The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-22
TRADE AND BUSINESS.

The activities and energies of the whole
state haye been pointediy directed dur
Ing the week TO the monetrous calamity
at San Francisco When II was found
that the urgency and need were grent,
efforts for relief spTang UP spontaneously
md cnergetically all hands, and
were instant I'm sending forward supplies
of food Cooked meats were forwarded
by tho carload. and bread by the thou
sands Of loaves. This city has been the
center Of this activity for the past four
DAYS, but the responses from all parts OF
the State have been free and conspicu-
ously liberal The railroads and express
companies have been generous In for
warding supplies free Of cost and this
generosity Is kept up with great efh-
cheney. The food supplies are also
brought forward In abundance for imne
date shipment IT Is probable that the
contributions from Utah Including money
and needed supplies, will materially ex=
ceed hundred thousand dollars. Every
prominent organization is taking part In
most nCtiye aud energetic relief
work every society association, and
business corporation is strongly at work.
| and the result must be TO gather In every
available contribution. II Is q great oc-
casion, and the people of tho state are
rising to 1t nobly The chief drawback
just now Is the inenGerness of the tee-
graph service; dispatches arc piled up by
the thousands. and II is dhlcult to get
any word back and forth but no doubt a
few days Will see an Immense improve
ment In this.
In this city, relief for San Francisco
has taken the place OF most ordinary
business. The demand that this makes for
food supplies makes lively times, In ad
dltion to the ordinary calls for supply Ing
the large population resident here
Still. the usual business OF the city
goes forward In large volume. The bank
clearances for the week show ST per cent
gain over those OF the corresponding
week last years thus continuing unbroken
the splendid record which has been made
since the flrst OF January last The de-
mands OF trade are heavy, and collections
are good.
The work OF tho Western Pacinc helps
In tho general activity Its clearing Of
right OF way into the city. its track-lay-
Ing about to begin to the Nevada State
line. and It's letting OF grading contracts
half way westward across Nevada, en-
llven things greatly.
The Salt Lake Route to Los Angeles is
now running regularly again. and tho
business communication with southern
California and with the rich regions OF
southern and central Nevada nre again
OF immense mutual advantage.
The mines continue their great output
of two millions and half dollars per
month. and tho huge ore-reduction plants
at Garfield on tho western side of the VAL
construction
The wool season Ia proving the most
profitable ever enjoyed by the nockmas-
ters Wool sales from twenty to twenty
five cents per pound are the rule, and
are very large; probably as much as four
million dollars VIII bo checked out from
Salt Lake banks to pay for the seasons
clip.
In the country at large the Indications
arc all favorable. The winter wheat re-
ports are optimistic the demand for
building materials (Which will be enor-
mously enhanced presently by tho San
Francisco demands) is exceedingly ac-
tive, and industry is at the top notch OF
activity. The demand for structural steel
and iron surpasses all records. Railroad
earnings are higherN than over. and bust
ness failures are below tho average.
The speculative shortage OF money in
New York continues. but this has no ef-
feet upon general business, which Is on
an unprecedented scale. and on a founda-
lion broad md firm