Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-12-15
MARKET REVIEW.


The Sensational feature In business this
week Is the boom In the stock market, and
the average Of the rs leading New York
In Legitimate business holiday trade has the
right OF way promising 10 break all records.
Railway business continues remarkably
heavy. Cotton has made another advance
and manufactured goods have got TO be ad.
vanced, Indeed prices Of staples generally
show the effect Of an unprece dented demand.
Butter arrivals fsr the week show u large
hgure-925,077 pounds-on account Of ii6,.
$50 pounds for export. But conditions are
Is not much change In quotations, Boston
% Ice, New York "a, Chicago the same as
Boston. The quotations are now running
lower than last year. With the small supply
age In April and May, quotations this year
have been ahead OF last year The price
steadily advanced during January and Feb.
ruary from 81 to 35 cents while for the
same time last year the range was from 70
to 25 cents, Such an extreme figure as 35
cents curtaled consumption so that reac.
ton followed in spite Of small supplies, and
the market declined during March to 20
about rs cents Through April there was
steady gain up to 33 cents, "a being the
highest that month in 1904. In May there
was a slow decline the price averaging for
the month 25 Sd cents against 81 year
ago The decline continued through June
but the price for that month averaged 30
cents ON q good manipulation Of the market,
the average for the corresponding month OF
the previous year being Is lee. The July
price luctuated between 10 Sd and 81 Ia
cents; but advanced slowly through August
to % cents, running from week to week from
one TO four cents more than for the CORE
spending periods of last year. During Sep.
TENDER and October the market was uniform
at % and 90 l2 cents while there was
little advance in these months last year.
During November and December there has
been but little change, the average quotation
being 23 1.2 cents, while last year the price
worked up to &c cents during the last Of
December. So that during the last half Of
November and so far this month the price is
less than year ago. In New York the No
vember price this year averaged / to 2 cents
less than o year ago. The storage reduction
here last week was only 1000 tubs, and with
the total supply $4,000 tubs more than
year ago at this time, there is prospect
for prices continuing on a low level for some
time. Grades below the top are much duller
than the highest grades The November
consumption here figures a falling of of 270,-
900 pounds from the consumption of the cor
month last year
Eggs continue firm and advancing for
the choicest grades with common lots more
or less easy. The storage supply was re-
duced $4,000 cases last week.
In meats | notice frmer feeling in beef
and an advance of half cent. Exporters
are making heavy shipments and all ocean
space is under contract for several months
Lambs are the highest for several months,
10 cents being the top.
Vegetables have been rather weaker and
a drop in prices is noticed in several places.
Turnips are firm and native spinach has adj
vanced. Southern spinach is now coming
The fruit market is rather quiet. Fancy
table apples hold their own but ordinary
fruit is dull and inclined to be lower. Gran
berries, however, are high on short supply.
G.. NJ. W.