Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-09-04
BUSINESS At LEADING POINTS.

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Leading ORANGES Of manufacture are
Increasing productive capacity. espc-
cially In departments pertaining to
railway equipment: textile mills have
little idle machinery; footwear factor
les are running freely, while In struc-
tural work there Is no evidence OF les
sened activity. Visiting buyers stu
place orders for distant delivery that
testify to faith In n vigorous demand
from consumers. Railway earnings
thus far available for August show an
Increase of 4. Sper cent over last years,
and foreign commerce at this port for
the last week exhibited gains of ST.
592, 032 In exports and $1.0b2.832 In ex-
ports as compared with 1904. Liabili-
ties of failures In August were $A,350,-
900 less than last year, and the latest
crop news endorses earlier estimates
of record breaking cereal production.
most of the harvesting and threshing
being completed. but cotton returns
are less satisfactory, many experts re-
ducing their estimates to 10000. 900
bales or less. AS usual, prices of Sc
curities reacted somewhat upon re-
ceipt OF the best news but the decline
was small In comparison with the pre-
ceding phenomenal advance. The out
look for continued ease In the money
market Is brighter now that no inden.-
nifty Is to he paid. Bank exchanges
at New York for the last week werc
AT per cent larger than last year. ond
at other leading cities teh gain was
1871 per cent.
Philadelphia-Textile manufacturers
continue to report only fair amount
Of business, although they are receive
ing few orders ahead and look for
very good fall trade.
Chicago-Dealings in all kinds Of lum-
Der are very heavy and the recent rise
in prices la easily maintained. The
total movement Of grain was 10,131,66S
bushels. against 11,12l,49o bushels last
week and 9,043,4S4 bushels year ago.
The flour and grain markets continue
fairly active, despite poor foreign buy
ing, and quotations have weaker ten
dency owing to enormous new crops.
Hides neinain very firm In values and
receipts again are Of smaller volume
than year ego. Leather Is In good
request and the shoe factory capacity
is engaged we'll ahead. Building ma
terial Is consumed In enormous guam
title sand the planning mills are rushed
with accumulated demand for building
purposes.
Pittsburgh number Of cooperative
glass factories have arranged TO start
operation the first OF next week, fires
having already been lighted and sever
Ell other factories have prepared to
start. but there has been no general
resumption. Stocks OF glass on hand
are light and any serious delay in
starting plants may have material
effect ON prices.
Boston The demand for cotton
goods, plain and printed, exceeds the
supply. All the dry goods jobbing
houses are kept busy delivering on old
orders and filling new. Retail buyers
have been present in full force thruout
the district. The cotton mills are full
of business and In some cases are
weeks behind on deliveries. At Fall
River sales Of print cloths are we'll up
to, If not in excess of, production.
Mems wear worsted mills have a very
large volume OF oredsr on their books
and recent reports are more favorable
to wooden goods. Tho strong position
raw wool Is maintained. Advances in
upper leather are maintained, and the
level of prices is the highest
for years. Shoe factories continue
busy.
Minneapolis-The volume Of mer-
chandise moving Is steadily increasing
in practically all lines. Jobbing hous-
es are working to about their full cap
acity, and transportation facilities are
severely taxed 10 meet requirements
Prices are we'll maintained and collec-
tions continue satisfactory. The lum-
Der situation is fully normal and ship
ments for the first six months Of this
year from the Wisconsin Valley and
the Mississippi Valley points aggregat-
cd 1,141, S9S,376 feet, against 1885,
$780, 25 feet in 1904 For the past week
Minneapolis shipments have been
6, $4,000 feet. against 100000 feet
year ago.
st. Louis-The attendance Of out-of-
twon buyers was larger than last week,
and their purchases were again OF
a liberal character. Dry Goods, cloth
ing, millinery, hats and footwear were
very active, while hardware, wooden-
ware, groceries, drugs and furniture
were sold fairly in satisfactory Quanti-
ties
New York and PHILADELPHIA
cannot be more pleasantly or conven-
iently reached than by the Grand
Trunk-Lehigh Valley Double Track
Route via Niagara Falls. Solid thru