The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-08-24
CONDITION
OF TRADE
Aside From Usual August Vacation
Dizziness, business Is Good.
WHEAT TAKES A BIG JUMP
But Better Reports From Pro.
dueins Districts Disappoint
SPECTATORS Hopes-Fati-
ures For the Week

New York. Aug PR. G. Dun q
Co.'S weekly review Of trade says
Business Is welt maintained aside
from the quoting influence Of the ya.
cation season. which somewhat re.
striets trade and retords collections
Making due allowance for the period
there IS no cause FOR complaint The
adverse factors that have been operat-
ing against prosperity in recent proceed
ing weeks are no longer as potent, nor
NAL influences gradually prevailing.
Labor controversies still exist curtail-
, iEg the output Of q few products and
the consumption Of all the necessaries
of life. Crops are not going to market
as freely as usual. although the agri-
cultural outlook is distinctly favorable
In spite Of several obvious reasons for
expecting a check to freight traffic
earnings Of railways thus far reported
hi August show an average gain Of 96
per cent over last year and 1S.2 per
cent over 1901
Complaints are beginning to be heard
regarding the inadequate facilities Of
the railways. and it now appears that
Inconvenience and loss must again be
experienced Notwithstanding the extern
sive improvements. Sensational stories
of the large number Of buyers now at
this center and the fabulous sums that
they spend cannot be accepted as sat
isfactorily accurate, but it is probable
that an increase over all previous years
is actually occurring despite the de-
moralization in cotton goods caused by
speculation in the raw material san
guine sentiments are expressed in the
dispatch from Philadelphia. where tile
textile plants are again busy, and espe-
cial strength Is reported In lumber and
building materials
Merchandise In Good Demand.
Merchandise Is in good demand ut
Boston, business in some quarters IS
above the average for August, and the
footwear industry continues fully oecu-
pied Building operations are large.
and a healthy tone il evident in whole;
sale trade at Baltimore, while the fall
outlook is unusually bright Bank
exchanges at New York for the last
week were 1875 per cent smaller than
III the corresponding week a year ago,
but showed a gain Of 11.G per cent over
1901 AT other leading cities there
were increases Of IS and So per cent
respectively.
Somewhat easier prices for the great
food staples testify to brighter pros
poets Wheat was forced upward in j
most sensational manier particularly
al the principal northwestern -four
center, but favorable news from spring
wheat sections and a normal movement
at the southwest disposed Of dollar
wheat for the time Visible supplies !
are low, and liberal inquiries for fer
eien account encourage hopes that |
profitable returns may be secured by |
growers. but efforts TO force prices be
yond the limits Of reason viii curtai |
demand. especially for export
No event Of Importance affected corn
which iluetuated in sympathy with the !
principal cereal Western receipts 81 |
wheat amounted to 4332,07G bushels !
for the week against 6.730250 last
year and exports from all ports Of the
United States were 2,665.509 bushels |
compared with 4l16.7T2 O year ago
Corn arrivals were 2.06l,774 bushels
against 9SS.613 and Atlantic coast ex
ports 322,0 bushels compared with
47,144
small Exports Not Disappointing.
As July is usually the month Of
smallest exports there IS nothing dis
appointing in last months official re
turn, which shows that the value Of
all merchandise sent abroad was only
sol $50, 400, a decrease Of SECS 446 |
compared With June, while there was a ,
gain Of S2,T4S,773 over the same month
last year AS there was q small loss
in farm products it follows that ship
ments Of manufactured articles were
considerably heavier than a year pre-
vious.
Domestic producing capacity has
been enlarged even more than home
consumption. and consequently foreign |
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Imports were slightly larger than III
the preceding month and S2.032.513 |
more than in July. 1902. making a 10
tai gain in foreign commerce of S4.7St,
2S6 over the same month last year
The net balance on merchandise ac-
count was only S9359,0l3, while ex
ports Of specie surpassed imports near
ly S5.000,OO0 making an increase in
credits abroad Of S142gG.763 aside
from the unknown factors Of freight.
insurance, tourists expenses. etc.
Liabilities Of commercial failures
thus far reported for August aggregat
ed S6,9G5 1s5, Of which S5,151,15i were
in manufacturing. S1,733,747 in trading
and Ss0,2S7 In other commercial lines.
Failures this week numbered 23s in
the United States against 207 last
year and 5 in Canada, compared with
30 q year ago
Quash Scranton scandal.