Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-09-13
THE STATE Of TRADE.
Greater Industrial Activity Than al
Any Recent Date.
COKE BLOCKADE STILL ON
New England Shoe Men Are Kept
Very Busy-Grain Quotations sus-
tained-Textile Mills Well Oc-
cuyied-Week's Failures.

New York. Sept. 13.--R. q. Dun
Co.'S weekly review OF trade says:
Industrial activity is greater than a
any recent date. Many new factorie
and mills have been added 10 the pro
ductive capacity, facilities are being i'll
creased at old plants. and idle shop,
resumed through the settlement OF la
Dor controversies. West Virginia Goa
miners have returned to work. and pro
duction in Pennsylvania is steadily in
creasing. A coke blockade still exists
! the railways being unable to handle
the output, which is above all records
and in urgent request. Despite the
rapid development Of transportation
: still faster. and the situation is dis
tressing for shippers and consumers.
Although the weekly capacity of pig
iron furnaces in blast on Sept l was
reported as 3351s9 tons by the Iron
Age, it has since been appreciably cur
tailed by the inadequate supply of
fuel, on which account numerous fur
naces were blown out or at least bank
ed. The total output during August
was 1.4yS. SAP tons. and furnace stocks
remained practically unchanged at 49,
53S tons. AS consumptive requirements
are increasing. it is necessary to place
orders abroad more extensively. and il
some cases the entire output Of foreign
plants has been secured. Not only raw
material, but billets and even rails are
sought in other markets, German mills
Offering the best terms in most cases.
Heavy importatons have prevented
further advances in quotations. but do
nestle producers have ready market
for their output. contracts still running
far into the future.
New Engla nd producers of boots and
shoes are insisting on full prices. and
some grades that were slow to respond
are now sharing the Improvement. Ac-
uvity for some months is assured at
the larger shops, jobbers urging quick.
r deliveries. and the pressure for ear
y shipment teStifeS Ia the low SUP
dies in the hands of dealers Mail or !
lers TOR shoes are arriving in fair vol |
line. especially from the west, and |
sample business has been brisk.
The Cereal Markets..
Low stocks OF wheat and poor grad
ne OF receipts together with fears of
rost IN corn sections, sustained quota
Ions when decline would have been
imminent II full confidence were placed
omcial returns Of conditions. The
1test government statistics point to
ne largest yields of corn and oats ever
arrested and wheat crop but twice
lncredulty is also shown as
; the cotton report. the Discrepancy
eng IN the nature of an underesti- |
l"'e III tills ease, unusually heavy re-
''p(> promising more cotton than the
'l"af1M"ntS low figures Wheat comes
'f""Id more freely than in prec..in-
trk>. receipts reaching &. 1857 2G> bush
:, NNt there Is Il heavy decrease from
e e1crmouS movement of a3t;1 ,isp
l>helS III the corresponding week Il
'Hr ago, Shipments abroad are less 4
ti>lartory. amounting 10 only 4.":S
U bushels. flour included. against
'"'H"' last year. Corn receipts grad
lily increase, but the $40 $50 hnsh 0
arriving during the past week com.
re poorly with 3.17S.1>2 bushels il 3.
~. which is also the case as 10 A.
ltlr exports OF >>44N bushels AGAINST
~ bushes in the previous week 3.
i '>4.3l4 III the corresponding week
I wear
textile mills are we'll Occupied with
COS sustained in all cases and mad
'te advances in some cotton goods -
irh are III demand for quick de
cry. conditions favor sellers. buvprs
longer desiring concessions h,1r
king To place forward contracts 1T
sent quotations. Domestic needs uro
e. and there are nuntlors bids f.,.
"rt. but al figures that makers 70 Su
" Ia consider. With the con,plt t;,..
tHrly orders there has GONE a 4liof
rket for Wo"lens and W,:>tods I.l.f s
Is haVe large contracts Oh hand or
allUreS for the Week numbered nl- M
tht United States a.ail.st 1an lnS.
T. and - in Canada against II a via
= ago. ant