Omaha daily bee., 1895-03-10
CONDITION OF OMAHA'S TRADE
Local Jobbing Situation Shows Some Little
Improvement.
COUNTRY COLLECTIONS CONTINUE SLOW
Nebraska Merchants and Farmers Becom-
ing More Confdent-More Rain Wanted
to still Further Improve Business
Course of Country Produce.

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circles and 1t would be impossible for one |
TO spend much time In the jobbing district |
of this city without being made aware of
that fact. The real cause for the improved |
feeling may not be easy to ascertain, in fact |
1t Is more likely TO be due to several causes. |
Mild weather coming as the forerunner
of spring always has a good effect upon
trade. There is something invigoratlng and
inspiring about the near approach OF spring
that never falls to bring about increased ac-
tivity among all classes of men, and 1t is
only n natural sequence that business should
be benefited
The recent rainfall had a most encourag-
ing effect and from that day there has
been n feeling of more confidence among
country merchants. The farmers are beStir-
ring themselves, and the whole situation in
the country has taken on more encourag-
ing aspect.
Jobbers report a fair trade and in some
cases better than was anticipated. The fact
that the retail trade of the country Is with
out carried-over stocks and that stocks OF
all kinds have been reduced to the very
'ns d1west point , prihgs the retailer into very
chant has a good days trade he is com
PEELED TO sit down and send in an order for
goods so as to be In readiness for the next
busy day. There Is st ady stream of these
little orders coming into the tobbers. and
gregate they make quite showing.
Some ,jobbers express surprise that trade
IL
there should be as much business in the
state 1t Is, however, the same old story
one may sit down and figure out how 1t is
impossible that there should be any business,
but still the business refuses to stop com
fact that several Hundred cars M'o of W provsons @
and clothing were being distributed free in
the state the serious injury of trade. when
pect to sell anything?" was a frequent
query; Still there is demand for goods
and the only wonder is that when money is
80 scarce the demand should be so large.
There were those who were predicting that
all the live stock in the state had been sold,
and that the receipts at South Omaha
would come to-, to a sudden sI stop and that
be worse pnched for money than ever
before, but still the cattle and hogs are
coming to market and the money is going
Collections in the country are slow and it
is to be expected that they will continue to
remain so for some time to come, stil buSi-
ness comes nearer being a cash basis
than ever before. great many country
goods unless they receive cash for them.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
This Is the season Of the year when
makes way for the fresh laid egg, which for
the time being attracts more than its share
poultry is the one absorbing feature OF the
market, but with the coming of spring it is
the attention of every om ONE engaged ene in Ss
produce business: During the. winter the
business in Eggs is limited liz ted to the receipt Of
the sale of hundreds of cases of cold storage
eggs, which always go out as warranted
fresh. After strain on the conscience of
several months duration, owing to the ne
cessity of having to sell cold storage eggs
get in few cases of genuine fresh eggs
from the, country. A commission mssi al
ways looks as If a heavy weight had been
lifted from his conscience when the spring
run of eggs sets in.
ply Of &C cold storage m eggs eggs was s exhausted and,
as fresh stock was not coming In very
ac%e fssy the Tne me we4e VePS % a Sou for
week ago the receipts suddenly jumped from
100 or or less cases per day at this point to 400
ket started, downward and when once
started the DECLINE was so rapid that 1T was
the market went the faster the eggs came
in, and there was a stampede among all
ceived. How much lower the market will
20 remains to & be seen put there ere, are & those Sc
cents and rest there.
AT this season Of the year every man in
the egg business has some scheme, and the
few who do not try to make, themselves
think they have. One man is looking for
ward to the time when the season shall be
his, his mind i :, the market is going to decline
means possible. some plead with the he news news
papers not to mslead the poor shippers with
selves away to a printing office where they
get out few cards quoting the market in
tation recommended to the newspapers.
While eggs have attracted the most at;
interesting. features and there has been a
decided advance on some kinds of vege-
tables. The most noticeable change of this
kind was in the case of potatoes, which are
becoming scarce and higher. During the
pSas % te or nter the In Tae during n 9Se
remained practically stationary, but during
the last two weeks there have been reports
better feeling and at last there has beer
decided d, stLening or6 Of the market The
oversold,. and the offerings at other points
Onions have. been scarce for some time
and the market has been steadily ad
yanclng,. AT the present time it is no easy
matter to get stock to fill any considerable
Cabbage has been advancing at points
OF shlpment in California. and the market is
The market on beans is stronger and II
should be et @ T
The New York Journal of Commerce says
Of the situation in the bean market:
day is looked upon by many in the trade as
guarantee. Of short supply during tbs
higher prices than those now ruling WI
have pointed in the past to the annual de-
Mediterranean and Adllatic to, meet the re
though possessns large p'e area 's suitable I,
the growth of this indispensable food staple
pTouuclilS Dut IA SInull pOTlOH OF lne guam
tity actually necessary for consumption
AS an illustration of this would say thai
the importatons during the crop year 1892
1893 at the ports of New York, Boston ant
Philadelphia were 2il 0l6 bags of 300 pounds
each and for 1S93-lS9I 2ii.776 bags tn,
greater portion OF which quantities |,
brought hither from Trieste and Plume, tn,
shipping ports Of the Hungarian product
Regarding California limas II would seen
In Place TO remark that data from reliabl,
sources show quite favorable position
that Is to say. favorable to a firm II no
better market. Supplies at eastern distrlbu
tive points, while not seanty by any means
are nowise burdensnme, being scattered an,
chiefly under the control of merchants, non,
of whom, II is alleged. have more than the,
can conveniently handle. The stock II
transit from the coast is, TO all accounts, al
well situated. From the primary sources o
supply IL is advised that less than 1000
bags remain hack there. of that quantit,
1900 bags Is the largest individual holding
and the lot, II is stated, consists of bean
that were harvested previous TO the yea
1884 aud Is. there fore really no factor In tn,
position About 10000 bags II is estimated
will be required for seed On their fac
the data would Indicate that not enough
lima beans remain on the coast availabl
for shipment to weight the market, and I
appears also that holders there are indiffer
ent about selling pending weather condi
tions for the next thirty days. II might b
suggested however, that the statistical posi-
tion Is discounted In n good measure b.