Omaha daily bee., 1893-05-14
lNDITION OF OMAHA'S TRADE
|sather Conditions Are More Favorable for
Good Business.
'oDS GENERALLY MOVING IN FAIR VOLUME
,pious Rains in the Country Give Promise
OF n Prosperous Year--Bank Ciearings
stu Show that Omaha is stead
lily Advancing.

EThe change t. warm and pleasant weather
n is been most grateful TO business men in all
ies. The long spell Of wet and unseason-
}ole weather acted to the disadvantage OF
Sade generally aud rendered business opera
ons dull in the northern cities long after
nere had been revival In the cities farther
Duth.
During the past few days the streets have
cen full Of people out making their pur-
3hnses of summer goods and the local retail
8ealcrs have been apparently quite busy.
he change TO warm weather also has the
,tural tendency to stimulate the demand
i n all kinds of summer fabrics The weather
$ now apparently sufficiently settled to en-
oourage the commencement OF building
operations and Of public improvements on q
lrger scale, which will put additional money
nto circulation and help to keep up the
olume Of business with the retail merchants.
In jobbing circles trade has been only far,
without any very important features Of
@ crnl interest AS n rule, jobbers claim
That the volume of business thus far has
peen fully up to last season but some look
For little falling off later. Reports from
different sections Of the state indicate that
tbcre have been rains in nearly all parts,
For the present at least. This has given
Country retail dealers more confidence in the
Future, and the natural tendency will be to
1lold up the volume of business Still there
|arc complaints that good many OF the
iordcrs sent in from the country are small,
indicating that the trade in the country is
mot very active at the present time.
According TO the reports of the grain men
|therc is still very large percentage of last
years corn crop in the hands of farmers and
lwitn another good crop on top of it Nebraska
Bcould not help but experience most pros
porous season. AS soon as farmers feel rca-
sure of another fair crop the.surpus
'pf last years crop will be thrown on the
market and they will be in easy circum-
1stances Il condition that never fails to cause
an improvement in business.
While the financial conditions prevailing
in some sections of the country are naturally
,disquieting they do not appear to have pro
Iduced any apprehension in this state as the
causes are too far removed to have any local
bearing. The Wool and Cotton Reporter in
commenting upon the financial dis
turbances remarks that while spectators
were in frenzy at the exchanges
the merchants and manufacturers of the
country who do not speculate. and they are
4. he ma jOrity, were pursuing the even tenor
of their way, and the wheels of trade were
revolving at their normal rate If one listens
to the whispers of embarrassments among
some merchants and manufacturers, it will
be found on investigation that the few in.
dividual examples of disturbance are OF
parties who, while apparently pursuing Il
legitimate business, have been secretly
dabbling or delving in speculative schemes
which have had no direct relation to the
business with which in the world of trade
and industry, they were supposed to he
identified In the meanwhile, the vast con
suming power of the people keeps the de
mand close up to the production of good:
and the movement of produce.
Omaha's bank clearings still show ma
teral increase over the corresponding time
last year, amounting during the past wecl
to almost 20 per cent. The clearings of thu
past week also make n good showing a!
compared with previous weeks since thu
first Of the year.
The following will show the clearings fo
each day of the past week, together with th
totals for previous weeks: