The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-02-25
SALT LAKE JOBbERS
LIKE THE PROSPECTS
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tho fact that we recently bought out
the enormous business of the l y l.
stores company in tnis city and merged
the business with that which we for
merry ran as n scparae institution, BY
means oi that consolidation we have
at the present time Tho largest eEclu-
sive furniture aud carpet house in the
rutirc west--aud | doubt IL there is
any larger in the United States. We
snip TO Idaho, Nevada, Wyoming and
portion OF Montana, as well rs serving
the retail trade throughout Utah. We
doing a big business right now.
and we can sec nothing ahead but bet
trrneut FOR u long time TO come. We
keep ninety people busy here In the
store. and we expect that our grow
ing activity Will necessitate the en-
ployment of others very soon. The
last thirty days seem to have brought
an awakening in our line of trade and
IT looks as II we are going TO be very
much alive from now. on. Let me give
YOU an Illustration that I think ought
TO furnish some evidence OF improved
Advertised Tor statesmen a few days
ago. utilizing every available medium
for that purpose. But twenty five aD-
plicants came in. showing that the
number of unemployed In tnat busl-
ness is small indeed. especially when
YOU come TO consider the fact that
ready employed and were simply seek
ing TO better themselves or get a
change of place merely for the sake
splendid and we have no reason what
ever to take any other than a cheer
ful View of our prospects.
ROYAL w. oAYNEs. Sales Manager.
Consolidated Music Company-Our To-
cal business is fully as good as at this
time last wear. In our shipping trade
We find that there Is great Increase
i'm the demand for talking machines
monographs: In fact, we are totally
unable 10 fill our orders because of in
ability OF the manufacturers to turn
out the machines fast enough. l men
ftr fnNN ~. nj, ~
lhere is an appreciable release as
against the tighter conditions that
prevailed a short time back We carry
states and up into the northwest, and
We even serve a portion of California
on that account our own situation Is
falr barometer by which TO Judge
the business OF other sections. You
know. when Ii comes 10 pianos, or
cams. sheet music. brass and reed band
| and so on. people do not buy them until
their necessities are first supplied So
that wncn improvement comes, as If
has done, in our limo. it is a good
sign; We are satisfied and feel sure
of the future.
r.. j. DlNWooOEY, MANAGER General
General Electric Com mpany~Prospects
IN our business arc extremely good.
dr 5meTe ,eaf are Ga, sTS,iSt ,i many projects uu-
| on our supply department. There are
some big power and irrigation works
| III cOllSlIuCllou IN luunO especially. and
these will call for motors and trans
| mission Dne equipment in great uian-
titics, Some of the pumping plants
that are being put in are big affairs.
| cosllnS large amounts OF money In
| their equipment we expect 20 do our
share. along with other concerns here
In our Inc. II al helps and we feel
| that this year will go beyond last In
the point Of volume OF business In our
| lines,
CHARLES LIVINGSTON, Assistant Man.
aaer the Joseph Nelson Supply Com
! paw mad splendid year in 1911,
| are showing up even better We are
very much encouraged at what has al
ttea9y been done by us in the jobbing
supplies. and from the way in which
orders are being received we will heat
| last years good business by big mar
| gin, especially so If local firms be given
| preference in the extensive contracts 10
be let locally this year-that is. given
preference with other conditions equal
! We do big business in southern
| Idaho. western Wyomius Nevada and
| Utah. and in all OF the states named
so lar as we arc concerned the outlook
| is really fine,
&c. TEAvER, Credit Representative the
well JeWeiry Company-We are whole
salers and Jobbers in jewelry watches
and clocks, serving Utah, Idaho, Wv
oining; NeV2da aud portions OF Colo
! RADIO, California and Oregon Our bust
ness extends over large territorv
Throughout all of it we find conditions
10 be good; Since October l of last
| year there has been an appreciabe in
crease; money being easier and colIec-
tions less difficult. In this latter re-
| spect the situation is vastly improved
over that OF last year
L. G. OlNWooOEY, Assistant Manager
the H. OInWoodey Furniture COMPANY
Our Iobbing trade has maintained lis
volume very well, and although there
mas been no extra rush in our retail
corresponding period last year Fingn-
cial conditions are good and there is no
reason why the year 1912 should not
show up. stronger in trade than the
year Just past. / don't think the fall
campaign and election are going 10
hamper business a bit
n, S. HUGHETT, Credit Representat,vc
the Smith Bailey Drug Company-We
nave iound collections within the last
sixty days to have been a great deal
more ready than for long time past.
IRIS We always regard as a good n6i-
caton, bechuse IT denotes the presence
OF more 6ourishinS retail business.
We think That trade ought TO improve
materially by April /, especially in This
city, In fact. ths evidences we have
at hand OF this prospective hefterme, =
are sufficient to give US ample cont
dence. outside of Utah we sell 10 Ida =
no. wyoming and Nevada, and reports
received from these various trade ar
teries all bear an optimistic tone.
Smelter Supply Company-In our bust
ness there Is q marked improvement
over that OF the first two months In
1911. So far in this year the Inquiries
in our line have been Of far greater
volume than in similar period here
tofore. They come from the smaller
mining operators and prospecting
camps, and this. TO us. is always re-
sarded as a splendid sign of increasing
activity While there are no big
smellers Or mills in construction here :
abouts at the present time, tbe total
OF our smaller business is footing up
greatly 10 our satisfaction. Looking
over tho records OF 190S-9-10-Il, VIC
find every good cause for viewing the
present improved situation with the ut-
most confidence. | notice that some
attention IS being paid locally to pump
ing plants for irrigation purposes. IT
is astonishing that this has not been
looked into before in the interests of
agriculture have no doubt that with
the installation OF numerous small
plants Of this sort We could secure a
cheap Gistillatc fuel that would render
their operation most economical and
advantageous 10 farmers. All these