Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-01
OF OMBHAS TRADE
Volume Of Business for the Week Very
Satisfactory in All, Lines.
PRICES FIRM, BUT GENERALLY UNCHANGED
Dry Goods Trade Active and Biz I'M
D-rOvement over Last Year Noted
I'm the Class of Goods, Now
Being Purchased.

still the total volume OF business for the
week was OF very satisfactory proportions.
There was an active demand for all KINDS
OF seasonable goods, and at the same time
advance orders for fall lines continued, TO
men who returned to the city at the close
of the week gave very glowing accounts
country. They say that in practically all
sections crops are in elegant shape ana
IN nat sni Ss a T FsTmer reI seem inclined SIi to To- spend
their money, which makes retail trade
brisk. and stocks Of all kinds are going
sizing-up orders have increased materially
within the last few days, and II begins 70
would 60 far ahead of their expectations.
All that retailers and wholesalers ask Is
and as long as that is the case they say
they will have no cause for complaint re-
garding the condition of trade.
There is very little to be said relative
10 the general market, as there have been
Few changes Of Importance. Prices on
they have been for some time, but there
seems TO be little. or no inclination to ad-
vance prices. Manufacturers apparently
prefer to leave quotations where they are
rather than to put them up and take me
lSSsnssrnneed m oa GsGirer are dndins a ready
market for all the goods they can turn
out, and in fact In a ws great lima many yrd dnes i thbayt
81 would take them many months to eaten
up even though they accepted no more
for continued firm markets may be said to
be very encouraging.
Dry Goods Active and steady.
Hhe dry goods market continues very
aetive in ali lines. but there have been no
changes of importance in quotations during
The last several days. Cotton goods retain
fheir strength and there is the same scar
City of many popular lines that has been
Previously mentioned. Jobbers who have
run short hnd it next to Impossible to get
and as a result they are advising their
customers to place their orders as early
locally The condition OF the dry goods
trade is above reproach. quite a few buy
and they all spoke very favorably of the
demand they are experiencing IN the coun.
viii easily break all previous records, as
people are not only buying a better class lass
Of goods than ever before F put are m aiso
years ago the demand for dress goods was
confined mostly to the cheaper lines, but
they carry heavy stocks OF goods that a
because people would not pay the prices;
Retailers as a rule are counting on good
fall orders run to the high priced goods to
a greater extent even than they did in
spring and summer lines.
Can't Get the Goods.
Hardware men are still talking about
the trouble they have to get the kind OF
goods they want and TO get them at the
their orders manufacturers seem to be
getting farther and farther behind with
their work and the way IL looks now job
bers say they will soon have to place their
orders two years In advance TO be sure OF
getting them filled. When such conditions Snt5 n
annoyance not only to wholesalers but to
retailers and consumers as well.
The market is In practically the same
condition 1t was a week ago. There have
been no important changes in either direc;
to be good and firm. SO long as the present
scarcity of goods continues there can. OF
course, be no weakness, and as 1t looks as
though there would be no relief for many
months TO come the prospects for continued
firm markets are considered very good.
Good Demand for Leather Goods.
Boot and shoe jobbers are also enjoying
q very lively trade and report business as
being much heavier than II was a year ago.
That applie Tb 20 ,a o9tn wa lmm nee ase S an iH tbere
has been a decided Improvement in the
number OF sizing-up orders received, so II
good and that stocks are going to pieces.
rapidly. 1t is noticeable that the re-
mems and women's lines. The demand for
tan shoes is extremely light. and, in fact,
It is said that only those who for some
reason or other are very partial to tan
shoes are buying them. The low shoe Is
all the 20 this season and especially those
made out Of patent Kid or patent calf.
Fall orders also continue TO go ahead OF
last year. Each week the confidence IN
the corn crop seems to improve, which
brings in a new batch Of fall orders. Deal
ers who held of the first time travelling
orders as they have no excuse for longer
delay. Every shoe house in the city re-
RR STSs Z business DsE anSFe and hey expect ! to make
the Increase still greater before the end
of the season.
Fruits and
Nothing very startling took place last
week in the fruit and produce district. The
demand was good for all seasonable lines
to date. Fresh fruits and vegetables have
been getting cheaper right along and con-
than more Noticeable than last week. In
another column will be found the quota
lions ruling on the different lines that are
strawberries arrived freely last week and
the quality was exceptionally good. as they
selling at 81 TO p.2 per case. Florida pine
apples and lemons are in good demand;
10 make lemons move very rapidly.
Eggs are still moving back and forth
stock now coming forward shows signs OF
summer weather. and commission men re-
pG Rot fhe Su ,oss "a ana dom pouI frye have e' eased on a
little as compared with a week ago. TIL
present quotations will be found in another
column.
Advance In Sugar Predicted.
Wholesale grocers report the volume Of
business for the past week as being ao-
tive and fully up to the previous week:
seasonable goods and the prospects for the
future are. considered very favorable.
since last report but at the same time
there are a few changes worthy of mem
ton. Refined sugar is quoted the same
as II was a week ago, but the prospects
are very favorable for an advance in the
near future. Rehners say that they cannot
guarantee shipments of refined sugar until
after the present coal strike Is settled,
and, as the chances are favorable for the
strike being prolonged for some, length OF
time. the market Is naturally In a very
hrm condition.
Canned goods are unchanged so far as
quotations go, but the demand Is very lib
.eral for this time of the year and spot
stocks are getting well cleaned up. The
cheese market has eased on a little, owing
10 the supply being a little more liberal.
Syrups are reported a tribe stronger and
starch has also advanced to some extent
and stu higher prices are predicted for
the near future. In fact II may be said
that all corn products are nrminR up.
Dried fruits are selling In Just about the
same notches they have been for some
time past, but the market on practically
all lines 10 good and Arm. Other staples
handled by local Jobbers are steady with
the quotations OF a week ago.
OMAHA WHOLESALE MARKETS.
Condition OF Trade aud QuOtatiOns ON
SaawNa aud Euurv n-oau.