Omaha daily bee., 1895-04-14
EFFECT OF NEBRASKAS BATH
What the Recent Rains Have Done for the
Commerce OF the State.
NEW MOVEMENT TO SLUGGISH CHANNELS
Given the Farmer and Consumer Con-
hdence that is Impaired First to tho
Retailer and Then to the Jobber
Talk with Business Men.

While the enthusiastic admrer is reveling
in the assurance of activity induced by the
state fair and carnival and dreaming of an
electric tramway. Platte canal and union
depot in well defined relief amidst the haze
Of speculation, the practical business men are
gathering scarcely less encouragement from
the improved feeling that has been apparent
in trade since the bountful rains of the
past two weeks have given their promise
of the crop. on the gathering of which all
the more speculative plans must largely de-
pend for their success.
This feeling is especially noticeable in the
jobbing trade. The wholesale men are the
first to feel any change in the general condi-
tiOns of the state and their correspondence
almost invariably reflects the slightest yaria-
ton in the commercial barometer. An i'm
proved feeling among the people is at once
shared by the retail merchants and by them
communicated to the jobbers, with whom their
business relations are of the closest order.
The successful wholesaler must be in touch
with the retail trade in all the territory in
which he expects to do business, and the
Omaha jobbers are noted for their enterprise
in this respect.
There is not iobber in Omaha who has
not detected a material improvement in the
general feeling in hts line since the recent
rains. Trade that has been tagging under
the menace of another drouth season has
Jumped into remarkable activity and promises
better than at any time this year. There is
not only a better feeling in business circles,
but in most lines increased orders have been
made and a general tendency to enlarge on
the somewhat conservative orders that were
taken earlier in the season is noticed.
INCLINED TO BANK ON 1T.
The rains have been so copious and wide
spread that the success of small grains is
thought to be assured and corn will be
planted under the most favorable conditions.
Such prospects are more than ordinarily ac-
Ceptable after two years Of drOuth and hard
ship and the loosening up tendency is more
emphatic than it might b. under other con-
ditions, canvass Of the local jobbers re-
yeals an expectation of improved business
that amounts to something approaching GER
| tainty. II has been a long time since they
were more confident and compacent than at
present, and they are nearly unanimous In
the assertion that the rain has assured a
business far ahead of what they had dared
| to hope for. Some Of the ideas that the re-
porter encountered may be taken as repre-
| sentative OF the feeling in wholesale circles
and they may be read win a considerable
| degree OF satisfaction by any one who has
| business interests at stake in Nebraska
c, II. Pickens Of Paxton & Gallagher says
! there has been a remarkable picking up in
| the business Of his firm since the rain
| Orders are coming in more freely, and the
| loosenng up is so general that 1t promises
| a much better spring business than could
| have been expected two weeks ago. He con-
| sders the Improvement almost entirely due
| to the rains. which have greatly encouraged
| the retail dealers. There was a considerable
class among the Nebraska retailers who had
| been holding of persstently in the fear
that there was another dry year in pros
| pect and that business was gone entirely
| The rain has entirely changed the aspect
Of things, and now they are piling in orders
| with liberal hand.
WANT TO SEE SAMPLES.
Another feature is the demand for travel
ing men. Dealers who would not take tims