The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-17
new PROJECTS.
Big Demand for Capital and
Labor Apparent.
Number of Scales Signed PrOvid-
ing for Higher Wages.
BIG TRADE IN SIGHT.
Mills Are Operating at Their
Full Capacity.
Railway Earnings S.5 Per Cent
Above Last Years.
BIG TRADE IN SIGHT.

o-av- york. March 17.=R. G. Dun &
Co.'S weekly Review Of Trade says:
wholesome conditions are main
tanned In commercial channels, the
tenor Of most reports being favorable
and comparatively little anxiety is felt
regarding the labor situation. New
projects are constantly appearing. call
ing for much capital, and giving en-
pIoyment to many wage earners- Sew
eraI scales have been signed that pro
vide for higher wages after this
month, and the general prosperity OF
the winter is believed to assure very
large retail trade in spring wearing
apparel. Jobbing houses have been
enabled to make shipments with IN
usual promptness owing to the ample
railway facilities and few freight
blOckades that resulted from an eX-
ceptionaIy mild winter. Some back
ward retail trade in overshoes and
kindred lines was made up by more
seasonable weather in many sectlOns
OF the country during the past week.
Manufacturing returns from the lead
ing Industries continue favorable, the
weeks feature being record breaking
sales of leather while the steel mills
and iron furnaces operate at full ca
pacity the demand for lumber exceed
ing she supply, and glass factories are
preparing to advance quotations. Elk
ports Of farm staples in February ex-
ceeded last years by $23,5OOi0OO, or
about 4 3 per cent, and the movement
Of foreign commerce at this port for
the last week shows gains of $685.
A38 in exports and $1,152,157 in i'm
ports as compared with the same date
IN 1905. Railway earnings for the first
week of March were so per cent
larger than last years. Although there
IS no evidence Of decreased activity at
the textile mills and factories the pri-
mary markets for cotton goods begin
TO exhibit signs Of weakness.
Nominal quotations no longer pre-
vail for packer hides, large transac-
lions having been effected at pro-
nounced concessions. New England
footwear manufacturers report only a
moderate volume of new business.
Failures this week numbered 229
in the United States against ESQ last
year and "a In Canada compared with
26 year ago"
Bradstreets.
Bradstreets says.
THE widespread winter storm has
delayed the opening Of spring trade at
retail, causing some complaint of bad
roads and Interruption to personal
buying Of leading jobbing centers. on
the other hand, the benefits of accom-
panying heavy SHOWS or rains to the
crops probably Tar outweigh the dam
age due to this cause. or injury caused
TO small fruit and truck interests by
the freezing weather. Wholesale trade
and industry show no signs of hesita-
tion and even the building trades have
given little heed to the temporary
weather setback. in view of the i'm
mense business for spring and sum
mer Offering. The coal strike situa-
ton is stin flaw in the situation. but
signs OF the conflict being localized arr
seen and a general suspension of all
work is secuted.
'5obbing trade at leading centers is
large, and recorders for spring deliver
are already reported at western cen
tersi railway earnings for February
and the first half of March break al
records for this season. collections arr