Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-04-06
BUSINESS AT LEADING POINTS.

BUSINESS At LEADING POINTS.
Gradual resumption OF mercantile
business with the beginning Of spring
work IS reflected at the market CEN
tiers as follows:
St Paul-Seasonable weather slim
ulates demand for spring wearing APP
parel. March sales in dry goods. mems
wear, hats and gloves are slightly be-
low last year, but jobbers report a
fairly active business and look for a
good supplementary demand. Millinery
orders run smaller, but the volume of
trade holds up we'll. Jewelry and no.
tions are quiet. Footwear manufac-
turers operate full time, demand for
harness broadens steadily and in
creased activity Is reported In hard
ware and builders materials. Whole
sale drug and chemical movement is OF
seasonable volume. Groceries are in
we'll sustained demand and fair
business appears in machinery. Col
lections continue Irregular and slow.
Kansas City.-Building permits for
March amounted to ss69,620, an In
crease over March last year of Sal
470 Retailers are doing a fair spring
business. Wholesale dealers in hats
report decided improvement in
trade, Cancelled orders being largely
reinstated, with some mail orders COM
| ing in. Dry goods, milliners and shoe
houses report an improved business.
with collections fair Several imple-
ment dealers report a better business
the past month than a year ago, es-
pecially In planters, listers, and disc
harrows; mail orders are numerous.
Recent good rains have been of great
benefit to wheat.
Chica~o-Unsettled weather halted
an exr nding demand in leading retail
Hines, but sales make a satisfactory
exhibit in household wares, food prod
ucts and footwear, while the buying Of
men and women's apparel and miEin-
| cry will advance rapidly with rising
Temperature Shipments of general
merchandise from the wholesale dis
triet maintain a satisfactory volume.
Mail orders In dry goods, clothing.
boots and shoes, and furniture make
a satisfactory showing and the inter-
ior purchases of summer and fall sup
plies is stronger, altho not equal to
expectations. County storekeepers in
the west and at southeastern points
where warm weather prevails, have
done good business and it is expected
that there may be early recorders, es-
pecially from merchants who stocked
cautiously Agricultural work is now
general and this involves much outlay
for plantation needs and improvement.
Money circulates more freely and more
hands are employed in farming than at
this time last year.
Boston.-In trade and industrial
branches in which this section is most
interested the Improvement noticed a
week ago, lis maintained, and there is
a growing belief that April will prove
a more active period than the month
just closed The turning point in the
leather industry appears to have been
reached and a steadily increasing
traffic is reported in footwear and
many kinds of leather. More looms are
occupied in the mems wear wool goods
industry than formerly, duplicate or
ders having begun to arrive from
wholesale clothiers in steady volume.
The feeling in the wool market is bet
ter owing to the stronger tone of Lon
don advices. Commission houses, job
bers and retailers report steady i'm
provement in cotton goods. Business
with the dry goods jobbing houses
during March fell far behind the record
Of last year for that month in practic-
ally all departments, but comparisons
with the volume of trade in previous
years Is fairly satisfactory, and there
is confidence that with good weather
during April and May a large business
will be accomplished.
Philadelphia.-In retail dry goods
and women's furnishings business is
quiet, altho some little improvement in
trade is noted in the past week or ten
days. Wholesalers of dry goods also
report slight improvement. Manu-
factarers of suits are fairly busy filling
orders for Easter. Wholesale milliners
report trade about normal, selections
being for the better grades. The wool
market continues quiet and manufact- |
urers are buying only to supply i'm
mediate needs. Many mills are closed, |
while others are running on short time,
and dealers appear willing to make
concessions on some lines in order to
close sales but little stock has been
moved. There is little call for low |