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Salt Lake Telegram from Salt Lake City, Utah • 30

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4 i SUNDAY MORNINGDECEMBER 19 1915 TH THE SALT SAL LAKE TELEGRAM 9 1 OWlS BUSINESS me me Folks Howl Say Howl Say the Wolf Is at the the- DoorDoor Door But But the Country Hasn't Gone to the Dogs BUSINESS IS GOOD i i- By By T. DeWITT FOSTER I long Along about this time everyyear the already tired business Ian an number in recent times have become legion what what- ver that may nay be is made much more tired and weary we RightEight say by answering that same old stock question I 1 Well how is business And its it's a hundred to one shot thatthe man who asks this this' estion has no more interest in how is business than I 1 have ve ve- lIlI 1 the date when hen the the intinterest rest is paid on government bonds For For- Sse For- ii ipse se who might misconstrue this tIus last part let it be known here pow now that my lack of concern as to when interest is paid on bonds Is not noC because I av so many of at them that the inon- inon mon mon- is of ot no conc con conc qu nce but only for the reasonason that have none at all an Neither have I bonds of ot any well wen known corporation or gas company rany any one ofthe many other ons which issue these Implements money making There are no en en- muscles on my my from the scissors clipping cUpping cou- cou ons nut But to continue on theline Une of con- con which thislittle piece for he Paper originally was Intended to to- ee aboutBusiness it was and in making this piece item story or it may betermed I am amt tempting to relieve the aforesaid red business man who hereinafter referred to only as the Che he T. B. of ot further necessity of answering times a a. day that old stock How is business Another Stock Phrase gain Again we say that the question as become merely a stock phrase uch as others of ot well known var- ty varl- varl ty always pop up about this ime me time of at the year wit to the Yuletide stuff and the Sappy and so on and so firth irth Fyi business is good Now that little word in this sentence is from the language of ot the islanders or any other of ot the sea natives but it is just a which saves space on the le message to telegraph edi- edi rs sJ Fyi Jolted me hard when first struck me and for many minutes pondered and wondered and ththenthan back that It could not be found Atha book But its it's very very sim- sim sim- lele kI te See Fyi means for tor your mUon atlon so 0 if it I hadsaid that in the place the sentence would havi hav t- For your Information business algood Even the men who are standing round with tears In their eyes and amI and bemoaning the loss of ot tariff and with what they are a nice clear vision of future vents can see the country going to Ilia Uta whooping and whooping had hard hosebose who feel that Old Man Calami- Calami Jand Hard Times already have cached their destination and unpack their trunks trunks' and stay the little old United States a White while idl that business is good and will as much excepting in political Only the other day I ran across one tIthe men who put up the usual cry of ot calamity and unset unset- ed state of ot affairs And thenfor unknown reason he ended his interview with me by saying Although Al our business is 20 per ahead of last year and that was was- ii elbest 1 ups year we ever had What at say ay brother I cried some some- a Unless my line of ot and hearing is running way schedule and so far noone has threatened to cause a sanity board lilt on my case methinks you Just folded to me a a.

long wallwail and cry out thenation being headed to warm and well filled end ld tSp So Us so Us came the tho reply Buis Bub I was speaking of the other not me not me tWell Well this must be looked into ort of an nn investigation and I if lings are that bad something should eldone tIdone done to lay in the supply ofthe Ids goods in preparation forthe ming of ot the proverbial wolf whom icy say hangs on like a bad debt he arrives ma Old Chestnut fertile the Investigation proceeded to butcher the baker the electricelectrio lit maker andallother of ot the T. ilM r. M. who are wont to have a hand hand- II lithe the operation of ot the worldsworld's com- com It was the same old chest- chest aree tin every place where the stand- stand rot of investigation was planted Well I Understand that things are pretty bad shape However com com- Jour business is far in excess of year Do you peddle any munitions of rj sech things as are used by fighting men across the seas No IiNo my business has not been af- af- af ted by the war war that condl- condl Didn't you Just say ns were something awful an and re re your our piece about I 1 remember In 93 03 or 70 Tes es s. yes of course but I was only essing my sorrow for the other ow w.

li hr I get you now now was as love Of fellow man which Kight about this hue and cry of andfor that very same reason to help out poor old T. B. M. 1 IP put a stop to these human jok- jok ILand who Iwho all the time are asking how business and at the same time Ume lw wanting to know or already have Information on thothe subject that dont don't have to read the weekly rIB its on business conditions ingsing's AreAra Greater just st to show you how Is busl- busl we find after atter a little search thetho suffering public in Salt Lake his has been able ablo this year to in- ase Ine In In- I ase se its savings only little more more- tt 1 and that deposits deposit in commercial accounts which mark trend of ot trade have shown such increase that some of ot bankerslankers are wondering what they to do if it thothe Increase co- nis const con- con st is does not apply to the far tar wild woolly West alone but also back scorn belt Recently a banker that that section let mein on a little of his woe He lie had so much In his bank barile that there WIl- Ser was WIlS er of ot breaking the vault by not lend a little 1 end nd to who The poor down down- en I iJen en farmer who was so poor this that he was only able to take I 25 per cent of ot the total auto- auto pr production of ot the nation is In 11 game ame fix The farmers not only i own the banksbut have more money than the bankbanle They must be content content content con content with clipping coupons coupon from government and Es Is I tell you jou ou things are tough And there is another thing which cannot be explained and which the howlers howers of woe and misery I dont don't even tr try The last two years have brought forth abundant and bountiful crops and so far tar as can be seen the ov over production point of ot which so much has been en said has not been reached although the harvests harvests harvests har harvests of grain have been the largest in In the tho history of ot the nation And corn con 1 has not been selling at four cents cenis a bushel Dushel and so far we have not heard of at anyone sticking it in the thi stove in lieu bfof other fuel tuel To date it has been possible to sell the corn buy coal and then have a few pennies pen pennies left with which to take up part of the automobile crop Times are sure bad From li HT UI l' old New York which up to the last few tew years rears has held tightly tightly tight tightly onto the purse string of ot the nation comes the report that the other Jay the Hie second instalment of ot the Anglo Anglo- French loan amounting Daunting to more th than was paid But it never turned a a. hair and the low rate of ot Interest at which money could be be- had did not even let out one feeble little quiver but remained firm and strong at 3 per cent And the taking away of ot this little hunk of the worldsworld's wealth which wealth which I would say was quite some hunk hunk did did not even make a It little lit little lit little dent on the available supply of ready money Again we say things is sure tough I Even en the steamship companies are having hard luck and one company reports that it will be able to pay pa but 17 11 per cent dividends this year on its stock Another who fears tears the th coming of peace threatens to spend a da day on telegrams to all parts of the nation urging measures measures meas- meas ures to bring about thethc settlement of ot the European war Still there are some who Insist that the apparent prosperity has come only because of ot the war And this in face of ot a day to stop the slaughter All AH Are Employed Business again we say Is good and apparently the world is getting goo- der goo- der good 01 er all around American publishers report an increase se Tri lit the Bible bus business busl- busl ness of ot ov over 50 60 per cent above the best previous year And And notwithstanding notwithstanding standing the peace argosy on which Henry Ford and his corps took pas- sa passage passage pas pas- sa sage several days ago after paying for tor the loan of ot a a.

steamship on which to make malte the trip there Is no noticeable chan change for the worse in business and industrial plants of ot the nation are worried and sore because the machines wont won't run any faster Aint it tough From old New England comes the message to the nation at large that unemployment has forever been banished from that section andarid that there are about more workmen employed than there ever was before WeWo will wUl admit here however however how however that war orders havebave had something something something some something to do with the remarkable state of ot affairs In New England Stocks on thetho several stock exchanges exchanges exchanges ex changes In the nation arearc up but thefinancial and stock exchange editors editors editors edi editors have written there Is no speculative speculative speculative features so often otten of ot late that it has become a stock phrase Clever Just to show yon 06 how really bad conditions are and how quick th the people are to take hold and to have have- tt Of every little piece Ot of money within reach the majority of ot the shareholders holders hold holders of ot the Guggenheim Exploration company are electing to accept Ken Kenen- en- en ott Copper shares rathrather than cash for tor their Interest in the company's holdings of ot Utah Copper Even the express companies who let out a long loud wailwall when the parcel post went intobusiness and let it be known the they sure were going bust are looking up right pert One concern which was among among- those present in the Ule Weering weep weeping Weer- Weer eef I ing and wailing recently declared ll a i dividend of ot 1 50 a share Along this same line nine of ot the leading express companies reported earnings I for one month this this' I year against less than for the tt-e samp same month of 1914 Pittsburg Is Suffering Pittsburg has come In for tOl a little of ot the tou tough luck and the steel mills are now being forced to dispose if 11 their product at only 11 aton a a. a ton inin advance over the low markmaik of of last December r. Railroads are crying andnd are are sadsail I and sore There is ar congestion a-congestion of ot business so great a congestion in I fact tact that one road was forcedto put an embargo on freight ht while an another another an- an other line recently sentnt In an order I an-I to to- a to- a to- aa car builder for tor new box cars cars- to cars- to cars- toto care for the traffic A Again aln much muth hard sleddingsledding- which might but it I doesn't indicate that old friend Wolf was at the post and just lust a rearing 1 to go Boston sent out a report that there is dancer daner of ot a coal coat shortage in the industrial districts of the state stat About tons of of bituminous coal oal is III consumed pe per annum annum In ththe New England industrial centers and this self lf same authority for the re report report retort re- re port tort of ot thecoal shortage says There is at present a great gret demand for tor bituminous bituminous bituminous bitu bituminous coal and I dontdon't think even after atter the war Is over we are to see any material recession Industry Industry In- In will right ht ahead with the expansion of business I CapperCopper sales have surpassed all records and again admission Is marlmad that the war is although not I wholly responsible and producers I have sold five the and In porno Fomo cases days davs ahead Busi Business esl failures fail tall i ureaures have even shown a a. falliner ot Indeed One On packing company shows an increase of more mOTe than ot fi of business for this year vear over last year Nice There has haR bbeen en launched a new enterprise In theIndustrial worl i known as aR lh th th American International corporation that has surpassed any thin on record 1 for tOl big big- financing financing- It will have he for Its Us purpose mose the enlargement enlargeenlarge- ment of ot foreign trade Now therefore Mr T. B.

M. tbthe the- old I old stock stork sUon has about been I answered Of ot course It would be possible possible pos pos- i sible to continue this enumeration of Industrials and commercials for tor another column But why II Business is good and I got other things A to do Unnecessary essar Risks The Investor who without special training or experience In- Securities in in- Securities insecurities Securities undertakes to select his own investments is taking a distinct risk rill of ot losing both principal and inter interest st st. Before placing your money at interest consult our Officers 1 who will be pleased to furnish you with advice and information informa- tiontion on this Important matter Such a consultation will place you under no obligation what what- i i- SaltSalt Lake Security Trust Co 32MAIN Capital and Surplus I iF ALL THIS I I We Will Allow a 10 Per Cent Discount Discount Dis Discount on Every Purchase You Make Buy Your Mens Men's Wear in in Our Mans Man's Store Main Street 1 Our Salesmen Salesmen Work 8 Hour 8 Shifts Open 8 a. a m. PAYS PAYS- you ji II CloClose FOR 12 I ii MERE Midnight I I IPP 1 0 Big Reductions on Xmas Jewelry The fREE Most FREE Value I Every Article SoldSale Every Article Sold Her Engraved For or Your Her Engraved Free Free Money oney I Just a Few of Our ny Specials WIt SACH THE RELIABLE JEWELER SOUTH MAIN STREET CUFF LINKS WATCHES Solid gold hand engraved regular reg reg- High grade year 20 gold filled ular HOO Our CutCot tt 1 QC 95 17 Jeweled regular 2250 2260 val val- Price 1 i ue tie Our Cut 14 1495 Price Many others to select from CHILDSCHILD'SSETS Guaranteed German Silver regular value aloe Our QC 95 Solid goldlarge assortment Pr values to 1750 Our OUt Cut Price i Cut Price TO 1000 GENTS' GENTS WATCH Other values as good in high grade Diamond Settings CHAINS CHAINS UMBRELLAS guar High grade go gold filled guar guaranteed an teed 20 years complete as assortment as as- Strong specials on high grade all styles styles to select ladlesladies s' umbrellas values to from values to Our 1500 Our Cut Price Price- Cut TO Price Our Guarantee With Every Article A Visit to Our Store Will Convince You A More Days to Go Go- tt 1 nt 2 Te ou CULVER AUTO Contest Next Wednesday 9 o'Clock Cr I 1 9 a s- ii I t- a w- i i ti L- ll 4 1 4 2 h- rr i THE GRAND PRIZE IN THIS CONTEST IS NOW ON EXHIBITION AT THE TELEGRAM TELE TELE- I GRAM OFFICE Thin This is the lastand official standing of contestants and includes all votes cast up to 12 o'clock ck yesterday Any errors must be reported before 10 o'clock a.

a m. Monda Monday a Is Standing of Charles Charle C. Freed 1007 First avenue Lyndall 1304 South FifthFirthEast 1001 Raymond 2 27 Modern place Roy Ferre North Third West Co 5 o- Marie Wishart 56 Earl Parry West Jackson 1 9 1 Marie South West Nest Temple Jack S' South i Eleventh eC West st Max l' Peters 10 Vissing court Hilmer FO Forslund hU ld Chase court 1510 Clifton Blankenship Jr 34 South Second cond East 1 Edward Sargent NorthFirst West Vest MarieMacie Roberts 1472 1472 West Seventh South i 1 John Hunt South First West Yest 0 Roscoe Rocoe Irvin Irving West Vest Sixth South A Bertha Howarth 2280 South Ninth East 8 Ned Har Hardman man SouthSecond West Yest 1 Albert Stephenson Fifteenth South and Twenty first East st st. Franklin Hinebaugh South West Nest Temple Albert Bernsen Bernen 1054 Euclid avenue Arthur Leatham tham 71 North Seventh West i Howrad E. Williams East Sixth South I.

I 30 Parley West Vest Ninth South 1 Clyde South Ninth East 7 Ambrose Higham Eighth avenue i Owen Iverson East SeventhSouth Lynn Wright South I Eleventh East i Alvin Taylor i 11 Claude Brown 1053 WestFifth South i TomTorn Cronin Conway court VV 7 Violet Terry 3 Adams avenue Harold Parker South Elg Eighth th West 7 Phillip I rS Marron street Lawrence Anderson 1350 Lincoln street Jack Jacl Avery 1210 South Eighth East st st. Thelma North Seventh 6 Sin Arthur Knighton Glendale t. v. un Albion Caine Sixth avenue ue Harold Reynolds West Vest Seventh South Ralph Rich I street RobertHobert II H. Wilson 1127 Johnson f.

Thelma Cramer Dau Leroy Robertson South Third East Sam Nell Second avenue 58 0 Freddie Rose Fern Fein avenue 4 Alvin Hagen 1210 Sherman hf Aldwin Ta Taylor lor 1167 Bueno Clarence Fraze West Second North 1490 Ernest Erichson Bingham Add Buffington Buttington South Main Magdalen Mackintosh North Fifth West DavidCooke 1063 West Fourth South Summer Barton 1045 Lincoln i Joseph Gasser 79 SouthSeventh West Vest 4 41 iro liO Algern Parker South Eighth West Vest 1 NorlenNorien Albertson AlbionIdaho Seth Oberg Brooklyn avenue Robert Dust 1323 Lincoln Pear Boshart 2413 Highland Drive Blain ChatelainChatel in South Third East I Lester ester Winters State George Calver 1328 East Sixth South Mabel Anderson South Fourth East 41 RaymondHaymond Pawson city city 2650 Lee Le Nicholson Eighth avenue Annie Butte West FirstNorth 2410 LaG LaGrand rand Mosby West Vest Second cond North A A li r. Werner erner East First South r. 2350 Paul William Sweeney Vine street Murray 4 80 14 Ben Johnson South Seventh East t. Marmin Evans 1596 South Fifteenth East 1 Arthur D. Harris GenesseeGenessee- 1 2170 Reginald North Eighth West T.

Lawrence YoungToung 2090 GallGail Griffin South Seventh West Vest Kendall Wendall North Fourth West Provo v. 1960 1160 Leroy Winters North Se Second ond West Marvin Roberts 12 Stewart apartmentsapartments- 1600 Arthur Thelma Barnett East Ninth South uth 1520 1620 Charles Wilson Vilson 1860 South State I t- Ray Louise Griggs West Vest Second North 1300 Ray ay Butcher Roberta Ortho Harding North Seventh Se West Provo 1290 Arthur Hardy West Vest Seventh South South- 12 80 John Robinson 12 13 Stewart apartments 1210 LynnPapworth II street i i Ernest 1064 West Vest Fourth South i i- 1130 Alvin Mawson South Third East W. E. Furner East North Ninth South 1010 William J. SilverSliver Center Hyrum South Ninth West Edward Fitches WesL s.

Jackson Knowles Piercy street o. Max Friedman Murray Gertrude II Doxey Bountiful Paul Bishop Euclid avenue d. t. Robert Hobert Marcroft South Eighth West i John Farley SoutiSeventh East Fred Johnson South State Jessie Tessie Mace Mac South Eighth West Vest Marvin benberg 54 West First South Alfred Allred Peterson South Third East ai v. 4 Claude Paris FastEast Second South Theodore ThE Fickes East Sixth South Lloyd Larson South Fifth East i Daniel Johanson Fifth avenue Benedicta Benedict Maybee South Second West ElIzab Elizabeth South uth NinthVest West Wilber Sterling North Seventh West rest I jo 00 0 Remember The Ballot allot Box i is now closedlocked and sealed fi It There is a prize for all who work A Em an and WI will win 11 no nott be reopen reopened d- 1 and who in leleast until the judges make ththe turn at at 5 Given on every dollar subscription sub sub- vi- vi 1 final count Prizes will be awarded the thee.

day money turne turned d. in in- the In 1 1 0 the last three days before Christmas 4 j. Y- Prepare for a Whirlwind 4 Finish CENTRAL MARKET Will OPEN WEDNESDAY OvOver at the newest mark market in town the Central Market company's place on the south side ot of First South street between Main and state 2 Manager Manager Man Manager ager W. C. Janks is 19 engaged engaged in having hav hay ling ing bushel after atter bushel of oi candy stored Janks Tanks is Is' not preparing for tor for- the for- thethe holiday trade th this candy will not be sold sold sold-It It will be given given away The big new market will be formally formally for tor mally opened next Wednesday afternoon afternoon after after afternoon at 3 o'clock it was officially announced yesterday esterday The people of ot Salt lt Lake ate are invited to visit the he market inspect the new new equipment and stock and to be sure and br bring ng the kiddies that they may get get in on some of the aforementioned candy Each stick sUck will bear the words CEn- tral Central Cen Market so that on the opening day the name of ot lh the market will be In everybody's mouth The storeroom was wa decorated arranged arranged arranged ar ar- ar- ar ranged and equipped quipped at a cost said to be nearly ne-arly Among the special ape ape- cial features in addition to the regular regular regu regular Jar gro grocery en and meat business will will-be be be- aa sausage maO manufacturing department dep A specialty of ot all I pork sausage made in the market will be featured Fresh meats poultry etc will be kept on display by means of ot an ice- ice less refrigeration on for tor windows and display cases W.

C. man man- agerager is a veteran at at the business having been in the market business bulnes on a large scale in tn Detroit before coming here Harry Kraack ck will Jill be Grocery department mana manager er SALT LAKE HEALTH CONDITIONS ARE IMPROVED I But 12 Cases Cases ofInfection I Lust Last Week Against II 41 Last Year I I- SaltSalt Lake Lalee was given another clean bill of health during the past week as I shown In a comparison of weekly re reports reports reports re- re ports of ot the city boardof health is issued issued is- is I sued yesterday with the report for for- the for- the I the corresponding week last JaRt year During the past week but 12 cases of ot I contagious a and infectious diseases were reported te teo to the health authorities authorities ties ties- while du during the same week Yeek last year a total of ot 41 cases were re reported reported reported re- re I ported I IAA total of 52 births and 33 deaths I were reported during the past week a a 0 slight decrease from the number re reported reported re- re re 1 ported during the same week last last I year when 74 7 births and 34 deaths were wele ei I reported i At thoclose of ot the past week a total i of 5565 houses remained in quarantine I this being a decrease over the same i I week last year when 89 houses were in quarantine I The weekly school report was also I issued yesterday and follows Weekly school rep report rt December 18 Visits to schools 95 rooms visited I number examined 1184 number I inspected permits issued permits refused 70 excluded 52 62 I referred to medical inspector 11 cultures cul cul- I tures tunes taken taleen 12 12 minor dressings 28 28 homEhomer visits 39 parents to schools 37 i I Causes for tor exclusions exclusions Impetigo Impetigo 5 18 IS eye infection 6 unclassified unclassified unclassified 20 suspected 1 suspected chicken pox 2 2 Medical and surgical treatments ob obtained ob- ob Adenoids Adenoids 12 enlarged tonsils ton ton- ails sils 15 Hi defective detective vision 2 unclassified fiedtied 2 2 REAR STRANGE MONUMENT COPENHAGEN Dec 18 A 18 A monument monument monu- mentment constructed of fragments of ot torpedoed torpedoed tor tor-tor- tor ships washed ashore ashore has been erected at Hornum on the Isle of ot I lt In the North sea The monument monument monu- mentment which takes the shape roughly of ot a submarine rests above an Eng- lIsh English English Eng English unexploded mine also washed ashore nearby The Danish West Indies comprising thethree Islands St St. Croix St St. Thomas and St. St John have an aggregate area of square miles The inhabitants inhabitants most of whom are of the negro race are engaged in the cultivation of sugar sugarcane cane cotton fr fruit and vegetables bles Ne I.

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