Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-10-11
VERMONT TRADE REPORT.
Bradstreet Tells of Conditions Prevailing
During Last Week.


During Last Week.
Bradstreet's Vermont representative at
Burlington reports the following condi-
tions: Business throughout the state
continues good, as indicated by careful
inquiry, and prospects for the next few
months are encouraging. The weather
has been good the past week and nearly
all lines of business are well employed.
Among the staple products of granite,
marble, slate and lumber the activity
noticed in previous reports continues.
The creamery interests, which perhaps
interest larger number of people than
any other industry, are in satisfactory
condition. There is no particular labor
disturbance reported and the demand for
help is still felt. Business in Burlington
is very good; the retail trade Is active
and the merchants are doing well, while
the distribution of goods at wholesale is
active and no complaint is heard as to
collections. The lumber business is satis-
factory, prices are firm and demand is
good, while in some lines, stocks Of
lumber on hand are not large; the mills
are busy and taken as whole the bust
ness situation is favorable. In st. Johns
bury the principal industry is busy and
the retail trade is fair; it is reported that
conditions are promising for business
and that there is nothing in sight to mar
future prospects. Business continues
active at Bellows Falls; the paper mills
and other manufacturing industries are
busy, retail trade is good and collections
very fair with good prospects for the
near future. Bennington reports manu-
featuring business to be fair and the
same cndition applies to retail trade; the
hay and corn crops are large, potatoes
and fruit light. The slate business in
Poultney is very good and prospects are
favorable. The retail trade here depends
largely upon the condition of the slate
market and consequently at present is
satisfactory; collections are good and
while agricultural crops are not so large
as they have been some years prices are
firm. Business is very active at Barre !;
the granite sheds are busy and need more
workmen, enlarged facilities are con-
stantly being made, the prospects are re-
garded as very encouraging. In Mont
pelier business 10 all lines appears to be
good; the manufacturing plants and the
granite manufacturers are busy and a
healthy condition exists in business cir
Giles generally. The machine and other
shops at Springfield arelbusy, retail trade
good and collections fair. Manufacture
ers are well employed at BrattleDoro, re-
tail trade and collections fair; the fruit
crop is poor but other crops good. Bust
ness at Hardwick unchanged from pre-
vious reports with the granite manufact-
ureres fairly active. Manufacturing
business is good at Rutland, retail trade
and collections as usual and crops fairly
good. A lumber mill has been started at
Newport, which has been idle for some
time; other manufacturing concerns well
employed and collections reported good.
Bradstreet's Journal, summing up con-
ditions from its special kilograms, reports
that while speculative markets, except
for cotton, show reactiOnary tendencies
general distrlbutive trade and industry
are active, and heavy volume of bust
ness is going forward. All ,obtainable
measure of production and movement fol
the nine!months of the year testify tc
this. Bank clearings are heavily in ex
cess of previous years and railway earn
ings continue very favorable.