The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-27
TRADE CONDITIONS
ON NORMAL BASIS.
Aggregate Sales in All Lines
Above Normal, Despite Ad-
verse Weather.
ALL CONDITIONS FAVOR :
RECORD SPRING BUSINESS
Recent Sales Of Automobiles
Indicate Prosperity of !
Local Citizens.

Local business conditions show lIttle
change during the last week. but they
prospects for spring activity IN all,
lines is growing brighter each day. Con-a
| fdence in the situation has been shown5
| by retail and wholesale merchants. who
have ordered larger stocks Of all de-
scriptions for spring delivery than ever
before. Advance orders for lumber and5
, building mateials OF all kinds are es-
pecially heavy and the indications are!
| that Utah brick and cement manufac-4
turers will be taxed TO the full capacltyl
of their plants to supply the local de-i
mand as soon as the building seasons
opens.
Influenced by unfavorable weatherA
trade in dry goods is extremely hght1
and tho only gratifying feature IS thaba
for the dull season, aggregate sales are1
slightly above last year, An earher
opening for spring goods is expected:
however, inasmuch rs Easter comes
much earlier than usual. This fact has}
led to the placing of orders for spring
goods with instructions that all ship
ments be rushed and arrivals from tho
eastern markets will follow the. return
of the buyers closely. Most Of these
buyers will be back within the next
ten days, and. with the weather at all
favorable, spring displays will be the
rule in all of the stores within rev
DAYS Stocks of winter goods are welsl
cleaned up, and, with spring lines OF
shoes on display in the principal Stores
the demand is increasing daily
Big Demand Anticipated.
Dealers in carpets and house furnish,
lings anticipate record demand IN all
lines that will show marked lncrense
within the next thirty days, and their
stocks have been brought up to their
maximum carrying capacity Ihe grow
ing tendency for better construction IN
buildings of all kinds is showing its
effect on the market for building ma
teriais and the demand for cement and
bricks is correspondingly affected.
Hardware dealers report steady IN
crease in the demand for tools and I'M
plements of all kinds and In the I'M
plement trade largen shipments than
usual arc being made TO branch houses
throughout the intermountaln region.
Without offering any explanation LOT
the condition, local dealers report that
the last season was an extremely dull
one for stoves Of NIL kinds and STOCKS
are large. Storage is cheap, however
and with no prospect OF a drop In the
market these stocks are oeang carrleo
over with little loss.
Sales of automobiles during the last
week as the result of Utah 9 FIRST au-
tomobiIe show have been considerable
: factor in the aggregate business or tnet
!, city and the demand for maehines rang
Gates the prosperity OF Salt Lake CIT
5 Local Securities.
uLocally. trade has been rather quiet
during the week, as it is somewhat be-
tween seasons, but merchants are MAX
Z ing Dreparations for n big spring OPEN
ing says John C. Cutler, Jr,, IN his
|, weekly review OF local trade conditions
s'Real estate men say that with the
- h,, n
! struction and many good inquiries for
I business property they are looking for
$ ward TO q good summer.
HThere have been quite number
= of small sales of local securities during
: the week. A few bonds and some OF
r the more active stocks were sold, The
Continental Life Insurance and Invest
ment company paid its Z per cent an
nual dividend Wednesday,
Following are tho latest quotations
on local industrial and financial sccu-
rites. based on recent sales and on
the opinions of interested holders:
, Amalgamated Sugar Co, pfd.. ,... 500. 90
, | Amalgamated Sugar CO., com. 1893 90
Con. Wagon & Machine Co..,.,-,.. 126. 90
Continental National bank. ....-.. .13I 90
Continental Life Insurance. ....... ~ 90
s Deserct National bank. k.,........... 800 on
. Deserct Savings bank .s...,....-. 90
|, FIRST National bank Ogden ,.,... 325 90
| First National bank, Murray. ..... 1t0.0
! First National bank, LoSan...-... 220 01
. Home Fire Insurance Co ,..e,... 2l0-00
II. ]. Grant & Co. o........,..-...... 1900
Lewiston Sugar Co. .........,.--. 1880
9 Merchants bank ...4..,.-.... ....... 10 90
National Bank OF the Republic. .... ll5.0
> Ogden Savings bank 49,. .....-.. ESQ 90
Pingree National bank ogden 80. 2S5 90
Provo Com Savings bank....... 175. 90
Rocky Mt Bell Tel Co. ,......... Go 90
? Salt Lake Security 81 Trust Co., 1i7. 90
S state Bank OF Utah ,.......s..... 236 90
, Sugar City Townsite Co..,-,..... 95 90
Thatcher Bros. Banking Co, Log, los 90
nnlsi NC n q 4
lea lean Fork ,....,......,.,....... 147 90
, Utah Idaho Sugar Co. pfd........ S.93
Utah Idaho Sugar Co. com. .,,...s. .05
Utah County Light and Power Co. 90
, Utah National bank ............. 1877 90
Utah Imp. Vehicle Co. ...-...... 9S 90
Utah Savings Il Trust Co. ........ 1l2 30
Walker Bros. bankers .......-...s 250 90
| Western Loan and savings Co. :. 1l2. 0a ]
lions Savings Bank & Trust Co. 500 90
Z. c. g Home To- Bldg. s R. E Co ptd -iI.OS 100
z. G. Home Bldg. & r E, Co.. com! / 90
BONDS,
C. r. G. P. o................. 9S. 90
sumpter Valley railroad .-.-.... 100 90
: Utah Light Railway Co,........ $500
Utah County Light x Power Co.. 100 90
Utah Sugar Co ................... I03. 20
MATHEMATICAL ARGUMENT
FAV0RS HOME OWNERSHIP
} In support Of the slogan, own your
own home-why pay rent?" local real
estate firm has prepared table showing
what monthly payments OF Slo TO 500
amount 10 in tho course of few years,
Per In ten Per In ten
month. years. month. years
sl5........S2 .S2372 Sc $50 s., ,2l9. 55 I
16....,.,. $3.50. 90 "a -...... 5,37T. IL l
, 1T..,...,. 2.6SS. Sc So. 5 ,53b. SIS II
1S....,... 2,Si7 .O3 S6....... 5,6i9. % 4
l9,..,... 3,O05 20 ST....... s S52. .2c I
2o........ S, 163 SO 3S,...... 500. 80 \
2l...,..-. 1921 80 39....... GIGS. so \
22...... 3.i79.70 30....... 6.326. IL 1
23...... 3.63T 81 41........ 6 4S4 80 I
2i......,. 3 T96 .O4 49...... 6,s4S. OS I
2S....,.. 3 1854. 20 As G. sol. .23 \
&c ....., 4ll@.37 4i...... {, s,059. "a |
27..,... 4,27O.5f i6..,.... z III 90 I
2S.,.... i,12S. II 46...,. 1915 73 I
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