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Show BUSINESS AND TRADE. Tho striking event In business lines In Utah for the past week was the annual convention of tho United Commercial Travelers nt Ogden. The occasion was one both of pleasure and of profit to our sister city, while Salt Lakors co-operated In tho heartiest and moat whole-souled manner to make tho occasion not only successful, but memorable. The convention conven-tion was certainly a great success In every ev-ery respect. Tho work doing by tho Western Pacific Railway company In this city begins to assinno tangible form. Work on the new and large depot which will servo tho purposes pur-poses of the Western Pacific and also of tho Rio Grando Western Ik about to begin. be-gin. Tho largo purchnee Jointly by tho two roads of four hundred acres of tho church farm south of the city assures plenty of yard room and extensive shops. Construction work westward from this city on tho Western Paclflo la being pushed with energy and dispatch. Rumors of the coming of tho Burlington read to this city aro revived, and It Is stated that a new and feasible route Is being mapped out. There Is an old survey sur-vey said to bo almojit water level coming com-ing Into this Stato from Wyoming, and Into tho Weber valley through Ogdon canyon. This road was surveyed many years ago by tho forces In charge of Mr. McLean, who then represented what was supposed to be an extension of tho Illinois Illi-nois Central. Tho best survoy across Wyoming and Into1 Utah that was over mado Is reported to have beon found at that tlmo. Tho Plocho spur from Caliento on the Salt Lako Route Is Liking tangible form. Articles of incorporation of the Callonte & Ploche Railway company havo been filed in this city under tho auspices of President John Weir of tho Nevada-Utah Mines and Smelters company, and It is probablo that within a very short tlmo tho now company will build tho thirty miles to connect Pioche at Cailcnto with tho road from thin city to Los Angcloa. In tho meantlmo work Is being actively pushed on tho main HneB up Into the Bullfrog-Goldfleld and Tonopah country, and presently all of theso camps will be -sending their rich ores to the sraoltors In this valley by this route. The Incorporators Incor-porators named for tho Caliento &. Ploche railway give strong assurance that the road will bo pushed with energy and dispatch. dis-patch. In this city business Is active and strong, and though there Is a falling off In the bank clearances aa compared to those of the corresponding week last year, this does not mark any particular deterioration In activity or volumo of trade. Tho averago lncreaso in the clearings clear-ings every week since tho beginning of tho new year haa been considerably moro than 50 per cont, so that Salt Lake has probably tho best record of any city In the West In this regard for the present yoar. Tho real estate market here Is strong and active, with numerous transfers at good prices. The building activity has fully begun, and that the city Is growing grow-ing constantly Is ovldonccd by the fact that no matter how many new buildings are put up, and thero are very many, they pro besieged for occupancy by ton-ants ton-ants before they are finished; at the same time, few of tho old structures remain untenanted. Tho mines of the State continue their excellent output nt the rate of moro than two and a half million dollnrs por month. Thoy ara under excellent management, at onco enorgotlo and conservative. The fame of Utah mines Is bright in all tho money centers of tho world, and Justly so, becausd they have a record that is unrivaled un-rivaled for continuous dividends and lasting last-ing prosperity. The smoltera In this valley continue their excellent work of reducing the masses of ores sont to them, In a manner that Is both thorough and fully up-to-date. All pf the best appliances appli-ances aro omployed, with tho most satisfactory satis-factory results. The hugo new plants at tho west of tho valley aro getting on favorably in construction. In the State at large, tho farming and live stock interests aro at full tide. The abundant water assured for the reason's farming operations gives encouragement to all, and It also brings the ranges Into a bettor condition than thoyhavo beon for many years, "The largo wool clip that has been marketed at unprecedented prices diffuses money , throughout tho State to a greater extent than ever before known. In tho country at large, the week's reports re-ports .ire excellent, tho business for May showing nplendld gains ovor last week's figures. The cotton Industry has received a chock from tho absence of demand from China, and tho accumulation of goods at Shanghai Indicates that this trade will not recover very soon. Railway earnings In May were 11.2 per cent heavier heav-ier than last year. Foreign commerce shows a gain of $1,346,150 In exports and a shrinkage of $11,503 In imports as compared com-pared with tho corresponding week last year. The country"can well afford an exhibit ex-hibit of this kind, for It Is more to our Interest to soil at satisfactory prices than to Import at any price Tha balanco of the trade In favor of this country for the current fiscal year, which onds -with the present month, bids fair to exceed all records. Tho total foreign trado of the country fqr the same period will crowd very closo upon three billion dollars. Industry In-dustry Is well employed; there are no labor la-bor strikes, and business failures are about normal. " The operations of the week on the stock exchange show the usual fluctuations, fluctua-tions, largely speculative, but the enormous enor-mous Imports pf gold have steadied the commercial and buslnesc world no that there is no uneasiness now apparent, oven thpiigh speculation should run wild. Tho shipments of gold from Alaska have begun, be-gun, and are likely to be larger than ever before. The prospects are that something cloee to twenty millions of dollars will, within a very few wooks, be brought dewn from that region to Seattle. On tho wholo, tho prosperity of tho country is fully maintained, and Hti financial, Industrial. and commercial strength was novcr at a higher standard, j |