Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-04

obtaining competent help Leather re-
mains firm and prices steady. with the
demand normal while glazed kid is
selling we'll and a continued good bus
mess in that tannage is expected. Shoe
dealers report an active trade and ex-
cellent sales during the past week. The
wool market has been dull, manufac-
turers showing no desire to operate In
advance of immediate needs. Manu-
facturers of textiles who for some time
have been working only to partial ca
pacity are now in active operation and
report sufficient orders to keep them
busy.
Pittsburg-Trade in clothing. dry
goods and furnishing goods is satisfac-.
tory and early warm weather is of
benefit. Millinery houses report good
demand for seasonable goods. Grocer
les are moving in fair volume and col
lections are slightly easier. Building
operations are charging and permits
issued for the week total over 100000.
comparing favorably with former
years. The demand for window glass
! is better and. with the usual curtail-
ment of production during the warm
weather, prices are likely to advance.
| Coal operators anticipate a good bus
| mess. as stocks in the northwest are
reported entirely used up
| Louisville.-In many lines an unus-
ually large number of orders were re-
ceived and general conditions are very
satisfactory. Dry goods and notion
! houses report a good volume of bus
| mess and there has been al excellent
| demand for harness and saddlery Mill
! supply houses are actively engaged and
business is better than last year, while
! o, ders for plows and wagons are much
! heavier than usual at this season. Man
ufacturers of dynamos, motors and
| electrically driven tools are kept busy,
and ornamental and structural iron
works report steady Improvements. III
/ the lumber trade the demand or hard
woods has been very satisfa tory and
! some Improvements IN the demand f1r
yellow pine is noticeable. Pain. manu-
facturers are very busy. Mat pack
| ing concerns are doing a normal bus
I mess, notwitnstard ng the high prices
! # hogs.
| ago-Seasonable weather contin-
ues and business generally has sus-
| tanned steady advance. Movements of
| freight are remarkably extended in
heavy materials, factory outputs and
raw materials, but those of grain, live
/ stock and provisions show decline. For
warnings of general merchandise to the
1 interior exceed those OF a year ago and
dairy products received exhibit large
! Increases Farm reports testify to sat
! isfactory progress in seeding turnout,
and precipitation al the west and south
ives, was timely. The outlook in ag-
riculture taken as whole, compares
quite favorably with previous years al
| this time. New demands include nu-
merous substantial contracts for future
execution in iron and steel branches.
/ Minneapolis-A steady increase is
noted in the retail movement of spring
merchandise, particularly in dry goods
and millinery Considerable new build
ling has been started both in the city
and surrounding towns. and demand
! for building material of all kinds is
good Jobbers in most lines report a
somewhat larger business than usual
for the season. shipments of farm ma
| chinery being especially heavy. Sash
/ and door manufacturers are receiving
orders for future delivery and are rum
ming full capacity on special work and
cleaning up old bookings. Saw mills
are being put in shape TO CONNIE nce
Operations in the near future. There
was a gratifying increase in sales of
white pine and cedar products, lun-
Der receipts for the week reaching
total of 4,250,0OO and shipments $685.
900 feet.
Kansas City-While most Of the job
1 bers are busy on back orders and the
past week was the largest in the his
tory of the implement trade at this
point. there is general apprehen-
sion of a decreased wheat crop. 1t is
now estimated that the western third
of Kansas will yield but seventy per
cent of full crop, with a decreasing
proportion toward the eastern part of
the state. where much wheat ground is
being plowed up. -Altho the weather is
much cooler the whole southwest is
very dry.
San Francisco-Spring rains turnout
the state have made agriculturists feel
hopeful. and with moderate seasonable
downfall in the next few weeks and an
absence of frosts and other unfavor-
able conditions. California will show up
we'll in its varied line of products. The
value of foreign imports in this port
! in February was s4,4o5,900, decrease
Of about $4,000 from same month last
year. Coffee imports for February
were 3.sssooo pounds, a decrease Of
134,700 pounds.