Show v j. j fy fyI I f Wholesome Signs I t i CIliA ANCIAL CIAL writers generally express the that business improvement is fixed t alfH ugh ligh there is reflected from certain Eastern Eastern East- East ern ern centers a fe feeling ling that possibly activity is isk k increasing c 1 ng too rapidly and nd may cause slight ns before the even course of normalcy is reached With iron production only a as s below the highest on record prices have increased from 20 20 to 30 a ton gh the cotton crop this year is larger than a. a year a-year year ago the price has advanced from I 17 ce cents ts to 30 cents a 13 pound Yellow pine at the mill has risen in the last twelve months from 24 to 37 per thousand feet y The The increased price of sugar is putting Cuba Cub and and other tropical islands back on their feet fee l. l is reflecting reflecting- a decidedly he healthy con- con l trl in irs' this section where the the beet sugar companies are showing good gains a big proportion pro pro- portion of which goes to the farmers who pro produce ce th the beets Silk has gone from 6 to a pound The prices of lead and copper have made sharp advances lead approaching the highest I I prices paid during the war days while it Is f freely e predicted that copper which was around 11 cents only a a. t short time will soon a advance vance from the present cent 17 level to 20 cents a I pou pound d. d These conditions are of especial in interest interest interest in- in terest to Utah causing th the mining industry to ext extend nd itself to io fullest capacity Miners are receiving wages wages far better than were paid in prewar prewar times and the demand for workmen at atall atall atall all mines is such that the failure io to obtain theft themis thernis is actually hampering production In n other words Utah is at present In a amo mo position Due to certain conditi conditions con con- the the ns-the the break in sugar prices and low m metal t l prices the prices the state suffered depression about the last quarter of 1922 when 1 things began io to brighten Now with the first q quarter of 1923 nearing a a. close conditions are ue exceptionally favorable and business recovery Is g going ing on rapidly I The he general opinion In Eastern financial circles indicates that the prosperity stage has hasle le been reached Where abnormally large wages h have hae e prevailed and nd prices rices have advanced too far r these conditions will autom automatically correct th themselves s This may cause certain reactions b but JJ the e general prosperity should continue at f a rate |