Omaha daily bee., 1896-10-18
CONDITION OF ONAHA'S TRADE
General Situation Remains Practically IN
changed the Past Week.
sLAsoSABLE GOODS MOVE QUITE FREELY
Du-Iness Men Take Heart at the Pros
pect of InnuN OF Money Re-
suItant Upon sharp Adj
vance in Cereals.

There has been. according 90 the reports
OF the leading johbinC houses % the city.
much larCer business doing iu all 8 lsona-
ble goods the past week taan during any
otSer week so far this fan The demand BE-
apparently based entirely upon the immedi-
ate requlrerns hts fer consumption and The
business comes IN the form % food OF
small orders that keeps every one moving.
but does not amount up 10 very large
sum in the aggregate. The average country
merchant does not appear TO think o. order
ing a line Of goods because he happens TO
te out Of them, but he waits until they are
in demand and then sends In hurry
crder' In good many local tobb-ng
houses all hands have been worked hard all
the week keeping these little orders
cleaned =.
As noted above the demand Is principally
for seasonable goods. and by looking over
the orders arriving one can judge pretty
closely Of what the farmers are doing from
the character Of the goods wanted. For
example, the hardware men are sending out
such goods as husklng PEGS, wagon straps.
wagon box rivets. corn baskets. etc. while
the demand for nails has been exceptionally
large. all indicating plainly that the farm
ers are building corn cribs. repairing Wag ors
storing the corn crop. Another class Of
merchandise that Is moving freely - what
might be termed cold weather goods, such
az stoves. stove pipe and the furniture
and fixtures that Usually 20 with stoves.
and an kinds OF heavy wearing
fair sale, though the orders are so small
that a local 1Ohber says he Is expecting
every day to have some one send In an order
for one shoe for one-leggeI man.
Collections are poor In practically every
btaLch on ousiiltsS aho arr l4h-iG 70 Ieiiia..l
so Tor some weeks, until the new corn crop
begins 70 move freely. AT the present time
there Is very little money in the country.
The tendency OF Trices is pretty generally
upward. and while not many advances have
been scored. such changes a. have taken
place have generally been IN that direction
While 1t must be admitted that the i'm.
fiowery outlook. the close observer car
detect a shaping OF events which, II con-
proyement before the close OF many more
weeks. The most hopeful feature OF the
presen; situa lion is the rapid advance that
has taken place In the grain market dur.
ing the past few weeks.
MEANS MANY MILLIONS OF MONEY
While the enormous grain crop grown IL
OF iced. prices ~ ere so low a Few weeks
ago that prospects for business were far
from bright. but the recent advances have
put quite a different phase on the subject
According TO the government estimates,
Nebraska will have "a corn crop amounting
10 about so o. 10 bushels Six weeks aro
No. ? corn sold down to ~ cents In Chi
caEo. but at the close Of the past week u
touched -. cents. an advance OF cents
per lDsneL An advance OF cents HeT
bushel on SJl.OIl duJ bushels means a gain
10 the estate OF Nebraska Of S. or on.
Wheat and oats have also advanced. and
while perhaps not over % per cent OF ths
crop remains IN the state unsold. there Is
stin enough to add several millions Of
dollars TO the wealth OF the farmers.
Pork has advanced about 81 per barrel. 81
that the farmers are receiving considerably
more for their live hogs.
As matter OF fact not near all the corr
grown IN the state will be sold, farmer.
TeservinE large percentage for feed. -
that In calculating the advantages OF n,
advance In the price an allowance must bs
made for thar portion OF the crop that
viii be retained Tor feed and seed. Grair
men, however. figure that the advances OF
the other cereals and on hogs. taken II
connection with corn, would bring the tOta
pain TO the farmer arising from the in.
provement in the market up 10 S1S0ll 90 az
least, Il all depends. however. upor
whether present advances can be main.
nined, but In this respect the outlook Is
certainly favorable, as short crops arr
reported IN most foreign countries. and
there Is every prospect Of a large export
dernaad. Prices may even advance much
higher before the coming OF a new year