The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-01
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In. W. Walker Says People Are
Deeply Interested in
Utah.
jOUTL00K FOR BUSINESS
REGARDED AS EXCELLENT
Plenty of Money for Invest
1 ment: Eastern Real Estate
Only Lacks Activity.

L. .fEastern wholesale dealers and mill
,ren are pleased with the orders re-
~eeived from the intermountain coun-
strv, and l believe buying has been
sheavier in proportion from this country
tban from the extreme west or south,
[a;d IL. W. Walker. manager of the
Eeith % 'BrIen stores. Tuesday. Mr.
walker has Just returned after i've
weeks trip in the east. during Whlch
efime he visited New York and thc
TNew England states. ac met repre-
'1entativcs Of many of the eastern mills
!. 'Orders for spring ana summer summer ,uei
rbandsc throughout the country as
whole have not come up 20 the cxpecta'
1tions of the eastern people, rs the I'M
'fression I gained from talking with the
,dcalers.
Real estate in the east is showing
little or no activity. There Is plenty
III money in the eastern banks at low
rates of interest for commercial pur.
noses Investments IN state. municipal
and railroad bonds are regular ana
khese items are taking the lead lhere
is no holding back OF money FOR leSlti
mate PROPOSITIONS. ! believe the great
reason for the unsettled conditions IN
tbe real estate market is due to the
large number of persons who want TO
seli out and come west This is true
M New York and Of the New England
Efates.
Interested i'll Utah,
SON all sides ] heard talk of the
west, Utah and Idaho being strongest
In favor AS far east as Chicago there
IS definite knowledge of the posslhili-
ties of Utah East Of Chicago there IS
more of inquiry than cf knowledge al
ready gained. On the trains and IN
hotels / found men eager to talk of
Utah when they learned ] was from
Salt Lake Many of the men met
said thcy saw salt Lake was waking
,ap and doing some liberal advertising.
The steady work of clearly advertising
our resources | believe Is having a
GOOD effect and will bring results.
7 "Most of the talk of coming west
eclters around farming propositions and
zeal estate investments IN general
There undoubtedly is a concerted move
ment in the great cities of the cast to
4 get back 20 the soil. Naturally. these
people are looking to the west for the
desired opportunities,
Salt Lakes Prospects Good.
Retail business in the east wher-
ever went seemed off. Last Saturday
] spent in Denver, That is the day
for shopping there, ! visited most OF
The larger stores and | could not help
noticing the quietncss Of trade, and
j: was almost an ideal day as to wealth
er conditions ] believe Salt Lake has
nothing TO fear and has as bright or
Brighter prospects for steady busi.
mess for the year as many of the cities
] visited, even as far east as New
York
Buying among Salt Lake merchants
for spring and summer | believe has
been about thl same rs last year. This
j Indicates a good steady business for
the coming months, Al least, we have
bought with that confidence.
'Salt Lake business men and the
people In general. let me say, display
ss much energy and hustle as IN any
fty ] visited on my trip. Not only
that. but i'll many cases Salt Lake s
Energy in business matters discounts
Eastern cities.
- am confident in the outlook for
the year. Salt Lake viii stand along
with any city in the country so far as
] can see In every effort OF progress
iveness -