The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-02-07

nl,,,, her az faffSires Tor less than
SO $1,000 Vas s and the IA nsitet s.
- efe s. 8 6 s 2 a. the average being
s.. go vera &c FOR " Is
ana 1910 was IN excess OF 81 Al1s
but was Considerably below that Alszs
ure IN AL the other years back 20
1900.
Both IN number and amount last
rionfii's IIanuf actnrtnaS lnsc 9yen cass
were IN EXCESS oE those OF recent
Yea Is 2 81 totai-Of 4o3 For 1871 SO sySs =
conf ariIig vi 3 Tor 81 z 80 2 q
In 191S, 3T4 for 5 81 % In ~ 1 zs
tS64 for So .243. $50 II 1911 and but
325 In 81 hen the ne 9li1 ie=s =. 81
SSsB IS. 469. In number Of mani ar.
triTin suspeusi en for 500 s900 OF
over the January record shows a de-
.efded increass, there hslR Ing been no
fewer than . i such revefses fortll tn
tai OF 81 II. 082 So 9, thus leaving an
average OF S12s364 for the o re-
manning smaller insolysnctes his
contrasts with an average q 81
in the previous year, but Is stiehtl$
lower than the $13s 30 s. reported IN
1912 Otherwise, however, the aver
age lfs hfghef thansrtn anys previous
January, since i D0.a Analysis of the
manufacturing failures according to
occupation. shows that there were
fewer defaults than last year in q
of the 10 different ciasstheauons,
while In eOttons no change occurred.
The best exhibit was made by Mullins
and bakers, with numerical reduc-
zion, OF II. but in clothing and mullu-
srv and hats and furs there were jn-
creases OF z and ] 6 insolvencies, re-
spectiyely. AS to the sum Of money
involved, the liabilities were lighter
In branches Of business, but IN some
tines the Indebtedness was dtstorted
by several failures OF unusual SIZE,
slotably in nile ptseel laneous group
and also, In 1Jfn Der, carpenters, ETC.
Trading suspen Ions during Jantt-
ary numbered 1880 as con- pared
with j ,351 in the preceding year
1853 fna1972,q 1s2497 in 1911 g ana
only 4 1873 in 191 o. Like the manu-
-faeturing division .agfewa large lri.iSl-
yencies sweT1ed the trading Habtlipes
above normal, the total rising 20
515.890,9S0. This is fully S5.0a0s-
800 more than was reported In 1913
md shows approximately the sans
Inference In comparison with tine otn-
ar years back to 1903. There we're
Is trading defaults for loo, ~ OF
more, aggreEatfng In all $4,64f.01S, !
against s for $1,39S,391 a year ago, |
I for S1,405,82 in, 1912 and u each
n 1911 and 1910, when the amounts
we're $2.259.0S6 and SO, 1885, 1885, re-
,pecttveiy. For the 1875 failures
or less than 500, 600 the average |
vas So 1870, as compared with ,O61 I
1918, when the smaller insolven- I
cies numbered / ,343 and involved $9,-l
IgO, 721 The average in 1911 was
Sc ,971 and in 1910 $7,041. All but I
of the / separate trading classiheaz
ions showed larger number of de-
faults than in Januarys 1918, espee7
ally ungayorable ED b IS being made
by general stores selo thing and dry
goods. EOn the other hand, there was
i decrease of 81 in groeeries and,
neatS-that being the only important
:eduction. The only lines in which |
the, Indebtedness decreased were gem
sral stores, groceries and meats,
hardware and stoves and drugs and
chemicals, while the losses increased
materially in hotels and restaurants,
Nothing and furnishings and dry
goods.
In the class embracing agents,
brokers' and concerns of a similar ma
.ure there were so. failures for $6.-
702 ,42s against So in. 1913 for $3,=s
321, 800, SO for $2,1S2182S in 1912, &
so in 1g11sfor $3s964,S69 and 50 in
1910, when the liabilities we're S 49,
336, 02O-an unusually large total
~r--F-FfTT--T- fft4tftE $40