Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-03-10
FAIR WEATHER
HELPS BUSINESS.
Accordingly the Stimulus Of
Spring Is Being Impaired
To Local Trade.
BIG CLEARINGS AND DEPOSITS
Decided Activity Begins In tho Dry
Goods Houscs--Light Fabrics
Are Being Called For.

The business OF the week shows an
Increasing activity owing to the re-
turn OF fair weather with its clear
skies, and the drying up OF the roads
10 a thicker consistency. The weather
office looks FOR very fair weather for
some days, and the sunshine suggests
that spring is not far off, though the
robins, those harbingers of the SPRING
tide. have not yet appeared. The local
money market continues comparatively
being considerable Of an Increase In
loans made for investment in live
stock, business and building enter
prises. This would indicate that con-
siderable building Is seriously contem-
plated early In the season The in-
crease IN the bank clearings continues
q constant quantity and the measure
Of the same IL the measure of Salt
Lakes increase in banking transact
lions. The size OF the bank deposits
also show no decrease. and bankers
remark the local money situation Is as
usual In a healthy condition. What
might be called feature I'm local
banking, is the absence of dealings in
commercial paper. Every once in a
while some eastern bank endeavors to
unload lot on this market but the
offer is always declined with thanks
Salt Lake banks do not seem to care
for that class OF paper.
WITH DRY GOODS HOUSES.
The dry goods market Is waking up,
and sales Of light summer goods are
increasing. The patterns are, as gem
eral thing unusually pretty, notlceably
the partially-silk goods containing fig
ured lines In Egyptian cotton between
lines OF silk and with flower designs
IN colors scattered over the fabric.
The light summer goods are also in
demand, Considerable hosiery is be-
ing received from Germany, and In
all lines there seems to be healthful
trade. The wholesalers and jobbers
are all sold out of spring ana summer
stock. and are little on the anxious
seat as to the delay In receipts OF
samples OF fall goods with which to
equip their travelling men; and there
are fears that goods for next fall will
be hard to get within the desired time.
IL Is n little too early for millinery to
make much OF a show. but towards the
last Of the month there will be some-
thing doing In this line.
GENTS FURNISHINGS.
Clothing merchants are rushing off
the last of their winter stocks; and
one large firm pointed today, to a
rapidly dwindling pile on one table
ms all they had left But little Is doing
In, gs,Ri.t gtttt ts I.,,t
there is sonnet thing of a sale Of light
spring overcoats.
The shoe men doubt If there is any
further advance In leather goods for
good long while If there Is any fur
Iher advance at all One dealer re-
marked today. that there had been
an advance of 2S 2-3 per cent
in shoes since 1909, and labor had adj
Nanced 10 per cent. The call for rub
bers has suddenly fallen off, and
nothing doing" Is the report in this
line.
HARDWARE AND LUMBER.
The hardware men report quiet
week, but with promising prospects for
the future. However, there Is "A fairly
steady sale reported for the week. The
agricultural implement dealers say
farmers are coming in to buy plows
and harrows, now that the weather Is
clearing up, preparatory to active
spring operations.
The lumbermen report the top notch
Of the market reached as to prices.
There was opposition to the last adj
vance OF 81, as II was thought 81 would
suffice, at the last lumber convention.
But the majority held that the market
would stand another dollar and so II
vent That there is a marvellous de-
mand for lumber Is illustrated by the
fact that orders for 100000, 900 feet for
railway cars alone have been placed
with the western mills since Jan. /, and
of this the Pullman company calls for
10000, 900. The extension % the trans
continental roads westward Is calling
for enormous timber supplies. The
mills are not disposed to raise prices
further. as It is feared such a step