Show HIDES AND PELTS There has been no special feature to this line of trade In Utah during the past year The business has been steady with a normal Increase of about 10 per cent Prices have been well maintained and dealers are satisfied with the result of the years trade although al-though no large profits have been made The shipments from Utah go to the Chicago and Boston markets as a rule California taking occasional shipments The prospects for the establishment of a tannery In the State are rather remote re-mote as the high price of freight on all material used in tanning would bo a practical bar to such an enterprise The Z C M I started a tannery here several years ago and used the entire finished product In Its own shoe factory fac-tory but the high freight rates on tanbark tan-bark from California consumed all the profits and the tannery was finally abandoned Since that time dealers have been satisfied with such inofils as could be made on shipments to the Eastern markets |