The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-12-15
TRADE CONTINUES GOOD
BRADSTREETS RECEIVES RE-
PORTS FROM VARIOUS IN
DUSTRIES IN VERMONT.

Labor Generally Well Employed and
Mills Have Fully rs Much Bush
ness As Reported At Same Time
Last Year-Moatpelier Granite
Manufacturers Complete Year.End
Contracts.
Reports to Bradstreets for tho
week show labor is well 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 seasonable goods. Holiday trade
has begun in real earnest in cities and
retail merchants are increa ing their
clerical force.
Sleighing has assisted farmers in
bringing in produce and other ar
ticles for sale.
Reports from marble manufacture
ers show fair amount of business
on hand and the outlook for near
future reasonably good, although the
demand for monumental work is not
as large as it has been in previous
years. Further reports from maple
sugar apparatus manufacturers note
liberal supply of orders on hand and
among some concerns in this line
twice the amount of business is re-
ported as being done over that of a
year ago.
Machine manufacturers report no
change in the general condition, some
plants have considerable business on
hand, owing to peculiar work done,
while in other lines the demand Is
light.
Wholesale dealers in shoes report
an increase in sales and collections
in this line coming IN fairly we'll. The
season among confectionery manu-
facturers and jobbers shows sales of
holiday goods about completed for
the year. The demand this season
has been in excess of that of year
ago. Dealers in general hardware
note some Improvement Collections
are inclined to be slow.
One failure was reported for the
week. Burlington merchants report
holiday trade has opened early. Good
sleighing has helped business to
some extent and cold weather bright
ened up the demand for seasonable
goods But little change is reported
among manufacturing interests.
Rutland reports that the larger
manufacturing interests are reason
ably well employed Marble manu-
facturers have a fair amount of new
business on hand. Retail merchants
say holiday trade has been 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 the remainder of sea.
son promises we'll.
Reports from St Johnsbury say
labor is fairly we'll employed. Re
tail trade is fully as good as usua
for the season of the year while some
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/ Montpelier manufacturers repor1
labor well Employed granite manu-
facturers have nearly completed the
year end contracts. Retail trade has
shown some improvement.
Barre reports some improvement il
retail business among merchants il
seasonable goods. Owing to peculiar
conditions of year ago the outlool
for holiday business is much better.
Bellows Falls reports new shir
factory commenced business the pas
week. Retail business is fairly goot
although it is developing slowly.
At Brattleboro manufacturers ar,
employed on full time, cool weathe
Bennington knit goods plants ar,
is said to have improved retail trade
employed to full capacity. The waxet
paper plant notes a liberal increas
in business. Certain lines of machinn
business are well employed, whil
others are not doing as much a,
usual. Holiday trade is developing
slowly.