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Show TRADE AND C ROPS o inrvatlon s I k c f h om nercial rove oh t w f stToe s reports 1 uy g n t a r markets of a I an 1 to n slow CO le t ns an I h money Mercl ants a e moro goo Is on tho r h h t y n eHi n f w o "o 1 n oa o letghtuo by e n on d rjpopn t t t,o f n e on n of y un h a h t at on bo i a o j n ng of the oh 1 n k n v y v x h n 1 f g n K n H r j despondent on account of having its EJ enormous cotton crop left upon its hands owing to the war but forces are now at work to mobolize the credit of the country a most happy expression by the way for the purpose of financing the planters The action of the Un ted King dom in placing an embargo on the exportation of wool has ad vanced prices In this country which will add materially to the wealth of the flockmasters of Utah who were not stampeded into disposing of their clips to the first buyer who came along The outlook for wool oould not be bet ter Utah produced a record crop of wheat and hay and an enormous amount of fruit of all kinds Vegetables never fail and the markets will be well sup pi ed th B winter The potato crop has turned out much better than expected all over the country and Utah is no except on to the rule The onlj d squ eting feature of the ex itmg s tuation is the partial par alys s of the copper mm ng industry upon which Utah depends to some ex tent for continued prosperity and this condition may not last. The govern ment at Washington is making an earnest endeavor to reach an agTee ment with Great Britain under which shipments of the red metal to non belligerent nations may go forward w thout risk of being Be zed ag contra band of war So far as Salt Lake is concerned there does not seem to be any falling off in the retail trade and labor is fairly well employed Build ng opera tions are more extens ve and at far greater cost than they were last year Other b gns that the capital city is in a Hour shing condit on are not want ng One has only to note the throngs n the department stores and at the the aters to arrive at the conclusion that whatever may be the conditions else where Salt Lake is more than holding ts own while so many of the great nations are engaged in war |