The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-12-24
BUYING
THIS YEAR
H., Are Kept Busy in
/, Of Conditions That
Pinch Many.
EREcoRDS BROKEN
Esn and Grocers in Par
[,r Note That Day
| Win Be Joyous.
RECORDS BROKEN

T.. shopping. Of course has
-, week tho most important
~ with local merchants =, asa and
,,,n has materially affected
-. II bushes, and finance in
IA The flood of gold pouring
~, u thousands Of purses, the
H. which are loosest at this
- I'M year, has swollen into a
I,.r Of cash that has swept
,,r niche and corner OF the
: rCrld.
y: l,ppcd 10 Its highest mark
,,gbt when the merchants
fss, doors on the biggest day
4. year Many of tho stores
IN, 10 report greater volume
IL ihau for the corresponding
II vs;r The merchants had eT-
Erj counted upon a lesser vol
"a ~ E.iprss. so that the final re-
=. far fran disappointing
4 Crush Of Buyers.
srr dsy Of the week ushered
4 pnsimas rush and with each
A rsv by leaps and bounds until
L,y afternoon it was a lucky
,icfd that came out of the
T. OF shoppers with unruffied
ar and uninjured corns.
4 result of the persistent cam
4 fu earlv shopping promulgated
4 quarters the Christmas season
saw davs earlier this year. but
= Of this supposed casing Of the
Ivna. the final days OF tho week
Nd the same abnormal conditions
|f:,i in other wears. In tho big
lse. particularly thc department
,ts rush amounted TO serious
nE during the last two or three
y Merchants who deal in the
J. things and those whose chief
i trade consists Of staples and
= ltN necessary things. felt tho
Ear in total sales little if any,
NJ Dme Of them Jared better
hs year. il was the dealers i'll
aIso;iyc items that felt the
Ft the stringency, such as furni-
akr, jewcIry merchants and
r. As thc manager Of one big
Sii yesterday, there was no fall
~ the lumber of shoppers and
| ;C;lsscd Just as many things,
zk things wcrc of less consc.
Need for Economy.
Ent of economy, growing out
saial condition that has affected
p throughout the country all
Flls year, was manifest in every
IN hlors. The fairly well to do
r. hau bought his wife = stick
,'a4' comparatively inexpensive
y place of the $500 diamond
Esne $1,000 necklace that was his
We years before The middle
~ and women bought neckties
se'N Tor one another instead Of
houalcd toilet sets and costly
Z outfits.
hEen with the general averages
II l'aF, and holding in view the
[-Aee tendency towards supprcs.
shsl but recently began TO Iirt
30 BUSINESS world. thc 1911
~ snoEping season was an en-
lbe fact that il was not
Auaafd IN some wavs reflects
conditions rather than ON any
"ndeney. say the merchants.
NJ agfeNd that things arc on the
'.l ibc upward trend hardly
|1s iyOr 10 have q fun effect on
''flIC trade,
Shc'Hour Law Kept.
,, .s passed by The last Incisla.
n .'n.u''oS the employment of
E.g-~ ~o'c 'nan nine hours offered
~, ''E problem to tho merchants
k;,i; 10 >he big stores il proved
H., .Glt called for skillful mau.
p !, w :. overcome. However, tp tha
l... ~ zoe merchants it can he said
4, II" Inc late hours maintained
~, ,N, three days Of the week
hp. ol the law were few. if any,
~ ~ batchcrs apd croccrs ,bc wccr,
N VI sven bigger sales than thai
f ,..d re'sdes Thanksgiving day,
j., m V,toc toc heavy trade Mas IN.
a Mhether or moi they arc civ.
y, , glfts as usual il was an.
y Il. ms people arc preparing 10
y .,o,, "',lua' season as merry rs
\ gra vI Inc standpoint of The inue,
49,, and all The kindred con,
M 81, 'ue christmas season sold in
-t a volume as ever.