Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-09-26
TRADE IN VERMONT.
Commercial Conditions in State as Not
ed by Bradstreet's Representative.

Inquiry in Vermont through Bradstre IS
burlington representative reveals the l.
lowing conditions: business is well ma n
tanned throuGhout the state. Tho tenn er-
allure has been de idcdly lower but 10
particular damage from fro-ts have been
reported and the weather continues taV-
orablc for late crops. Taken as whole
the farmer has done well this year, crops
in general have been good and prices rule
u. gh. In the manufacturing cities labor Is
still well employed, and in some districts
scarcity of workmen is felt. In Burlington
the manufacturing concerns are We
busy: the boot and shoe houses arc behind
with orders and the cotton mills arc busy.
Manufacturing business here taken as u
whole is perhaps more active, than SNal,
labor is generally we'll employed and tn
distribution of iobbing goods is we'll M, u-
tanned Lumber business is good an
prices are firm: the various business inter
csts connected with this line are we'll en-
ployed. Retail trade of average volume
and collections tair. General trade is ~
changed i'm brdttlchoro; manuGacturiur
interests we'll employed. collections "a =
with agricultural crops good in this Vlcn
ity At Bennington the mills are mode p
atcly busy, no special activity reported in
this line: conditions of trade OtherHis
are favorable and collections good. / 81
lows Falls reports general trade to be ac
tive. manufacturing business is reasonably
active. and collections good the weather
has been favorable for maturing late crops
of which corn is good while potatoes ana
apples are light. In Barre the granite
manufacturers are very busy. orders ar
freely received and while I'm somc ca IS
margins are small the volume OF work
counterbalances the loss. The granite hu
mess is active and prospects nsider Il
good. st, Adams reports manufacturing
concerns employing full complement coz
.ntpr st11e ~ n g O.
tail trade Is improving, collections fair and
crops are very good except apples and pc
tatOcs. The railroad strike Is over and L
is reported that more men are employed
than before. Business is good at -. j Inns
bury: the weather has been favorable for
agricultural interests and there has as
yet been no destructive frosts; manutac-
turinE interests are busy, labor is we'll en-
ployed and collections fair
Bradstreet's journal summarizing ma
tional conditions says:
Among the more favorable of the purely
commercial or industrial features Of The
week have been the continuance of the
good demand from iobbcrs. the heavy
shipments OF goods with which to I'LL these
demands, the better call for goods at re-
tail, induced by the arrival Of cool, fan
Weather and last. bat not least. the set
b tlCment of the steel strike. which restores
at least 5000 men to their work.
strength prevails in the New York
stock market, prices having recovered
from the decline caused by the late prcsi-
dents death. Large advances were record
ed on last Monday when business was re-
sumod, financial interests here and abroad
finding cause for renewed confidence I'M
the announcement that Mr.. Roosevelt will
maintain his predecessors policy and re.
tain the old cabinet
For the weoek business failures In the
United states number l5S, as against IS.