Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-05-09
BUSINESS AT lEApInG POINTS.

| Chicago reports that seasonapie
goods are moving more freely Inc
| jobbing trade reports Il demand for sta
pies more than ordinarily prolonged
| but the aggregate sales do not quite
reach the volume of year ago Cur
rent b,,ying was best in dress and cot
| ton goods and in suits, shoes anu ilSht-
weight clothing. A fair business was
| also done In groceries and coilatefal
! lines. and the demand improved over
! the previous week in notions, men
furnishings and drugs. Mercantile col
| lections are satisfactory. New building
| permits this past week were So4s,oVo'
against s4SS.200 the previous week and
s535, 500 a year ago. Real estate sales,
s2.793. 4O6. are slightly over those OF the
same week last year. New buildings
have been started in large number and
variety. and within the business dis
| trict five mercantile and office struc-
| lures We're commenced. each OF which
| will cost in excess of S1,000000
t At Boston the week opens with i'm
1 provement in weather conditions and
more hopeful feeling in business cir
! cles, especially among the retail mer-
chants. The dry goods trade has had
an unfortunate spring season so far
! and the same IL true of clothing. milli-
I merry and footwear. Wholesale branch
! es still reflect the cautious sentiment
preston anywhere. but much smaller
! volume of business is being done than
for several years. and there is Il lack OF
/ confidence in the, future. due in great
measure to the uncertainty that usually
exists in presidential years.
Philadelphia's worsted yarn spinners
are steadily diminishing their output
and there Is much idle machinery.
Manufacturers of ingram carpetings
are merely employed In getting out
samples. and manufacturers CT hosiery
complain OF dearth of orders. The
demand Of the wholesalers and manu-
facturers for lumber is irregular and
deliveries are somewhat below the av-
erage of the past few years. Retail
yards report business as improving,
but sales are considerably lighter than
usual at this season. while prices are
fairly well maintained. During April
963 permits were issued. the estimated
cost being $3,4s6,695, a falling off of
s246.115 over April. 1903. Machine
shops are busy, and a fair amount of
business is reported at the ship yards.
At ST. Louis business in the leading
lines is quiet, but with the advent of
seasonable weather jobbers expect an
large. however. altho there is a slight
slackening reported in footwear. The
partial embargo ON the movement OF
freight on sorne Of the lines entering on
the east side OF the river has been re-
moved. Arrivals of lumber have large
" increased, mtainly by river, but the
nigh water III FORCING those TO Whom 1t
is consigned to remove it from danger
and only a moderate amount of atten-
ton was given to the market. collec-
tions are good.
Kansas Citys trade conditions in
some lines show little Improvement,
principally attributed to unfavorable
weather. Wholesale dry goods business
is dull. tho satisfactory orders are COM
Ing in for future delivery. Trade is
likewise quiet in millinery, hats and
notions. Shoe houses report very
fair business. Hardware. groceries and
drugs are selling well. Retail business
is fair. Collections are fair.