| Show 1 HEY RETAIL AIL TRADE IN r HEAVY VOLUME Conference l ce and State Fair 1 Crowds Cr owls C use Decided Boom in Business BANKERS BAN ERS FEELING EASIER BUILDING BU OPERATIONS ARE BE BEING BEING BEING ING PUSHED RAPIDLY Conference and state fair crowds have of course furnished a record ord breaking weed for tor Salt Lake as far far as tho the retail 1 trade goes Altogether the week ek has been excellent all lines of business experienc experiencing ing a n heavy trade From Indications the th volume of fall business will greatly great y exceed that of last year ear and will probably set a anew anew new record Bankers are feeling easier over the mon money money money ey situation than they have for tor months past Loans are being made at regular rates The low copper market is of course having its Influence on the local money situation to some extent and the state statement statement statement ment made by Samuel Newhouse last week on his return from Europe and New NewYork NewYork NewYork York to the effect that the money scar scarcity scarcity city Is to blame for the low pric price of cop copper copper copper per has shed a new light oa 01 the Situation y as Mr Idea Is one that had had little mUe circulation In this part of the country Tx Local TAcal cal bankers say they are go goIng goIng goIng Ing to have all the money that tha Is needed this winter and this In Itself is a reassuring ing Ins statement Lumber and Building Building operations are arc being pushed all over town Hundreds of ot homes are being be being 1 e ing built and the few big Jobs lobs are being rushed as fast as all possible The archi architects architects are complaining bitterly but mainly because the high price of or building mate materials materials materials rials has shut off ot the larger building op operations rations by which the architects make mal e their big money mono There is not much for foran foran foran an architect in n tho the ordinary residence put up and for that reason one hears com complaints complaints complaints plaints from them The Newhouse build buildings buildings buildings ings will begin to rise r e this week the first shipment Of df steel stel arrived Several train loads of stono stone are arc on the ground at present and more is on the way war Very little lumber Is coming Into the city owing to the congestion on the lines In eastern Oregon Lumbermen who re returned returned returned turned from that section n last week report i that long strings of freight cars are tied up on sidings the companies being unable to move them Grain Is standing in the fields and tho the shippers have hae been b en reduced to such straits that they have hae been tak taking takIng i ing flat cars and equipping them with sides and ends and shipping grain and other freight car commodities in lathem them Tho The local yards are fairly well wel supplied but their lumber Is purchased at a high figure and Is moving slowly The local are turning out a big output and are arc being pushed for more by the con contractors contractors contractors tractors The Increase of 5 cents in freight ht rates on lumber put In is over oer the Harriman lines from Oregon common points to Utah common points will wUl be taken off oft Novem ber 1 as It has been found that the rate if t left In effect will cause a shut down of a large per cent of ot the Oregon mills supplying this market marl et the rise putting the price of lumber to local wholesalers under present conditions on a prohibitive basis The Retailers Tile The e hardware men are having a busy season Sporting goods are moving better than was expected and the trade In this line of hardware amounts to a boom al almost almost most Automobile supplies are being called for in larger Volume than ever before be before before fore and the mining machinery men re report report report port heavier orders than they have had for years ears past The clothiers and shoe men report a heavy beaV weeks business in common with all aU aUthe the retailers in town due doe unquestionably to the fair crowds The clothiers report a big demand for hats and furnishings The dry goods people report no change In prices for the week The furriers are getting Into their winter business rather early Carly and all the dealers declare the winter win winter wint ter t r will be bea a record breaker for the vol volume volume volume ume of business expected and for the money that will go into furs here this winter The wholesalers report an Increase of 25 2 per cent in zephyr ginghams and with the stocks scarce at that The real estate men have had a very 1 fair week with the volume of business holding up well Inquiry Is picking up on business property Stocks and Bonds There has been very little doing In com commercial commercial commercial mercial stocks the past few days das The market has suffered no particular slump however and it lt Is expected it will pick pickup pickup pickup up Immediately All the sugar factories are now in n full blast and reports Indicate that this years crop of beets Is of super superior superIor superior grade Following are the latest quotations Amalgamated Sugar Co pfd 1 57 A Common 1000 Beneficial Life Insurance Co Barnes Banking Co Jay Con Can Wagon Machine Co pfd Common COlImon Commercial lal National bank Deseret National bank Deseret Savings bank 2500 Davis County bank Farmington First National bank Ogden First National bank Murray First National bank Logan Home Fire Insurance Co 1700 Heber J Grant R Co 1500 Lewiston Sugar Co 1200 National bank National Bank ot of the tho Republic 00 Ogden Savings bank 2500 Provo Q Commercial Savings bank bank Rork Mountain Bell Telephone Co 8 0 Silver r Bros Iron Works Co State Bank of Utah Sugar City Townsite Co State Bank of Brigham City 1200 Thatcher Bros Banking Co Sugar Co pfd Common Utah t tah County Light Power Co Utah Banking Co Utah National bank Utah Savings Trust Co Western Loan Savings SavIn s Co loe 00 Savings Bank Trust Co Z C M lL I Bonds Salt Lake City Railroad Sumpter Valley Railroad Utah County Light Power Co Utah Sugar Co 1 |
