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Show BUSINESS AND TRADE. The wook in business circles in Salt Lako has been of tho usual summer charactor. Tho sultry season is on, and every one is willing to take a littlo rest and vacation. Tho coming of tho automobilo party has stirred things up and onlivcned tho woek to a good degree. Tho Convention of tho National Education Edu-cation Association, held tho week bo-foro. bo-foro. loft the city in a satisfied state of mind, with good feeling all around. Tho Tains of the week havo freshened fresh-ened vegetation, whilo doing comparatively compara-tively littlo damago in spite of tho fierceness of tho storm of Fridaj'. Tho merchants report a fair summer trade, with, cood cash buying. Tho real estate market is firmly maintained, very one understanding fully tho advantage of buying Salt Lake property, and the good and swift profits that aro mado from time to time, through favorable investment. Tho building activities in tho city aro at their maximum, and tho records rec-ords of the yoar will undoubtedly show a gratifying building aggrecate. Reports from all over tho Stato in-dicato in-dicato an unusually favorable agricultural agricul-tural 3'oar, with heavy harvests in sight. During the week tho Western Pacific Pa-cific lost its identity and was absorbed b3' tho Uio Grando system, with B. F. Bush as president; E. L. Brown, vice president and general manager, and G. L. Johnson, traffic manager. President Bush and party passed through this city on their way to tho Pacific coast, boing here last Monday, Mon-day, Tuesday, and Wednesday. President Presi-dent Bush announced a programme of foeder-building for tho Western Pacific Pa-cific lino which will bo a powerful aid in tho devolopmont of tho country. Officials of tho Motive. Power, Purchasing, Pur-chasing, and Engineering Departments of tho soven railroads making up the Harriman railroad system, woro in session ses-sion in Salt Lako City on Monday, Tuesdaj', and Wednesday, their attention atten-tion boing directed towards tho standardizing stan-dardizing of this system. Tho chief roads represented wero tho Union Pacific, Pa-cific, Oregon Short Line, Salt Lako Itouto, Illinois Central, Central of Georgia Geor-gia and tho St. Joseph & Grand Island. Is-land. A slight improvement in the copper metal situation, increased sales abroad, and a gradual buyinc by domestic consumers, con-sumers, wero features of tho week just ended. Salc3 began slightly below be-low 14 8-S centra pound, with tho belief be-lief that 14-cent copper will bo mot with beforo tho closo of tho month. Production. Is not boing crowdod anywhere, any-where, and the small stocks of tho red metal will offer but littlo resistance resist-ance to any important financial or industrial improvement. Silver ha3 stiffened, and lend and spelter are unchanged. Word from Director Holmes, of the Bureau) of Mines at Washington, that the government is to establish the first experimental metallurgical plant in this Stato was received a few da3s ago, and this assuranco is greeted by cvoiy ono connected with the minine: indus-lr3 indus-lr3 with genuine satisfaction. There is amplo room for such a plant in Utah, and it is considered a feather in Utah 'b cap to bo thus honored by the Government. Govern-ment. Thero aro innumerable oro-dressing oro-dressing problems confronting the western west-ern mining man which should be made plainer by tho operations of tho exports ex-ports in charge of this Government plant in Utah. Smoltlng companies agrco that tho current Bummer is a satisfactory one for the miscellaneous producor of ore, and a good tonnage is being T6Ceivod from all over tho mountain section, where operations aro impossible during dur-ing tho winter mouths. This indicates an increased amount of new development develop-ment work, and this fact is decidedly encouraging. Tho uews thnt tho middle mid-dle West lead interests arc giving some of their time to Utah in tho effort to securo lead or tonnages is encouraging, as it indicates a scarcity of lead ores and promises to bo felt by tho lead market sonnor or later. Thero is a brighter tendeuc3' prevailing pre-vailing among mining men. Tlie3" fool that the State has weathered the tight money period of lato as well as any of its neighbors, and that condition's are ripe for nn upward trend in seuti-mcnt seuti-mcnt and business. The general commercial reports show a quiet trade throughout the country, as is usual at this season; although tho daih needs of our great population popula-tion require active trado all the time. Labor, aside from a few lines, is well employed, and great hopes are entertained en-tertained that the threatened railroad strike of tho employees of the eovcral Atlantic shoro railroad S3'stem8 may bo averted. Crop prospects aro optimistic, although al-though minor damages aro roportod from time to time, CBpecialh as to spring wheat; but tho winter wheat is mostly harvested, and the yield of all wheat will bo well abovo 700,000,000 bushels, which is counted a "bumper" crop.' Tho genoral trend of business, in- fmenced by the favorable crop reports, is on tho upgrade. There is ample monej in tho coun-tr3 coun-tr3 and gold shipments nre boing mado from time to time. Tho ship-incuts ship-incuts of gold lb Europo for tho half-year half-year amounted to $00,000,000, nnd Franco is again in tho markot for $5,000,000 moro. The Unitod- States appears to bo tho onb' country in the world that is not short of gold, and is the sonrco of supply for all ut need. For tho first time in nian3' months Wall street is roportcd.in a cheerful mood, with prices firm and advancing. This is an especially good featuro, "but it would not do to press the Wall street strength too hard, for it might givo wav, as it has dono under prcssuro ever since 1007. On the wholo, the outlook in fairly favorable, and tho year will, from tho present outlook, show good profits and prosperity |