Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-03-07

Looks like we have found the
jobbers with the goods on them this
season. They certainly do press us TO
buy, and our credits don't stand IN the
way" LAND TO mouth buying is the
outlook for the spring trade, sales OF
print cloths continue very light ran
River reporting about 40, 600 pieces last
week. The trade is under the general
impression that wages are 10 be lower.
and hold that operatives must bear
shave OF reduced cost OF production.
Many mills are running on short time,
and to reduce wages or allow opera
lives TO work only part of the time
would not give them living wages The
most acceptable plan appears to be TO
put part of the operatives on full time
and on lower wage. which viii en-
sure livelihood at least.
TIE RETAIL TRADE
Retailers are buying moro freely OF
fine white and fancy cottons, and are
taking all kinds Of goods stocking up
with general styles OF checks stripes
and corded plaids and Jacquard goods.
Then DOrdered styles in printed goods
are popular The market Is reported
ovcrsuppled with foreign cmbrOiderles,
swisses and other fine white cotions
for spring distribution. and some at
tractive values are offered. The very
fine white batists are not ms strong as
they were last season. and there is
tendency to get away from the sheer
goods of last year There is less call
for fine and fancy ginghams; aud dress
piaids have felt the change i'm cheaper
lines. In the demand for square effects.
There is complaint over the slow trade
in staple dumestics. Retailers have
been apprchensive over the extent OF
the reductions, and are still unable to
-,
been cut IL per cent or more last year.
a further reduction cannot be made at
this time when there Is a duh trade at
hand
NEW SLEEVE COMING OUT.
In the retail trade, business is duh
on account of the storm. But with the
return of buyers from the east, goods
are beginning to arrive which will be
displayed in the show windows IN the
next two weeks. special new feature
is the Madame Butterfly sleeve-large
at the shoulder and contracted at the
wrist. Millinery will continue the mush-
room style for hats 1t is noted that
fashions are the same through all
grades of goods and the colors viii be
shades of brown, for the most part.
CLOTHING NOT IMPROVED.
The clothing trade reports no inn
provement for the week The winter
goods have practically been disposed
of, and the tables are stacked up with
spring goods which the cold weather
Keeps people from buying
SHOE BUSINESS GOOD.
II is characteristic of the shoe trade
to be subject to fluctuations of tenn
perature, and in cold weather, but par
tcumly in snowy weather, business Is
sure Go improve So with the present
stu m dealers are rubbing their hands
with more or less eXhuberance of spirit
and hopefuness. Travelling men stih
on the road report a few spring orders
still to send in, and manufacturers
are generally satisfied with conditions.
Their shops will be busy for quite a
while on belated orders, and such con-
tracts for the fall as may be secured
early. The trade is being treated to
new and novel designs-something by
the way. which happens every season
Designers are considering 'wave-top"
boots for next fall and winter, and
''Napoleons" are promised as one OF
the features. This latter class of goods
was popular 30 and 40 years ago, but
fell into a state of innoCuous desue-
tude. Said one dealer today: style
sells more goods today than price
Therefore be the FIST to show new
things, as it Is the firm that shows
styles ii. ST that does the business.
Goods that ere not up to date arc
difficult to diSOoso of at four bits on
the dollar Consider goods from the
following points ot view, and in the
following orders: stVle, quality. price
The trade reports no falling off in
excellence OF suaain Is Among the
lines Offered Tor W0meus wear colors
will be noticeable. these Including tan,
copper tan, and wine color. while the