The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-04-23
CONDITION OF TRADE
Unreasonable Weather Still the
Chief Drawback.
LABOR SITUATION BETTER
Less Likelihood Than Usual Of May
Day Manufacturing Plants
increasingly Active = Lower Prices
For staples-AprH Failures.

For StaPles-April Failures.
New York. April %. r. G Dun 4
! Co.'S weekly review OF trade SAYS:
Unreasonable weather is still the CHIEF
drawback to improvement IN business
complaints being received from every
section of the country and slower col
lections are also attributed to this fac
tor Not only is current distribution Of
merchandise, particularly dry goods
affected by the thermometer but future
commitments are undertaken most con
serYatively on account Of the possible
injury to crops There has been much
talk OF damage to cotton but replant-
ing may prevent amy reduction il the
total yield, and Il few weeks OF desir-
able weather would remove anxiety RE-
garding wheat
There is much confidence regarding
the future, despite the fact that az
many points supplies Of merchandise
are burdensome. With the exception
Of wearing apparel manufacturing
plants are increasingly active. and
structural work Is gradually resuming
normal proportions for the season.
May is usually the date liked for
many labor controversies, but this year
there is little prospect of serious dis
turbance
Labor Controversies Settled
Disputed points have been taken up
and brought to amicable settlement in
most cases and there Is 10 trouble
pending OF more than local importance.
Baltimore reports further delay IN re-
building the burned district, ana TO
ronto has been added to the list OF cities
devastated by fire
AT the west railway freight tonnage
has not increased, but passenger traffic
IS very heavy, and earnings Of an roads
thus far reporting IN April are only As
per cent smaller than last year Bank
exchanges at New York we're 15.4 per
cent less than ID tie same week of 1908.
while at other leading cities there was
an average decrease Of 10 per cent
While no further improvement can
be discerned in the iron and steel in-
dustry Il is gratifying 70 lind no dis
tinet evidence Of setback
Slightly lower prices prevail for tile
leading agricultural staples, although
the week Las been one Of great irregu-
Iarlty and several wide fluctuations.
Winter Wheat Crop Not Large.
1t is becoming evident tint early ex
pectation If a very large winter wheat
yield may not be realized. although tt
Is still too early for ans definite knowl
edge Preparations fer spring wheat
are also Handicapped by unseasonable
weather which win necessltate very
favorable conditions later in the season
in order to seepre d full crop. Minor
cereals and meats have followed tie
lead Of the wheat maFket Whcat Is
eelpts Of l.4T23S3 bushels compare
with l.ssll4 ltet year. ana cxDori
from ail PORTS 81 the unltea as
flour Included were only G
bushels against 354i225 fl ..
eeipts q corn we're slightly lafser han
last year but Atlantic coast exports
were only 698220 agahist 493.H33
year ago
Liabilities q commercial fixtures
thus faf reported fur April aggregated
SS,S5ofss, 81 which S2.727 532 were ia
manufacturing S392T043 n hadmg
and S1.6TG2la I'd other commercial,
lines Failures Ills week numbefc
24l in the United States against i8BE
last year, and twelve in Canada eou
pared with fifteen a year ago