Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-12-21 | Page 14 | Wholesale Lines Moving Slowly

WHOLESALE LINES MOVING SLOWLY NEW YORK, Dec. 20. Bradslreet's tomorrow tomor-row will say: Animation flowing from, holiday buying sharply sharp-ly contrasls with the slow movement evidenced in wholesale Huee, wilh tho effects of cancellations, can-cellations, with downward revisions of some prices, and wilh uncertainty created eith'T hr iho di verger. t Tiews as lo the futnre expressed ex-pressed hy prominent personages or by concern over the fact, that the government has larcre supplies of unused materials to market. ln von torving is under way- Ira veline salesmen ar- in" for the holicIas, small lot filling orders, eouveved bv mail are ll-.c rule, nod iu cusea wliere' Mnepeelediy largo stocks have becu revealed, re-vealed, the policy is lo clear decks. In fact. Ihe general attitude as to nmnufiU'tured goods is to reduce prices in order to hasten readjustments read-justments and make a market. Auction fh1"3 of wool conducted by the government have dis- ; closed a tronff demand and good prices for desirnble materials, but low-grade stuff seemed : to go begging for takers, and offerings of woolens wool-ens eimilarlv made brought satisfactory prices! for men's material, while showing weakness in I women's goods, the products going trf jobbers rather than lo manufacturers. Weekly bank clearings. S6.S07.S74. 000.