Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-23
CONDITION OF OMAHESTRADE
kildsr Weather Brings Many Spring
Buyers 10 Town.
COTTON sooDs MARKET some HIGHER
Both Wholesalers and Retailers
Pleased with Prevailing COndi-
lions and Predict season of
Great Prosperity.

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Great Prosperity.
a may now be said that spring business
with Omaha jobbers and manufacturers is
Ia full swing. More buyers arrived on tne
ana %SIk ss i 4 result w1t1 house trade took on con-
siderable life. Mail orders were also more
numerous than they have been OF late ana
the road, so that taking everything INTO
Hon Is freely made that with anything like
settled weather from this time on tnat
trade will be very active and that the CITY
claimed all along that more merchants
would visit Omaha this season. than ever
before and the way they ave peen .hst
the earlier predictions were, correct
The general market situation is also very
thew were a week ago, and in fact most Of
The changes that have taken place durlnB
the week under review ave peen ~ tne
demand from all sections OF the country
TOR ali classes Of staple goods the general
belief is that strong, active markets VIII
= experienced for some time to come.
Collections are. u anything. improVIns,
owing to the fact that retailers have now
cleaned up their winter stocks IN mucn
better condition than they thought they
would a short time ago.
Groceries Active and strong.
Local jobbers experienced an active de
mand all last week for staple lines and IN
Dine Of year. The most OF the changes that
took place in market quotations were al
vances, but still there were no very sensa-
seiIine in just about the same notches IT
was a week ago; both raw and rennea
ssyepp q s Tte9 Enforcement in the demand.
Both sisal and Manila rope advancea
quite sharply last week, owing to nc hign
hiso higher than 1t was at last report, be-
cause of the light supply ana neaVy con-
sumpti9n; The advance ds amoS sns f sN SpGIe
Tor still higher prices in the near future. :,
In dried fruits, peaches head the list. All
offerings are being freely taken and con-
geuuently holders on the coast are asking
more money. Desirable grades are now
said to be very scarce. while fancy stocks
Canned goods are in just about the same
position they were a week ago, but still
une and particularly is that true of to-
matoes, peas and corn. II would cause nc
surprise If higher prices should rule Ions
Beans, owing to the light receipts now
eoming forward. and also because Of the
liberal demand, have advanced about 1Oc
per bushei during the last ten days.
So far as the tea and coffee markets are
concerned, there Is not much to be said as
prices are Just about the same as they
we're a week ago. There are, of course
some 1uctuating back and forth. but the
market can be quoted neither strong mol
other staple lines handled by Omaha
houses are about steady for the week, but
from the changes above mentioned 1t vii
Be seen that there is a strong undertone tC
The general market.
Advance in Cotton Goods.
The feature Of the dry goods trade las
week was the strength which developed II
me cotton goods market MARKET a AN ad ! nhsng !,
In print cloths amounting to 3-16c. TIT
price now being bid for these goods y
The Fall River mills are engaged until Au
gust.
tanced Saturday, February %. Nc. making
prices respectively, as follows: Shirtings
h; blacks and grays, 4hc; all lines Of blues
Ike ADVANCES E1mes'i ana n are now no s's held 9sc"i hisRer
than recent quotations. The low grades o
bleach goods are also up Nc and fOur-yar'
Known goods are strong.
Blankets, wool underwear and wool dresi
goods are also higher than they were las
eeason and preparations for fall are beint
Iobbers in particular say that they will
start out after fall orders earlier ant
harder than ever before. The improve
condition OF trade during the week jus
past has given them even more confidence
ana they are ali looking for an active mar
ket from this time on. House trade wa
active all the week and the men on tn
TACT, It may be said that sales OF ali de
sirable lines of spring goods have beei
I sSlsy I Snah many ~ 9hs Sot OF WASP WASP g S@d ,a not
lines, are scarce.
Spring Trade More Active.
Hardware jobbers also report spring bust
hess for last week as showing considerabl
Improvement. over the previous weeh
coming in quite freely, but, of. course
orders are not as numerous as they WI
be IN a short time II the weather remain
situation seems to be predicting a yer
successful. spring trade with both whole
Balers and retailers and as a result yer
few complaints are heard.
The market has shown practically n
change during the last several days that
good, strong position and present indica
lions are that they will remain that wa
claim to have good reasons for their BE-
iefs on that point, as they. are experiencin
2 ,o good dc deal Of trouble r,%rsrs In getting GOO 3
mills are just about three months benin
with their work, so that jobbers ordt
goods. In that way they manage to kee
good stocks on hand. The shortage is M
confined to any one line. but applies
eural steel mills are not accepting order
for delivery In less than eight months. q
until that time. other kinds of iron an
Steel steel mills sn ,s are ssS aqua w saan supplied p ? Zee w wit
chance OF q DROP in pyices owing to a lac
OF business.
stII shippinH Spring Goods.
Leather goods jobbers are still busy ge
ting out their advance orders for sprin
The bulk OF them are. of course, filled, bl
owing to the large number jobbers had {
hand at the opening of the season IL HI
taken considerable time to get them q
out. Quite a few buyers are now comiI
on the market and as a general thing tn.
have a good word TO say regarding Il
prospects, for future business and also r
garding the success they had with the
winter lines. The fact that they are pla
Ing quite liberal orders for spring Is st
further evidence that they have not mu'
TO complain OF.
The rubber goods trade is more bril-
than it has been for some little time. II
warmer weather has put the country roa
IN bad condition and consequently rubb
boots. as we'll as sandals. have been mo
are also picking up a good many orders I
fall and are more encouraged regarding I
outlook for fall and winter business tn
they were a few weeks ago.
Fruits and
There was not a very heavy demand Ia
week for fruits and vegetables, althou
there was more life to the trade than d.
ing the extremely cold weather. Jobbe
are now looking forward 10 the time VIII
the weather will be more mild. so that
tailers can display their goods and attrs
buyers in tina way. There were very Il
changes TN prices last week that are wort
of mention. A few such lines as cucumbe
caulihowers and tomatoes are a little low
but the more staple lines, such as potato
beets and turnips. are