The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-14
AUTUMN TRADE
OPENS BR|SKLY
Demand for All Lines of Goods
in Local Market Greater
Than Usual.
LABOR SCARCITY STILL FELT
WHOLESALERS ARE RECEIVING
LARGE ORDERS FROM OUTSIDE.

General business conditions during the
week have been excellent The sales in
Doth wholesale and retail lines have been
greater than for months past and every
thlng points to a continuance of the pres
ept era of prosperity. Money is still
plentlful with the usual low rates of Z
ana per cent prevailing. Large amounts
~ cdSh are now on hand, but much of
ms VIII be distributed during the next
IeW weeks in the form of provision for
and cattle
Scarcity of labor has perhaps been the
feature of the week with little prospect
OF a change. This applies to nearly all
classes OF labor, stone masons and cement
workers being particularly in demand
contractors and builders are still COM
planning of the shortage of brick, and
the bricSmakers continue to advance the
oid excuse Of not enough men to handle
the product Of the yards. This is proba-
ply true, as it is generally admitted that
never In the history of the city has the
demand for labor been so far and away
greater than the supply.
Real Estate Quiet.
Real estate business for the week has
been quiet condition due largely to the
tact that real estate men have not the
houses to offer. There are a number of
high-priced houses on the market, but the
scarcity of everything of five rooms or
less is marked. Contractors and builders
are working overtime to get everything
IN the shape of a house they are work
ing on finished and on the market, but
their efforts are doing little to meet the
demand The demand for houses to rent
at 20 month and under continues as
strong as ever, and agents confess them
selves unable to provide them. Many peo-
pie who have been trying for months to
obtain houses of this character are 90
ing into suburban sections and building
homes Of their own. Many people are
now arriving in Salt Lake from points
throughout the state with the intention of
making 1t their home and all are expert
encing the same difficulty i'm getting
homes 1t is thought probable that this
condition will continue with but little
change for an indefinite period.
Wholesale Trade Booming.
Orders from out-of-town points for the
week have been large, especially from
Nevada, which is due largely to the fact
that Salt Lake merchants had the fore
thought to take advantage of the recent
excursion to Ely and lay the basis of
what will some day be an immense
trade.
Idaho is also responding with some nice
orders, and much is expected from that
state during the coming winter in the
way of business. Utah out-Of-town trade
remains about as usual, steady and prof
table with a general trend in the way
of an increase right along.
Salt Lake commercial men are going
farther afield every day and the wisdom
of such a policy is shown 20 advantage
in the shipments of goods from the city
TO distant points The demand for home
products remains strong, many of the
country merchants going out of their way
TO secure brands of commodities manu-
featured in the state I'm preference to
eastern goods, where in some cases the
profit to the dealer would possibly be
greater
Commission Business Good.
There has been no particular change in
YaricaS or stocks in the commission line
during the last week Fruit of all kinds
is plentiful with the demand about equal
TO the supply Canneries are all work
ing to the limit. which insures a market