Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-10-30
hanks Can Make Their Pick a'
TO Whom to Loan
Cash.
ausIusss SHOWS INCREASE.
Gods All Along the Line Arc
IN steady Dcmand-o"''o"k
l. Encouraging.

.clfnr men report the cur
@.,and for money so strong tha'
y. hanks can make their PICK a. "
w 70 loan desired cash. The cause
nd. "a said to be the hurry to com
o. buildings now being finish
IA On WHICH deferred payments are
60 A"a .,r as the activities usual AT
au'' -. Of the year, and which It
srod 10 push ahead as much az
sine before steady coid weather
Ranks in large commercial CEN
.gor IN the dullest times seek ~
,u, sor their funds as near 20
r.erve line as may be- in order to
an interest return on the FUNDS
.-..,es to their care. So when cal
49,, sets in. the margin Of FUNDS
s,a over and above the reserve Is
NEW to be great. Then the high
- cotton causes a strong demand
.,ooey. and the moving Of the
,,.s, crops calls for a good deal more
uenry clews in his last circular let
llNNH
ier says.
I'm trade circles there is ample con-
s,s,ce though somewhat less activity
a, sr,sin lines. Unreasonable optirn-
-, 4 giving way 20 more sober oplu-
H. and business generally is belns
~ n,ated IN more conservative lines
W. w M side complaints are heard con-
DrIng The present high level Of prices
oTiv nv consumers but also BY
5v.o,s and distributors. IL Is trun
r-ost Industrial combinations are
.ntoyine more prosperity, parity
,SyT,uh trade activity ana patty
r,,ssh their now ability through or
e.niSstion to secure better profits. La
~, is fortunately sharing this activity
IA Il well employed. But these cases
.~ nat universal. and in mercantile
rrles there Is frequent complaint or
,be cost Of doing business ana OF a.
wiaished prOfts. Consumers, TOO, are
containing. and In many cases hish
rness are already checking consump-
I'M This is especially noticeable IN
,hs cotton industry. where b price
Of the staple has been pushed up SO
iieh as TO embarrass manufacturers.
while retailers fear 10 stock up at
,1ces which compel the consumer 10
e0n0mize.'
HARDWARE OUTLOOK.
The hardware trade reports a con-
tinted gratifying condition, with bust
mss for the month just closing AZ 10 TO
% per cent increase over That Of OctO-
. hr. 1905 There has been a general
fcrease.iu staple goods, particularly IN
hH8ers hardware and material, sheet
rr,al, and material used IN construc-
tor work. Much trade is going into
sOgthen Idaho. Manufacturers Of
builders hardware say their business
fl this year is double that OF last year.
Tht stNe tade could not be better. and
The sudden dange IN the weather from
warm 10 cold win help this further.
Oriers are sill received for goods for
grng delivery. sales OF sporting
goods and material continue 10 be ex-
ceient a large Increase over the record
for last year. Collections are improv-
ipg steadily. 50 that the trade antici-
yates a very desirable condition in this
he shortly.
LUMBER QUIET.
The lumber trade reports continued
quiet times, though with fir lumber as
ending constantly 90 increase. partic-
nlarly prices on finished material which
nave gone up 81 per thousand. Pine Is
eeiang very scarce. as there was not
enough cut this summer TO supply the
Increasing demand, so that the mills
Hnnot OIL their orders. The scarcity of
cement Is reported as equivalent to A
anime, as the mills cannot secure suf-
Mient supply Of the raw material, and