Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-02-28

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STOCKS; or HEAvy MERCHANDISE
WELL REDUCED Nv RECENT
COLD WEATHER AND the
u OUTLOOK DRiahT
, MISUNDERSTANDING favorable.
weather during. the week has added IL
the.ademand. Tor winter goods. amt, while
much. ground was lost during the warm
weather OF last. fall and the early win.
ter, the recent severe cold has offset She.
dulness TO q considerable extent. Job.
-bers for, the most part are reporting small
filing in sales of winter goods. showing
~conclusively that merchandise STOCKS
through the country are not unreason-
ably large. Preparations for the opening
OF spring are noted on every hand and
ffoE,.. kA1e present eflt'ook a. large spring
and summer trade win be seen. iCollec.
lions g5fie fair t0 good. The lumber situa-
ton remains unchanged and prospects
are bright. N srchahts are almost uni
fGrmly expressing confidence In tho fu-
ture, as prospects are considered excep-
tionally encouraging.
st. Paul.-General business conditions
are good and there prevails, q feeling Of
optimism. Current trading is holding up.
well and orders for future delivery are
such as to indicate a favorable situation
throughout the Northwest. Jobbers of
clothing, dry goods and wearing apparel
are moderately active, and sales Of hard
ware. harness, ETC., continue large. The
n1nUnnnont nf 1r,10S ohovni0oTo and nil 10
regarded as normal. Collections are fair.
Atchison,-Business in. this vicinity is
only fair. though slightly improved over
last month. Retail trade in nearly all
lines has been. particularly dull since the
holidays. Foundries and machine shops
arc. running on short time and. while the.
volume of sales is holding up fairly well
In most jObbing lines. collections are par:
tticularly hard to make. Banks report a
owing chiefly to the loss Of the corn
crop. Winter wheat Is in splendid condi.
tion at present and late cold spells have
greatly improved fruit prospects.
Kansas City.-Local jobbing interests
Tep4rt, general trade conditions unchang
ed, but the outlook for spring seems very
favorable. although merchants have not
rs yet placed any orders of consequence.
Tho cold weather the past week has act
ed as quite a stimulant to retail trade
General satisfaction Is being expressed re
:gayding the volume of business in the i'm
rlemer:t line, although little plough
trade Is. expected this spring as the oper
winter has enabled farmers 10 do the
greater part Of their ploughtng. Mills are
quoting flour W. changed. Wheat is stsat,
to- slightly weaker. A number Of interior
mills report a slight Improvement in
trade. but only one Kansas City mill IL
operating full time. The output during
the rast week shows a slight loss. IS; !
barrels OF flour being manufactured com
pared with $500 barrels the preceding
week. Some mills in. Kansas which find
no domestic outlet for, clear flour. ar.
making concessions to foreign buyers and
cabling is reported rather brisk. but nc
,~c,eeIpthances few, I n the local. live stock
market the supply Of. cattle is fair and
prices easy. but the upply of hogs Is
somewhat light and values stronger.
st. Josenh.7TrRecent low temperature
has given some impetus 10 retail trade.
bit the seasonable weather Is thought tc
have come too late to properly clear win
ter stocks. Jobbers Of dry goods and
shoes 'cl'or, satisfactory orders for FL.
t,re delivery, but, collections generally
are a little slow. Distribution. Of gr ,c.ries
is up to normal. Building operations 70,
the new year have started out with Il
decided iEcrease over 1919. Owing to the
short .crcp, off last year. considerable out.
side corn IS being bought for cattle feed
Ing. iccessitatjng bark loans and making,
the money market a little close in coun-:
try districts. Wheat is in excellent shape.
the acreage: is large, and unless this pros
poet fails general conditions here for the
year should be good.
Butte.-Ceneral business conditions in
Montana have been quiet since the first
Ct the year, although they have rot been
considered bad, except in . few isolated.
small towns. The fact that all railroad
construction work was suspended a short
time ago on account of the winter, ma:
turally'' causes business, to be quiet in
many items, especially in provisions. Dur.
Ing the past two or three weeks there
have been general shows throughout
the State. although they have nos been
heavy enough to seriously affect rail-
road traffic. Wheat has not been damag-
ed in this State. and the present snow
will, be ample to cover the plants al
ready up and to furnish a good deal OF
the moisture supply that is necessary for
the growing crop. Collections are a little.
Quiet and money tighter than it was a
few weeks ago, SO far rs TIE NJ rrcfants
are concerned. Although it is rather
early for the immigrant business to com
incnce for the year. a number have al.
ready arrived and indications are that,
there win be another big influx Of new
people during, the coming SUMMER
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