The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-24
|lR0ADS ARE
I BAROMETER
" Earnings Show Which
w the Business Winds
\ Are Blowing.
BUSINESS CONDITIONS
" INCREASED EARNINGS
1t Is Slack Then Earn
ngs Show a Marked
Decrease.
PRESTON G. ADAMS.

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(rr ldications OF general business
Pbs. is than railroad earnings. III
h. Ifs good the railroads show it
lis Used earnings. and when busl-
|prr.jIack. decreased earnings result.
|as httifying, therefore, to note that
h ,-nst week In March reports from
csJ railroads in all sections of the
Rro- show an increase OF 1850 per
compared with the same period
,.r.s This indication OF business
h. 10 borne out by visitors in New
u m all sections OF the country.
|MrL prices for farm products, to-
II ak1th general advances In wages,
IS. yitably result in good times for
Nor merchants and an increased
o9,zsor all classes of goods for con-
E "A About tho only element in
Ph nunity which has not begun TO
good times are the unorganiZed
Pc trkers in the cities.
" 1Squaring Themselves.
L esis taking the bull by the horns
2ses TO square the supply of cur
|ni rih the demand by uprootine 20
mkI of her currant bushes. This
IT, rides for the reimbursement OF
WI or acreage uprooted by the gov
Il rland IS designed TO curtail the
| hn OF the fruit. Brazil Is trying
one supply OF coffee so that her
|snr,Wers may secure a good price
d product. Whether or not these
d sili be more effective than the
|y rhlg and gin burning by which
|1sa nd cotton raisers in some parts
erinl t1
(o-,sns to be seen.
kunk Skins Valuable.
Know where skunks can he
N is a good time 10 catch them,
Iklns have increased in value
last two years 200 per cent
sva says Isaac Weisoerg. a fur
|istrr Moberly. Mo. Every woman
|o-rl In Paris and Berlin and the
n, tinental cities now wears one
5kunk skins on at least one OF
Ers as trimming around the bot
II Ae many are used for trimming
|Npats. This fashion started the
u N. Two years ago tine price of
Y ".lns suddenly jumped from 20
~. and IL Is now averaging IS.
|-nssrat skins, we used 10 buy
Foranted at 10 and 10 cents apiece
VIZ are bringing 81 apiece.
pa nskins are sold at auction in
Fn ffnd furriers from all parts OF
ME itend. The demand for furs of
81 Is increasing enormously, ! got
lew OF The reason at the races
] week ago last Sunday. 1 saw
|ffdlp wearing Russian sable that
nave cost cent less than
= never saw so much silver fox
~ HE. These furs come from
al 1u British Columbia, IN spite
|o5a non Impression that they come
|Nsla, and they bring fabulous
Yjne skin was sold at a sale re-
|, rx sl2Io. and the finished furs
|o- I'm $4,000 10 $1,000 The black
IN higher We ship over there
pc h3oo,o00 and 500. 900 worth of
animal skins every year. be-
- We sell over here. AS for the
VII ls an American animal, and
como from this side"
saisit Shifting the Market
P' Nl'itman. who is secretary of
OF trade OF Annapolis Royal.
H.. president of the Jumbermens
|i0@ OF western Nova Scotia, Is In
- Mr.. Whitman said the lun-
thero had been prepared TO
with regard To the tariff and
az been no settlement Of tho
fanetween Canada and the United
l1DI Tar as the lumbermcn were
tnere would have simply been
xSr' sniIting the market. Canada
|lWtto the United States as a con-
4 large quantity OF her pine"
LsnfmtIlan. and recently though
illf sdtnt question was settled. the
oeen shifting from England
ttea States. " the extra duty
IN NIL put on. We should only have
~ H,pack To England for our mar
Americans would have paid
Tor their timber"
p venting Forest Fires.
nmberman's association was
I9G pmarily 10 fight and prevent
~ II has been I'm existence
x,aLears' and our present methods
61lll forest nres have been pro-
some OF your authorities the
n stence. We have a chief fire
|uT1Pfacn county, who has fun au-
|lus appoint as many subraugers
,Igency calls for. and can order
y.in his county TO fight Il fire,
chIef ranger for The whole
lu whose service Is i'm charge
OF crown lands
petors this system was cstab-
were over $50 900 acres burnt
- sihce then We have had no
lECvered more Than 1000 acres
~ ne lumber cut this year in
s about 60 10 10 per cent Of
FIs1i'o we had no snow in the
nhye had an extremely dry
ddfeh make normal cut we have
~" rom two to two and a 6,,f
ssIsnow" A''''i
y. "Eccles Has Returned.
[lterylew. S. w. Eccles. vice
the American Smelling and
mpany, who has just returned
nhuai inspection In Mexico,
benerai found business slack
sa DuiinS me last year there
MINK tage IN the cotton and whea
bp TO the lack OF sufficient rain,
|sa. VNaS also u shortage I'm many
|Qyb byrlhg 1905: Naturally. such
no not make for a prosperity
BE- lne farmers are all busy at
|, e10 ot the year and the outlook
mr9e crop Is excellent. In
|. rlg raowins was universal and in
|t .ns planting had been begun,
crops are now we'll under
,Aoor situation is good. Wis
TOprge lumber districts and ' st
Nv,n4 mill In operation that
vfR ".
bhs " Is being constructed and
rsiu Houtput should be 300. 600 feet
pa coal mines OF Mexico are
|pU1 'Eers and make an excellent
PKG. Naturally. the low price
Dearine heavily on many OF
e mines. az il lis upon the
r. trade, but practically all
are producing satisfactorily,
dftne metal situation to right
|T0CW many. months. As soon as
~ vsstnuoh Is assured there should
|en. Improvement in general
sad Etn. while perhaps not up 10
) bp fa'lotis. ~ nevertheless eN-
Pr w.. oi five Steamships avail
o" southern Pacihc's Atlantic