Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-01-08
DUN'S REVIEW OF The YEAR
General Increase III Business Notwith-
standing the Coal Strike-Flour
Mills Break the Record.

New York. Dec. 3l-DunS review for
this week will contain the yearly review
of trade and trade conditions. 1t will say,
in part:
one event stands out in startling dis
tinctncss in the Industrial history of 1907.
Never before wds there, and, il is to be
hoped, never again Will there be such q
labor controversy as the anthracite strike.
Othcr struggles between labor and capital
have been accompanied by greater loss of
life ana boodshcd, or more disastrous de-
struo ton OF property, but no other cOntru-
vcrsy in this nations history caused such
a paralysis of Industrial activity and SO
great discomfort ana loss to the general
public. For five months his deadlock
continued. closing mills and furnaces
through insufficient supplies of fuel, while
the actual financial loss of the strike to
labor. capital and others VIII never be
even Appropriated.
1t is probable that consumers will be
compelled to pay larg" premiums over
regular prices during the remainder Of
the winter while cost of manufacturing
plants has reached an unusual position,
international trade has also been badly
disariaueed by this factor. finished steel
exports and coal shipments being ospe-
cially reduced. while imports of pig iron
and coal rose sharply, exceeding all rec
urds since the steel industry bocum" fully
established i'm tins country. Instead of
: he e q
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worth i'm nnn r,nntb
rho couditinn of tho irnn industry is
still considered safe barometer of gen
cral business. and despite the serious in
tnrruntion nf maj scarcity rho wear la;2
must bc considered hy far the most pros
porous ever experienced. while the outlook
for 1895 is ~t,ll brighter.
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