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Show Ipiis in Tlf(ct f Financial Stringency 9: II S Not Apparent in l Salt Lake. vWEbospkrous spring ' I IS LOOKED FORWARD TO J Lining of Holiday Gifts Is J i- Encouraging to AH 3 j ' Trade. ; . . -, ' there und 1'CL'" anV Iear auionC h L5"125-3 raeu tL:lt Lll rcceut fiimu- KlttWsDC- would produce auy Inst-3.00 Inst-3.00 luffed on the lioliday trading, it was IL!ei "v the sight of tho pcoplo l Irf4"C ,I,to tIlc storcs a11 tll,s wcclc ' Fy Christmas tbins for the wife, IILtlildreii and for Uio best girl. As I iiaan expressed il, thoy just; had to ! !L because the time was so short be-,' be-,' E'thc festival day. And conic thcy w Tlic stores have been crowded ot flic week, in spite of Iho bad 'I rtlberaud the streets have been filled ll i a hurrying throng all bent on one Vl tf-os'-to Christinas presents. -A a icsiill. the storekeepers are ir bappv smiles for the most part "v ITa lone of optimism lias begun to 7? inii nearlv all business circles. The In Sens from the real estate dealers arc U J;n"e in the extreme. A prominent Jestato man said this week that the W for a" excellent business in the 'D St'o ras very promising. He said Hr'rnanv people were waiting until tfjS b before purchasing, in Iho expecta-Sg expecta-Sg a that properties would be lower in aBol'"' that the indications were that JEt' would be no falling off in prices cj that the demand for homes would .fl jftnastially good . Seal Estate. Active. KJL ainc nl this time when there has m en feeling thai tho financial string-Ul string-Ul jfr-p-ould scrioiHy affect real estate m aj;. such a statement can not .but &l jt'a cheering effect on business gen-31 gen-31 3r. In fact, there has been consid-& consid-& aitc movement in real estate during : jtffcek, mostly in the way of small jf. i,tobe sure," but of a number to dis-SfftliB' dis-SfftliB' idea of hard times. It has been Hcithal there is a good deal of capital alCtfco city awaiting investment. Tho flltiiicnt of an institution which makes IgfliRcMaltr of handling large deals in afB-iluialo expressed the opinion that tfillprit deal of capital that had for-m for-m IJkIt boon invested in mining stocks Jfillfi fends would now lind its way into 3Mw estate instead because the latter Ifci i much better investment. Rpal JHale also offers a safer means of pro-if pro-if Hiij against any repetition of pros-41 pros-41 II:: slorfage in finances th:in invest-$ invest-$ Bel in stocks for the reason that it Ifesjuch good security for a loan. Stringency a Good Thing. jjlhfcini5 to be tho general opinion of k Iter of the business -men o the citv Jlfct the stringency was an excellent Slip, in that it forced people to make-Ir make-Ir reductions in business which were , :V jrSiury to prevent inflation. For ten .Bfcitis the business of the communitv , aBrifcfEn iucreasing at an unusual ral ijlft'O it had gotten beyond the volume j Ijjlal coald bo handled with the uionev I ifniMe.Henee. one of two things was ! 'fcfiiary. Contraction of business or tBtatiion of the currency. The in- 1 8 y.i of business made it doubtful &tisr the latter expediency would , at? been desirable. It was altogether ( i iraarv that men should pause to look 1 ID 7 the situation, and they did eo. Xow 1 "i til they have recovered from their i ?r raad rush, they can see that ,g '-sir business difficulties are not so scri-K scri-K a they had thought, ft. -I the end of the week reports of a fl' Owrof changes of business locations, ' S i w,Cn w'ere planned for puri)oscs a Jlarceinent, noint to tlie expectation 0" i!?consenntivc business men of ex-financial ex-financial conditions in the 3 P- cd& weather and the snow of tho i ISr (la-J'3 ,iavc' E"iously affected the I lipg operations iu most sections of I Irv"1-" 'rhose properties on which i Stf 'i' arcady under way are being 8 lv iup' hwrever. The steel work t 5k.VECraper8 is going forward, al-?i al-?i ? tn-, cement work has been sus-tl sus-tl iw until warmer weather. Hardware Stocks Heavy. 5 . Iho hardware line the call has 5 "fneually heavy for all sorts of K aro suitable for Christmas ' tl J.he eneral 'trade has been as Lj! In st previous years and will jwibiy run ahead of last year. The ft f,,,01 waaonable oods, such as skates. & E- Baddlorj', fino harness and A' V, fuJniluTc' ha5 been good. Edgo " uu- d c"tlery. like handsome carv-rt carv-rt Tes,,have also fiolfl well and tho V toil URhl wcro nieftnl: for bolidav i Sporting goods have sold I I dr.,. Dou tt" Htt, 0,,t of Beaaon, I ilKaWy for use as Presents. IWKli there has been a falling off U ES S Perations in many parts of " Km c Balft of builders' hardware 9-' Sr , crc'nsC(1 in Proportion anpar-hul anpar-hul 'u 10 a Kood deal of building httt n !cn , "eK"D in surrounding S lltni,,"1 cold. weather hns started I fil , i f,- K,toves- fruncBB and heat- iantt have apparently taken ' IteZ ' th?, holiday reason to pur-J pur-J itr VCir Ult7 1,06,1 in t,1(! way of i ha a Tn5'- s a r0Sl,1t there' has I Mt i "'lIn.ct increase of trade in dry f fs lri?i!4 "J'Pcndent of the Christ-$ Christ-$ i W win riho fill0 tnido 1,as hkk i 'MmmA for tne heavier t, j l au 'iiRh cut styles. ': I In. . Btock Quotations. I K'for'r1",2 ri.ro thri lale3t quota-' fe' iy?1 fit0CkS U th0 eS" 1 ' Common SUb'nr Co- 0-0 1 Racial I if 150.00 B rrou?.'".'. :V.OO ' Vti ;nl,.onal ,,nk V. 170 00 1 - fe HreTLb!l,lk' K(ien 315.00 feSfe-ws::::: ?8:8 ij 'vV lnlc of i- :,?l'l,0le company. 70.00 e 1::::;;::;:;;;::: ; , .iid feavliiija IOC. 00 " i Zion's Savings Bank and Trust Co. 275.00 j- c- 1 ISO. 00 BONDS'. Salt Lake Cily railroad in.-? Sumpter Valley railroad "103 Liah County Light & Power co..".'."l0() blah .sugar company ly |