Show FINANCE AND MINING ¼ Lead Declines Ten Cents During the Week ABUSE OF THE CREDIT SYSTEM News From the Mines Tho Ore and Bullion k Output A Bather Dull Week In p Mining Circles The big holiday trade which our merchants mer-chants have enjoyed for several weeks past can now be said to be nearly over Of course New Years day will be the means of inducing the spending of considerable i consid-erable money on Monday and Tuesday but we cannot look for any such a rush as was witnessed a week ago The editor of this column in his rounds yesterday heard nothing but satisfaction expressedby all with whom he talked on the present and former status of trade The outlook for the coming year too is aU that they could desire and while the next two months will be comparatively dull tho present kind of weather will have a stimulating stimu-lating effect upon many brunches of industry Indus-try Too heavy full of snow in the valleys find mountains of Utah far greater in A ome caoes than has been known for fifteen fif-teen i ears pasta 8ures us an ample water supply for the coming year an ample water supply means good crops good crops mean prosperity to the country people country prosperity means the loading of the tills of the Salt Lake merchants It may truthfully be said we think that tho business outlook never had a more roseate hue at this season of the year The present weather retards building I operations to some extent but the real estate transfers show no diminution On the contrary each day shows an increase |