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Show BUSINESS AND TRADE, The Bingham strike is tho most important im-portant feature of tho loeal business Mtnulion, and overv business ninn is un.N'iuii.s to son that striko settled and work resumed: for the production of ! I lie Bi,ngliaiM- mines is an immense factor fac-tor iu tho totality of business of this region. The Tribune's suggestion that the beat way for tho strikers to got to the companies employing litem with I heir demands was to go quietly to work and thus put themselves in a position po-sition to negotiate with their employers, employ-ers, seems to have boen nccopted by a good many of the minors, and wo bo-liovo bo-liovo that it would bo to tho best interest inter-est of the. miners if all would accept that suggestion. An incident of a good deal of interest inter-est was the publication in The Tribuno yestorday morning of an invitation by President Armstrong of the Commercial Commer-cial Club to Mr. Newman Erb of the Moffat road to visit Salt Lake in the interest of tho construction of that lino, and Mr. Erb's acceptance, at a dato to bo fixed later on. Tho visit of tho oxocutivo committee of tho National Education Association with the result announced yestorday morning that the convention of that body is satisfactorily fixod for thin city next year, was a gratifying incident of tho week. Tho weather keeps seasonably fine, and. agricultural operations can bo closed out for tho year and beginnings mado for next year under tho most fa-vorablo fa-vorablo auspices. The great crops of the prosent year mako a Tocord for Utah not only in yield but in prices obtained by tho farmers, so that money is moro largely and generally distributed distrib-uted throughout tho Stato than ever before. The merchants of this city report a satisfactory trade, with many who attended at-tended the National Irrigation Congress, Con-gress, the Stato Fair, and tho Mormon Church Conforenoo, remaining in tho city part of the wook to do their shopping. shop-ping. The regular homo demand also was strong, so that sales roachod a high standard. Full lines of fall stocks are being offered, and a number of special sales aro proceeding with profit, primarily pri-marily to dispose of surplus stock. Collections Col-lections continue good, Tho finishing up of building operations opera-tions for tho season proceeds rapidly, and is general throughout tho city. Tho largo blocks and groat structures are ail getting on as wgII as possible. In the realty markot the total volume vol-ume of business wa3 largo, but no heavy sales developed during the week. Many visitors who were in tho city before be-fore invested in real estate, seeing good profit therein. Suburban property is in great demand, and building operations continue to a surprising extent. Numerous railway officials who visited vis-ited tho city with Governor Harmon duing tho week have hearty words of praise for tho Union Pacific road and its managomont. Alexander Millar and N. M. Loomis arrived hero to be present pres-ent at the annual eloction of the board of diroctors of the Oregon Short Lino and the Union Pacific; the Union Pacific Pa-cific directors wero elected on Tuesday, and the Oregon Short Line directors on "Wednesday. A new franchise is being asked for an intorurban electric lino between Pro-vo Pro-vo and Salt Lake City. Tho Utah Light & Railway Company plans an extension ex-tension of the Holllday lino to Big Cottonwood. Cot-tonwood. Two companies at Bingham resumed mining operations during the week with limited forces of men, the Utah Consolidated and Utah Copper companies, compa-nies, and they aro adding to their forces daily. So far thero has been little difficulty with the strikers. At best, it will take some time to restore tho camp to anything like a normal operating op-erating basis. The Ely striko remains unchanged, and conditions thero doubtless doubt-less will reflect tho Bingham situation. Ore producers of tho State, who have been enjoying for tho first time in their memory a period of high prices for all metals, have witnessed tho weakness in lead, copper, and silver during the past few days with regrot. The weakness is laid at tho door of tho Balkan troubles. Production of ore continues at a splendid splen-did rate from the Park City and Tintio districts, and in Park City thero never lias been the amount of new development develop-ment work done that now characterizes tho leading companies of tho camp. Thrco dividends wero declared during ihe wcok, one by the Daly West company com-pany of Park City, for 15 cents a share; one from tho Iron Blossom of 10 cents a ehoro, and one from the Grand Central Cen-tral company, both, of Tintio, of 5 conta a share. Two important deals were consummated consum-mated during tho wcok in this city by the Chas. E. Knox and Jesoe Knight interests, in-terests, the Lucky Boy and Alamo properties prop-erties of Nevada being purchased by them; also tho Cain Consolidated group of fifty claims in tha old Aurora, dis trict. Tho Caiu group consists of prac-ticalb' prac-ticalb' all the Aurora section that has produced $17,000,000 worth of ore in tho early days, and the now owners will sound the water level for tho continuation con-tinuation of tho resources. Tho commercial agencies roport thnt in ovory section and in every branch of trade, activity in production and. distribution dis-tribution provails, especially in iron and steel actual buoyancy appears, and the demand ie so keen that it tests tho capacity of productive and transporting transport-ing facilities. ,lobbor3 and manufac-turcrcrs manufac-turcrcrs iu most parts of tho country aro enjoying more business than has been known in years. Varidus lines report unprecedented sales, and shipping ship-ping departments in tho principal centers cen-ters aro being rushed in order to meet demands for deliveries. Instead of politics rnliug the day in this Presidential Presi-dential year, business has tho upper hand, and is pushing forward with extraordinary ex-traordinary and gratifying strength. 'Shortages of cars and of labor aro reported, re-ported, and in Borne casc3 shortage of plant capacity A great movement in Amorican securities secur-ities is reported in Europo by reason of the war in tho Balkan?. Enormous sales of American stocks and bonds aro cabled, with falling off in prices. But (ho pricos wcro low enough before, ami if Americans can buy back tho?o American securities, a3 it scorns that they are doing, there ought lo bo i m-inenso m-inenso profit to the buyers in this country coun-try in tho deals. There is abnndanco of mone3r in the country for every purpose, oven for handling tho great amount of Amorican Amori-can securities that European sellers aro throwing upon tho markot, aud in this tho Unitod States undoubtedly will reap great profit. Altogether the j-car Is culminating with a revival of business and a strongth of all forms of trade, trans-1 portation and industry that bespeak a year of nnparallolod activity and profit. |