Show OF TRADE TRADE- AKING CONDITIONS Rational Copper Bank in Trade and Finance Letter Takes Rosy View J GOOD MONEY GOOD MONEY EASY EASY i i ilice lice e e Will Soon Come Into Its Own Own- o Entire State in ill Thriving Thriving Thriving ing Condition The hc e trade and finance letter Issued tho io National Copper bank hank Is s ns as fol- fol n financial situation generally Is d at the present Banks have been beenIng Ing fr freely ly for or mercantile demands hough not A at tt all for speculative pur pur- selS es Of late loans ons onn have risen as coin coin- ired rM red with liabilities and rates have somewhat though h easing tin In during luring the last few days das Caun Cau- Cau 1 01 n and conservatism are still the key hey otes of or tho general situation and will for somo soma time Business in all lines has of ot late lateen laten tn en n a little less lethargic lc The Iron ii d steel trades show an Increased vole vol- vol e Important railroad equipment ders deIS aro are being placed Commodity tires are still going s-oln lower and theror thero- thero r T r more nearly ne approaching the the- comete com corn I pete etc ete liquidation which Js Is absolutely I before th the real upswing upswing- of offie fie e pendulum 01 Oi prosperity can be- be n. n In the tho east renewed confidence i being created b by the American Tocco Tocco Tocco To- To cco cco company's demonstration of the tue ft ct that dissolution and reorganization f f large corporations un under er orders of or ore e S courts can bo be accomplished with wIth- ut ul l loss to shareholders The rhe cotton crop Is larger Jarger b by 2 iles lu les than the average a crop br for lor t ten tn n nars ars ears past Corn barley buckwheat nd winter wheat also show Increases vet vet- th the year ten average On the her hand It happens that the potato nd ha hay crops of or the tho United States as Whole are aro short o of ot this average AtC Att At t C same time these thes crops In the In- In empire arc aro heavier Ier than orpo IlI B that Hint t not nt Aver v r the shortage of oC crops rop i In other r we nee are enjoying the unusual privilege rJ Il ge of oC receiving recel a top price for Cor or a t bumper crop The effect Is already alread ob- ob In the tho easing of commercial and our banks s aro are uniformly jg position Ney NeTt Municipal Government i complete change e In the form of will take place January 1 five Jive of our municipal cities The of the new form Corm claim that embodies the Important all-Important principle personal responsibility While It ight be better as some advocates of or ore S e commission plan believe to have Initiative referendum and recall visions placed In the e statute yet et the nel el of tho the matter seems to bo be censed con con- td sed In the tho change already had I. I e e. centering of or authority and Uty It upon the elected d of officers Salt Lake Lako we are arc to have a t ad ase Dg se d of oC administration but the da day J k when factional disputes were owed lowed to disturb or retard the en is of or our city for In the words of or remor emor Spry spoken at the rate ban- ban vet vt on November ember 15 15 We e are aro forget torget- niT DS' g that difference of creed or party pert elief lief exist exist wo wo are all Utah menu men u momentum of Salt Lakes Lake's advance r m continue to Increase Ever ver since Brigham Youn Young direct direct- r M he settlement of ot that portion of ofA A tWo Jui south of ot the rim of the Great Orent 5 J 1 Baand and tho the growing of or cotton colton was gi there It has hILS been c called Dixie he traveler Into that region does not lure He Ie to stretch str his hIli Imagination ImA greatly J 1 CD th the h country to tho the great nd ut of ot our nation the nation the Dixie tM ind of or song and story The boundaries of Dixie are a little gue but at least they include e the alley of the Rio Virgin ln and Its les rles which drain aJl all of or Washington nty and along which are scattered e villages es of ot Springdale rafton Virgin City L La Verkin Hurri- Hurri 5 ne DE' Washington ToquervIlle Leeds inta nta ta Clara and St. St George AbouL About acres are embraced embrace In this ray nt Wa Washington count county lies itea direct north cf that vast sWee sweep seep of ot country countr own as the tho Arizona strip which ex- ex eals nes from the Parla Paria river on the cast cast rd Into Nevada and from Crom tho the Bt George cO country on the north to the wink rink of ot the Grand Canyon of oC the ColoW Colo- Colo W 0 i. i and which affords a splendid age Dge for tor the stockmen of or Dixie T 1 Bathed d In Sunshine A visit to Dixie at this season la is a n tight light Roses and dahlias are In full tun loom and the fifth cutting cutting- of alfalfa M L be ben jn gathered Into the well filled s. s The mildness of the winters tho the beauty of the tho Beener scenery will ke ike Dixie a A. very popular winter Inter reit re- re rt it when the Journey to It Is la made r f by a railroad A fine tine grade of cotton Is IE grown rown corn of a a. quality and acreage redUction that would satisfy an nn Illinois tr r r Iowa owa farmer Granen Granes of oC v va letie are aro grown Yn Ii abundance and nd ot of r flavor that has for tor years ears past re- re Itself In the tho excellence of oC Dixie ine as At one of or the Irrigation con- con esses eese Dixie s grape rape display contained Duble the number of ot varieties shown y California Peaches are grown ily ly and with a color and flavor lavor that I TIM Ce eom compelled so great an nn authority J Burbank to say that he had never ten en their equal Grapes Gropes melons figs pomegranates berries of all nIl alland di d. and raisins and apricots In par- par eular rare are given an unexcelled quality peculiarly bountiful soil soli and tho the of Dixie Almonds and English are aro Just now finding their wa way the tho markets Garden products such fuch i asparagus Onions lettuce and cab- cab Ige ge geare are grown rown with like success With r road l ad facilities Dixie e vegetables Uld ld be te shipped to Salt Lake City and ther I markets so early as ns to shut out l in from California and other Also nb Points The Thc district would then offer the lh cx exceptional opportunities to Poultry h bo be wf man for poultry try and eg eggs s nod nd placed on n th the Salt Lake City northern markets In tho the winter it 4 The Rio to te Virgin lu can be made to Irrl- Irrl a large rge ni proportion of this re region lon when hen that Jg Is be done xv we shall have In nil m Intermountain rival empire a a. district that da in t southern Call California Cornia and Flor Flor- t the as s well as the fry v nr of n Its n nr rt Products while In the excel- excel or of Its climate It ll surpasses either ESK ead eady Irrigation n Projects projects are alwin al- al nd ad under vay a ot Others ers are arc planned wilt win will bad ad ti be bc he begun un a ai BOOR BOon as a rail rall- rests is Ie assured d. d The Tho altitude Is la low seldom menace and the an soil Is fertile In the highlands of ot the country the thi tOiLs Jolls and n north and west the more morp har hardy grains are arc successfully TOW fown uoti Irrigation and dr dry farm farm- g methods are employed tho the latter Into UEe within t ars ap A Yer very recent taini iT d state experiment station is at Enterprise for Cor the brie ftc lc Study or of f arid arld farming Arming problems cl a hl high h are heln being obtained The and ty of or the land laud In that hat re region lon roven farming has been entire entirely 1 I S raising raIsins early carl occupied the atT at- at Of T the settlers settle s and It Is today e OC n o f ft the ie leading Industries On ac- ac or of the tho great from marts martle mar mar- ts tl t n ii and tle te lack of or good lead lead- J g ou out of f the valley of oC the the- Virgin few fc oth other r than livestock have ha ever lVer und their way to the rails aud Into I C cities 8 Fruits such as aR rahms Ld 11 and peaches that can cnn be dried P Packed as well vell as nIt and sor win arn Ices m molasses but l la ai are exported at al SK top 01 Sheep and cat cattle lie r ni i arc are mainly e. e The Upon to bring money into e ther othel c a Products product of tho the soil at home home In man many parts Darts m in Dixie or of and gen generally rally south of oC thon the tho rr the tho Great Basin a ln 11 little coin or 01 rr I Is ncy nc found Produce nr u iB are aro paid CO anti and GOO goods s Ih aro aJO purchased purchase Th he b butter r. r eggs V 9 or grain raining mining lays days of or Washington ton S count county are aro well known to all aU Twelve million dollars were taken out of Ie tho Harrisburg district In tho the J seventies sev SOV- O enties following tho the astonishing discover dis discovery dis- dis cover coer covery of silver bearing sandstone near Leeds The Silver er yielded 1000 III In five the years Ten million pounds of copper have been heen taken taleen from tho the Dixie DId mines In the district while the lie Black Warrior In the same Imme district with th the Paymaster has produced produced produced pro pro- se several eral thousand tons of ot silver silver- lead lend ore arc Only tho tim hl higher her grade of or orore ore has hal been taken and deposits of lower Jower ower grade grade all al through this district are awaiting the coming of ot th the rail rail- rl- rl rondo road G Gold hJ el 51 silver capper lend lead and Iron are found In Bull Dul valley gypsum occurs In several e places a semi anthracite coal Is found Cound near neal New Now Jarmon Harmony and ant good goodbr br beds boda s of cannel coal conI have ha e been exposed along the north fork of the Rio illo Virgin Asphaltum end nd oil 01 must be added to the list It must mut not ant be forgotten either that I south fouth of or the thc Utah liH line on the there stand six sIC billion plateau tand x s wealth waiting wait wait- feet Ceet of or lumber Potential lumber potential h the arrival of or a ing In to be he made eal Teal real by railroad In J Sight lK The railroad Is Js tho the one thing lackIng lack- lack Ing It Is b the tho tio reason wh why this unique I region has not kept pace laCe with or 01 oven even surpassed the growth of the rest of ot the state te t Railroads and state roads through li the difficult approaches must bo br had to secure es easy communication with this sunny southland Yet lot In spite of oC th Use difficulties now nov spie fought their the pioneers have hare bravely bra I have hn for the thel way vaY forward and proven rest lest Wt st of or us tie what can be done In Dixie l Their persistence seems about to bo ho rewarded lc The he state crews of oC road- road builders will wi work all nI winter Inter In Washington Wash Wash- ington county count There Thero Is good reason to hope that railroads ma may come como in the near future The San Pedro Los Angeles Angeles An An- Angeles geles Salt Sal Lal Lake e railway has comparatively recent years cars completed Its main line lne approaching Dixie at Modena and an is no doubt doul rut fully co cognizant cognizant cog cog- of the tho wealth locked up In Washington count county and Is its complement complement comple comple- ment Iron county within whoso whose confines confines con con- fines are tons of Iron ore from which Iron can be produced and laid aid down on tho the coa coast t more cheaply cheap lien han from an any other known district district cn 1 nn fin One cannot speak of oC Dixie without n a i word about the wonderful scenery f or the thc and canyons of oC the Rio Klo Virgin The former has hns as been set apart apart- apart by b President Taft TaC as is a n national monument These tremendous tremendous tre- tre canyons and the wonderful and towers of oC the vale valley of or the Virgin ln furnish for artist artst and author subjects that are arc tn unsurpassed on this continent The sl sightseers of the world viii win ome travel tra elar far to view their m magnificence n c The minerals and ant oils and ant the In Incomparable incomparable In- In comparable climate and soil of or Dixie together wi with th the facts acts that the Asiatic and Pacific markets nr are advancing more nore rapidly than an any other and that that I this district district Is only miles mies from flom the deep beep water port of or San Pedro assure for tor forthe tho the Iron and coal district of southern southern south south- em ern Utah and its Is great market garden to tho the south a future that Is beyond lerond computation November o 15 was a notable nobble day ay for tor Salt SnIt Lake CJ City and the empire for It I was the date dato on which the new Missouri Salt river Sal rl Lake CI City tariffs went Into effect reduction class rates Tho The on ranges from 40 cents per hundred pounds on UI 6 cents hun- hun first-class first freight to per dered ered on E H class trel freight ht Changes In rate are also gen on of or the commodities com corn JCl most common commonly handled ara averaging averaging av a av- av ra ln 35 cents per hundred pounds on commodities shipped from Crom rain Chicago In carload lots Some Idea of oC the meaning of or this Is grasped when you OU consider that if f you shipped snipped a trainload of these commodities one car of each our jour our freight saving sa would be more than enough to start a bank of capital nn and anI to equip It I completely It ItIs I itis I Is estimated that based ed on the amount of freight now transported Utah will wi save annually As a matter cf ef fact the sum will wil be greater than that for tor traffic growth Growth already swift will be bc greatly accelerated by the rate reduction Tho The decision of ot the Interstate Com Corn Commerce Commerce merce commission which brings about these reductions will wil mean that that Salt Sal I Lake ke City wholesalers can sell sel and and retail merchants all through the country coun j try can buy cheaper than before and that the radius of the territory served ed b by Salt I Lake ake City's Jobbing trade will willbe willbe wi be ased b by fifty per cent For Instance Salt S1 Lake Lalee City can now sell to Nampa l Ida a at a lower lowe freight cost than Chicago Chicago- T T-ne T e old rates would rot not not permit our Jobbers to extend their op operations op- op so far faz fal Into the northwest A Similar extension of oC territory Is made to the tho east axt west and south These facts In ITI turn mean a a lowerIng lowering lower lower- In ing Of the cost of or l Jn living all aU through the territory Salt Lake City serves an increase In building more setlers settlers more valuable land Jand an Increased at attractIveness attractiveness at- at given gl cn to the Intermountain empires empire's Invitation to outside capitala capital capital- a general stimulation all al along the line it will wil give new now life to our ers rs It I wit will wf result In profit to carrier as well selL wel as shipper through the lie Increase of traffic both In the hauling of freight into Ito Utah and In Its Is distribution tion ton throughout the tho Intermountain emp em em- p pire 1 re Now SNow is the time for us to redouble our ur efforts to Salt Sal Lake City as well wel as the whole territory of which It Is the commercial capital capital to to secure the business we should logically have havo It I Is Is' our opportunity Let u us make male the most of ot I. 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