Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-10-03
BUSINESS At LEADING POINTS.

BUSINESS At LEADING POINTS.
Chicago Business in the iobbing
lines has been we'll maintained and
sales make Il favorable comparison
with year ago increases being noted
In dry goods. clothing and footwear.
Country orders are received in con-
siderable volume for staple goods, ana
current sales show well in furniture,
household needs, groceries and canned
goods. The marketing of farm pro-
ducts continues in large volume. and
on improved domestic demand ship
gate this year last weeks reaching
5,206,690 bushels, an increase of 10.1
per cent over a year ago. Railroad
traffic returns show gains in the move
ment of merchandise and general
freight, and complaints are heard of
the lack of cars to move wheat In the
northwest. The eastbound movement
Of foodstuffs shows some recovery from
recent low tonnage, but the movement
of grain and provisions is less than
in the same period last year.
Minneapolis Wholesale trade con-
tinues to improve in all lines and the
volume of business moving is fully up
to 1903. Prices are satisfactory and
travelling statesmen report a good feel
ing on the part of retail merchants all
thru the northwest High prices of
grain have caused early selling by far
mers and much past due indebtedness
has been liquidated during the past
week or two. Collections are good.
Shipments of white pine increased
nearly 100000 feet over last week ana
a better inquiry is reported than for
some time. Shipments of lumber for
the week were S.0160OO feet, against
| 9,64S,O00 feet a year ago.
Kansas City Wholesale dry goods
houses report fairly active business.
There have not been as many buyers
in the city as last week, but purchases
We're more liberal, while the road bust
ness has been quite satisfactory Deal
ers In footwear report having a good
trade the volume for the current month
exceeding that of any month last year.
| There is a good demand for groceries.
| Trade is fair in hardware and imple-
ments, and about normal in drugs.
Millinery houses are. busy. Collections
are fair.
| Boston From the mills there is
nothing new, with the end of the Fall
River strike not in sight. Wooden
goods are firm and fairly active.
| Philadelphia A better feeling pre-
walls in the textile market, though
| there is still large amount of idle ma
chinery and factories are working at
short hours.
! Pittsburg - The damand for window
glass is fair and stocks in the hands
of the jobbers are getting smaller. A
number of factories are preparing to
make glass, and some have started.
satisfactory as the workers and manu-
facturers are not harmonious. Orders
for hardware are coming in more freely.
Providence Manufacturers are
feeling more encouraged over the out
look for cotton goods in this market.
While print cloths continue quiet at
cents, there is something being done
in wide goods of the higher counts, and
on some grades an advance of "A C to
sc. a yard has been made. There is
a stronge feeling that the cotton crop
is large one in spite of the reports
circulated by the bull element. Spots
have declined sharply and are now
quoted around IL cents. This is still
prohibitive figure, as taking the
present prices of goods as a basis, cot
ton should be selling around 912 cents.
The mills here seem to be fairly well
occupied, and the recent settlement of
the strike at the United States Cotton
Company mill leaves the market free
from labor disturbance. There is quite
a good demand for wooden goods, es-
pecially worsteds for mems wear. a
scarcity of raw material is reported.
and prices are very strong. Local mills
are running full, and one or two are
running nights.