The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-11-28
HOLIDAY BUYERS
GET BUSY EARLY
Advance Sales Are Good and
Indicate Much Heavier
Buying Later.
A NEW BANK IS OPENED
PLENTY OF WORK IN STATE, AND
RESIDENTS ARE OPTIMISTIC.

lit HuSSNAoA put Up 70 ttA5 EStaiA bHA-
chaser as to whether he wanted TO do
his holiday shopping leisurely or during
the frantic rush at the finish Of the
buying season, before Christmas. was
answered this week, and answered in q
way that brought hope to the heart Of
the storekeepers and the army OF
clerks.
The stocking Of stores for the holiday
trade must have been accepted as 3
challenge, for ready money came pour
ing in and scores and scores Of families
have already purchased the greater
portion Of things tor Christmas, leaving
the few odds and ends to the final squirt
a few weeks from now. That there Is
widespread prosperity was shown by
the early and rather unstinted buying.
The sermons to get IN early" preached
year after year, are having their effect.
and so long as good times continue, the
buying public viii doubtless do the bulk
of the Christmas shopping before the
last night Of grace.
The feature CT the retail trade this
week has been the display Of holiday
goods, the demand for novelties and
the movement in accepted commodities
that have always found a ready market.
The department stores have put on q
more snowy appearance than ever bs-
fore, and the variety seems unlimited.
The stores viii see a busy rush through
out the season. Prices are higher than
ever, If possible, but wages are like
wise higher, and work has been plenti-
full all year, so that one is an Offset
against the other.
While there is increased activity In
the retail trade, he wholesale houses In
Salt Lake, Ogden and other parts OF
the state have been running to capacity.
the forces working overtime to send out
shipments to the territories which they
supply. Activity In the jobbing and
shipping lines seems TO be reaching a
| faster pace than ever, while the manu-
| factories Of various commodities have
about them the air Of incessant work.
The last week has seen the start Of a
new bank at Bingham, IN which Salt
| Lake capital is interested. II viii be
| called the Citizens State bank, and
viii have a capitalization Of $50 900,
with Rodney T. Badger as president;
Jerome Bourgard as vice president, and
William BUchhOlz as cashier and local
manager. The fact that the Utah Ma
tionRl bank lends the name OF one or
its ablest officers TO the new institu-
ton should be a mark Of security and
| strength.
Business District Expands.
A general review of the weeks BUSH
ness shows that there has been e Wild
| ening of the retail district and that
| business men have cast about for other
places than Main street as substantial
| Stands for the operation Of their own
/ particular lines. The announcement
! that q new department store viii be
| erected on State street to house an
LID -
shopper in making the rounds, but q
| also indicates a healthful condition OF
! commercial life.
| Eastern confidence IN western seougi-
| ties remains mistaken, money can be
| obtained at easier conditions OF inter
| est, new capital Is ready to step IN
| when anything interesting is shown
| and the building operations IN railroad
| ing have merely accumulated the seour-
/ ity OF the situation. All Of these con-
/ ditious have laid q foundation for the
/ betterment Of conditions among the
| householder or tenant, the shopper %
small things and the purchaser ox
| large.
Radiating from Salt Lake are beams
/ OF confidence that strike other parts OF
/ the state with reassuring welcome.
/ Governor Spry returned during the
week from Dixie, where he found busi-
/ ness good the country on the boom.
| and a general appearance Of satlsfao-
/ ton and confidence.
/ Another feature OF the state OF sat
| isfaction in Salt Lake is the fact that
work has been plenty. Any able-bodied
| man need not be out OF employment,
! even now, although building operations
have slackened a BIT owing to the
/ change IN weather. During the week
| at a meeting Of retail merchants an un-
| 7ercurrent Of satisfaction was shown
al the manner IN which grocery and
butcher bills are paid UP. The per-
| centage Of delinquents is not so great
! as Il was year ago.