Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-09-29

lures the belief that there are nearly
900 buildings IN process % erection
over the city. He looks 20 see next
season the great record breaker The
sunshlny weather that Is 50 detrimental
10 clothing and some other trades Is
helping out the building situation
nightly. and builders are taking adj
vantage OF It. Brick is being rushed
IN all directions and every nerve Is be-
ing exerted 10 get as much done as
possible before winter
IN HARDWARE LINE.
The hardware trade is wrestling With
the mighty problem Of fruit Jars. There
has been an unprecedented yield OF
fruit, and the thrifty housewife is Bat
on putting up as much as possible, II
not more than possible. SO the hard
ware trade has been beset by jar pur-
chasers, and the supply is but frac-
ton OF the demand. So the dealers
have been using the telegraph pretty
freely, with hopes OF getting larger
supplies here without delay. But they
say that the call beats all local ex-
perience heretofore.
There continues strong demand for
builders and finishing hardware, there
Is quite call for stoves In prepare
ton for winter, and as the duck shoot
ing season begins Oct /, the trade re-
ports very heavy sale In shot guns
Of all kinds. more than usual. thus IN
dlcating that the number Of local MIN
rods will be largely augmented this
season.
The dealers IN agricultural machinery
are doing very little, as the farmers are
busy with their threshing. But az con-
ference time there will be many agrlcul-
tu-lsts in town, and trade is expected 10
pick up.
LUMBER MARKET
The lumber market is getting into a
complication, although the retail trade
is not very much affected as yet, owing
10 the yards being plentfully stocked.
However. local dealers report marked
scarcity in lumber Of special sizes,
which at times It seems impossible to
get hold OF, principally on account OF
the shortage IN cars. The railway COM
panles deny there Is the shortage al
legged, but the mill men are 50 sure the
railway men are romancing that they
have appointed press or publicity COM
mittees too TO wait on editors and In
form them as TO the facts in the car
stringency. Not much hope Is INDUCED
in OF any raise In the car blockade be-
cause OF the coming big demand for
transportation OF the beets crop and
the grain crops which annually call for
larger and larger means and methods
OF carriage TO market. So many Of the
lumber mills on the branch lines have
ceased all attempts at shipping. and
arc stocking up their yards so that
when the times does come when they
can ship once more, they will have ali
the various classes OF stock ready on
demand. Shingles have recently adj
Nanced 10 per cent, but there have been
no recent advances on the other lines
OF goods. But the future is rather UNI
cei tain.
WHOLESALE DRY GOODS.
The local wholesale dry goods trade
is quiet. after the late summer and
carly fall rush. Travelling men ave all !
gone out with their sample cases TO |
sell goods for spring and early sum |
mer delivery. and the Jobbers are at |
tending to the minor aud incidental |
wants OF the trade. They report no re-
peat orders 10 speak OF. as merchants |
made up their minds with the first or
derlng about what they would want, |
and he first orders covered the stu
alton. However, there is fairly |
steady demand for print goods, and |
there Is tendency 10 stiffen prices |
for duck goods OF heavy weights,
such as is used for tent material. Cot
tons are in what might be called a
waiting condition. with divergence Of
opinion as TO the outcome OF the cot
ton crop. One side claims It has been
while the other holds
that the reports are only OF the most
character Bleached goods
are slow In delivery. more so than the
lnbleached OF brown sheetings, as
here Is always more OF rush for the
former than the brown goods as 80
much Of II is wanted for making into
wash goods. a class for which OF lat9
'ears there has been a steadily increas-
ng demand. Sheetings are in fair de-
nand all OF the time. as they are an
lrtiole OF regular household consump-
ion, and manufacturers are filling OF
iers with reasonable celebrity
The demand Is good for quilts and
blankets. which will continue most OF
he winter; but dealers report so few