The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-02
TRADING IS Brisk
IN EVERY BRANCH
vsJunle of Business Incident to
Holidays Larger Than
Ever Before.
NcRE4SED MONEY SUPPLY
FOLLOWS FALL SCARCITY
Season of Prosperity Among
Farmers Insures Solidity of
General Conditions.

:, keeping with predictions made
.,,v weeks ago, the year 1909 closed
-Hh great optimism in business cir
.,.s and with everything IN excellent
.h,,e for starting out a new year. Con
r,r- 70 the usual custom, there was
eel, or no falling of in volume of bust
.,.s fuTiowing the Christmas rush and
run,per OF merchants called attention
;, mo heavy trade the past week. One
,,otbinc merchant reported sales
.nopntirc 10 more than $4,000 IN wo-
ncnis suits alone on Monday, following
Christmas. -,
,,o,y other merchants. calls attention
- he fact that people arc well supplied
"a money and confirms the assertion
do before the holidays that Gust omers
rcro purchasing goods for Christmas
,,ossnis more than ever before. The
,oI5 weather is said TO be responsible
T., much of the late demand for cloth
mo hoth for women and for men. The
,Sfinr of sales IN many departme nts
ms slsol strengthened the demand con-
This feature will increase with the
busincss at the opening of the new
rsar Imediately after holiday season.
so.t Of the stores proceed TO take in
vsntorlcs aud sales are the next order
oj business. L; will then be only few
grcks 10 the time for the stocking up
. ,or spring trade. Following the sales
igyers will start for the eastern trade
enters 10 select new stocks,
In Hardware Trade.
II hardware lines, general trade has
b.fn good for tho past week, although
zueb of the business has been of the
oct Christmas order These stores. also.
sre couccrned In taking inventories aud
within II few weeks will begin prcpara
ions for spring business. There is n
zihcrinn Of statesmen from al parts If
bc inter.mouutaln country and from cv
n, Iocaliiy where Salt Lake City Job
ssrs do business and heads of depart
rtnts arc carrying on their yearly con-
icronres.
A strong feature of the general pros
Tenty reported from all parts Of Utah.
lA1ho. Wyoming. western Colorado ana
Nevada is inc statement made that the
i1rmcrs we're never in Il moro prosperous
condition than at the present time
This means. il is said. that the basis Of
nusl 81 Tue IlUSln'SS OF the fplnlnUnliN
/. well founded and that there can he
10 stump in general industrial condi-
tous ior a year Ut least
Money Is Easier.
Blnkers report collections improving
signify and the supplies OF money grow
&c considerably. After the first few
E0nths of the wear there will probably
h nothing of tbc slight tichtncss which
gcisilcd in the fall mouths on several
eessons.
Tic increase in money supply comes
argely from the fact that there has
bfon great decrease in the demand
llom builders and investors who wished
70 nnance large deals These operations
'l begin in a few weeks, and prepara-
ions arc nov being made 10 meet all
f'mands. As q result Of the winter sea
Sr, building materials arc somewhat
pict and the demand VIII not increase
VIy much until the opening Of spring.
tisa slenifican; fact that dnring The
reeut holiday season, nearly All of the
dcrss ran far ahead of last year and
y ,be daY before Christmas some Of
lfesiovcs had the largest trade ever
soown IN the business, In spite of the