The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-06-28

lne preparation OF the plans lot the
building which Mrs. Sarah A. McChrys-
tai will erect at 52-54 South Main street.
The work of tearing down the old
structures upon the property has not
yet commenced. The building will cost
$50 zoe.
Plans have been completed and all ar
engagements made for the construction
of the twin buildings which the West
Temple Realty company is to erect in
West Temple street between First
South and Second South streets. Work
of construction will be commenced in
d short time.
Time to Build Is Now.
ing should begin at once, the American
Lumberman says:
silent workshops, idle crews and dust
covered piles of merchandise in the
warehouses mean stagnatiOn for any
country. The degree of stagnatiOn is
determined by the completeness of the
clOsedOwn. A state of idleness appeals
only to those whose vision is blurred
and whose mind is distorted by false
education.
The science of merchandising applies
to the buying of labor and building ma
terial just as truly as it does to the
purchase of goods sold across the coun-
ter Well bought not only is half sold,
but if unsOld means an extremely good
investment To buy well is to buy at
an Opportune time-tO have on hand
goods that are in demand, whether the
price paid be high or low, or to buy
at or for less than cost of production:
in other words, for less than the recog-
nized fair market value.
1T may be economical TO pay a man
Sc day during a rush season i'm order
to complete an unfinished piece of work.
If this wage be far above the scale,
such expenditure is not. however. justi-
fled at all times. Business men must
compare the outlay with the returns.
1t is possible now to secure more and
better work for the same price than at
any time within the last two years.
Materials are cheaper, labor is cheap
er, anxious for employment and earnest
in its desire to give full value. These
certainly are factors which the wise in
weston should take into account.
Percentage of Saving.
Buildings put up for investment
yield not to exceed an average of 8 Der
cent. BY building at this time investors
should save 10 TO 90 per cent on the
cost as compared with the cost in 1907
ana Ihe outlay thdI probably Will be
required next year. This is equivalent
to the earnings on the investment for
two and half to three years.
1T is admitted of course, that the
demand is greatest when prices are
highest. and in turn prices are high be-
cause the demand is great Humanity
has one characteristic in common with
sheep, and that is each requires a lead
er. Frequently the excuse Brown gives
for building is, We'll. Jones is a shrewd
fellow and he started to build if il is
a good thing for him it must be good
thing for me- In point of fact, what
may be good for Jones may prove 9TH
erwise for Brown.
Each individual should consider his
own resources and sean closely every
possible advantage. His determination
TO do or not to do should be formed
not because of the activity of some one
else. but upon his own initiative.
"A word i'm regard to lumber prices:
Values necessarily will show fluctua-
lions in the future. Sale prices will
move up and down in response to heavy