Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-07-29
Vermont Weekly Trade Report.

Reports to Bradstreet's for the State of
ness in manufacturing circles, but hardly
less than is to be expected at this time of
the year. Among the retail merchants,
business, generally speaking, is as active
as year ago and the continued good
weather has been beneficial to the
farmers who have been busy with their
crops. The increase, reported last week,
in business done by the manufacturers
of granite still continues and more new
orders have been received. In the slate
business there is not the demand that
there was year ago, and because of this
the prices have been lowered somewhat
by close competition. The slate manu-
facturers in the western part of the
state are working to form a producers
selling company with a view of keeping
the prices more even as there is tend
ency among the manufacturers to cut
prices Considerable more travelling on
railroads has been noticed during the
past week and although the summer
season has but Just opened more people
have gone to the mountain resorts SO far
than last year. 1t is estimated that the
summer trade thus far is twenty per
cent ahead of what it was year ago.
The good condition of crops of all kinds
has encouraged the retail merchants to
larger buying although in the dry goods
business but little change is apparent
from the reports of last week.
Burlington reports but little change in
manufacturing over reports of last week;
retail business has been fairly good with
collections firm. The wholesalers report
a fair amount Of business.
The labor troubles at Rutland are
slowly adjusting themselves.
The marble works at Proctor are plan
ming to install a large electric plant in
connection with their other business
which will furnish light and power.
At st. Adams quiet condition in
trade is noted; the lime manufacturers,
however, have been busy with orders
and collections remain fair.
The Bennington mills are fairly well
employed and retail merchants report "A
fair amount of business considering the
season of the year.
The manufacturing industries at Mont
peler are well employed and they report
plenty of orders on hand. The granite
business is gaining in volume; one gran
lite firm has dissolved partnership and a
new one has taken its place.
At Barre the granite manufacturers
report a number of orders on hand with
an increase in amount of business done
at the quarrie5. The retail merchants
have done a good business during the
past week.
AT Mortified the granite, sheds are
well employed. particularly the one
handling building stone which has had
to keep their sheds running night and
day.
The scale factory at ST. Johnsbury is
active with orders; retail trade remains
firm and collections are good.
At Brattleboro the wholesale boot and
shoe business is reported very good;
organ factories are running full time
and the general condition of retail and
wholesale trade there is reported good.
Bellows Falls paper mills, while they
have had plenty of orders ahead, have
been comparatively idle for lack of
water owing to the log drive which has
been taking place and has lowered the
river considerably. The mills expect to
resume business this week.
The slate firms at Fair Haven report a
fair amount of business although there