Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-20
CONDITION OF OMAHA'S TRADE
Quite an Increase Noted Last Week in the
Volums Of Business Transacted. .
MARKETS GENERALLY WELL MAINTAINED
owing 20 Favorable Prospects for
Bumper Corn Crop JoBbers and
Manufacturers Are Preparing
for Enormous Fall Trade.

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for EnOrmOus Fail Trade.
There was a marked Improvement noted
last week in the vOtume of business trans
acted by Omaha tobbers and mannlAet9r.
ers. The general impression was That the
pleasant weather, which enabled buyers to
work to proceed uninterrupted. This e, OF
course, the time Of year when immediate
future business, as jobbers and manufao-
lines Of. goods and ,dliing their adysnce
orders OF the same. In making the rounds
Of the trade 1t is very noticeable that the
confidence In future business was never
Bumper corn crop practically assured and
With a good yield Of small grains certain;
ness this fall and winter. The orders for
fall that have been placed RECENTLY clearly
for their orders are much more liberal than
they were a year ago or at any previous
to come on the market earlier than usual,
owing to their anxiety to get their fall
stocks inr shape seaq h,cb TOT + t as v cary imurpsoqree..
ance to jobbers and manufacturers is the
fact. that retailers are in better financial
In the history of the western country. The
great. majority Of them are out of debt
and have q good surplus Of ready cash
with which to buy their stocks. For that
reason jobbers are not asked to take the
risks that they have had to take In the
fewer losses this year than ever before;
The greatest risks that Jobbers are asked
prospective merchant has more confidence
In his ability to properly conduct q retail
quently happens that requests Of that kind
are refused, as jobbers do not care to take
30 far as the markets. are concerned
there have been comparatively few impor-
tant fluctuations. The bulk Of the goods
same as they were a week ago, and as a
general thing the markets are very nrm,
TTlSh the tendency IN e SIsy ~ Sp tgs Sic F consnmp enSn
demand that is looked for throughout the
coming season II is predicted That values
maintained and that good. healthy condi-
lions will prevail for some time to come. \
Southern Tomatoes on Market.
Wholesale grocers report the volume of
business for last week as being very salts
previous week for the same week last year.
Prices on most lines held about steady, but
msn,i tnere ONE mere Of a the bsw m cnin impo wSr1hy wS as
the drop In canned goods, caused by. Balti-
more packers offering stock packed from
advent OF those goods caused the price in
the east to- drop from about s1.6O to 81. II
is stated, however, that these goods will
not grade as standards on any market as
compared with summer stock, for the rea-
tRIs point the market did not take such a
sudden drop as in the east. but only eased
of a little, for the reason that river Job
bers did not follow the extreme advances
of the east. Another feature of the canned
goods market was the withdrawal of the
California tomato packers from the market
on futures. owing to this sudden move the
trade, Il IL reported, was unable to get
over one-half Of the stock they wanted
The dried fruit trade is still Of the hand
to-mouth character. The new crop Of aprt-
cots is arriving freely and the market has
eased OF a little.
In farinaceous goods rolled oats are
SuS week iS sr per T SsTFei p siSneT '6 sood tse Tem meie
unchanged. Beans are also higher for the
week. the advance amounting to 5Qec per
week ago has been maintained and. In fact.
the market has gone up another quarter
Of e cent on both high and low grads
same position It was a week ago, as quota
lions on both raw and refined grades are
unchanged. The demand for sugar, how
ever, has shown quite a marked improve
ment.
as they were a week ago. Syrups, how
ever, advanced two scales and the market
is strong. with the tendency toward still
The new crop Of Japan tea arrived on
Prices, howe YER. average about sc per
pound higher than they did at this time
last year. Tnere mas Deen no QuOlaDlc
chAnge in coffee during the last week.
shipping Fall Orders.
Although house trade and current orders
from travelling statesmen have been Of very
liberal proportions for this season Of the
year. stu Omaha dry goods jobbers are
new fall lines and filling orders already on
hand. There never has been a time when
merchants In the territory tributary to
and for that reason local jobbers have
sold more stock for July and August ship
dress goods, underwear and hosiery are
we'll sold up and many popular Hines are
already becoming scarce. Jobbers have. of
course, prepared for an enormous fall hllsl-
ness, but present indications are that their
actual sales will go far ahead of their
House trade IL Just commencing and n
few general fall bills have been sold. Within
q very short time 1t is thought that more
than ever before. Travelling men say that
any number OF merchants who have always
s gone 'S %,n :foD to on the he o sSst to tb Suy yes tn1 IL
-see what there Is and wholesalers say that
II they will only stop of they will not go
buyers whe go east. those are the very
people Omaha wholesalers are after. They
captured hundreds of them last fall and
spring. and they expect TO be even more
The market on both cotton and wooden
goods IL In a good, strong position and
With brisk early buying some advances In
cotton goods are looked for by those best
Informed on the situation.
Hardware More Active.
Hardware jobbers report trade for last
week as being considerably better than Il
was the week before. Weather conditions
are doubtless accountable TO a large extent
for the Improvement. Hay and bundle
forks are in big demand, but SIN al
s~eaeonahle goods are moving out very
freely for this time Of the year.
There have been almost no changes OF
Importance IN market quotations and prae-
ticAiiy all lines may be said to b. In a good
nrm position. In paints, oils and glass the
only change is a little weaker feeling or
linseed oil.
Farm Implements Moving Freely.
Just at present the feature OF the agri,
cultural implement trade Is the big demand
for plows. Present Indications are thal
there will be more fall blowing done this
year than ever before, The demand fol
buggies Is also holding up IN good shap,
and the outlook for a big wagon trade Il
very encouraging: A good corn crop al
ways means q big wagon trade. 20 thai
local .jobbers are making preparations foi
shipping out an immense number OF them
There Is also quite a demand for straw
stackers and In fact all seasonable good:
are moving out IN 4 very satisfaC fO~N