The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-08-02

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full time and charging higher prices
for their product New additions to
the mills are being built to accom-:
modate tine increasing demands
unpreeedented Wonien Orders.
a The orders received by the manu-.
tacturers Of domestic woolens and
Horsteds up to July: 81 are unpre-
cedented In number. The mills are
preparing to start their autumn season
at the fullest capacity. Notices nave
been given by several manufacturers
OF withdrawal from further sale os Ger.
tain patterns, as the orders alraad.
booked will exhaust their capacity.
Whether or not hides are to be free
OF duty seems TO make little difference
to the shoe manufacturers of the Mid
die West. They are turning out Gaoes
us fast as they can to supply the trade.
The Bowcry Savings Bank on July
had deposits of s107,546.035. walch Is
the largest sum deposited In Its his
tory, and exceeds that ina ny nther
savings banks. These deposits ir-
creasel 100000 during the las; sin
months, showing that the masses Of
New York no longer are living on their
accumulated savings. but are inc:eas.
Ing their surplus.
The building operations In eighty
Two principal cities OF the United
states during the first six months OF
this year we're GG per cent. above the
same period last year and II per cent.
greater than during the wonderfully
prosperous first half OF 1907. New
York City more than doubled its In.
vestments in new buildings the first
half of this year as compared with the
first half OF last year.
Imports of the New York Custom
House for June and July will snow
greater Importance of champagne aid
other wines than at any other time In
history. The British wine merchants
are complaining that American buyers
are denuling their market.
Enormous Prices for Staples.
The ruling prices of the coHntrr's
three greatest agricultural products
wheat, corn and cotton-nre enormous.
ly high. with fine yields. thus giving
greater return to tine producers than
they ever before have known.
The number of national banks in 1Le
country has increased: thlrty-three in
the last three months. the deposits
in national banks have doubled Ill the
last nine years and to-day are the
highest on record.
There were 100000 idle freight cars
In tine United States. Canada and Mex
leo on June 30. but the demand for ton
mage during July showed: such excen-
tiunal increase that railroad officials
have sent out warnings of car ahort-
age when crop movements begin.
The best barometer OF business is
the help wanted advertisement col
unlns of the leading newspapers OF
the country. The demands for labor
In the first six months OF 1909 have
been more than 40 per cent. In excess
OF the advertisements for the same Pc
rod last year.
Want ADS" Barometer.
The New York World In thu first
half OF this year printed 257.397 help
wanted advertisements. gain of a.
Clio over the same period last year,
n, tr In Fbaf axEn I'M C n
opportunities for labor.
The st. Louis Post-Dispatch printed
6i,271 help wanted advertisements :hi.;
half year, gain OF 1G.TT5 over 1905.
The Chicago Tribune printed 3T.oaG. II
gain OF 10517. Tho philadelphia IN
quircr printed 79.5i2. n gain of 2G.j5!.
the Boston Globe printed 52.4SS. Il
gain of 11,4iO.
The five business baromctcrs In tie
principal centers of the country show
1Gn. 80 more calls for labor SO far this
year than last. and presumably. at
least that number Of men and woMcr.
who were Idle then have work now.
The United States Steel Corporation.
which controls more than GO per cent.
OF the iron and steel industry OF the
country. reports for the first sl:'
months this year an increase I'm eli H.
ings OF nearly $l4.00O.000. or 81 per
cent. better than last year. The uE'
filled orders OIL the company's books
June 30 were half million tons more
than on March 81. aud nearly million
tons greater than on the same date
Inst ycar.
Can't Fill Auth Orders.
Instead of what was expected to he
dull year In the automobile trade.
more machines have been sohl this
than ntor tnfnrn All thn tn1tT.