Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-09-05
BRADsTREET's REPORT.

III Cl llOaC uhlpded pAUN
Streets Burlington representative re.
veals the following conditions:
The favorable features reported
throughout the state II the past few
weeks in business and industrial cir
cles continues and prh pectS are good.
Workmen are well employed as rule.
The potato crop is small out prices
are high and there viii not be large
net loss TO ia m, rs. The apple crop
will also b: small. Otherwise agri-
cultural interests are favorable and
the good Weather for the past week
has been beneti ;ial for late crops
Lumber, granite and slate interests
are very active and the creamerieS
continue to do WELL
Business in nearly all departments
is good at Burlington; manufacturing
interests are we employed, retail
trade is good, and there is the usual
distribution in ]obbing way. The
stock OF coal for toe fall and winner
trade has be q received to large ex-
tent and dealers in other heavy sup
plies are securing goods in considerable
amounts, availing themselves OF tie
low transportation rates which open
navigate by lake and canal affords.
Manufacturing business at Bellows
Falls is good, re all trade active and
collections fair. The yield OF potatoes
and apples from this section will TIE
small. There mas been 10 particular
change Ia manufacturing or retail
business at Bennington which contin-
ues quiet, collections fairly good. At
Brattle boro large plant has shut
down for weeks vacation: other
wise conditions remain practically as
reported last week with retail trade
fair.
Prof. ounced activity in manufactur-
ing lines Is the rule al Rutland: the
m II BILE works are running to full capa-
city, and it is stated that seldom If
ever before, has the line Of business
been 50 prospe. Gus. OJher lines of
manufacture are fully employed;retail
trade and cole c;iuns remain fair,
while crops bid fair to Yield an aver.
age harvest. Tne sam is true at St.
Junnsbury and the leading manufac-
turing Concern there is usually
active.
Morrisville reports manufacturing
| fairly active. Win retail trade good
and Corrections lair.
Cone itions are unchanged at Barre:
traue i, repo t. good ana help
scarce, with collections tair.
Al Wni River Jul c ion business
in b. tn manufacturing and retail
lines is good; c. lections as usual
In reviewing The situation ID ough
out the country, Bradstreet's Journal
! Sa S:
A further Improvement in corn
crop advices, Confidence in the early
ending Of the steel strike, further
advance in cOtton-due, however T."
crop deterioratlon as much as to the
better tone Of dry gouds Trade advices
and last but not least the ad-
vent Of cooler weather are unitely
Responsible for still further enlarge
ment OF general trade dis ribution at
nearly all market and a perceptibly
better and more cheerful tone of bust
ness generally. Specially good re-
ports come from such centers as
Cnicogo, which reports very heav.
bushes, in Dry goods, clothing and
shoes; from St. Louis which advises
Of unusual activity among il bers
and tie dr. goods irade in August be.
yond expectation; from Kan>as City,
which reports that jobbers have all
they can do to handle business offer.
ing, and from Omaha, which reports
August trade larger than last year.
At The east the features are the
heavy demand for wool at firm prices
at New York, Philadelphia and Bos
ton, ana the expansion in dry goods
demand at those same cities.
Bank clearings aggregate Sl,74O,.
057, 754 for the week, gain Of 2 per
cent. over last week OF "a per cent.
over this week year ago and Of 20 4
per G. Mt. over 1899
! 0Busine,s failures for the week mum.
bar 1873, a sainst lSl last week, l65 in