Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-19
BUSINESS FEATURES.

| BUSINESS fEAlUh6S.
| A moderate reduction in commercial
activity is to be expected at this time
of the year, but confidence in the flu
ture is so strong that there is evil
dent reluctance to assume seasonably
Iuuiet conditions This attitude is most
! pronounced in the industrial world,
1 preparations for fall and winter dis
| tribution being on an unprecedented
scale. and several leading producers
announce that the customary summer
shutdown will be entirely omitted or
curtailed to the extent necessitated by
repairs Liabilities of commercial fall
ures thus far reported for June
amounted to s2,s42,549, Of which ST.
1O7, 043 were in manufacturing, $i,i63,-
n66 in trading a.1d $72,44O in ot.re:
commercial lines Failures this week
numbered 1873 in the United States
against 229 last yes.~ and fifteen in
Canada compared with twenty five
year ago Reports from various CEN
tiers are as follows:
Minneapolis.-Wh trade con-
tinues to improve, particularly in fall
and winter goods and agricultural
supplies. Dry goods, groceries and
shelf hardware are steady, fully equal
ling the aggregate of former seasons.
Clothing, shoes and furnishings are
seasonably quiet. Harness makers and
leather workers are behind with ord
ers, and building supplies are in brisk
demand. Retail trade is good. Collec-
tons fair. Building permits for five
months of 1906 aggregate s3.475,s36,
against s4,21O,O4o in 1905. Lumber
shipments for the week have been H.
$4,000 feet.
st. Paul.-Retail trade improves
with warmer weather. Jobbing de-
mand of seasonable lines in dry goods
and hats and millinery is quiet. Foot
wear sales are of fair volume, and
jobbers of mems furnishings are hav-
ing good run Of business. Advance
sales for fall and winter delivery are
generally large and in excess of the
corresponding period year ago. Man
ufacturing harness jobbers are busily
engaged. Hardware and builders sup
plies are active. The call for jewelry
and notions is only fair. Groce-,.es
,.x,:~ Il al
The wholesale drug trade is more ac-
tive, and increase in sales is well main
tanned. Collections are fairly prompt
F Pittsburg. is a steady de-
nand for dry goods and groceries are
moving in a liberal manner. Har iwlre
Is active arr. the lumber market CON
tinues strong, altho the demand has
fallen off to some extent. The de-
mand for window glass is steady and
production is large. The leading man
ufacturer has closed it's largest plants,
and many Independent plants are clos
ed also. Collections are fair.
Philadelphia. The wool market
continues quiet, and, while receipts
have increased, the available supply
is not large. Manufacturers are not
operating to any extent beyond i'm
mediate needs, which are not urgent.
Textile manufacturers generally are
we'll employed, except in ingram car
pets Trade is quiet, with jobbers Of
woolens and piece goods and collec-
tions are slow. Wholesale dry goods
houses are fairly busy. Wholesale
millinery houses continue to receive
duplicate orders for spring goods
Boston.-Buyers are waiting for low
er prices OH cotton goods, but manu-
facturers are quite firm, and, having:
their product sold we'll ahead, are not
seeking business on lower level. Print
cloths are quiet, and the situation is
somewhat disturbed by threatened
strike in Fall River. Ginghams are in