Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-02-01
qro. although there arr plent, OF cars
now to be had.
GOOD TIMES IN SIGHT.

QrD. although there are plents OF uRfs
now to be had.
aooD TIMES IN SIGHT.
The hardware trade reports good
times In sight. although the weather
Il none too favorable. orders ute be-
Ing received frum the country districes
In gratifying quantities, Gri the io.l
thad pruspectors are going out uip thi
bllli brings custom from them ~ lhe
% Lttcr of equipment, General ,tdla IN
.cas"nublc goods is encouraging Farm
err uro buying rope, hose, shuShcs.
rpfiuE tools Ctca und had Inc recent
mild weather continued, thcro would
have been powlny by another week.
There Ia a demand for skces by min
ers in getting around the nils where
the snow IN deep. Ice skates are culled
for In goodly quantity now that skating
weather is at hand, and there In still
steady sale * hunting goods and
equipment.
WHOLESALE PRICES DOWN.
Local jobbers in dry goods report
nothing special this week locally Cot-
ton price reductions have gone through
all the lines SO that the whole sUuc-
ture rests on lower levels, and buyers
now feel more confidence. Ihis new
level Is 20 per cent below that of n
month ago. Dress ginghams have held
up their prices. while common ginG
hams are OIL in price both north aud
south. Business Is reported surpris-
ingy well for the time of year with
conditions returning to the normal.
Large New York jobbers are said to
be considerably disturbed over the
situation in cottons. Goods have ac'
cumulated, ana If Is now the purpose
of all agents To move them and not
Of ftElH sc NJ has M
the year that merchandising of cotton
goods will be done at close margins,
and cotton speculation is only adding
10 the difficulties of the situation. job
bers complain of it's being hard to do
business. with the demand for unmer-
camille accommodation greater than
ever before. Buyers are assuming
they have the right TO cancel orders be-
cause prices are declining, and failing
In this, they reject goods, and annual
contracts on trivial teChnicalities In
short the moral tone of the trade
seems to be retrograding. especially In
view OF the commentators way the
trade held together In the fall Much
OF the trouble is reported as having
resulted from feverish ordering of
goods IN August and September which
now suggests pure speculation.
FURTHER CUTS PROBABLE.
Shirt makers who We're unable to get
all the woven fabric last year, or We're
handicapped in prices substituted
printed fabrics very freely 80 that the
market Is now more than well suD-
piled with this class of goods. But the
leading mills making fine woven shirt
ings have all the business they can
handle for the coming season, and with
the prospect that lower prices will be
obtainablc on some lines for late fall
delivery, large makers will soon return
to their former grade of output. Staple
print goods are SLOW as retailers do
not take hold, SO there is chance of am
other cut. on the finer printed goods,
some ot the mercerized lines are doing
well; but IT Is not certain but that
price cutting will be resorted to on
some prominent lines before March l.
Advanced showings of fall lines OF
cotton dress goods. include shepherd
checks fancy plaids and stripes i'm
wide range of color effects. There has
been some reduction in sheetings and
denims. but nothing sharp. Cotton lin
ings have taken a drop, sateens and
spunglass effects especially. The hosi-
cry and underwear trade for fall has
not opened auspiciously, and efforts to
advance prices have been perforce
abandoned. Prices are no higher to-
day than they We're for the fall season
of 1907, and in some cases they are
lower. Sellers are waiting for buyers
TO place orders, but there are compare
lively few as yet. Statesmen on the road
report poor business and lack of inter,
est among buyers
RETAIL BETWEEN SEASONS.
The local retail trade is largely be
tween hay and grass" All of the buy
ers have gone east, and are now busy
selecting spring and summer stocks
III the mean while, dealers are using
every phase of ingenuity to push out
and off the unsold winter stocks, with
such success that In 30 days there
ought to be very little left. Next week
there will be special embroidery sales
which are sure TO stir up the feminine
part Of the community. The girls at
the glove counters are not having
much to do. so they have lots of time
TO think. In general, purchasing is
along staple lines, and not much else.
CLOTHING TRADE DULL.
The local clothing trade reports bus
mess dull for the past week. IN both
wholesale and retail lines. though
low prices are obtaining in all lines.
with a view to getting rid Of the sea-
sons stock. The shoe trade reports
duh business also In leather lines but
with business fair in rubber goods. on
account of the snow. There is a slight
shrinkage reported in straight leather
but 1t is considered only temporary.
There do not seem to be any features
II moment in either OF these trades
this week