
of the former monthly system.