Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-07

| Veals--2.O0 to 400.
| Hogs.
| Premium hogs over 200 pounds
$50.
Premium hogs, 100 to 200 pounds
! 500.
Premium hogs, 14O to 100 pounds
grassy-4.60.
| Good packers-5.30.
| Pigs, 100 to 140-2.0063.50.
BUSINESS At LEADING POINTS
Cold Weather Puts New Life Into Re.
tail, Trade.
| New York. Dec Colder weather
brought better retail demand fol
seasonable merchandise. and holiday
trade made good progress. but assort-
ments are not wholly satisfactory be-
cause Of the conservatism of many
dealers who failed to secure adequate
stocks. AS confidence is steadily gain
ing and the number of unemployed is
decreasing, there is an effort to aug
ment supplies that necessitates over
time work by shipping departments
Industrial activity is maintained, ex-
cept where it Is customary to limit
operations for inventories at this sea-
son. Shoe factories receive much for
ward business, wholesalers anticipat-
| ing higher prices in keeping with the
persistent upward tendency of hides
and leather. Recent advances in pig
| iron are held, altho there is less pres
sure to provide for the needs of 1909
while the steel industry is almost nor
NAL except for the big railroad con-
tracts that are still deferred. Weak
ness In raw cotton has checked the de-
mand for goods, but woolens are dis
tributed freely and the raw material is
are gradually improving.
Kansas City.-Retail trade is brisk
as holiday shopping is commencing
early Wholesalers report more orders
than last year. with collections salts
factory. Several Kansas City flour
mills have reduced their output. the
total production being 71.100 barrels
There IS general complaint of quiet
trade In flour and a gradual curtail-
ment Of output by southwestern mills
is looked for. Export business is very
dull Weather conditions have been
favorable for southwestern wheat, with
snow in some portions and heavy rains
in others. The tendency of the wheat
market is upward. Corn and oats were
steady. Liberal receipts of cattle made
trade slow, while hogs We're active
prices making gains. Sheep were ac-
tive and higher
Boston.-The strong position Of the
dry goods market is the leading feature
Of the business situation at the present
time. Leading manufacturers of print
cloths have come into the market in
the last week with large orders for i'm
mediate or nearby delivery, covering
more than the present rate of produc-
ton, and prices are firm in. conse-
quence. The confidence of manufacture
ers in the continuation of favorable
conditions is indicated by their mani
fest unwillingness to lower the wage
schedule from the present high basis.
Both jobbers and manufacturers con-
slider the outlook for spring business
excellent, and are making preparations
for heavy trade.
Chicago.-The leading Industries ex-
hibit more extended operations and
SlcdulIy 1CCOSSlS SOlIC
branches being close to the normal
More furnaces are active in the Calu-
met. and the output of cars and other
equipment is enlarged. Foundries and
FORCES obtain considerable forward or
ders. Large bookings are noted in cleo
trical lines, assuring steady running
we'll thru the winter and spring. Build
ing materials of all kinds continue in
remarkable request and satisfactory
progress is made in heavy construc-
ton. Lumber receipts do not expand
Yard stocks show a fair accumulation
for the winter season, but there is a
good outgo, and the buying is stronger
for commercial and railroad uses.
Pittsburg.-Colder weather during
the week stimulated the demand for
dry goods and wearing apparel. The
wholesale dry goods market is i'm
proved with much better sales the late
weeks of November. There is a fair de-
mand for staples in the grocery line
and produce is slow The feeling in
most lines is better, but collections are
still slow and conditions do not seem
to have eased much with the retail
trade and small jobbers. The demand
for lumber is light and there is not
much activity in hardware. Window
glass is moving fairly well, as jobbers'
stocks are not complete and they are
now making much needed purchases
Prices are not changed
Portland, Me.-Business among job
bers of shoes, dry goods and groceries
is satisfactory and shows gradual i'm
provement. Textile and woodworking
plants are well supplied with orders,
while shoe factories are slowly in
creasing output. The large potato crop
in the northern part of the state is be-
ing readily sold, and money is easy in
that section, but in factory and ship
building towns where the pay rolls
were reduced during the summer