Show I t r I It t LOAN DEMANDS I I II ARE UNABATED f B Banks However Have Not In InI InI I creased I I Closely Watched t i BUSIN BUSINESS SS REMAINS FIRM FIRMi I fI I I i 4 t Conditions With j i for 11 Spring mill J I t t t i The local money situation continues J I satisfactory with ith the tho demand for unabated It Is not noted noted ed that tim tho I is for fOl I j legitimate purposes and anil objects large largel I l J In the live stock line and It Is I there will be a strong IC de j mand inand when the tho spring opens for Cor funds 1 I 1 for tor building purposes i lug Ing the call for Cor Joam the rato of In aB fl usual there being I no on the part of the banks to take tak and raise the tho rates of oC Interest However collaterals are arc pretty clo I scrutinized I An Interesting event ot of the week w as s I the notification from Crom tho comptroller s si i offIce at Washington to the Copper National bank of this city of the is 15 isI t I of their charter which will on oni I i I ablo them to at once Ke In busl busi t nestor the present In the Newhouse I building on the second until the tue i palatial banking apartment In the tue I I ground floor has been made read ready The manager of oC the Snit Lake LIko Clear ClearIng jug Ing houBe J W Boud paying teller Of the Utah Commercial I I bank entered on his duties Tuesday i i Feb 1 succeeding It It H Sharkey of off f tho National The general condition ot of the tho local money market L Is regarded ns as healthy and Satisfactory I tory TEMPORARY DRAWBACKS I f j I j Henry Clews In his last circular let II 1 1 tor SayS I The Tho situation Is somewhat conCus I I I 1 ed cd by temporary tempora drawbacks The agi agitation i tation against the tha present high cost costI of living which has spread pread like wild I I I from the Atlantic I to the Pacific AI torn I I q has an important polItIcal sIgnIficance inasmuch as us the discontent which It ItI I Implies unless checked ma may easily I i be the occasion for Cor a great reat deal o of i 1 radical and Injurious 1 legislation Al AI Already ready rendy Investigations are arc Initiated i that will furnish fresh Cresh material for Cor Corthe forthe i I the agitator and unless some means I l are n found Cound to satisfy this discontent It ItI I roay e eaily lh become a much more dis i u I factor than has yet appeared I I r I Ii i It i an investigation can bo be conducted I 1 r free iree a of political animus It mil may ac acS acI II S I much good b by provoking dis I and showing what are arc the real realI it I reasons for tor present prices As AI I I stated In these advices high I I prices are arc duo chio to many and ver very corn com I causes and little relIef relic can be ox ex exI I I I from Crom legislatIon It Is largely I on nn economic movement and one that with time timo and patience will work ork out f Us Its own solution far Car better than r through an any legislative meddling Thilo there are arc reasons for Cor unsettle unsettlement ment as noted above the fact should hould i not be forgotten that the better class LI o of stocks rove have now reached a a J point I vem they are sure sere to attract the at atI or of investors With a decline I I of 10 to io 30 points In many a of the best Issues a t Is evident that their Invest Investment investment ment qualities are arc much better than I I three months ago Stocks are arc now be I lug quietly picked pice up by shrewd bu buy buyers ers em for permanent holding and should the decline go o much further It will be I found that the floating supply of so I I has been materially diminished II h Stocks have gono from fm weak Into I I stronger hands In considerable volume I and the or of the b bears meet meeting 1 I I Ing with further success on the Ule decline Is constantly diminishing Fundament Fundamentally I ally conditions arc sound Hound and the I prospects are that before beCore midsummer the market will reach a 3 consIderably I hIgher level leel the present ono one While the present tone or of uneasiness con conI II I It Is not impossible that still lower Jowel prices may be 00 but the l better class of oC stocks cnn can be considered I i as 01 a purchase u upon on all pronounced t breaks for Cor the market Is near bed bedrock tb rock figures and an any Important do de decline liw I cline Is sure to bring out strong buy I Ing Ingi i HARDWARE I Ij I i I IThe j i The hardware trade reports business i IIII j good considering this continued cold nap with the tho retail trade buying quite Iw Ii I liberally or of sprong goods and I I tlona faIr The spring goods Include garden and small r I I I J ments garden hose wire fencing etc IL t 1 A J The o sale or of sporting lines Unes continues i II I hen heavy with the tho demand for Cor lery exceptIonally gooL Automobile sup supplies plies are nrc being called for Cor more Inore than oel so arc paints oils and amI glass which never better R Tho lumber trade reports no change to speak or of from Crain last there Is promise of oC u a general In fn prices before beCore spring o opens ens and build In inK operations begin There arc plenty of oC cars reported but the trouble is III to get them through owing to the tho congestion tion ot of freights In tho n t Ship Shipments ments from Crom the tue east cast are delayed There Is still plenty of oC cement with flora moru coming cominS The cement people are arc feeling good everywhere as the they C col I al assured of n a r record cord breaking seal season on during the current year DRY GOODS The local wholesale dl dry goods trade trado a stead steady gratifying business with spring goods II steadily tead II from eastern mills and large jobbing houses and being steadily t cad II out to the retail houses throughout the tho territory tributary to the Salt Lao Lako market Goods will be arriving tram from the east cast for tor the next 30 days daB daBIn In the tho dress good market jobbers ro re Port serges In all grades are arc selling Belling well for tor spring with broadcloths more mOIo popular for tor fail Call and novelty cloaking selling freely Creely Rough faced woolens and coarse grain worsteds have a strong backing for tor fail while It Is believed that staple will also be In strong demand The earliest ordering bears out this theo theory and lines are arc steady In price All the east rost ern em garment houses are bus busy filling orders for Cor the tho Easter season with a call for Cor separate skirts for tor spring Some Somo houses making a specialty of cloaks Jackets and capes report sup supplementary orders as being largely large I received from Crom traveling men For Fori summer the lIngerie I frock c is a popular n model two piece I street cos costumes are aro also selling freo For Forthe the tho house and for tor formal Cormal dress the train skirt Is again coming Into Inlo prominence and a number ot of repeat orders are reported t on n in tOW solid colors s The wool o knit goods o market Is active especially In uno Un while the trade In hosiery Is steady stead Carpet wools continue strong and there Is a steady demand for Cor rugs The retail trade reports business as 31 rather lIght on account the unfavorable weather though at atthe atthe the same time business for Cor the past week was better on the whole than during the period of last year ear Special sales Mice continuo continue the order of the day Ia In various arlous lines linen and embroider sales beIng nt at present the favorite Embroideries valued ns as high as a yard are thrown onto the 25 cent counters and there Is always a grand rush and grab for tor the thc best that comes to hand |