Omaha daily bee., 1898-06-12
SSOITION OF OMAHA'S TRADE
Volume Of Business Doing in a Jobbing Way
Very Satisfactory.
BANK cltARlN6S SHOW LARGE GAINS
Yellow Fever scare May Cost Ne
brnska Many Thousands of Dollars
Too Much Rain TO Please
Jobbing Trade

4 Jobbing Trade,
The most important event OF last week
as regards local business interests was the
sensational report Of the breaking out of
yellow fever In the south. Last year the
yellow fever scare, as It stopped the south
ern demand for hog products, caused a
heavy break In the provision market and
when the report was given out on Friday
that the fever had broken out again hold
ers OF provisions In Chicago made haste to
get out from under the load. AS a result
there was a considerable decline in values,
which was followed by a stni further
slump on Saturday. The market on live
hogs naturally followed the provision mar
ket downward and the yellow fever scare.
even IL IL comes to a speedy end, will have
cost the farmers and stock growers Of Ne
oraska no small sum of money. IL 1t con-
tinues long. or is magnified in Importance,
hundreds of thousands of dollars will be
lost TO Nebraska that might other wise have
gone into general circulation.
Bank clearings the last week made n
abIIy above sbSsie the ssn9%iogS; a .u dny ms SSHs'aer
The rainy weather by reason of keeping
people indoors TO, some extent has been
against the best interests of the retail
trade.
Groceries Not So Active.
Wholesale grocers report a slight falling
of In the volume of their trade for last
week as compared with that of a week
ago, but still they say business is very
good. The market remains about the same
are still auctuating. The sugar market is
changes have as yet taken place on re-
fined grades at this point. The indications
the period Of heavy c%o Sns ngaf iu' is now
at hand.
In farinaceous goods -four, oatmeal and
beans are all quoted a little lower. The
reason for this is, as before reported, the
near approach of the new crop and the
consequent desire To Glpan nm the old stock
as close as possible.
,o csnn are FSS eISs S ssIRec frm s sor ias fna aa t9 a
and packers of both have withdrawn
prices on futures. AS far as reported no
other changes of any Importance took
place last week in the schedule OF prices,
Trade in hardware, continues TO be very
about all the business they can take care
As anticipated a week ago a few ad-
vances have taken place in certain lines of
seasonable goods owing to the fact that
Wire cloth is i Of this class and is SIbS Being
quoted a little higher than a week ago. as
advanced about 20 per cent and in reality
copper, goods of all kinds have taken an
SPMatdp by .u tRe g%ov Mammtas'G using say So m nj Is
material FOR cartridges and other purposes
Of that kind. The rope market remained
the blockade at Manila began: Rope is
now higher than it has been for several
time there is no telling how high 1t will
go.
Little Change In Dry Goods.
In dry goods there is very little change.
The condition OF the weather has had a
tendency to cause a slackening in trade.
but nevertheless orders for summer goods
continue to pour In. There were not as
many, country merchants in as a week ago.
that have never been here before and as
a result iobbers are constantly making
new friends and retailers are learning that
It Is not necessary for them to go east
in order to get supplies.
M nhnnun ~ nnt- fErn - hnG snGntN
place in the market as far as reported. =,
Rubber goods are now moving in good
slow all the spring, but the rains of the
last few weeks have helped the dealers
business they lean handle. Both rubber
clothes and footwear are in good demand
out through the country are evidently
running low and dealers that have been
anxious to get them in. Not only are the
orders for immediate delivery coming in
r @eas r the ham RSi s and T size of fe FAN orders ens
as well:
along about the same as usual and conse-
quently there is very little to report in
that line. The volume of business trans
and the Indications are that the next few
weeks will show a marked increase, that is
II good crops are harvested,
Lumber men are also beginning to talk
of an Improvement in wholesale trade. The
market has for some time past been weak
and prices were constantly going down and
as a result country merchants stopped buy
reached. Now that prices are advancing
on all lines of lumber. dealers think it is
greater activity than for several weeks
past. The orders are very liberal and the
to be that farmers are going to make Sslry
extensive improvements as soon as crops
Business in a retail way is also very sat
isfactory, In settling up their accounts for
last month a few dealers found that May
NynO the A. Tnnnth ThaU IN ia had In
many years. This is of course very largely
caused by the demand for material with
This branch OF the lumber trade is now
practically, over and the accounts for this
tering. There is, however, a good, active
demand from the city trade. and dealers are
expecting to do a big business from now
on
Fruit and Produce.
Strawberries continue to be the principal
be the case much longer.They are very
poor for this time OF year. as they are
dition as they were early in the year. Most
OF them are coming from northern Mis-
iS ahot iowa w sef the 4 te sSpp rfS" viii nrf BE- Pretty ge'
well exhausted, Quotations range from s.
on best shipping stock down to 81, or what;
ever commission men can get, on peddlers
stock, A few blackberries from Texas are
now on the market, but they come too far
to be good. They are selling from $3.50 to
s275. Black raspberries are here from Ar
kansas and are quoted at $50 per twenty
are small. LEMONS are the only kind OF
tropical fruit that is meeting with good
and has now reached .3.75 to 500 on Cal
ifornias, with indications for still higher
price.
The drop of half a cent in the price OF
eggs last week shows the effect of raising
the rates on eggs from here to New Yorl
from 57lac TO 81. 10 per 100 on car lots. But
ter remains unchanged in price as well a:
quality. There Is very little in the markei
now but country make and that is al
weedy as ever. Poultry Is in poor demand
and is being quoted a little lower.