Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-11-30

4 ne rear estate NlhNNtl IfNlNlNN NNllf
! and appearances do not favor any cN-
| pectatlons for an immediate lively mar
! ket The number Of small transfers
! keeps up pretty well. and occasionally
there * something Of a sizeablo ma
/ turc done, al for instance Or PinlSer-
| tons purchase yesterday of west South
| Temple street property. Dealers be-
lieve that with the restoration OF gem
eral commercial activities TO their for
/ mer status. and especially II this is to
! be an open winter there ought to be
/ very good business done I'm local real
| tes. The continued fine weather has
| encouraged the continuance OF build
| ing operations on such a scale as 90 ex-
cite the remark OF brick makers. who
report sales unusual for this time OF
/ year The long shortage on fire brick
/ for facing has been ended. and now
work Is being pushed ON the railroad
| exchange building with the expectation
or having II under roof before steady
| cold weather sets in Then the arrival
OF "a cars OF steel FOR the Newhouse
buildings yesterday win spur opera
/ tiOns wonderfully I'm that line. As long
as the skies are favorable the erection
| OF small houses will continue. The
Utah Light a. Railway company is
making such repairs over its street
car system az the weather allows, "a
plan TO be maintained an winter
NJ YAK ShDkIAGE.
The lumber trade reports transpor-
| tation conditions satisfactory as far as
securing cars is concerned but the
matter of getting them through 10 their
aother thing.
This makes g. difficult TO maintain
stocks and 90 run ut all close TO the
minimum requirements The move
ment on the part Of the sawmills 20
curtall their output IS so general that
IL VIII tend 20 Keep up prices and pre-
vent the decentralization Of wholesale
/ rates. This movement is shared by the
| logging camps also, and makes IL I'M
/ likely that lumber viii be much cheap
or. Local conditions are down To- what
the trade considers healthy basis. one
firm Of architects reports 10 the deal
ers two $4,000 residences ia prospect
and large apartment house, whose
building Will not be delayed by the
financial stringencN Iumbormcn say
there Is now no hesitation on the part
OF people with means to invest the
same IN buildings I'm fact business
shows up as well at present as Il did
year ago. Only, a man with $1,000
can not borrow $4,000 additional with
which TO build n tlno house; but "A man
with SIC. 900 VIII have no trouble IN
raising $4,000 for the same purpose.
Dealers say salt Lake Is not a center
comes into this market, as the Pacific
coast FIR is OF such a fine grain that
when quarter sawn, IL wears smooth.
and Is better for flooring than the soft
pines. II Is claimed that there Is not
5000 feet OF cherry IN town. and what
is here is used for veneering feature
reported in the market is the advent Of
the Siberian oak In the shape OF four
cornered logs--that Is trimmed square.
and which is considered just as good 70
not better than the American oak.
Quite a trade is being worked up be-
tween this country and eastern Siberia.
HARDWARE TAKES a Squirt.
The hardware trade reports business
on the whole for this month. better
than IL was year ago for November,
Notwithstanding the little financial
difficulties The mining machinery
business. which fell of SO lamentably
the first OF the month, is fast picking
UP, 10 the relief OF the trade and the
announcement of mining interests
generally Notwithstanding the mild
weather. there Is run ON stoves and
heaters preparatory 20 winter. Build
ers' hardware is sim sold IN goodly
quantities. 50 Is sporting equipment.
household furnishings particularly
braniteware for kitchen use. Har-
ncsses and saddlery goods and robes
are not in as much demand as they
were. but, trae Is fair
WITH DRY GOODS MEN.
The local wholesale dry goods trade
reports no radical change Ia general
prices. though there Is curtailment
OF production AT first hands There Is
now no trouble 10 get goods, with long
deferred shipments being received IA
large quantities. There Is also plenty
of Bingham 10 be had now from the
eastern markets. Owing 10 the strin-
gency and curtailment of business
operations all over the country. east-
em mills and wholesalers have been
receiving numerous cancellations or
orders But most ~ these cancela-
tons are being refused, and forward
inu of goods ordered is being insisted
upon. II a. elaine that the law VIII
uphold Them in the matter OF tho
Interpretation Of contracts. In so do
ing. Tho New York Journal Of Conn
nerce alys IN this connection
MANY interior merchants are, 10 rs
argued, ondcav1ring Go place ne
burden OF protecting inc gencfnl
mercantile situation on the shoulders
OF merchants II the metropolis. Many
OF the latter, however are tully
alive 10 the necessity Of compelling
the Interior 90 assumo lair share
of its own burden ana 10 a. considered
quite probable that the larger houses
of New York win got together in the
near future and decide upon d nn-
ite. concerted policy m regard to ihe
treatment OF cancelations and insist
upon the policy being carried out.
Thcy may in fact. go one stop tur-
Their and beside upon what turthar
DEALINGS. N amy, any ~ the meirop2ll-
tan merchants concerned DOB the joint
rlan OF actin may have with the De
terror people who are insisting upon
breaking their contracts
WITH COTTON DEALERS.
Eastern reports represent the dry
goods trade ~ deudlockod from an em-
barge caused by the volume of these
cancellations and western buyers arc
accused nf uuhusiness-likc couduct.
signs point 90 "a reaction in all grades
OF cotton goods. with slow collections.
II D. claimed that any buyer in need
of spots in white goods and nnn
bloachod shoouuEs and shiwlngs cln
get what be- wants at prices from 3 20
per cent lower than "a month aHu.
Almost every class of brown
cloths for SPOT delivery ia Hold at mar
kct prices. 10 little II available for exc
port 40 effort is being made 90 force
goods ON buyers, ana lower prices are
offered on colored goods. Brown ana
blue denlms are steadier than almost
every other class Of colored goods boz
cause dlmesuc buyers have taken
them in quantities all the fan, and are
ulrklnQ ain lots far old ND1r delivery