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Show WHITS WEAR PLEASANT SMILE "ifcst peff Weeksjias Been Sea-Jf Sea-Jf son of Profit With HIk' TIlcm' ?pSlNESS'MUCH BETTER MAN THEY HAD EXPECTED jKieniers' Convention, the fijRisteddfod, Conference and w Fair Given Credit. ikCBiference week and the state fair ' itors have been the big factor in i It's business, as far as the re-o re-o is concerned, and the business i heavy and far in excess of tons, ipresentntive of one of the big is establishments said: "The cs convention, the Eisteddfod, co and the state fair have many visitors to this city in two weeks, owing to tho low rates and other attractions, and i us two splendid weeks in Oc-riio Oc-riio class of poods that has 3emand arc thoso that can not it in tho smnller towns, and mainly of women's suits, mil- irs, shoes, trimmings and dross ad a great deal of high class , carpots and rugs, year will be 10 per cent better corresponding period of last i to a combination of fortunate races, namely. conference n Sunday, which gave us two Uliree days of business beforehand, the fact of the fair held the visitors K for a week, while last year the effects of the depression were bc-oing bc-oing to bo felt in October, which Kid naturally cause this vear's busi-Kto busi-Kto exceed that of last.0 Km clothing business, according to tprcsentative dealer, was far better Kq had been anticipated. The bust-Is bust-Is of August and September was md to that of Inst year, and tho past Hi, he said, had been cxcopiionallv-m. cxcopiionallv-m. There seemed to be plenty of fcey and the demand for high class Jung has exceeded that of the spring man. m Hardwaro Man Talks. Kim representative of a big hard-Irc hard-Irc concern said: "Business has la tmusuallv good for the past ten Is, duo to the many visitors in town, ft have not only purchased thcordi-v. thcordi-v. line of goods, but have shown a Biderablo desiro to purchase holi-r holi-r goods, such as skates, sleds, robes, Bikcts and sleigh bells, whilo harness B saddlery were in demand. Our fcjness for tho year has been greatly faccss of the preceding one, and lots the business that formerly went to iEastern jobbers is now cominc to fecity." aid it is the same in all lines mighout tho city. The influx of new ,?df-"ts, coupled with the many al-pctions al-pctions of late, have had their effect. and -have made tho months of September Septem-ber and October the banner ones of tho year. Great interest has been manifested by the local financial world in the doings do-ings of the, convention of tho Amorican Bankers association, which was in session ses-sion in Denver tho past week, and local bank officials who wcro in attendanco agree that the convention was one of unusual importance and interest. The greatest question before the convention con-vention was that of the proposed guaranteeing guar-anteeing of bank deposits by the government, gov-ernment, and was the cause of much discussion, and tho resolution was introduced, in-troduced, condemning such government guarantee, was finally voted down unanimously. The postal savings bank idea was voted down, bocausc it was claimed that it was not a proper thing for the government to enter the business busi-ness field in competition with its own citizens. Financial Situation. The local financial situation continues normal, with rates of interest high, and not an overabundance of cash, as there nre calls for mono" from so manv different dif-ferent directions. There is sufficient money for all legitimate enterprises, however, but none for that which borders bor-ders on the ultrn speculative. Salt Lake bankers say that the state of Utah is in the best financial condition condi-tion of any in the union, which is saying say-ing a great deal for iho permanency of Salt Lake'": prosperity. It is believed by" those competent lo judge, that there will be a cessation of business nativity this winter, especially espe-cially in the building line. As is nual after dividends have been paid, the local stock market is inclined to be heavy. The Consolidated Wagon and Machine company on Saturdav sent checks to its stockholders for tho regular reg-ular quarterly 2 per cent on both preferred pre-ferred and common stock, the amount being $30,000. The dividend on Sugar preferred was paid September 30. Z. C. M. T.'s regular annual dividend of (5 per cent is payable on tho 15th, and will amount to about $G5.000. Transactions in the list have been few and far between, although a number num-ber of small transactions havo been made in T'tah-Idaho preferred, from $SS0 to SS5. Yesterday's closing quotations are as follows: Stocks and Bonds. Amalgamated Pugar C.. pfd ? 00.00 Amalgamated Sugar Co., com ISO. 00 Gencllclal Life Insurance Co 130.00 Con. Wagon and .Much. Co.. pfd.. 112.00 Con. Wagon t Machine Co., com. 100.00 Commercial National bank 110.00 Dcsorct National bank 2S7.00 Dcseret Savings banl; 530.00 First National bank. Opden 315.00 Homo Fir Ttifiirsinc' Co IPS. 00 Heber J. Grant & Co 130.00 Lcwlston Sugar Co. 15.00 National Banlc of the Republic 1-10.00 Ogdcn Savings bank 260.00 1'rovo Com'l & Savings bank 1-18.00 Rocky Mt. Bell TrIpliono Co 60.00 State Bank of T?tnh 200.00 Sugar City Townslte Co 120.00 Thatcher Bros. Bunking Co 1-47.00 Utah-Idaho Sugar Co., pfd S.85 do common ".20 Utah National bank 115.00 Utah Savings & Trust Co 110.00 Western Loan & Savings Co 10G.00 Zion'n Havings Bank & Trust Co... -100.00 Z. C. M. 1 200.00 BONDS. Salt Lake City Railroad 100. DO .ijniptr Valley Railroad 101.00 Utah County Light k Power Co... 101.50 Utah Sugar Co 101.00 SALT LAKE BANK CLEARINGS. For the veolc ending Oct. 10, 1008 $1. 7Sl.C9C.no Same .week in 1007 C097.323.3C Decrease $2,212.G2C.G7 |
