Many of the smarter travelers carried their "excess" goods to Salt Lake City where they could trade them for new supplies and/or money.

But that has succeeded primarily in creating excess and unwanted goods.

Factory stores started to offer damaged or excess goods to employees at a low price.

A slow down in economic activities means markets might not clear, leaving excess goods to waste and capacity to idle.

If spending falls and prices do not, the excess goods reduce the need for workers, increasing unemployment.

If you do not pay duty on any excess goods they will be liable to forfeiture.

Having cut prices to sell the excess goods that began piling up last year, many companies will soon be able to increase production again, economists said.

Some travelers carried their excess goods to Salt Lake City to be sold.

Increasing inventories can cause concern about a slowdown because businesses may be forced to cut back production while they dispose of excess goods.

The name refers to the rotting piles of excess goods outside his storehouses.