The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-07-11
BETWEEN SEASONS
SHOWS IN TRADE
Demand for Summer Goods In
dicates That Vacation Sea-
son Is On.
SALES ARE FEATURES
OF WEEKS BUSINESS
Finances Are Strong, and Build
ing Operations Stimulate
General Conditions.

Reports from business men over the
city during the past week indicate that
it is almost between seasons, with the
summer trade drawing to close and
fall trade not yet begun. Not that
this situation has caused any falling
off in trade but the features of trade,
especially i'll retail lines, are in the sale
of those things which belong essentially
TO the vacation season, with lightweight
clothing for both men and women in the
lead, and sporting goods, including
fishing tackle, hammocks and the like,
and automobile supplies, forming
large portion of the goods sold.
Already many of the buyers have left
for the eastern trade centers, where
they will get into touch with the diff
ferent markets look over suggestions
for the fall business and prepare IN Il
general way for the coming of cold
weather. The shoe dealers and furnl-
ture men start earlier in the season than
other dealers, and dry goods men will
not leave for several weeks yet. The
movement, however, shows the general
tendency Of business, and from now on
through the summer features of trade
will be in strictly seasonablc goods, and
with gains, especially in wholesale lines,
in the demand for stocks to anticipate
the early fall trade.
Clearing Out Sales.
Dry goods stores have been having
their annual summer clearing out sales
and rs Il result there has been more or
less os rush for women 5 summer
dresses, skirts and waists, ladies neck
wear trimmings, embroideries, handl<cr
chiefs and yeilings. Millinery has been
light, because of the fact that women
do not generally purchase healwcar I'm.
less it is really needed and the warm
weather especially is not conducive to
the sale of this class of goods. There has
been an excellent demand for ladies
gloves, summer wash materials, leather
goods. novelties in Jewelry, ornaments,
stationery and toilet articles.
The trade IN house furnishings, fur
niture. carpets, rugs and draperies, holds
up remarkably well, it is said, consd
erimg the time of year, and men S fur
nisdings and clothing and suits for out.
ing purposes have been in great de
mand
Another feature of the week has
been the call for garden hose. gasoline
stoves and refIigerators. Hammocks, /
tents and camp supplies of all kinds
have also been sold in large quantities.
Photo supplies. including cameras,
films and apparatus for finishing pic
X
The automobile dealers have been hav-
ing almost run on the stores for sup
plies for machines, and the call for
tires castings, horns, lamps, toobags
and the like has been heavy. Light
driving harness has sold unusually we'll
and saddles have been in great demand, !
for riding purposes especially, from the
country districts.
Demand for Fencing.
One feature of the week S sales, !
which has indicated great activity
among the farmers. is the demand for
wire fencing. Several times during the
spring the call has been heavy for
poultry netting, but the recent demand
has been for wire. both barbed and
barbless, for strictly fencing purposes.
The call comes from the country dis
tricts of Utah and Idaho, and is re-
garded as an excellent indication of the
fact that newcomers are taking upl
farms in outlying localities. A good
deal of the call comes from the recently
opened irrigation projects, especially
the Strawberry project. The farmers
all over the state, alsc, are calling for
poultry netting TO keep in their flocks.
Reports from the country merchants
show considerable satisfaction with
conditions. and trade seems to be ex-
cellent all over the intermountain coun
try
The call for mechanics tools and
hardware has been large. and the de-
lhand for builders supplies has been
IN keeping with the amount Of build
ing that is being carried on. Reports
from contractors and architects iudi-
cate that there is Il great quantity of
work going on, and the erection of new
homes has stimulated the call for build
ers' hardware and supplies as we'll as
the trade In furniture IN view Of this
the lumber business has been good, with
shipments OF stock coming in as rapid
" as freight conditions will permit
The large number, it is said, as an ad-
junct 10 the work and the retail lumber
yards, consequently, appear to be do
ing an unusually active business.
Finances Strong.
Continued excellent business condi
tiors reflect the financial market and
reports show the general condition
especially strong, There appears to be