Show GREW IN 1015 SALT LAKE TERRITORY HAD A HEAVIER VOLUME OF busl BUSI NESS DURING YEAR minerals fruit together with other products make impressive list agriculture conditions im proved salt lako city satisfactory conditions are existent tra in the salt lake territory embracing utah southern idalio idaho western wyoming anti and eastern nevada as indicated by virtually all business barometers the y year car has opened up satisfactorily with business enjoying a heavier heavlow volume for tho the first months of 1926 than for a like period in the previous year As an to progress evidenced in local conditions condl tlona tho united states department of commerce announces that utah nearly doubled its 1924 foreign exports during 1925 and cites improve improvement mentin in tho the merchandise exports of idaho during 1925 factors in tho the creation ot of confidence lu lit the intermountain territory have been tho the improvement ot of agricultural conditions through beneficial rains betterments lit in both retail and wholesale trade increased building activities tivi ties in the principal centers of 0 population additions to industrial units anti and the consistent increase in the volume of bank debits in salt lake city banks resources and deposits of banks in utah at tile tho close of tho the first quarter of tho the current year were considerably lit in advance a ot resources and deposits nt at the close ot at tho the first quarter ot at 1925 the department ot at commerce credits utah with nearly doubling its ita 1924 exports in 1925 utah last year had foreign shipments valued at as compared with tor for 1924 reflecting an increase in this phase ot of foreign trade ot of incidentally it supplanted north dakota alaska and D C ci in the rel relative atlo nt standing anding of at tile the states of tile the union lit in point ot of export valuations valuation tor for the year under discussion while it trailed now new mexico just ahead ot of it on tile the list by a paltry tile export trade of utah was waa diversified asphalt bitumen led tho the list ot at commodities with a valuation ot at sheep ox ex ports porta finished second with a total of at and then cami vehicles and parts of amounting to other items of lesser importance Import anca in their order were paint paraffin fin wax to talling canned pineapples improvements Is noted in tho the merchandise exports of idaho during 1925 foreign shipments tg for be year totaled as compared with during 1924 or an increase of at idaho replaced north dakota in the yearly standing of the states of the union in the race for export fruits constituted the chief item of export during the year under discussion and amounted to in value second place placa tall foil to zinc shipments abroad or oc which brought aig while the only other commodity recorded in tile the years efforts was waa books end pamphlets valued at total exports from tho the united states during 1925 amounted to as compared with 4 during the previous year nn an increase of at over each of the first three quarters ot of the year showed increases over 1924 tho the first quarter registering exports valued at more than the corresponding quarter of at 1924 the second more and the third mere the last quarter however declined in its ita exports to the tune of |