Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-08


most part The use OF these latter ma
terials Is becoming more general here,
as elsewhere, and II Is just as Well, as
so much more brick Is left for dwelling
house construction. There Is n short
age though, at present IN lumber, and
particularly IN shingles Lumber deal
ers claim there are none left AT an in
Utah county and In the southern part
Of this county. Moreover the Single
mills In tho northwest are not doing
anything, us owing to the floods. they
have lost large share OF their logs,
and the same disasters have greatly in
terfered With the shipments OF lumber
ready to send out, so there is grier.
The Salt Lake lumber yards are report-
ed as being quite low In stocks, and as
the shortage In cars continues unabat-
ed there is hardly any telling what
will happen unless relief comes from
some quarter. Just at present the
weariirr is mild, 50 contractors are
making the most OF IL in excavations,
and getting in rock where they can
for cellar walls and foundations be-
fore the roads become 80 bad that rock
can not be hauled by wagon
HARDWARE TRADE.
The hardware men continue to smile
with something more than a mere eel
luloid smile, as they tell Of the open
ing with them of the Christmas trade,
and how hard they are worked IN re-
spending 10 the same. They state that
the demand Tor the holiday trade is
unprecedented. There are almost un-
bounded calls FOR chatting dishes, fine
coffee pots, percolators carving sets,
razors. pocket knives, manicure sets,
kodaks, skates, sleds, andirons, horse
blankets. carriage robes, saddles. with
a very heavy demand for mining ma
chinery and supplies, and as for gaso-
line engines, whole carload was sold
by just one firm this week.
CHRISTMAS DEMAND.
The Christmas demand for fancy toys
is greater than ever and the same Is
true In general novelties. American
toys are coming more into favor, no.
ticeably those of tho bulkler variety,
though German and French manufac-
turers still hold their own In metal
and pewter. The jobbing trade has
been having a lively time Of It, filing
orders from retailers who seem TO be
late this season In displaying their holi-
day goods. one man from the south Is
now IN town buying when he should
have bought two weeks ago. This
means a great rush at the end Of the
month, when had the goods been dis
played earlier, the buying would have
begun earlier, and the rush afterwards
not so fierce. Jobbers report that free
Libraries and advertising devices Of
eastern publishers have not affected
the Christmas book trade favorably
but still there is good business being
done, particularly in children's or toy
books The new displays of illumlnat-
ed cards, plaques and calendars are
just beginning TO. ind their way TO the
retail counters, and as general thing,
they are very artistic and taking.
DRY GOODS TRADE.
The wholesale dry goods trade was
carefully studied by Manager A. Wood
ruff of the y. e. NJ. I. while recently
in the east, and he reports the great
trouble. is, not prices, but how can the
jobbers get the goods from the manu-
facturers? Then there is q shortage
not only In cotton. but in mill hands.
many Of whom have found they can
make more money by entering other
occupations. in addition to all this. the
advance in wages and the possession Of
more money than before the good times,
has made mill help Independent and
with cash In their pockets they prefer
TO rest q day or two In each week in
stead of working straight through. and
all the mill owners can say to them has
no effect.
There is also shortage In the long,
fine cotton staple. owing TO the severe
demand for sheer cloths made from this
class Of raw materials
There Is also a great call for brown
cottons for converting TO print and
goods, so that manufac-
turers are giving less and less atten-
ton TO bleaching, and turning the
brown material onto the market instead
The mills are reported sold out far
ahead, some of them clear through
1907, so great is the call for all classes
Of goods.
The retail trade Is poisoning out In
great shape. there being a great de-
mand for about every class of goods
that can be found I'm a dry goods store,
except millinery, people buying heavily
Df gloves, novelties and wear of all
kinds, toilet sets, fancy needle work
suits, skirts. waists. general wear, and
fine gowns. The retail stores are
crowded already. and II will be worse
later on.
CLOTHING AND SHOES.
The clothing trade is reported duh |
this week; so Is the trade In affiliated
lines; but dealers look for better times
next week. The shoe trade also reports
a quiet week. but with prospects of
better trade next week The public Is
now pretty well provided with foot
wear for the winter. and the demand
for rubbers has been so strong that
local rubber stocks are practically de.
pleted, and extensive re-ordering has
had TO be done. Drummers are en- route
back to the eastern factories to get |
samples for next falls goods.