Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-01-05
SAYS BUSINESS
BOOM IS COMING
Statesmen in All Quarters Fec
Merchants Pulses and So
Report for 1911.

St. Louis. Mo. Jan. s-Prospeots fo
business activity from ten 20 twenty pei
cent greater than in 1910 in the earl.
months OF Ell and a boom In the las
quarter ere seen by the Simmons Hard
ware company, the chairman OF who's
board, f. C. Simmons. has issued cir
cular letter showing encouraging condi
tiops throughout the country, based on
reports Of many hundreds of statesmen.
M. Si,r mons, In his letter. says:
THE business of the merchants and
manufacturers Of St. Louis for 1870 has
peen fairly good-quito Up to the evers 90
of any 10 years In It's history, by com
parson with previous records. and in no
way could Il be properly called q bad
year, although far from being all that
we had hoped it would be when the year
started out with such bright promise
That prospect was dlmincd quite soon b,
many things, but particularly by poliu
cal disturbances and BY the active et
forts Of deragogues and muckrakers
who have been quite in the lmeligh,
in helping to form public opinion IN ar
unhealthy way.
The stocks Of merchandise in the hand:
OF the retail merchants are exceedinEl,
H.,
dread Of something going to happen. a.
lndeflna5ic something which they coulc
not express. When a man hesitatcd o,
declined to buy as freely as usual anc
was asked his reasons he would PROMPT.
~ say he did not like the looks Of things
that he wanted to keep near shore ant
go slow so that the orders this year have
been far more numerous than usual and
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isfactory.
CNPROM1SING SECTIONS FEW.
Naturally there are some sections OF
the country, as will always be the case,
In an unpromsing condition. North Da-
kota had poor crop and conditions
there are not the best. \ part of South
Dakota is affected the same way, but the
other half of South Dakota is in excel
lent condition. Part of Minnesota and
Wisconsin were heavily hit by the
drought and crops were poor. consequent
ly business there will not be as good
few counties in Texas have had a severe
drought, but that Is 2 small percentage
of this great State, Us whole. and the
crop Of cotton in that State has money
value which puts the State In a most
prosperous condition.
ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Kentucky,
Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi are In
good shape and give promise of an in
creased trade. Iowa Is in unus ually good
condition. with a crop Of three hundred
million bushels Of corn. Illinois. as a
whole, is in good condition and gives
promise Of a healthy increase In demand
for merchandise
GEORGIA. North Carolina and South
Carolina have had a fair crop Of cotton.
not good one, but the prices Of cot
ton have made the money value of that
crop larger than usual. These States
encourage Us to believe that they will
need more goods and buy moro for the
first half Of 1911 than they did in 1910
In our State, Missouri, the conditions
are favorable for an increase in bust
ness Of at least 10 to 20 per cent. the
majority Of the reports indicating the lat
ter In the Central West, Including Col
orado, Utah and Idaho, the prospects
are quite as good for business for the
first half OF 1911 as for the correspond
ing period OF 1910
california is in better shape and bids
fair 10 demand more goods The rredf9-
ton is that tho business thoro wiz in
crease about 10 per cent. In Nebraska
theY had a great drouth; still. the crop
was not a bad one, considering its mon
eY value and the people there have had
good crops several years previously, so
that the farmers are inexcelent shane
financially.
BETTER REPORTS IN EAST.
New England, New York and Penn.
sylvauia statesmen, TO the last man. state
that they expect to do better business the
first half of the coming year than ir
1910
The conclusions are that the promises
for the first half Of 1911 are for better
business than for the corresponding per.
iod Of 1910, The Indebtedness of the far
nier to the merchant and the retail mar
chant to the jobber and the iobber tc
the manufacturer is less than usual ow
Ing to the conservative policy Of buying
In small! quantities and buying often.
INCARCERATION 0E C0VEpNADC