Omaha daily bee., 1897-08-01
CONDITION OF 0MAHA'S TRADE
Preparing fgr 3 Large Fhl Movement Q
Merchandise
COUNTRY COLLECTIONS ARE AL RIGHT
Retail TRADE slew. But Snlet show
Considerable Gains over Last
lenr-Johhsrs and Mann
f~ncturcrs Doing ell
COUNTRY COLLECTIONS ARE AL RIGHT

The --bds sl-ur uau Is steadily improving
in al sections " the country and SO far as
car be learned from me r~eg.urts ~ visit
sur travelling men TIE Improvement is fully
as rapid 81 Omaha Hs al any other T'uiui
II fact many reI.7-ts wound seem 10 n
dicute That his section u the country ts
experiencing q more rapid recovery from tn
uun times thun most any other LOCALITY.
Or the part Of merchants Hnd husiness
uneu generally there is q pronounced better
1erdtnr une the change pf sentiment II TINS
particular has been very marked the pHsi
three or four weeks. IN fact as the fan
sensun drB W. nearer with no falling Of IN
rhe splendid crop prospects for this section
zht hopes q bus ness men steadily rise.
A New YORK. commercial paper says that
furlntss In that city shows improvement
but As the camera IL moved westward The
further it looks IN that direction TIE greater
-he activity IN motion and the larger the
suies Of merchandise.
Ii mar Ne CONFIDENTLY asserted that the
moss encouraging sign 81 the times Is The
west. lnstsBc Of looking upun tins secl5n
a. q country on rhe verge 81 ruin eastern
business men are Bstuuished at the rsCuper-
alive power DISPLAYED by The wesi anu are
dependinE in no small deCres upun the I'M
country 10 bring prosperity 10 the eastern
munufRcturtnC states.
TALKING OF NEBRASKA
The buyer for a local iohhinE house. just
returned from Kew YORK suys that all the
heHTy %iuht,s-E ana manufacturers IN the
east were II king about ne great improve
rneur In Nebraska and other western states
and thHt Ihev were especially eager 10
hear an explanation - ne heavy reduction
in the u1'TEBrE indebtedness Of this stApa
A New York banker. after TeBdiuE q state
nieu1 il the New York sun as 10 the amount
Of the reduction. remarked that il would
only he b question Of d little time . hen
eastern money lenders would De glad 10
Vul uut money in Nebraska al b greatly
reduced rate Of interest
Every 1uhhe- and manufactures IN Omaha
- buster than Tor q long time al TINS season
OF the wear. the midsummer business having
been uuTrecedHurudlv large At me same
time al ARE expecting q very heavy demand
Tor al kinds Of uer hEndtsH the coming fan
and are making preparations accordingly.
Omaha iubhers are putting In very heavy
stocks and viii lee prepared 10 take care OF
al the business tnat mHE come 10 TINS point
Moreover, hey are prepared 10 push lhsir
trade into the new fields that have been
Developed during 1hs duh times, when il
wHs necessary TO look for business even IN
renuis sections.
TIE local retail -rnde Of the CITY is MOI
large. buT Still almost every merchant Re-
V7rIs il equal 10 or IN excess Of the volume
Of business done q wear uEu. A good many
ptugle are absent from The city tins month
and 1heIr absence cuts Z large figure il
the volume q business doing. The very
1Hr1 that tn-re is q better feeling in The E-r
makes the number n people WHO have fe1
that they could afford TO take a vacauon
surnFWhBt larger thHu q year Hr9 and the
retHL Trade Is accordingly the loser.