Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-31

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The dry goods trade continues very large
and In fact the Howard street houses were
crowded to their capacity last week with
both order business and house trade. Fan
buying may now be said to be on In ear
nest, and the number of merchants coming
to market is a surprise to everyone. Their
orders as a rule are exceptionally large,
as they are anticipating the best fall trade
that they ave ever experienced. TIT dis
tribution of dry goods extends to all de-
partments, including dress goods. cloaks,
hosiery, pnderwear' lan tf ana q w cSangs
during the week in the price of leading
staples, although the cotton goods market
a scarcity in popular lines of fall wash
fabrics, and domestics in desirable dark
work are also In short supply.
Wholesale milliners also had a nice trade
last week, and many more customers ar
rived than were expected. Another big
opening Is advertised for this week, and
at the previous ones. orders are very lib
eral and jobbers are more than pleased
with the way business is going.
Hard to Get.
Wholesale hardware dealers. are shipping
out great quantities of fall goods, such as
stoves, coal scuttles, stove boards and pipe,
and In fact all kinds of fall goods are
moving rapidly. The demand so far has
been very heavy and Jobbers report a big
about as hard to obtain as ever, and con-
siderable dificulty is being experienced In
getting enough builders material and me-
chanies' tools to meet the demand One
reason for the shortage Is. of course, the
unusually heavy demand owing to the fact
that practically every mechanic In the
are interfering with the regular course OF
work.
change during the week. Prices are firm
all along the line, but no important changes
are looked for in the immediate future.
There is also an active demand for farm
machinery. Plows in particular are moving
out very freely, as there Is to be more
than the usual amount of fail plowing done
this year. The ground is In hne condition
and farmers are taking advantage Of 1t.
Hay tools are also in good request. Farm
wagons and buggies are selling freely, and
corn crop more wagons Will be sold out of
Omaha this year than ever before.
boot and Shoe Men Busy.
Leather goods jobbers also have a good
word to say regarding the condition of
trade. A good many buyers are coming on
Most OF them have, of course, Fought the
big bulk Of their goods, but at the same
time they are placing liberal hlling-in
orders. Travelling men are also meeting
with good success on the road. so that
tobbers have no complaints to offer. They
are still busy shipping out their advance
orders, but they now have a good start on
Rubber goods are moving out at a rapid
rate, and so are the orders coming in freely
for both footwear and clothing. The un-
usual amount OF rain has made rubber
goods sell readily and present indications
are that jobbeTs will do a phenomenal
business this season.
Fruits and
The demand for fruit still continues very
large and the supply Is also liberal TIL
most OF the peaches and plums offered
last week were from California, but thts
week Colorado and Utah stock Is expected
20 arrive in large quantities. According e
advices received the quality will be fine
Prices ruled a little higher last week thar
the week before, as will be seen from thu
quotations In another column.
There was no material change last weel
in vegetables, and about the same price.
hold good that have been In force for som'
little time.
The oyster season opened last THURSDAY
and local jobbers report the demand al
being exceptionally good. Prices rang
from 80 TO IS cents per can.
There has been very little change In tn
prices ruling on poultry, eggs and butter
the supply and demand apparently keeping
labout even. Spring chickens. though. weak
ened a little, while butter, toward the clos
OF the week. hrmed up a tribe. Aside from
those changes the market on that class o
goods Is the same as 1t was a week ago.