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Show SAYS SALT LAKE BUYS fSBMM EAST Despite Advances, Utahns Can Do Better at Home " Than Abroad. That people in . Utah are buying cheaper than people in the east, was the opinion expressed yesterday by Walter C. Lewis, who recently returned re-turned from New York City, where he looked after the buying interests of Walker Brothers Dry Goods company and attended the convention of the Association As-sociation of the Rational Retailers in February. Although good merchandise has undergone un-dergone a general advance, nevertheless neverthe-less Utah consumers can do more profitable profit-able shopping at home than abroad, according ac-cording to Mr. Lewis. - Woolen, cotton and leather articles, Mr. Lewis said, shovf the greatest increase in-crease in price, owing to the tremendous enlargement of the export trade as a consequence of the war. In addition, all the more refined leathers which were formerly obtainable from Russia and Germany are not now available. Relative to toys, which come upon the market in the fall, Mr. Lewis said the American factories would be depend ed upon to meet practically all the de-I de-I uiand. George Robinson, manager of the Oriental Ori-ental and European department of the American Dry Goods company of New York, has recently returned from the principal cities of Japan, China and the Philippines, where he has been investigating inves-tigating the markets and producing samples sam-ples for the Walker Brothers Dry Goods company and other firms throughout the country. Mr. Robinson declares that the retail re-tail merchants are now looking to the orient for many articles of merchandise merchan-dise that were formerly procurable in the European countries and in the United States. Great relief has been found, he said, in oriental lines, hand- kerchiefs, parasols and furniture. Mr. Robinson added that the Japanese were expert imitators and that they are determined to meet the demands of the , American markets by sending to the United States the real American article better made and at cheaper prices. Incidental to the war. Mr. Robinson said that there was absolutely no intention inten-tion on the part of the Japanese to make war upon the United States, but, on the other hand, that they were as desirous as possible to maintain amicable ami-cable relations, in order to develop their commercial strength and exploit their natural resources to the fullest extent. |