Show i 1 BANI DEPOSITS IN i ii LINE UNE fOR INCREASE I I i Business Conditions Normal With 1 Building Operations Retarded by Weather CARPENTERS HUNTING JOBS JOB Clearings Larger and Stock Exchange Trading Exceeds Last Year Tho week has been a quiet ono one 1 In local business circles circle a no condition which appears to apply to nearly nl al parts of tho the West Vest Advices from Crom the East arc to the tine effect that stocks are arc active but the tho trading Is for tho inos most part pait professional and tho the undue activity ac- ac i ti U is not regarded as reflecting an nn any particular Improvement In the tho financial affairs tike the East over conditions of or the last two weeks Money is plentiful for legitimate investment In Investment In- In vc vestment both In Jn the East and anti the tho West with Interest rates slightly ad advanced ad- ad Bank Dank reserves are hen heavy allover allover all nil over th the tho country with deposits gradually gradually grad grad- creeping back to the tho figures Just before the tho holidays Tho The labor Jabor market mar mar- market ket Is In hotter better shape through the tho East than at an any time during the last year and tho percentage of In all nil tho the large Eastern centers center s Is low Jaw The inclement weather of ot tho last las t few days das has Interfered to some extent extent extent ex ex- tent with building operations In Salt Sal t Lake and for this reason there ar are aro a more unemployed men In Salt Lake Lak LakeI e at nt this time than thau for man many months I Carpenters Capenter especially are ue suffering a as s tho the on only worl In their line lino now goinn going g r forward Is interior work and the supply sup sup- pi ply of this is not equal to tho the demand d for tor Jobs There Is practically no real suffering as a result of or this however howe as a majority of out of ot work worl had hn had a n long Jong term of or employment ment it iu in which to prepare for Just such a season sea sen season son of ot dullness s. s Retail trade in tho ho city Is light tight in i n all aU lines Ines even men complaining of ot tho the lack Jack of demand for nn anything but I the tine staple goods good and tho necessitates I of ot life Notwithstanding tho continuance anco ance of marked-down marked sales in many lines the bU buying Is 15 light and little change chango Is looked for tn in tho the next two weeks yet yot Clothing merchants in particular particular par- par are offering suits and overcoats overcoats over over- coats at In some ca cases es less Jess than one- one half halt of former prices but the tho demand domand Is noor 1001 a lt at those these figures Early I f 1 1 fair den cn f U 0 g t to T cn eft s m o nI u ur r. r moro more active than mens men's s goo In the same line lino Hardware Trade I Id L Good Retail hardware trade tade holds up well building material sales yo o c-o o not so 60 great t as formerly and an increase In prices is comm commencing to make itself felt Shelf hardware Is In good demand demand de de- demand mand considering the tho season of pt the year and sporting goods are selling fair fairly well Lumber prices are about t as usual and the week Creek has haa failed tailed to t o record an any advance in the tho prices o of or cither either stone or brick The wholesale grocery trade shows show s little change over conditions of or a week weel a ago o. o Some sized fair orders are going out ut but the demand from outside Utah is quiet and no particular change Chang e Is Is' Is looked for In this respect for some somo weeks yet ct Wholesale dr dry goods ar are e In n about the tame same demand as during the he last Jast two weeks an and in this line als also o jobbers sa say they look for forr but t Improvement for the present Local mining stocks are in fair tall de e- e mand nand and tho the business s of or the local exchange ex ex- change for last week has been con con- heavier than during the corresponding cor cor- responding week weel of or a year ago Th The d demand is notable In the tho direction o of ot f the lower priced stocks and this In i n a way Is js taken taleen to Indicate a slightly y straightened mone money situation anion among g the brokers generally Bank Danle clearings clearing show a l healthy improvement sigh right ht t i alon along the figures day by day burp surpass ass ass- s InS ing ng those of or a year rear ago without an e exception ex ex- x for Cor weeks Local interest it rates are not unduly high with loans loan s being made freely freel- freelon on al approved s se se- se e- e All An in all tho situation is one of or waiting In all classes of ot business a spirit of ot o optimism Is an and I full confidence ence In tho the future futuro In a all ll lines Is Js the l keynote to tho the situation |