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Show TRADS, BUSINESS, AND FINANCE. Tho announcement mado by the general gen-eral manager of the Chicago & North-Avoetorn North-Avoetorn that the track of this road would bo extended westward from Casper, Cas-per, Wyoming, without delay, In the spring, will be received with pleasure In this State. It hns for a good many years been recognized that this Is the most likely Immediate extension hlthcrward from the eastward, both because it would bo tho shortest of all to build, and because a good routa to Ogdcn has for a long while been surveyed and is immediately im-mediately available It Is said that work on this extension will begin In tho spring, and that It will bo vigorously pushed. Which la certainly tho best of nows. Progress on the San Pedro, Los Angeles An-geles & Salt Lake road Is as could be desired; active and showing good results every day. It Is estimated that the rails will meet about the first of December, and that before the new year through trains may be run. Very soon after tho new year comes In, regular service will bo Inaugurated, and any who suffer from a cold spell can take the train in the morning and be in the warm sun of southern California the next day. The Moffat road from Denver and tho Western Pacific from San Francisco seem both to be pushing on with satisfactory satis-factory energy, and by next season wo expect to hear much about both of them every week. Business conditions were never better in this State at large than they are now. Tho crops havo been abundant, nnd the prices have been so high for everything raised by the farmer that never beforo were tho peoplo throughout Utah so wll supplied with money as this season. Live stock, too, is readily sold, and at prices that a few years ago would havo been considered get-rlch-qulck. Tho mines continue their overwhelming, overwhelm-ing, rich production; the totnl for 1904 must crowd close upon three million dollars. dol-lars. The end of tho year is showing a much, heavier production than the earlier months; this because the mines are constantly con-stantly adding new channels of wealth In their explorations, and because the smelters and mills of the valley are constantly enlarging their plants and adding to their facilities for reducing the vast volumes of ores that are offered for treatment Never before was tho smelting Industry here on so strong and growing a basis as It Is now. In this city, trade reflects in its strength the favorable conditions that would be expected from the great production pro-duction of the mines" and the good crops with the high prices for them. The bank clearances of the week shnw n gain of 14 per cent compared with the corresponding week last year. Trade Is brisk and collections good. The railway rail-way rates are against us for the Jobbing Job-bing trade, and it seems hard to get any relief; on the contrary, tho opening of the Idaho common rate to Portland Jobbers, Is distinctly disadvantageous to this city. The building operations of the year continue in good activity, and cover every Bort of structure needed In human hu-man life, business, and help. The Y. M. C. A. building Is getting on well, a flno large brick structure which will cost when completed $125,000. The Emery Hats at Eagle Gate, are probably prob-ably the must striking structure of the yean It is sure that the building record rec-ord this year will eclipse all former season's sea-son's records. In the country at large, whatever restriction re-striction there was on trade and Industry Indus-try has been removed, and the outlook Is optimistic; wholesale business la enlarged, en-larged, there Is a firmer tone to prices, nnd cheerful reports are made of tho winter trade and prospective spring demand. de-mand. Railway earnings exceed last year's by 3.8 per cent in October, with better distribution. The iron trade is strong, woolen mills are busy, and there Is a steadily diminishing amount of Idle machinery. Prices of all products are well maintained. Business failures 'aro below tho average. Bank clearances in New York show a gain of 20.1 per cent, compared with the corresponding week last year, and a loss of 1.4 per cent In the cities outside of New York, a gain in the aggregate for all of 12.8 per cent The New York bank statement, issued yesterday, shows a heavy decrease in loans, and a heavier decrease in deposits, perhaps caused by withdrawals to pay election bets. The activity of trading in stocks is a feature of tho latter part of tho week. Tho election being over, and an assurance assur-ance thus hold out that business conditions condi-tions will not be disturbed, speculation has become general, and the confidence of the entire business community Is keyed up to the highest mark. The labor troubles are practically over for the year, and enterprise and Industry are on a broader and sounder basis than ever before. |