The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-09-29
BRADSTREET'S VERMONT REPORT

Reports to Bradstreet's for the
week stated that labor is generally
we'll employed and while buying from
wholesale trade has been more or
less broken up by fairs the outlook
for the immediate future Is encourag-
| ing. Further reports from farming
sections note that farmers are obtain
| ing good prices fr nearly all lines Of
produce and yields have been better
than was anticipated. Progressive
farm work and modern methods have
been beneficial to the farmer. The de-
mand for general hardware is said to
be reasonably good and the outlook
for further increase in encouraging.
But little change is noted among
lumber dealers. Granite manufactur-
ers report that new work is coming
employed to full capacity. Granite
quarries are we'll supplied with or
ders. Among marble manufacturers
the volume of business at present
compares we'll with the same period
of year ago. Retail merchants re-
port clothing and dry goods moving
well but demand for fancy articles is
small Reports regarding collections
show that there is still tendency
towards slowness and wholesale
firms are following them up closely.
Included in the weeks failure reports
is one bankruptcy
At Burlington work is to be re-
sumed at one of the cotton mills the
coming week after having been idle
for several weeks. Demand for inter-
Tor woodwork is reasonably good.
Retail trade for the week compares
favorably with the same period of a
year ago.
Rutland reports some new building
work in prospect. Labor is well EN-
ployed and some improvement is noted
among retail trade, although collec-
tons are slow.
But little change is reported in gen.
eral conditions at st. Adams. Farm
ers are marketing produce and are
reported as receiving liberal prices
for the same.
st. Johnsbury reports manufacturing
plants well employed and there is an
improvement in retail trade.
Reports from Montpelier state that
there is some new building work I'M
derway. The new stone shed will be
inclosed the coming week Granite
manufacturers are well supplied with
new work and other manufacturing
interests are employed full time.
Barre reports that labor is we'll en-
ployed and while there is some i'm
provement in retail trade, progress is
slow toward reaching the volume of
business done year ago. Some new
building work is being done among
granite firms and work on new bust
ness block has been commenced
Brattleboro reports that manufact-
uring plants are employed full force
and the outlook for the future is
Encouraging. Retail merchants notice
some improvement in general trade.
Paper mills at Bellows Falls are
well employed Efforts are being
made to encourage two new industries
to locate there.
At Bennington nearly all of the
mills are employed in full capacity.
New business is said to be coming in
well but in certain lines collections
are slow Retail trade compares we'll
with that OF last year.
White River Junction reports that
the State fair held there during the
past week was a successful one. The
exhibits did much to prove the adj
vantages of progress work that has
beer carried Oh by the farmer during
the past year.
Williamstown reports that granite
manufacturing plants are better en-
Dloyed than they were during the
early part OF the summer. Farmers
in that section report good crop yields
of all kinds.