Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-04-23
BUSINESS AZ LEADING POINTS.

BUSINESS At LEADING POINTS.
St Paul.-Drys goods jobbers report
advance sales for fall delivery con-
sderably larger than last year. with
many lines sold up and a fair sorting
weather. which retards the movement
of wash goods and summer fabrics.
| Pittsburg Hardware Is moving
steadily and seasonable lines are show
ing Improvement, but the demand for
building materials is not SO strong.
owing to decreased building opera
4 tons There is better feeling among
architects and contractors and an i'm
provement in building is looked for
New Orleans--The volume of bust
ness is fully up to the average, atho
| the movement of merchandise is not as
large as it was during March. Passen-
ger and freight service has just been
| inaugurated on road running from
this city to Shreveport, which will open
4 up a good deal of new territory and
materially add to local trade. Both
exports and imports show a material
| increase. There is very little trading
in either sugar or rice, but the mar
kets are firm.
| Dallas-Agricultural coalitions are
/ nor promising turnout north and west
Texas, the comparatively small amount
of rain and winds affecting crops.
which in many sections are doing
poorly A large proportion of the win
ter grain crop was killed by green
bugs, much of the acreage being re-
| planted in cotton and corn. In west
Texas the range is In good condition,
| but the lack of rain is beginning to be
seriously felt.
/ Kansas. City-Retail trade Is good.
but not up to expectations Jobbing
trade is steady In dry goods, millinery
and wearing apparel. Footwear and
drug sales far exceed last year, but
collections are little slow. The re-
cent cold weather has not checked the
great demand for implements The
| greater portion of the wheat belt is
still in fine condition and prospects
for oats are good. The large city flour
! mills report trade very dull. The week
was good in wheat, sales showing more
life, and values were little stronger.
i Corn and oats were higher. The week
was good in cattle and hogs, with
large receipts. Sheep and lambs were
active and higher.
Cleveland-The volume Of business
has been largely in excess of year
! ago. Manufacturers Of knit goods are
Operating their plants to full capacity
!, completing fall and winter orders. OF
4 which they have large number. job
bers of dry goods and notions report a
1 steady business and millinery is In
brisk demand Building operations are
active, material is in good demand and
there are no labor troubles in the lat
i ter lines. Furnaces and foundries con-
tInue we'll supplied with orders. Money
is in steady demand and rates are firm
at s per cent.
Philadelphia-Th wool market con-
tinues quiet, Manufacturers are buy
! ing only such lots as are urgently
/ needed. Fine woods are very strong,
especially those of staple character,
which are now in small supply. Manu-
facturers generally are working to full
capacity. Wholesale dry goods houses
report sales very quiet, unreasonable
weather affecting trade and collections.
| Commission dry goods houses and job
bers are unable to supply the demands,
as goods are scarce. The millinery
trade is firm. Prices of leather remain
! firm and purchases are for immediate
hneeds. The glazed kid market is dull
/ Manufacturers are running their plants
conservatively and there are no large
/ stocks on hand. Patent leather is in
good demand. Shoe jobbers report a
moderate trade and collections fair.
The drug and chemical market is quite
active.
misunderstanding maintains an
exceptionally large volume. No dimin-
ution appears in industrial activity
and there is more extended movement
Iof freight by both rail and lake, but
low temperature halts seasonable buy
| ing in leading retail lines. Notwith-
standing conservative feeling as to new
enterprises, the aggregate demands for
raw materials and finished products
exhibit no shrinkage and large book
4 ings add to the unprecedented accu-
1 mutation of forward work in iron and
steel, car and power construction, and
/ forge and foundry work.
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