Show MERCHANTS MERCH ANTS REAP REP GOLDEN HARVEST Trade During Conference Ex Exceeds Exceeds Exceeds That of Like Period Pe Pc Period nod Last Year EXTENDS TO ALL LINES VISITORS PURCHASE BETTER GOODS AND MORE OF EM EMal EMIS IS Salt alt al Lake merchants experienced the largest trade during conference days last week weck and an Monday of this week in inthe Inthe inthe the history of yearly erly Mormon Monon confer conferences conference ence here This Title was the statement maIe mn e yester vester yesterday yesterday day by the managers manger of the thc majority maj riy of local retail firms The gain gin in iii trade during the conference just clos closed ed over previous conferences confert was estimated at from 10 0 to 33 3 13 1 per cent by tile the te mer Iner merchants merchant chants chant Every business from notions to farm implements received the live bene beuc benefit be befi fit fi of the conference week trade From the reports of merchants yesterday the conference visitors purchased a greater eter variety of articles than ever before of ofa ff ofa a better beter grade and more of them George Gerge T Odell Odeli of the Consolidated Wagon Machine company declared yesterday that more visitors wont went through the establishment of his com corn company company pany than ever before during confer conference once ence week wel and ad that more purchases were sore made than ever before There Ther were more people in town than I have seen at a yearly early conference since cum com coming cumIng coating ing to Salt Sal Lake said sid Mr Ir Odell Odeil Odel Merchants Merchant Are Happy Managers of or the tile various arlous department stores were enthusiastic in their con com comments ments menson on last weeks business Ont business was fully 33 3 13 per cent beau heavier ier ler Monday than than on the Monday follow folo lug Ing last years conference and the bir bw i iness iness Iness ness of the conference week itself was wai very ver much heavier this year than last said Ild J H Beifuss Belus manager mana er of or Walker Vallier Brothers store yesterday esterday Henry Henr W tV V Walker alker manager of Keith OBrien store reports report that the business transacted by that concern was very ver much heavier hevier than during preceding yearly conferences J H Brown of Brown Terry Woodruff declared delare that more furnish furnishings furni furnishings h ings and better furnishings wore bought this year Jer than last by the tile cun cou feren ferne e visitors J W V Gray Gry says s the firm of Gray Gry Brothers Brethers clothiers experienced a fair increase in hi business busine this year ear over oer last lat year ear during conference week Manager Henry Wallace of Auer Auerbach Auerbach bach Company reports a 8 very antis satis satisfactory factory business for that firm espe cape especially daily caly In dress goods goos jackets jackels and suit sui The business of the week he says was larger than that done donE during the UI semi semiannual smi semiannual annual conference last fall fal Assistant Manager Parsons of the Z ZI Zi C M i I reports an increase for that store declaring that their sales sale wire were very ver heavy hevy preceding the conference Half a dozen oth othor r business men mEt rf ro r port like conditions and the merchants of the city generally are well wel satisfied |