Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1909-10-03 | Page 7 | Business Good; Cash in Demand

BUSINESS GOOD CASH IN DEMAND Stockmen Are Borrowing Large o Sums to Handle Their Ship Shipments Shipments ments merits East Business generally continues good with Encouraging reports from the local banks bank There is a good god demand for money monay which has hag a stiffening eC ef feet on rates The biggest borrowers at the present time are the sheep and cattle men who are increasing their herds nerds and getting ready fur for the win winter winter winter ter Comparatively little ittle eastern money is coming late Inte the tb home mar ket and the home supply seems to be ample for all practical needs The con increase in bank clearings Is la en encouraging encouraging encouraging General business In the hardware line Is good 1000 although the past week In special special cial features was rather quiet Dur During DurIng DurIng ing the past week there have been heavy shipments of stoves heaters henters and auxiliary supplies The demand far fer sporting equipment In all aU lines Is un unprecedented unprecedented unprecedented Hot blast stoves are In steady demand For the next sixty days at least a heavy heafy Business Is expected in all kinds of building hardware Col Collections are Improving and business during September Is estimated as be being beIng being ing 1 lit to per cent better than September 1908 1998 Mail Matl orders from country merchants who have run short on stock are being received by the local wholesale dry goods trade The Tile cotton question Is la till still III dominant according to report nude rede by the tile Jobbers and prices are aro tending upward as 8 prices are said to tobe tolie tolie lie be out of line with cost of production and the demands of the consumers are not up to normal Duck goods are holding howing firm and wide print cloths are strong Pall Fan ginghams are active re replacing replacing replacing placing less serviceable goods A large business is being done In sweaters for fall faU and winter wear In silks complete costumes are being worn of taffetas for fall wear the suits being tailored and In colors SAtins will not be worn as much as last year The heavier fall fail goods In the retail line have not been moving as fast as In former years but all kinds of staples have sold well especially ally in millinery The call In the east Is now for small hats but u In the west the big hat still sUlI retains reta retains ns a warm spot pot in n the heart of femininity Furs Fu Fumare mare are already being called for so that the dealers are look looking lookIng ing tug Cor good trade In furs this fall There Is a strong strung call calf for dress goods particularly in fall tall lines Hosiery and gloves are still sun good sellers the gloves being mostly of ot the short variety varlet Few changes are noted In fall styles the exception being in the long coats On Un fine tine lawns and of the best make the market is firm firmIn firmIn firmIn In the lumber trade there Isa Is a continued con continued continUed stiffening of prices largely ow owing owIng owing ing to the difficulty In getting ship shipments shipments shipments ments from the coast on account of the shortage In ears By ordering con considerably considerably considerably ahead the local trade has kept from running short and thus seriously seri seriously seriously delaying building bunding operations