The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-12-15
LABoR WELL EMPLOYED
Vermont Factories as Active as a
Year Ago In December

Reports to Bradstreets for week
show labor is we'll employed and mills
have fully as much business as was
reported for same period last year
The cool weather OF the week has put
more life into retail trade in season
able goods. Holiday trade has COM
menced in real earnest in cities and
retail merchants are increasing their
clerical force. Sleighing has assisted
farmers in bringing in produce and
other articles for sale. Reports from
marble manufacturers chow fair
amount of business on hand and out
look for near future reasonably good,
although demand for monumental
work is not as large as it has been
in previous years. Further reports
from maple sugar apparatus manufac-
turers note liberal supply of orders
on hand and among some concerns in
this line twice the amount of business
is reported as being done over that
of year ago. Machine manufacture
ers report no change in general con-
dition, some plants have considerable
business on hand owing to peculiar
work done while other lines note de-
mand is light Wholesale dealers in
shoes report an increase in sales and
collections in this line coming in fair
/ ly well. The season among confec-
/ tionery manufacturers and jobbers
show sales of holiday goods about
completed for year. Demand this
season has been in excess of that Of
year ago. Dealers in general hard
ware note some Improvement. Col
/ lections are inclined to be slow. One
failure was reported for the week.
Burlington merchants report holiday
trade has opened early. Good sleigh
ing has helped business to some ex-
tent and cold weather frightened up
the demand for seasonable goods.
But little change is reported among
manufacturing interests.
Rutland reports larger manufacture
ing interests are reasonably well EN-
ployed. Marble manufacturers have
fair amount Of new business on hand.
Retail merchants state holiday trade
has been a little larger so far than it
was for the same period of year ago
AT st. Adams manufacturing plants
are reasonably well employed. Holt
day trade Is slow in developing but
the outlook for remainder Of season
promises well.
Reports from st. Johnsbury state
labor is fairly well employed. Retail
trade is fully as good as usual for
season of year while some complaints
are heard of slow payments. Mont
pelier manufacturers report labor
well employed granite manufacture
ers have nearly completed year end
contracts. Retail trade has shown
some improvement. Barre reports
some improvement in retail business
among merchants in seasonable goods
Owing to peculiar conditions of yeal
ago the outlook for holiday business
is much better Bellows Falls re
ports a new shirt factory commenced
business this week Retail business
is fairly good although il is develop
ing slowly.
At Brattleboro manufacturers are
employed full time. cool weather II
said to have improved retail trade.
Bennington knit goods plants ar,
employed to full capacity. waxed pa
per plant notes liberal increase IL
business. Certain lines OF machine
business are we'll employed while
others are not doing as much as usu
al. Holiday trade is developing slow
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