Show rn I t v i t O t l C I I I t I S tt y AA AXA 1 w tt w 0 I r 1 L T LAKEs LA KES LA f SHOWING WING 1 i V V N N N MN Wv ONi y A AAA u uN t E A U In Utah referring to tu that tha which concerns mostly the during B lila tho year 1001 lOOt luia iu helm been be of ot an un prosperous nil I turc ture Tha in mill boot boet and In canning has md u n t good Rood ef ot effect rl ct t upon tho general II trend of ot mar 1101 and the Limo firm linn conviction Is i In till nil commercial circles that n U continuation n of ot tho the peasant lon lonIn In these thelia of ot UtAh Industrial capabilities I 1 18 to tho welfare W ot of buIno from torn a point of ot view hu t Huoli atmo continuation wilt will bo ho had luid 18 to also aio II there hero III In lib nO 11 othor other prospect ct but of ot ofa a 0 ly optimistic eleven elevell months In tho the year roar i thoro have boon lioun fifty In which hero reported liabilities II In thu aggregate Bum um of or JIM IDT g and nata to tho Urn of ot A comparison with Wort for tor MOO shows a n vary vor VeI tilt dlf Terence feic 1 t between the two for tor dUI dur Jug n a similar liar period In tOO 1500 thom there WI 0 tott n no failures Involving liabilities to tho tM extent of with of Up to tho the month of ot November col cI collections Ut oot OliN havo boon been exceptionally goti 1111 UL inc December I 1 1 they t have b bon on oni i sluggish h na n thoy they always aro aront nt that limo In Imi nil all years In tim tho of ot failures tho h mu burden bunion of or loss has hns fallen principally upon eastern jobbers home dealers of ot that claws having como come off with very vary posted up UI to their account Money has boon been plentiful and a n nId Id demand for It hall hau lia u I healthy condition of ot affairs In this thia to ro meet At time the present writing however thure Is Ia moro mama In securing ecio and tho the demand has rather In Increased creased cleMed titan than diminished While the tho year yeul has been hoon n a good busi husi business ness one tho the more mure optimistic have havo not nut quite tull been satisfied but bu no condition good Is such but some discon discontent tent lent may make inako IU Itself apparent Prices have been heen mostly higher es CI especially In tho the lines of clothinG dry produce lumber anti and grain features have registered 1111 heaviest advances to tho the purchaser but with a It sIngle exception nil all other othor classes classee of ot goods have havo felt the up u vard tendency In some cases the In cr olO In price has scarcely been heon Justi just Justifiable In tho thu actual conditions of sup supply ply and demand which are aro Invariably to control values In nil alt com corn commodities but In these Instances the tho ad 1111 advances iu vances ances have simply been boon of ot n a nature Involving only tho the in influence fluence of ot association As compared with any and nil all provi bus bits like periods time the year Just ending makes a II bright showing and present Indications counting In the tho pos pOll drawbacks pro for a n still more showing in the time year of ot 1002 1 0 tali merchants have been b on wavy heavy tn In h the tho east during the year nad their standing at from a 1 credit point of view has hns seldom If ever been better botter than nt at the tho present time lime Trade In lii the tho west vest generally has boon been good Indeed and Utah linn line much more moro than kept up tip with the business 9 procession Tho The fact IB lit there thero line has been boen n it decided stop to tho front of ot tho the trade moving column Usually a n city will point to Its bank banle Hearings as nH n a thermometer Indicating tho the amount of ot business transacted and anti antin an n l fixing tho time status of tho the In general In lu time the commercial list ot of tho the country Tho The enormous Increase In Bait Lakes monthly totals this year yeal lute hns boon beon of ot n t surprising nature when viewed without a 11 knowledge of ot tho the which brought about such accumulations Denver Portland Omaha anti other othor cities I c population considered have been left far in the tho rear In some months month II and In one ono case a n Jealous municipal sister stater questioned tho the thol reliability l of ot Snit Rait Lakes figures l ures There they are arc however r anti may mn be ho i IX x antI verified In tIme the books of th clearing house Some horne big mining and anti other Industrial deals anti the tIme opera operations tione upon ullon the tho stock exchange havo have made malIc great additions to the tho accounts pawing through tho the hands of ot tho time clear clearIng lug Ing house anti tind time the figures gIven out have represented truthfully tho the cash Involved In the transaction of business by check And oven then thon tho the proportion of ot people who do their busi busl business ness by the tho simple exchange n of at coin or bills has boon been by no means menns dimin diminished so ao that the time figures furnished In inthe tho the house reports do llo not represent tent sent en all nil of at the dealings All Mi banking Institutions report great grent cr or deposits for fo most of the year while tho savings have hae also shown an In increase crease And another tact fact very po potent potent potent tent In judging a n pros pro prosperity JI or tho the Tacit lack of ot It Is In the tho Item of lit anxiety In tho the east for tor or Utah orders Business In this state has hus been boen more eagerly for tor during durin this year than for several In the time past Snit Salt Lake lako Is III gradually becoming heroin In n a supply center centor for tor the districts In sur stir surrounding rounding remindIng that have rail connee connection tion with Utah but hut ono one drawback line has been bairn cn always encountered In tho the matter of ot freight rate discrimination Time coupled with an unconquerable advance in business volume are probably the only factors which may eventually mend this state of ot affairs As All a n rule tho the mercantile firms firm In Utah and und In unIt Snit Lake Ial especially are handling a n bettor better class of goods than heretofore thoro Is much less of ot tho the shoddy variety on the tho market anti and of ot offered fereti for tor wile sale A small percentage of the In prices Is partially chargeable to this fact and amid It Is nn an n indication l of ot more moro comfortable comB condi conditions tione tl ns because people have been pos tossed ossed of ot tho tIm moans with which to pur purchase chORe chase tho the better article and consequent consequently ly Jy demanded It Some Borne onie discussion has hns been lied had as ns to the tho good or bad effects of ot tho the bank bankruptcy act upon uvon business conditions As In all nil othor other cases n It great deal de do depends 0 ponds upon how tho the results have hae af d affected tho the persons dismissing the tue quItS nuta question tion anti and the tho th conclusions arrived at It cannot be bo ns as on exposition of true title offsets effects This Is III time the present situa situation Bit un than tion however and more moro time will probably be required before an all Intelli Intelligent gent estimate of ot tho the effects of at tho tile bankruptcy net act may be he made In Instances stances have havo been heen pointed out where wheN mn huo become Involved to such cm extent that they vere unable to meet their t obligations 1 although willing end ant honest honet enough to Ho Lie so an Jj were theY the at al lowed n a free hind Belli crowded by persistent creditors time men mon have filed petitions In bankruptcy ban been beon ex examined examined as to thelt thell ability or lack Ink of ot ability to pay po anti and having been b ell 1111 charged anti purged of ot their debU dob they have again entered Into un tin under der Iter hampered conditions on OP account of ot lacH acI of ot credit cre lt but freed treed from tho the Im Irp Importunities of at 01 former credItors creditor In Inmost inmost most instances Instance a 1 standing has hall been tt money mone made mada and In p tl l v p h lininG of ot the time canes easen time tho old ohl debts have been paid Imo has been huen the thu outcome the tho result has luma been applaud od ut Of course may have havo been een advantage of ot the act IUt In lit Isolated l e ea but limo thu business standing of ot time the oom ban hll been boel preserved by 11 the very happening of ot these and the mcgee amount of good that lies has offset thom thant I CONDITIONS Col T a 0 Webber of ot C e M t I L kindly favored a 1 Newit 1 with Ith mi iii on Undo In thin city elL rail end state Ho Ito tallied talked freely trU anti and re me furred turrell the reporter to semite omu of o the tho heads of or In tho the In From I rom tho time ot or these gentlemen 1811 en chiefly from rain other the following summary Is la con eon denied New NI anti and gratifying features have bruit bron developed during tb time year In trade conditions The rime grocery fade tado huts hAil afforded abundant that ti it higher standard of or living line has been by many people In n the tim country UN as fancy y arti article else cle antI and goods good of ot higher grade gilds ralle tire are In emund l This fact Is II further con comm fit In time tile Iron trade In III n it manner that nt itt limit Hint seems n a little curious yet yetIs yetis et Is III after nil all unite logical mind MIl natural Hotter Better kinds of builder hardware are how lioW demanded showing that the new homos that nyu being built lira are to 10 bu be memo moio nicely hod Time The and dry dr goody goodu trades still immure muro striding evl titmice of ot an nn advance In tho time standard of i living among tho time people 11 of ot tho the Inter Intel Intermountain mountain region Costlier goods aro 1110 In amid mOl mure attention at tItan than here heretofore totOlO Is III tumid to style taste tuto anti and ash fash fashIon Ion This Thill menus means that dealer both wholesale and nd retail must mut be liEl alert and amid andi i Lii P 11 to ditto data In order to hold ii their trade e eAn An Important element In Iii the time Jobbing trade trado of this city during the Limo closing year ear have havo been bon tim tha conned canned goods good II tomatoes which have been hoon pro 1110 produced iro dunell near naul holo and amid distributed l by y our These those are shipped over the whole of ot the tho area naturally tributary to this city In other lines of trade trado and also all nil over Montana and Colorado Coor that are not In lii any usual sense tributary to this city Money line has been blOn so 80 abundant that collections as liS a rule have havo been boon easy enlY end business failures have been IlEum few tew was never stronger In time the th commercial world of the tho region than It Is III now mba no and It bun proven pron such a n to enterprise that Hint abundant employment baa lias been pro provided vided for tor tho the working at higher than havo prevailed for Cor ninny many years U Jt Is In within tho the personal pel knowledge of ot tile the writer that the credit of ot Utah mOl met merchants chants Is very high In business circles in Ill the east Time Tho honesty and conserve conserva conservatism of It tho time people of this thin state and amid their well established reputation for tur forayIng ayIng r thou their debts has made their trade trado O highly desirable and much sought r by eastern Jobbers jobber anti and manufacturers In almost overy every respect tho tIm trade trolle prospects for far the coming are arc high highly ly Iy ii ll and satisfactory and nn unless there thero shall shah be a n groat ont change In present conditions and appearances the opening year cal will bo be boone ono one of ot gratify gratifying lug ing prosperity to the mercantile fra Ira fraternity anti and people generally of this city rH amid ond state and ot of the time tain tam region generally PHENOMENAL BANK CLEANINGS Salt Lake Is In very Oly proper propel line for tor congratulation upon tho the groat In tn Increase crease In tho tIme amount of ot business trans traIlS transacted acted during tho the year end and tho the big imig clearings recorded tl by hy the thu clearing clearinghouse house says Hanker W S upon this subject There are lIe many causes which have havo contributed to swell tho the business done dono by the tho banks There have lavo been beon several large mining anti and ether duet business deals put through dUI dur during ing tho the year which have havo h e necessitated the th tb transfer Of ot considerable sums of ot As much as ns anything though I thInk tho the mining exchange line has been boemi p contributor to the time Increased Tho The transaction of tIme the busi busl business ness 1055 of tIme the exchange necessitates the rapid turning over of at a n considerable ag as aggregate amount of money Improve Improvement mont ment In all nil the general lines of oC busi busl business nose ness line has been felt all nil over the time state Dna amid especially so In Salt Snit Lake and this has also done UH Its part next towards time the Increased showing As to whether r or not conditions may maybe maybo maybe be bo time the same next year ns as this I cannot say pay It must mullet be admitted that In time the realm of ot time the precious metals there thoro may maybo maybe bo be acme somo drawbacks Prices of ot sliver silver copper and amid lend lead have hav dropped and the tho effect of ot these reductions must un tin undoubtedly bo be manila mado evident ol lent In the time volume of ot money handled Now No there thoro may be bo conditions arise t hereafter which may offset the tIme fall In lii metal prices but hut If thieve thoro mire arc any nn such I do tic donot not hot know of at them at nt present pre ent Appear Appearances minces ances Indicate that there mummy may also be bea bea O On a n tailIng falling off ort In In mining stock Already there thore Is a n shrinkage e In tho time amount of or money mony Involved but It ItIs itIs Is III evident now that notwithstanding these conditions there may be ho a 0 good goodu there is 18 business u year before us mimi and little need ne l of fear tear as to the outcome |