The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-07-01
BUSINESS IS GOOD
THROUGHOUT CITY
Dealers Are Well Satisfied
With Condition OF
Trade.
FIRST HALF OF FISCAL
YEAR ENDED SATURDAY
Outlook for the Future Could
Hardly Be More Prom
iSing.

III nearly all branches OF trade busi-
ness was good throughout the city for
the week Just closed Saturday ended
the f1rst half OF the fiscal year OF 1905.
Reports show that the half-year's bus
iness In the local field Will be moet
satisfactory. In every branch Of trade
there has been an increase in busi-
ness over the same period last year,
The continued prosperity of Salt Lake
| and Utah has brought about most sat
isfactory results in the business world.
Among the wholesale produce mer-
chants. business has been so great
the past week that II WAS necessary
to have n force working a portion of
The night. This years business shows
a decided increase over the preceding
week OF last wear One of the whole
GALE producers said Saturday that June
had been so far the banner month of
the present year
Sugar List Active.
The week Just closed showed great
activity In the sugar list. II was only
four weeks ago that the stock could
be had al 50. but 1t is at the present
time $3.50 bid and $3.50 asked. At
this price there Is little TO be had.
Amalgamated preferred and the utah
sugar both common and preferred ad-
vanced during the week.
The wholesale grocery people re-
port most satisfactory week'sbusi-
ness. Large shipments of everything
needed in the market were received
during the week. However the retail
srocers report that business has not
been so good as the preceding week.
The explanation of this ls that three
Of the largest outings Of the year.
namely, the grocers and butchers
grain dealers and the real estate ex
cursion. were given during the week,
But nevertheless business was very
good on the days that there was no
excursions.
Good for Hardware.
Hardware merchants report a good
weeks business In retail hardware
IT can be said that business was not
quite so good as 1t was the two or
three preceding weeks. This is pos
sibly on account OF the farmers hav-
ing purchased before now all the i'm
plements needed for the season. There
was quite a demand for contractors
tools owing to the big railroad con-
struction work now going on in this
vicinity and Nevada
The drygoods people are very
pleased over the results of last weeks
trade showed activity. The various
excursions OF the week took a great
number OF people from the city for
the time being but nevertheless the
days that there We're no excursions
brought out a large number of shop
pers Receipts showed an Increase
over the preceding week and over the
corresponding week of last year
Many Small Deals
There were no large real estate
deals consummated during the week
just closed Quite a number of small
deals went through, but most of the
real estate mems time was taken up In
arranging for and participating in the
great real estate outing at Saltair on
Thursday. June 2s. However. II Is
reported that there arc several large
deals pending and that these deals
will probably be closed UP during the
present week. The latest quotations
are as follows
Stocks.
Amalgamated Sugar Co, pfd 10000
Amalgsmated Sugar Co, com, 1880
Beneficial Life Insurance Co. 10000
Barnes Banking Co, Kaysville. 1900
Cpn e M 90 MD 100 On