Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-07-18

The usual barber sign has a man shaw
ing a customer and a dentist q repre-
sentauou of one pulling "a tooth The
dalry signs are COWS with milk maids
at work, and the tea signs are gaudy
cinnamon slipping tea. You can see pic
lures OF graphophones and sewing ma
chimes on the walls of some Of the
stores, and the American bicycle and
automobile are show form In the same
way
The windows are filled with samples
OF the merchandise sold within, and
some kinds Of goods are hung outside
during The daytime There Is little bus-
ness done after dark but the light lasts
go long in the summer that It is full
day until long after p. m,
RUSSIAN STOCKS.
The Russians are babies as stock
spectators They have lust begun to
monkey with the buzz saw and are
afraid of IT'S teeth. They are cOnserya-
tive and prefer to Put their money into
the imperial savings banks or govern
mcut bonds, They have az present
about 100000 900 $50 invested and with.
Out they can make 20. 30 or 40 per cent
per annum outside they win not sub
scribe They are afraid of new instl-
tutlpns and no American need expect
to come here and start an enterprise
based on Russian capital He must
furnish enough 10 make the business
pay and he then may be able to sell
his stock,
IN THE MOSCOW EXCHANGE.
/ visited the Moscow stock exchange
the other day There were about 800
brokers present but the crowd looked
more like one Of farmers than Of bank
ers and brokers The most OF the men
wore caps and long oyercoats, Many OF
them were merchants, few were Chi
nese. one was a Persian and several
were Armenians The trading was slow
ana there was more gossiping than
selling.
The stock companies here are oper
ated with foreign capital The French
/ have invested most next the Belgians.
then the Germans and then the English
The Americans are Tar In the rear. THIS
| French and Belgians are operating
chiefly in southern Russia, the Germans
more In Poland and the territory oppo-
| site the German frontier. while the
English have their money pretty well
scattered The total number OF stock
! companies Is 1854 and the share capi-
| tai Is a little more than $1,000, 600 600.
MINES AND FACTORIES.
The companies cover an branches Of
! industry Twenty Of them have
| iron mines Of about thirty million dol.
! lars and among these Is the first foreign
| joint stock company Of the empire, This
! was organized by an EnglIshman nam
! ed Youth with a capital Of one million.
! five hundred thousand dollars to oper-
ate coal and iron mines In the south.
! II has had an enormous success and IL
now employs 10000 workmen.
There are nine companies interested
IN gold mines with a capital OF twenty
ave million dollars A. IN petroleum
wells with capital Of about sixty mill
lion dollars aud 30 in coal mines, with
a capital Of about thlrty-hye million
dollars.
The largest industry Is cotton en-
bracing cleaning spinning and weaving
mills, II Is operated By 1856 companies
with a capital OF more than one hun-
dred millions. There are 6S wooden
companies. % linen companies, % brew
ing companies and rs sugar refnerles,
The most Of these companies are doing
well and many Of them pay very large
! dividends.
FRANK G. CARPENTER.