The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-09-10
CONDITION OF TRADE
Comparison With Corresponding
Week Last Year Favorable.
HIGH PRICES FOR FARM CROPS

Railway Earnings Good--Better condi-
tons In Manufacturing Lines, Par
ticulsrIy in Steel Failures Fewer
Than In 1908.
New York, Sept. 10.--R. G. Dun &
Co.'S weekly review Of trade says:
Holiday influence is calculated to
check distributor of merchandise. but
the past week has brought more en-.
couraging results in the business world,
and from many points come reports OF
steadily expanding trade, while 1T is
not exceptional to find comparisons
with the corresponding week last year
favorable to 1904. Retail trade in fall
lines Of dry goods, clothing, millinery
and nearly all wearing apparel shows
a healthy growth, and for hardware,
household utensils and kindred lines
there is broader demand. The best
development Of the week was the re-
sumption of work in many industries
that have suffered through strikes.
while several serious controversies
were averted.
Crop Progress Good.
Crop progress is better than average.
and high prices promise large profits
to the farmers. Railway freight is
heavy, chiefly due to the marketing OF
grain and cotton, and earnings in Au.
gust were rs per cent larger than ii
1908 Domestic trade holds up better
than foreign commerce, which suffers
from prices above the views of con.
sumers abroad, vet the last weeks
returns for this port are encouraging
exports increasing S736,3S3 ia compar
ison with the same week last year
while imports gained $2.57s, 343.
a slightly firmer tone In the money
market has scarcely altered quotations
as yet. but declining bank reserves and
transfers to the interior promise 10
bring better rates shortly. Gross gold
in the treasury Is close to the maxi.
mum, ana funds in the hands Of tie
people are ri the highest figures on
record, while speculative activity has
extended to the bond department.
Partly ON this account bank exchanges
for the week at New York exceeded
last years BY 1872 per cent, while at
other leading cities there was gain
Of LA per cent
Manufacturing Conditions Better.
Signs Of better conditions in the lead
ing manufacturing industries multiply
as the season advances, and the actu.
al amount Of business in sight has In.
creased very materially. despite the
indisposition Of the railways to place
orders freely for rolling stock. rails and
other equipment. Az first glanee III may
appear puzzling ana inconsistent that
the same week brings reports Of III
creased pig iron production. decreased
stocks and cut OF $4 to Sc ton Id
quotations of plates and structural
steel and other minor changes in the
direction Of weakness. The apparent
contradiction is explained by the state
ment that new business IS placed sub
ject to such prices as are in effect at
the time of delivery. and it is thought
wise to get orders on the books bef3se
the demand expands, as 1t Ii expected
to do III response to the more attractive
terms offered. Among Tie new orders
may be mentioned two large shpbuild
Ing contracts.
Exports of wheat FOR tile week from
all parts Of the United States. -four I'll
cluded. We're only l235,479 bushels
against 2,I00,273 IN 1905 and 43Gs. T91
two years ago. Shipments Of S29.asa
bushels Of corn compared with 49s,g1t
bushels last year. Western receipts OF
5,475,56T bushels Of wheat fall short
Of the a.093,55 bushels a year ago, but
corn arrivals at primary markets
amounted to 5,942,T 1S bushels against
4,263,242 bushels in 1908 Cotton
opened weak, but developed strength
as reports % injury became more fre
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