Omaha daily bee., 1891-10-18
The CONDITION OF TRADE.
The Grain Business Growing Rapidly at
Omaha.
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TRADE IN THE COUNTRY VERY FAIR.
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Local Jobbcrs Report Goods as
Moving Freely. " it'll the Total
Volume OF business Very
Satisfactory.

The Omaha grain market. though only re-
Gently opened, has made great progress
already and gives promise Of growing as rap
idly as the 1--we stock market at South
Omaha. II is still early in the season and
coru has not yet commenced to move 10 ANY
extent, so that the offerings on this market
have been rather light so far. At the same
time there was considerable trading during
the past week. There were plenty Of buyers
here and everything offered was picked
up readily at very satisfactory prices.
This promises to develop into a great
sample market and buyers are very anx Gus
that the country should send in samples OF
gram which they may have for sale A few
were received during the past week and sold
quickly at good prices.
Nebraska inspection is being accepted all
over the country aud will soon be as well
known and as readily accepted Us that OF any
other state.
Wholesale Tr ado
OF the past week has generally been good and
jobbers as a rule are we'll satisfied with res
emit conditions and future prospects.
Local jobbers Of hardware report trade as
holding its own and as being OF sufficient
volume to keep them busy handling it, but
there has not been quite that rush that was
anticipated. Prices for the most part are
holding steady. The most important change
has taken place IN rope, which advanced one
hall OF a cent, while nails dropped DC.
In groceries there has been a very salts
factory trade. Coffee declined half a cent.
Sugar remains about the same. New beet
sugar froW Norfolk aud Grand Island will De
on the market soon. Canned goods Of all
kinds are reported TO be moving more freely.
The pack Of corn will be short this year. but
1t IS larger in Nebraska than in Kansas. A
local iobbing house recently sold 5000 cases
OF canned corn to a Kansas City wholesaler.
In New York the Bulletin observes that
In its general features the market for first
hand parcels OF groceries changes but little.
Buyers who handle actual goods for distribu-
tion possess very little OF the speculative
spirit, and when they accumulate an assort-
ment sufficient for apparent wants they pull
out and await a renewal Of necessities. AT
this season, however, there are many
localities where custom has to LOOK
somewhat further ahead than during the
summer season, owing to decreased trans
portatlon facilities, higher cost Of freight
charges, etc, and this naturally broadcns
the outlet for goods somewhat. 1t is
getting along time, too, when the line of
fancy groceries must to receive
attention and add to general volume of
trade, and, as most OF these are compare
lively cheap this year, the tendency to
economy Is likely TO be less marked. In
matter OF supplies, teas, present and pros
pective, seem TO be reasonably plenty, and in
matter of sample bulk there is evidently
enough coffee, but at present some fault
finding over quality, and highly attractive
parcels held at something like a premium.
The cane production is a little uncertain as
vet, but backward, and the amount of sugar
from beet root has not been confidently
estimated. OF other staple groceries the
assortments are fairly equal to requirements
OF the hour. On.thc market for Brazil grades
Of coffee may be found very much the old
general features. The assumption that
coffee was becoming more attractive u
buyers finding far endorsement in the
amounts taken of late and the slightly fuller
rates paid, and while some OF the trade ex-
press a belief that between the deliveries
from arriving vessels and invoices taken on
open market jobbers have accumulated
enough for present wants, this is met by the
ar .ument that holding off has been of too
protracted a character to find balance in the
amount of business as yet c~onsummatcd.
Local dealers IN dry goods report a good
demand for all seaSonable goods and the
volume Of trade is large, Prices DO not show
any very essential change.
The Bulletin reports that the tone of tho
dry goods market is unchanged in New York
and there are no Price alterations TO note.
Business for spring continues good. The de
maud for new styles III ginghams, standard
and fine dress, is of a general character
on the same price basis as last season.
and all agents report satisfactory prog
ress so far. Some new styles OF mapped
dress fabrics are opening below last
seasons range, and III both all-wool ana cot
ton warp dress goods some leading agents
have made a reduction in certain lines in
new spring makes. Reports from the west
aud northwest are growing more cheerful,
and an Improvement is also noted In some
southern accounts. In brown sheetings the
demand still runs moro on fine yarn four
yard sheetings and light weights than on
standard or three-yards, so far as orders
from jobbers and couverters arc concerned,
and these continue in very moderate supply
and firm. For heavy makes there is n mod
crate EXPORT demand, without speCial feature.