Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-01-18
BUSINESS AT LEADING POINTS.

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Chicago wholesalers report fair sales
of staples and an increase In spring
orders. Road statesmen report to their
houses a disposition among interior
merchants to curtail purchases. Col
lections are fairly prompt There IS
frcer marketing of farm products.
Manufacturing branches show more
activity and the number OF idle hands
is becoming reduced. Wage reductions
are general and have caused little
trouble.
Irregular merchandise markets are
reported from. Boston where there is
sn.an detail activity. Dry goods job
bers are having fair business In
srrssg Tires, the WOODEN industries are
fa.r.y active and footwear prospects
briss,.
Pi,tsburg reports 1000 pots making
yalss and shortage of fue suppy. Ali
plate glass factories are running. wire
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AT Minneapolis merchandise lines are
quiet. Jobbers still complain of un-
satisfactory collections, but orders
from travelling statesmen are improving.
Retail trade is normal and more conf
dence is felt by merchants than for
several months. Receipts Of lumber for
the week have been 2.512,000 feet:
shipments, s,5s6,oo0 feet.
Buyers OF dry goods at ST. Louis
from southern and western states
are arriving in fair numbers and are
laying In goodly supply. notwith-
standing the advancing prices. The
travelling men are also beginning to
send in large orders. The shoe busi-
ness is not exactly UP to expectations,
as the mail orders from the south for
the past ten days have shown falling
off. but this is attributable TO the mild
weather generally prevailing there.
Reports from shoe statesmen. however.
are satisfactory in the main. Clothing
only moderately active. Hardware Is
active, especially builders. Drug trade
is in excellent condition. Groceries
fairly active. Collections good. Stocks
and bond business still about 10 per
cent below last year and prices down.
ward. Lead has advanced, while spell
ter il dull and weak. Furs active and
firm.
Kansas City 1obbers in dry goods re-
port good orders for Immediate and
future shipments. Sales of hats and
caps for spring delivery are satisfac-
tory. Shoe business is fairly good and
retarded some by warm. dry weather.
Hardware is in good demand, and
very fair trade is had in groceries and
drugs. A good implement business is
looked for the coming season, and re-
tail country dealers are reported pretty
we'll cleaned up. Collections the past
month were quite satisfactory, but not
SO good as the past week. Retail trade
is only fair, owing to the open winter.
Canadian conditions continue salts
factory. Montreal travellers are all
at work again and wholesale business
is becoming more active. Toronto re-
ports an Improvement in wholesale
trade and sorting up orders are COM
ing in we'll. The volume of business
for the week at Quebec has been sat-
isfactory and the same can be said re-
garding collections. Winnipeg trade
conditions are encouraging and pay
1nents are Improving and trade, both
wholesale and retail, is seasonably
quiet at Van Couver. Collections con-
tinne fair.
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