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Show TOpKe Cache County Financier Says Capita Is Only Seeking Opportunity. ALL STABLE SECURITIES ARE IN STRONG DEMAND Crops Found to Be Excellent in Every Part of the Country. "Business conditions in the oast are somewhat unsatisfactory at this time on account of the waitiug policy adopted in view of pending tariff legislation. legis-lation. This, with banks crowded with inouey, loo," said George AV. Champ of Logan, president of the Cache Valley Val-ley Banking company and president of the Utah Mortgage and Loan corporation, corpora-tion, on his return from a month's trip to Tioekport. III., where he attended his father in his last illness. On account of the nature of his trip Mr. Champ did not take opportunity to make a definite study of the business conditions in the section he visited. " Tn Cache valley we arc goiur ahead doing business, and as far as 1 know there is little room for complaint. Of course that part of the country is well developed and thc wealth constantly is growing. All the country from which we draw business seems in a prosperous condition. The outlook for a bumper crop in everything never was better, and the farmers, for that reason, are in good shape. Much of our business is from thc agricultural industry. in-dustry. Good prices prevail, and T think" thc northern part of the state is on a safe basis. Improvement in Salt Lake. "Here in Salt. Lake I note many marks of development and ininrove-mcnt. ininrove-mcnt. A ride over tho city reveals many decided improvements, and one does' not see a more beautiful city or one where steady business seems more marked than right, hero in Salt Lake City. T heard of thc new Utah hotel.-It hotel.-It seems to .be pretty well known that the hotel is tho finest between Chieairo and tho coast, and from what one hears its business should bo satisfactory. satisfac-tory. 1 Personally T think I never have seen a time when there was a sharper demand for good, stable securities. Banks are looking for gilt cdno investments. invest-ments. Municipal, county and school bonds are finding a ready market. 'Eastern 'East-ern money is coming strong to Utah, and our best investments stand high on eastern markets. T find that wo aro nble to produce about two out. of ten securities for thc calls there arc for thorn. Tt isn't so much a question of going out and looking for money as it is to find something to give the money a chance to circulate. In this respect X. believe business is thc best in ten years. It is especially true of long-time investments. Good Outlook for Crops. "In tho cast the season is well advanced. ad-vanced. From what I could see, crops are not behind, and throughout the states through which I traveled tho outlook is tine. We don't claim to be such 'big bugs' in out' valley, but just thc same we are forging ahead and growing. In the last ten years of tho milliuus of .dollars that have come into the state in the different, phases of development de-velopment wo havo had our part." Mr. Champ, accompanied by Mrs. Champ, aro guests at the ftemloh. They will leave today for thoir homo. |