Salt Lake Tribune | 1916-07-08 | Page 18 | Weekly Trade Review

WEEKLY TRADE REVIEW. Competitive Buying Abated; Little Shrinkage In Volume. NBW TORK, July ".-Dun's llrview tomorrow to-morrow will say: Competitive buying lias abated and business moves under reduced momentum, though with surprisingly little shrinkage ' in its volume. This Is the period of all others when a decided halt Is to be expected, ex-pected, and many plants ordinarily plop for needed repairs und inventories and vacations are calculated to bring comparative com-parative quiet in commercial channelH. Yet this ye:ir is an exception and inii'-h less than t he customs ry lull is now apparent, ap-parent, while Indications foreshadow unusual un-usual activity throughout the summer. Instead of bd ng at low ebb, as in often the case at this time, production is maln-tai maln-tai ned close to the recent maximum n nd enforced shutdowns at manufaturltig works will, as a ruin, he nf Hliori duration. dura-tion. ( )pera t Ions in nu mcrous i nwlances. however, continue hampered hy the si-arof t y of In bor n nd ot h'-r rira wha rk r, and it" Is still lhe f.tct Ihnt some mills are turning contracts away that cannot he filled as prompt ly as buyers desire. This Is particular!' tnir of rot ton and woolen llnc-K, in which tin port ant govprn-m--nt needs have a cr ent : in l r-d the diffi-cultlf-s In makln-7 cnrlv deliveries on ordinary ordi-nary rcfiiilrenx-nts; larize orders for army HhOMS hme also Imparted stimulus to foot-wear foot-wear ft nd U a t licr, while I n si ed u rid iron the suRf filned lirsvv foreign demnnd", tend to offset Hip contrri'-fiou In b! r --t 1 do-me?ti-- hnslnefo. Furtlicr prifp r'TCNsiorny have occurred in the meta 1 market s a nd in yonie other quarters, Wctklv hank cltMringn. $4.01 ,'.,:,.