Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-09
CONDITION OF OMAHA'S TRADE
Local Retail Houses All Report a Coco
Business Doing.
Os8ERs ARE GENERALLY WELL PLEASED
Present Prospects Favor n Large Beet
Sugar Crop In Nebraska, with
Three Factories 10 Consume It
Holidays Cut Down Business.

An intervening holiday always acts es a
demoralizlng factor TO the general course
of trade, and the experiences Of last week
old not form any exception to the general
rule. The closing down of places OF busi-
ness, even for one day, seems to distract
the minds of the public from business mat
ters and affairs seldom get back to the
normal before the close of the week. For
tunately for the merchants there was q
good demand last week for holiday mer-
chandise, which helped to offset what de-
crease there may have been In the safes
or staple lines. The war spirit pervadinB
the air seemed TO make people In all sec
lions Of the country crave anything that
would make a loud noise, and accordingly
large sales of fireworks were reported from
all directions. t the same time there was
a good trade In other holiday goods, such
as nuts. candies, fruits, etc: ,,oao ~
Omaha and surrounding territory Is In a
very satisfactory condition. Money In gen.
eral circulation appears to pc aeasYYinhS epayi
purchasers OF both staple and fancy mes.
The season of the year is approaGnanS
absence of many OF their best customers
win Be FELT by the city Is. rsts,lsr; busy for
this season of the year, though in many
lines no great activity is ever looked Tor
at this time.
GrOCery muTAet w
The feeling in canned goods Is firm. .Ad-
vices from Gan Francisco are to the effect
that the so-called canneres trust Is APP
preaching completion ~ onon The WSicS Work optio Tr are are
held has been finished, and the prices nxea
by the owners, on all but some eight or
expected, however, that the combination;
even II II becomes an assured fact, VIII
hay very very % TSs ,d 5edius 81 is s sPid. i is to " allow
each cannery to act Independently in mar
keting this seasons product, while the de.
as TO be IN a position to control affairs
next year. Southern teas of the new, pack
are Arm and prices nave an uPw var ,e seh-
The western crop is still an unknown guam
tity, but from reports from different centers
smaller than was expected. Spot string
beans are reported to be in small supply
a9 Tht the sugar marh MARKET hePii is firm, but no change
Of Importance has taken place for several
days. At the present time the sugar bet
Grand Island and Norfolk factories are
said to have a fair average acreage. with
the prospect Of turning out about the h.
pushing the work on the new factory at
pieting it In time to commence work octo-
Der !. They claim to have a large acreage
factory remarked last week that their plan
was to produce, as much sugar as potn OF
the old factories eombInedi Their. The A \ 81
beets, having for several years been heavy
growers for the old factories.
other JObbing Lines.
Boot and shoe people report everything
f fSeir fin along r n e Sf for fsii Se %anger are re
situation appears to b favSrable n,,oo
In dry goods circles and conditions are as
usual during the first half Of July.
city and the lumber Yards ali appear to be
doing a nice little business.
Among hardT Sss men oo, the Hsrs iron Ion' market r + st
really a matter Of surprise that the coun-
try demand holde up so well In the 11 face e
a windmill or pump costs the farmer
double the price Of a year ago. as is now
the case. It would in nowise be surprising ing
another year. In the east It is remarked
hat the farmer trade is Of less Importance
for railroads. public works. manufacturing
and mining interests. The manufacturer
s sas S9ns SaE,ss ta ssows Ssil t there # f the the ever ever:
increasing foreign demand as an offset.
Fruit and Produce.
Fruit and vegetable business has beer
limited largely to the handling of tomatoes
So far this season there does not appear
to haye been very much satisfaction IN tn
and any one 10 doing well who can play
even on Hale's Early and Alexander
peaches.
So far this has been a good year fol
melons. The season opened ten days earlier
than usual, the first Texas melons having
put in an appearance June 13. Up to thu
present time the supply has come entire!
3rom that state, but Missouri expects t;
commence shipping about the middle of tn,
month, Texas has been pouring melon:
into Omaha at a rapid rate, and 1t is moth
ing unusual to see scveral carloads OF
track at one time. When it Is considered
that a. car contains anywhere from 1000 t
$500 melons some idea may be gained o
what 1t takes to satisfy the public appetite
in this locality. These melons are selling
by the wholesale largely at 10915c each
but the Texas grower, after paying freigh
and other. expenses incident to the market
ing of the crop. only has left 2lk@3c
Omaha has used more southern new pota
toes this season than usual owing to tn
tact that the supply Of cd potatoes wa
exhausted rather early In the spring.