Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-09-03
,ONDITIONO OMAHA'S TRADE
Dealers in All Lines Are Satisfied with
Conditions.
DRY GOODS BUSINESS STILL HEAVY
shoe Statesmen Ready to Go on the
Read Agsin-with COOI weather
Hardware Men Expect
Big Trade.

Jobbers are pleased with the fine corn
crop that IS now maturing, as IL foretellS
greater prosperity for them this fall and
winter. In three weeks more II will all
be safe from the frost. Trade the last
week has been very satisfactory. The dry
goods merchants have been much buster
than they thought to be. The week be-
fore was one of heavy trade, on account
OF the fact that the retailers were anxious
to lay In supply of prints before the ad-
vance in prices, and the jobbers expected
a rather small business last week They
were agreeably mistaken, for both house
and order trade was as large as before
the advance in prints. Both hardware
and leather jobbers are preparing for a
heavy fall trade Grocers are satisfied
been all summer.
The movement of coffee last week was
as free as the week before. Prices are
IL anything, a shade easier. 1t is strug-
gle now between the Brazilian spectators
and the American buyers to see who can
zilians seem to have the best of 1t.
Dried fish are, in good demand. New
Holland herring has come and it is about
10 cents higher than at this time last year.
The situation on future corn has been
changed somt what. by a few of the pack
ers reducing prices. and others have
Of course, has been Influenced by the in
difference Of jobbers, many OF whom do
not care whether they get a case of corn
before the first of the year.
Short Crop of Tomatoes.
Tomatoes are just as quoted last week.
From day to- day gloomy reports come
from the packing centers. From south
west Missouri comes the information that
packers probably will not exceed 90 per
cent of their estimated pack The follow
ing is quotation from letter just re-
ceived from one OF the Missouri packers:
so' a hi %6d 6Sd
up about twenty tons of his patch up to
last Saturday (having nine acres for his
patch), has gotten but ten crates since
being
Says he will have no more. There are
about half of our growers who have not
been able to haul any rs yet so that with
good weather from now until frost we do
not think we can have more than fourth
of crop. 1t is generally understood now
that the packers will take advantage of
their short delivery clause and not de-
liver case more than they have to on
the guaranteed delivery
JObbers are not buying tomatoes to any
extent, but the situation remains in just
as bad shape as at any time during the
last three or four weeks.
two-pound canned blackberries, this adj
vance amounting to 1oGt2lzc in Baltimore.
Gallon unpeeled pie peaches have, advanced
&c per dozen or more. while gallon peeled
have advanced Coo per dozen above the
opening price.
run OF hsh during the last two or three
weeks having been very good
Salmon Advances a Little.
The low basis Of prices named last week
on red Alaska salmon has caused an
unusual trade In this article and it Is
now reported that fully 100000 cases have
been sold at the low price. This, of course
means a very wide distribution of red
Alaska fish, and jobbers generally be-
lieve It is not only a safe purchase, but
sure to make the money. 1t is learned
now that the Alaska packers who inaug'
urated this low price have restored their
price to the opening figure, which is loo
per dozen higher than their low price, and
that other packers are taking advantage
of this increase in their price and selling
at something under the Alaska packers.
While there is not as much interest
taken in evapoTated apricots as there has