Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-04-09
BRADSTREET'S VERMONT
WEEKLY TRADE REPORT.

Reports to Bradstreets for the
month of March and for the first quar-
ter of the present year state that
labor has not been as well employed,
as n whole, this year Is il was for the
same period year ago. Machine
manufacturers have done less, but
with the granite manufacturers
greater amount of business has been
done. Since the first of the present
year the demand for garments and
overalls has not been as large as it
was for the last quarter of 1913. The
period, however. has noticed great
err amount of business done by lum-
bermen and in this respect the amount
of timber and wood that has been cut
and marketed or stacked for saving
is the largest it has been for three
years.
Severe winter weather has prevail
ed but has had its advantages. Shoe
and rubber wholesalers report active
buying in their line. The movement
of winter weight goods was fairly
good but trade did not have the snap
to it that it generally does. Mer
chants have cleaned mp stocks we'll and
the carry-overs are small. Some small
uH1ndSe mas Detn uOllc ~ HlSH Mhtti'
but thus far the losses sustained
have been so small as not to be worthy
of mention Wholesale firms in food
stuffs report March trade an improve
ment over what il was a year ago.
Jobbers in frrs report quiet market.
Retail merchants in commenting upon
the outlook for spring business state
it has opened in a small way but the
outlook appears encouraging.
Money is quiet, slow collections being
the general report. Included in the fall
ure reports for the month of March are
seven volunt; y bankruptcies with total
| liabilities of s27932.7o and assets Of Sl4.-
1868 While the other months of the
quarter showed no greater number of
| failures and February gave one less, the
| amount OF money involved was larger.
| March of last year gave eight failures,
| including five voluntary bankruptcies.
| The amount of liabilities was 81 per
cent. greater than those reported for
| March of this year. The first quarter
| of the present year Includes 20 fall
| ures, of which number there was one
| compromise, one assignment. one In
voluntary and II voluntary bank
| ruptcies with total Liabilities of the
latter of SlGS,35S45 and assets of
| $l3I220.36. This was the largest num-
| Der of failures for the first quarter of
any year since 1910, when "a failures
Were reported, but the total liabilities
! is the greatest for the quarter since
1906. The first quarter of last year
gave 10 failures, including two com
| promise settlements, three assign
ments and IA voluntary bankruptcies
| with total liabilities of $l65,S23.70 and
assets of S1Oi,375.74.
The record of fires affecting mercan-
| tile interests for the month of March
of this year gives 10 affecting IS
firms with total damage Of s5S,325
| This is the smallest fire damage for
| the month since 1910. The total dam
age for the first quarter of the pres
ent year was STOOLS, resulting from
40 fires affecting 76 firms This is the
greatest damage in point of dollars
/ for any quarter since 1906. The first
quarter of last year gave 81 fires at
fecting As firms with total damage
of S2S0leOO. The FIRST quarter 81 tho
present year shows II new corpora
| tons chartered with a total capitali-
cation of sS3i350 of which number
| March of this year contributed seven
! with total capitak Of, $b6.sbo.