Deseret Evening News | 1906-02-17 | Page 7 | Retail Trade Conditions Good

TRADE C GOOD The Weather Has Stimulated Business In Seasonable Merchandise WINTER CLOTHING IN DEMAND January 1 Short of ut For December Hut to I Other New eV York Feb l b a O Dun Cos Weekly Review of ot Trado tomor tomorrow tomorrow row will RU III Weather eath I conditions have continued lo 0 stimulate retail In seasonable lI part of ot the thu earlier eMileI being otC off offset set et by b a 1 vigorous demand for winter clothing and footwear tool wear while household con consumption of ot fuel has revived trade BO so that coal denIers dealers will not carry over oeral at heavy stocks at the tho end of ot the season as wai Wal Indicated by Ly last lut month business As to foreign trade tralle preliminary sta statistics U of oC In January fell short of ot tha tho month preceding but promise to surpass record II for the corresponding month In previous yearn while for tor the tho thelast last Ilist week eek at this 1 It export wore were 2 larger than a year ago 01 but Im Imports ports declined Hallway earn earnings ings In the first week ot oC February were 24 5 per cent larger than In tho amo week of 1905 but prices of securities were somewhat Irregular because cau ot the tho firmer money market markot heavy now bond Issues la Domestic hides continuo dull and weak leading western pa ask prohibitive prices which curt II S to rather than accept low lOll bids by tanners to II nell Failures tills this weak numbered In tho United States 8 as against last year and 33 3 In Canada compared with willi 32 a 11 ea ar r ago B 10