Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-02-19
BUSINESS AT LEADING POINTS.

have continued satisfactory, out HettN
| Ter weather delayed building work. The
| automobile exposition attracted wide
| mated S7100000 Lower temperature
| has proven beneficial to trade in heavy
weight apparel and footwear, and re-
| tail stocks undergo further diminuiion
Many visitors and country merchants
are in the city and passenger tMVei
to California and southwestern points
is very heavy. Wholesale trade makes
very good exhibit, the volume of or
ders having extended in the leading
| stanles. House trade is of large vol
| ume in dry goods carpets. furniture
clothing and boots and shoes. Man
orders from the interior reflect contin-
ucd good buying and advices indicate
further depletion of winter stocks.
Farm reports remain good. the grow
ing grain being we'll protected by ad-
ditional snowfall Failures in this dis
trict show some increase In number
but there is no special complaint as to
collections on local or country bills.
Minneapolis-The movement OF
merchandise in all lines is equal to or
greater than for the same period last
wear. Agricultural supplies and hard
ware have been in good demand, ana
dry goods, clothing and footwear nave
been active, Notwithstanding the open
winter. Collections are good. The
lumber situation IS strong. although
are light and the demand for building
purposes. and especially for boxes, Is
heavy. Shipments for the week were
6,592,000 feet, against 4.176,oo0 feet
year ago.
ST. Paul.-Trade conditions are gen
erallv favorable and aggregate sales
make gratifying showing in compar-
ison with previous years. Spring sales
of dry goods are considerably larger
than last year. Millinery trade Is sat
isfactory and there is a good demand
for ladies' wear Hats, gloves and
mems furnishings trade is active and
manufacturers are busy. Footwear
manufacturers are we'll sold ahead and
have sufficient business in sight to
keep machinery employed for several
weeks. Harness trade is fully up to
last year. Demand for machinery is
more active than usual at this season.
The hardware movement is of good
volume Wholesale drugs are fairly
active. Groceries sell freely and prices
are steady. Collections are fair
st. Louis.-'The attendance Of per-
sonal buyers is increasing, as the sec
ond meeting of the Interstate Me.-
chants Association has opened. and
BUYERS are here from the west and
southwest, as we'll as Montana. Oper-
ators are on liberal scale. Mail or
ders are also good All lines are ac-
tive, particularly dry goods. hats.
clothing, millinery, shoes, carpets. and
paints and oils. Hardware wooden
ware, drugs, groceries and farm imple-
ments. especially plows. harrows and
the like, are fairly active. Collections
are good.
Boston-At first hands cotton tex
tiles, while quiet, are quite steady.
Mems wear worsted fabrics are firmly
situated and have sold freely, leading
hoy tba;,
ally sold up. but pure woolens have
failed to meet with much favor. Wool
dealers are more optismistic, the re-
cent cleanup having removed large
amount of supplies from the market
that were not selling readily.
Manufacturers of tex
tiles generally are we'll employed, all
though the manufacturers of ingram
carpets find trade unsatisfactory. Bus
mess Is quiet with clothing manufact-
urers. The leather market is active.
but scarcity of stock is reported in
some lines. Glazed kid dealers report
supplies of raw skin small and prices
nlRn lot the Deller SFdueS. MdHuldGl-
urers are working full force and look
for continuation of good business.
The wholesale paper trade is quiet
now, but sales so far this year are
ahead Of the same period last year and
prices are firm. Wholesale jewelers.
report larger volume Of business
than last year. The volume of trade
in heavy chemicals Is normal, with
good future orders in hand. Manu-
facturers of paints and dealers in
painters supplies continue active.
Manufacturers and jobbers of wall pa
per report conditions favorable.
Liabilities of commercial failures
thus far reported for February
amounted to s4,4Oo,es7, Of which ST.
S54,329 were in manufacturing, $685.
SAT in trading and s216,s11 in other
commercial lines Failures this week
numbered 241 in the United States
against 25s last year, and SO in Cana
da compared with 80 a year ago.
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