Omaha daily bee., 1895-03-03
CONDITION UF OMAnA'S TRADE
LEGAL Jobbing Situation Remains Prac-
tically Unchanged.
COUNTY, COLLECTIONS CONTINUE SLOW
Orders fer Goods Came Freely After the
Rain Only a Moderate Business Autici-
pattd for the Near Futurc-Doings
of the Manufacturers.

The most important feature of the past
week, so far the business interests OF
Omaha are concerned, was the rain which
extended over the greater portion of the
state. The jobbeis are recivi 6 a gooi many
letters from the country stating that the
feeling of confidence has been restored in
great degree, both among the farmers and
business men. AS an evidence of the better
feeling produced in the state the jobbers of
this city received flood of orders the day
after the rain. AS one of them observed. 1t
seemed as IL every retailer in the state sat
down and wrote out an order for goods and
continued at that occupation as long as the
rain lasted. This little spurt of business,
however, was all over in day or two after
the rain. and business settled down into the
usual routine.
Every fort possible Is being brought forth
by the jobbers and manufacturers to make
up for loss of trade in Nebraska by extend
ing their business into new fields Some
houses have been very successful in working
up very fair trade in fields that have
been hitherto neglected by the jobbers of
this city. Not only are goods being shipped
to distant western states, but to the east as
wen. prominent local manufacturer has
Just taken man off of western territory for
state. probably Illinois. Omaha merchants
and manufacturers are now reaching out
after trade farther than ever before.
In Nebraska there Is no prospect of bust
ness being otherwise than quiet for the next
,. few months, and jobbers as a rule, are not
looking for much business at home until
after new crop is grown.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
The market on country produce has shown
considerable change during the past week,
30 far as prices are concerned. The mild
weather has had a tendency to increase the
receipts of some lines while the same cause
. has shortened the time during which per-
ishable goods could be held.
The egg market has attracted a good deal
Of attention, in fact, the most interest has
been taken in that branch of the trade
strong { fort was made to h ID up pri ses, but
as the weather continued so warm and the
receipts began to increase, there was de-
cided inclination among dealers to keep
Their their stocks eleened out and the rush to sell
n good deal of speculation in eggs this
son, and some, very neat sums of money
have been made by spectators at some of
the larger market centers. Eggs have been
shipped from California to Chicago. an un-
been dependent for her supply of eggs to a
great extent upon the east and it is quite
and eggs sent from the the coast cast eastward ABOUT
The butter market is very. dull and prices
are low on all grades. A large proportion
sold for packing stock
The poultry market was, also easier on
account of the warm weather. forcing the
without delay.
LIVE STOCK SITUATION.
The past week has for the most part been
quite. favorable to the sellers of live stock
of all kinds. The continued light receipts
OF cattle at this ana all other markets has
tended to put prices up quite rapidly, and a
very material advance was scored during
the week. The hog market has also shown
some little improvement, the highest point
since February g. having been touched dur
ing the past few days.
The most interesting features of the mar
ket, however. is the continued light receipts
of cattle. During the past month there ar
rived at this point 32,SO5 head, as against
50,I1S for the previous month of January,
and 50.9is head during February of last year.
February 1t will be seen that the total re-
cepts of cattle this year were S3023 head.
while during the first two months of 1894
there arrived at this point 115.554 head, max
ing the decrease this year 32, 53l head, an
average shortage of 637 head for every mar
ket day during the two months
While the receipts of cattle have been fall
their own. During February there arrived
2l,343 hogs, as against 120,32t head during
the corresponding month of 1894. The fact,
however, that the receipts have been only
slightly above the record of last year Is
very significant and naturally brings up the
question as to whether the large hog run
Is over for the year. During January 1t will
be remembered that the receipts showed a
gain over the previous year of 1880 head,
while for the two months the gain amounts
to only 403SS head. 1t Is a question whether
those who have been telling the public for
some time back that stock was pretty well
cleaned out of the country were right after
ALL or whether the light run Of the past
month due to unfavorable shipping
weather or other causes.
.,he receipts of sheep fer the two ncnths
51.023 head for the corresponding two months
of 1904 being n decrease of onc-half