Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-08-13
CONDITION OFONARHS TRADE
Visiting Country Retailers Are Pleased
with the Outlook.
TALK ABOUT CROPS AND PROSPERITY
Packing Rooms of Local Dry Goods
Houses busy Plnccs-DimcuIty In
Making DcIivcries-Conee
Movement H. Light.


Movement ~ Light.
Continued warm weather In Nebraska the
last week has done wonders for the corn
crop and everybody is predicting a bumper
yield. number OF country merchants
were Ia the city to select thor dry goods
stocks and Judging from their reports.
the farmers Of the state are well enough
pleased with their crops that they will
not grumble at having to pay higher prices
for many lines Of goods this fail Johbers
IN all lines report a prosperous business.
rooms Of the dry goods houses, where
much work Is on hand that there Is
scarcely room to move around.
The greatest difficulty in the present dry
goods Jobbers are experiencing much
ular lines from the factories, and this
has had the effect OF delaying shipments
TO retail customers. An advance OF /. cent
the last few days and further advance
is expected in bleached and brown cottons
on bleached goods it is stated by leading
selling agents that present stocks are in
adequate to supply demands.
The sugar market for the week has shown
considerable strength and the demand has
been In many cases far beyond antCipa-
tions. Rehners are from week to two
only taking orders subject to that much
delay In shipping. However, supplies
| freely and the jobbers expect TO be ablo
to fiji fall orders promptly. Sugar has ad-
Vanced ten points in the week. The west
settle the rate war. A meeting was held
a conference OF the eastern. gulf and west
ern lines as soon as possible.
Light Movement OF Conee.
The movement Of Brazil coffee to date
is only one-third Of the movement for tho
same period of last year. For the week
there was an advance OF !. cent on sevens.
The advance thus far has applied to grades
! from sevens down. Although the move
ment is light it is thought that the crop
is a large one.
The tomato market continues to interest
buyers. Advances have been made in Bal
timore, Indiana and Missouri, and at the
advance there are more buyers than sellers.
Every report that comes from Maryland
is OF a gloomy nature, indicating greatly
reduced acreage and very meager setting
| of fruit on the vines II Is predicted that
there will be a further advance in the
price Of tomatoes, both spot and future.
This will be sure to come, unless condi-
tons now reported are very greatly i'm
proved within the next two or three weeks.
Peas are beginning to feel the influence
of the reported shortage and there is a d
very much stronger feeling on standard and
low grades than has been evident for some
time; In fact, almost everything in the
line of canned goods is showing de-
cided shortage over the pack of last year.
and some of the wise ones are now saying,
| Look out for corn" One thing is very
sure that at the prices now ruling the
! country will use an enormous amount or
this article and any kind of a serious re-
port would quickly set the market going.
There is very heavy demand for canned
| thing In the way Of pie goods Is In active
! request in the larger markets. Packers
have withdrawn prices on all low grade
peaches and are not disposed to accept
any new business on peaches alone. Apples
are in fair demand, with sellers offering
! in small way at the advance noted
week ago. Continued reports of poor crop
prospects add considerably TO the strength
of the situation.
HiEh-Priced Dried Fruit.
Not In a long time has there been such
an excited market in dried fruits In Call
fornia. Prices have gone by leaps ana
bounds, until today the market price a,i roT
higher than the opening. The crop Of
aprlcots in sight is much less than early
first-class goods obtainable There will be
a fair supply of discoered and shabby
goods The present estimate tf,,6 on prunes
trihe more than half the amount In sight
last fall. kilograms from the pTlncip1i
oregon prune markets report a marked
shortage in the prospective yield as the
result of excessive hot weather ana
strongly advancing market on futures with
offerings limited One message from clark
county, the largest producing section IN inc
state, estimates its total output at not over
| fifty carloads Spot raisins are almost eN-
hausted and the market has been moved
up " TO a cents on seeded and loose during
| the week. The 1905 crop Will be, according
to reliable estimates, less than two-thiru5
| of the 1894 crop. This year there Is no
carry over from the previous crop whereas
last year the carry over from me pre-
vious year was 600 carloads The situation
| is further strengthened by the belief that
seeded, will, as the result of the strong
| packer-grower combination, open at a hlgh
hgure., Eyaporated apples have aga again "a aa-
| berry crop is reported to be about halt OF
| what 1t was last year and many Shippers
have now entirely Withdrawn from 'he
salmon Prices This Week.
! No prices have been named on sockeye
| early in the week The pack OF sockeye up
| to last Monday 100000 cases. Inc run
| is slack and total pack OF not more than
prices are expected to be around $l;So iqr
tails, Sl45 for flats and 81 for halves, I, o, D.
| coast The price on halves, II made at a.
| will be fully 10 cents higher than was eNI
| pected several weeks ago. Prices on req
In general prices on fish are about the
| same, although family whitehsh IS nltle
rmer Spot stocks are s gaI anf The te Lake
| Superior fish is showing up mqch peter IA
! quality than that from Green Bay Ing nS9r
! The old Holland herring is about cleaned
| out The first arrivals Of the 1910 eaten
! viii be received between September ! and
! TX Prices rule higher than last year, the
| catch being about thlrd as large. JoD-
bers do not expect as low PilI sst "a vea T'''
! Fancy groceries Of every description arc
| moving fairly well. Imported sardlnes are
/
! the present time in France the eaten mas
been a failure, not only on genuine sdl ~,
/ but on sprats as well, and higher prices are
I'm svrUns an actual advance of four
| scales took effect this week. Rehnerh re,
port a big demand, with tendency lo"aru
higher prices. ~ o5os ~
skim No changes have been maze IN inc
price Of full creams. l., .,.-.os a.,
x much Improved demand Is reported ~
rice with Japans in moderate request Iilu
he Honduras grades most In faVor' inc
6rst Of the Honduras crop mas lnaue itS
anDear nee but offerings are very nBht.
sTLe nevU cTOp OF Japans VIII not De ANhlI-
able for six weeks yet,
Leather and Hardware.
The situation IN leather continues un-
CHANGED Prices are firm at prevailing
bigb figures. but no immediate advance IL
exbscted The statesmen OF local shos
| b0ises are still on vacation and the snip
rnent II fan orders Is progressing rapluly'
| Considering the time Of the year ana the
| fact that all the farmers are busy getting
| In their hay, wheat and oats, and also thal
many statesmen are OF the road taxing
! their vacation the months OF July ana
| August will round up with very satlslSc-
| torV amount OF business 10 the WhoIesalet
| as we'll as the retailer. There mas neeh
an unusually large demand Ior scythes,
| snaths sCythe stones, cradles, slckles, nay
rome and pulleys and carriers TINS year, on
/ account Of the large crop Of hay wheat
and oats. orders for fall goods are coming
| in freely from customers, ana eNeIyIhlnB
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