Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-29
CONDITION OF OMAHA'S TRADE
Increasing Confidence Among All Glasses oil
Business Men.
COLLECTIONS SHOW LITTLE IMPROVEMENT

Condition of the Soil brings visions
of u Bountifui C~rop-vnIucs on
Live stock Low for
the Season.
Altogether the volume OF business effected
during the week just past can hardly be
viewed In any other light than as fairly
satisfactory. There has been no great gain
over previous weeks, but just a good, steady
movement that has brought the total vol
ume Of trade for the week considerably
above the corresponding week of last year.
As a matter OF fact, the demand has been
of a very conservative character, but nc
more so than for some time past, and there
las been nothing In the way of speculative
business. The weather has not been such
on all days of the week as to encourage the
retail trade, and, as noted a week ago,
business is now conducted on such lines
that the jobbing trade Is In very close touch
with the retailers, so much so that any little
falling off In the country trade is sure to be
almost Immediately reflected In the demand
for goods at the hands of the city jobbers.
Collections are still poor In most all sec
tons of tributary territory, but more espe-
cially in this state. The country is paying
it's way, however, fully as wei as could be
expected when the low prices. ruling on
everything lldl IL HdNt W Stii,
are taken into consideration.
While there is nothing very encouraging
In the present condition of business, it is
very evident that there is a feeling of great
confidence among all classes of merchants.
The rain and snow have placed the soil in
duce a business man to talk on any other
subject than the splendid prospects for the
coming season. From all sections of the
state. retail dealers are writing the most
hopeful letters to their friends among the
trade in the city and the jobbers are be
While strong efforts are being put forth
by some western cities to draw trade,
Omaha's business does not appear to have
that tran spor: aticn, and offers of transporta-
ton, have been free.y scattered about
ern states, but so far as can be learned no
inroads have been made upon Omaha terri
own wi, and. instead aP Of losing t%e eu.H,ns 'a and
customers, are adding both.
LIVE STOCK MARKET.
The past week has witnessed very low
est OF the season. Both cattle and hogs
havo sold away down. A year ago at this
time the market on beef cattle was 81 per loo
words, there has been a falling off in values
on fat cattle amounting to about one-third
cattle are now selling for less money than
was paid a year ago for hayfed cattle
shipped from the western states. Besides
otaiS y" III plitN III tlIldIll eSDtCldl J.
for. heavy cattle, is small at all the markets
and the consuming power appears to be
limited, much more so than on former
years.
If we turn to the hog market we find
values on that kind of live stock also very
low as compared with previous seasons.
During the East week of March, 1895, and
1894, hogs were selling for about 81 per 100
n more than ,a1 now; In March, 1888, hogs We're
With sheep it is about the same, the
market In their case being 81 per 100 lower
When the fact is taken into consideration
Of efa the eaf fafm end Of hoF fb,s represent pisis # the h nI inG0m re
be seen why collections are no better than
they are and why trade does not show
per 100 runs into the millions. or dollars
country. VIC
The receipts of live stock at South Omaha
weeks and the business has been Of a more
sat oernss0ryyd volume m N Speaking Of receipts
Idaho, writes that during the past seven
or eight months several hundred cars Of
to other, markets on account of the loss
SUSTAINED sbst med at nth this market by a shipper Of
H ihat stase' co mne firm IN question, Moore 3
commission house and the bank took posses
sion OF the proceeds Of the sale. 1t Is said
this firm has been spread all over the state
and that, shippers are staying away from
this market in consequence.
The books ct the South Omaha stock
yards show that during 1895 there was a
falling off in the receipts OF cattle from
Idaho amounting to $500 head, and during
the past three months there has been a
loss of l,Soo head, as compared with the
would seem at first sight to indicate that
The Bees correspondent was right. though
the assertion that several hundred cars had
peen diverted is obviously a mistake. A
Iurther examination of the receipts at South
omaha, however, brings out the additional
Iact That, there was a falling off in the
arrivals from Colorado and Wyoming in
1870 and I'm the last three months Montana.
Nevada, Oregon and Utah have fallen be,
hind their records of last year. At the same
time Montana. New Mexico and Oregon
gained last year and so far this year New
Mexico hSl and Wyoming are running ahead.
increase increase or decrease in the receipts ac-
marketed from the ranges and the slight
railing off In the arrivals from Idaho can
hardly be ascribed to any feeling among
the cattlemen of that state against this
market. Another reason for believing that
the stockmen OF Idaho nave no intention
Of boycotting this market, as intimated in
the letter referred to above, is to be found
IN the fact that they shipped 10, 234 more
sheep to this market last year and this wear
of last. ~ ""' "heau
Moore & Hutchins were unfortunate in
shipping their cattle to an insolvent COW
mission firm, but the management of The
stock yards ompan claims to have done
everything possible IN assist than, .N'e