Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-10-05
DRUG STORE

ally build up q box car himself from
flat using 1000 feet Of lumber for
this purpose There are great heaps
Of grain stacked up i'm the open fields
awaiting possible or impossible ship
WCnt. and Of the rains come ON be-
fore DC can De disposed OF. the grief
in agricultural circles viii be hearty
and sincere. The need OF storage
elevators rs severely felt.
However local lumber companies
foresaW what was coming and 90 days
ago, loaded up their yards with AN the
lumber within reach. aud at the time
there was considerable. as q Hull in the
car famine sent unexpected quantities
of assorted material down into this
market, and an the yards In town filled
up. But in the course of 30 OF 40 days,
the local stocks viii begin 90 diminish
and dealers viii Doe reaching out for
more material The trade has been
much exercised over the increase Of
cents In the rate from eastern oregon
points to Utah common points. which
went into effect oct. I. But Il is an
nounc"d now that the rate win be
abatci Nov I, as Il has been found
that !ts continuance would close up 30
per cent of the mills by increasing
price $3.50 per LOCO feet. The shinglc
mills have been shipping into Portland
by boat; but ON arrival there the goods
are simply stacked up. and there is mo-
telling when they can hc shipped away
The local consumption of lumber is
mostly i'm the line of pine and fir.
HARDWARE STILL BOOMING.
The hardware trade reports times as
one continued boom. There is "a Fpcci-
ally large traffic In shot guns. shells.
hunters clothing and long rubber
boots. There b. also a great call Tor
automobile supplies. cutlery, machlnist
and carpenters tools. stoves harnesses
saddlery and horse blankets and car
riaEa rugs ana robes The demand for
mining machinery is also as heavy as
eyer and as the communications be-
come improved with Nevada, the de-
maud win be heavier because more
prospects VIII be- opened mp for per-
mauent operation and development.
Metal punt boats Tor shooting ducks
are selling faster than the demand can
be supplied. Then there IS "a sudden
demand for the Keller assayiug ball
anCes, which rs reported as becoming
so great that It is difficult to hu or
ders. Builders hardware is going too
IN large lots. SO the trade is highly
prosperous.
WHOLESALE DRY GOODS.
In the wholesale dry goods trade. To-
~ N'"h'Ni7 ANi'RAA a SCARCITY OF gEHuNF
slnGhdms, $50 that eastern wholesalers
are limiting the number Of pieces that
they will allow their customers TO
buy This IS on top of am advance Of
% per cent The mills are claiming
that they cannot get enough out TO sup
ply all demand, So they are telling the
1obbers the later cannot have all
they want and viii agree to give only
such quantities as the supply OF raw
materials and the capacity of their
looms viii admit. The prices of brown
cottons nave about reached the apex.
so that Indications are that they win go
no higher. on the contrary. there Is "A
tendency 10 weaken. II anything. job
bers report lines of dress goods being
taken freely. Every effort is being
made on the part of the tobbers d
secure better deliveries from the mills
as the fan buying has been such that
stocks are depleted on many of the
most popular lines Jobbers say thar
broadcloths from plain blacks straight
through TO the most delicate creams
and whites have sold I'm large quantl-
Ties for the fan and winter Ina addi-
IONS Fioles. panamas. prunellas. crepe