Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-22
( CONDITION OF OMAHA'S TRADE
Very Fair Business Doing in the Local Job
bing District.
COLLECTIONS SHOW VERY LITTLE CHANGE
Some Grain and Live stock Moving
but Cattle Go Into Country Rather
Than Come Out-NebrnslSn's
Mammoth Corn Crop.

Three weeks have passed since the battle
of the ballots and what everyone hoped for
has happened. Business In all sections OF
dhe country has been undergoing revival
and it becomes more apparent every day
that at last the bottom has been touched and
the future course must be upward. Reports
from all localities are the same-improve-
ment is the order of the day. Mills have
been started and manufacturers and COM
mission merchants report large transfers OF
merchandise into the possession OF JobOers
and retailers.
Consumers who have been without work
and consequently without the means TO
provide themselves with the barest neces-
stiles of life have found employment and
are adding to the general demand for
merchandise of all kinds. AS the consuming
demand gradually RECEIVERS from the re-
suits OF incomes diminished Of cut Off en-
tirely there must be a steady expansion in
the consuming demand.
The vast sums of money that have Deen
boarded for longer or shorter periods are
seeking outlets, but lind some diiiculty In
securing Legitimate channels that VIII sehd
The conditions prevailing in the country
local business enterprises. Business affairs
in Omahas jobbng district have looked
better the past week, and consideraDle
Almost without exception jobbers report a
very satisfactory movement OF merchandise.
Il ne tulU WttlHtE biOubht u l''A'
of prosperity TO the country reIail uaqqe uaq
and the light stocks have been quickly
broken, bringing in iloyG OF sorting up
orders are small but they make up in mum
Der what they lack in size. Ihis Is especially
true of dry goods and boots and shoes
In the grocery department business Is
very good for November, and the members
of the trade appear to be highly pleased
thi ee weeks. The representatives of the boot
and shoe business are on the road solicit
Co.. HHVifar u n
measure of success. The hardware trade i'll
seasonable spCcalties is active.
WITH THE LOCAL TRADE.
In local retail circles the trade of the. past
weather has developed Il sharp. demand for
all kinds of seasonable goods, and the
shoes, blankets, etc, has been very large.
Every retail house in the city reports a
brisk trade for the past six days, ana most
that present forces of clerks could handle
with comfort.
ing forward to market and the money thus
placed in circulation is causing an easier
feeling in the country. Just at present the
The hogs have been fed up to about their
fun weight and are now being shipped to
market, and cattle put In their places to
continue the work of consuming the surplus
corn. The demand for cattle for this
The supply of cattle viii hold out until all
those who want cattle are satisfied.
Nebraska, in fact, Is n buyer instead OF n
seller of cattle and more cattle are going
into the country than are coming out. This
is dua to the fact that corn is plenty and
the price so low that II does not pay to sell
1t to the elevators.
NEBRAsKA's CORN CROP.
The latest government estimate of the
corn crop supplies the data for closer
figures on the actual yield than has been
possible heretofore. The average yield for
the whole country is placed at 2I3 bushels
per acre. or one bushel greater than in 1895
these figures as a basis for computations 1t
is~easy to determine the total production,
which would be 2,2l1, 900, 900.
Last year the total crop of the United
States was 2,15i 10000, which was the larg-
est on record up to that date Previous to
1925 there were only two years 1883 and
1891, when the crop reached 2,0OO,OOO,OOO
bushels.
A noteworthy feature is the occurrence
of two such enormous crops together. The
crop for the current year falls very little
short of the combined crops of 1893 and
1894, which will serve to give some idea of
the enormous yield of 1896
The Importance of these two successive
large crops to the railroads and the general
public. as well as to the farmer can hardly
be exaggerated. This is especially true in
view of the fact that the general crop stu-
alton In the world at large is such as to
render large crops In In this country of a de- de-
world is known to be short, and some other
crops In different countries are also falling
crop is complete failure.
When It comes down to the individual
states, Nebraska stands out very promi-
nently. this state being credited with the
largest yield of any state in the union eX-
cepting only Iowa. Nebraska has suddenly
stepped into second place i'm the list, dis
tancing such great corn producing states
as Illinois, Kansas and Missouri. The 1896
crop in Nebraska is placed at 296, ,0OO, 600
bushels against 125, 100000 bushels last year
and 10, coo in 1894 1t will be noted that
the crop this year Is large enough to make
up to a great extent for the moderate crop
of last year and the failure OF 1894, the
average for the three years amounting to
145, 254 S6i.
COMPARATIVE YIELDS.
In some of the states there is n wide
difference between the yield of 1896 and 1895
and the years Immediately preceding
Iowa, for example. produced this year 3lO,-
100000 bushels and in 1895 Dos, 1900, as
against 81, 100000 In 1894 Kansas raised $780,
100000 bushels this year and 20i, 600 900 last
year. against only Il 0000 600 bushels in 1891
In the middle west, as I'm Illinois, Indiana
and Ohio, the contrast between the different
years crops was also large.
In only one section of the country has
there been anything approaching short
corn crop this year, and this is in the south
west, especially in Texas. Last year the
Texas crop was l0S000.000 bushels, but the
estimate this year calls for only 2S, 200, 000
The following will show the production of
corn for 1896, indicated by the govern
ment reports. together with the yield OF
previous years.