Omaha daily bee., 1897-05-30
CONDITION OF OMAHA'S TRADE
Local Jobbers and Manufacturers Doing a
Fair Business.
COUNTRY COLLECTIONS REAsosA8LYGooD


Reports coming to hand from all sections
OF territory tributary to this city speak OF
the business situation as being fairly salts
factory and much improved over what IT
was n few weeks ago. Business men appear
10 be greatly encouraged and various enter
prises are being placed on foot that have
been dormant during the past two or three
years. Building operations are much more
extensive than at any time for several years
past and the improvements along this line
are especially valuable, as they are not of a
Speculative character. but are the result OF
an actual demand.
1t is very seldom that a man Is found now
who does not admit that business in this
section of the country is decidedly better
than It was the first OF the year and that 1t
s. getting better all the time. Even retail
merchants who would naturally be the last to
feel any decided Improvement in the volume
of business report a considerable gain the
past week: There Is no great enthusiasm
simply. a very gratifying gain in the vo.ume
of business doing.
very fair. giving jobbers no cause for com
plant on that score. and 1t would seem that
during the past month or more. A good
many reports nave come TO hand the past
commencing to seek loans. whereas a few
weeks ago 1t was almost impossible to bor-
Omaha shows an Increase in bank clear
ings the past week, as COMPARED with the
corresponding week OF last year, amounting
TO IL per cent. while for the whole country
there was a falling off in the volume of
clearings.. omaha's gain comes very largely
from the Improvement in jobbing and manu-
featuring operations, as well as from n
largely increased business doing in live
LIVE STOCK MOVEMENTS.
In most localities In the east reports seem
TO indicate that the revival in business Is
very slow or else has not been felt at all. so
that 1t might seem at first glance rather re-
cided improvement in this territory. Bust
ness men, however, generally explain this
by saying that the Improvement in this sec
ditions in the country. Money has become
easier in the country owing to the large
profits arising from the sale of live stock.
and the money thus placed in the hands of
farmers has found its way back to the city,
where 1t has started up the jobbing trade and
ployment to labor and causing a decided
change for the better all along the line.
The important part acted by the live stock
market in the revival of business has caused
every business man to take more than usual
interest in the trade at South Omaha, which
is .ooked upon as a sort of barometer indi.
eating what may be expected In the way OF
trade In the near future.
Business at South. Omaha has been very
heavy all The E,rd week o5 v, and IL in = y + fact St.n all ar this
frg in large numbers and selling readily at
rcn1unerative prices. What this means to
the country may be estimated from the fact
that during the present month there has
been paid out at South Omaha for stock
81. 5000 in round numbers In addition to
TO Kansas City from the southern portion
of Nebraska. while Sioux City cuts in on the
north and Chicago comes in for quite a slice
of the business.
Business men feel that so long as the
country is receiving such an inflow of money.
which does not take into consideration what
ucts, the country will continue to Improve,
while the city VIII follow close behind.