Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-11-19
OF ONAHA'S TRADE
Weeks Business Good, bat Market Almost
Fsa. urel less
ONLY NOTICEABLE ADVANCE is IN COTTON
Dry Goods Jobbers Prepare for Clear
ing Sale This week and Expect
Many RetniIers-LeadinE Groc-
cries Are Unchanged.

Trade has been good for the week with
omaha Jobbers, but the market has been
almost teatureleSs. The main thing to note
rs an advance in bleached cambrics and
bleached cottons. Gomez sugar and cheese,
the leading groceries, remain unchanged.
Dry goods jObbers are preparing for a
clearing sale this week and expect a large
visiting trade.
Refined sugar is unchanged in price.
Raws are a little firmer, the price being
l-lbc higher than a week ago, A much
better telling prevails and some best posted
on the situation hold the opinion that bot
tom has been reached. At the same time
there are others VINO say that lower prices
Will rule before the first of the year. The
demand has shown a marked Improvement
in the last few days.
Cheese is strong, although no further
advance has been named. The factories
have practically all closed for the winter
and stocks are reported as exceedingly light
Tor this season, as compared with FORMER
seasons The general impression prevails
that considerably higher prices will rule
for fancy October made goods.
Cohee Is practically unchanged from last
week. Seveus are stlll quoted to Omaha
jobbers at S9sc. Estimated receipts OF
Brazil coffee for November are l,Z0O,WO
bags, which is 10000 bags more than were
received in November of last year. The
Increased movement of the last two weeks
has made the total receipts to date about
equal to those of last year, but the indica-
small one The market is steady at the
recent decline and II looks as though Dol
tom had been reached. Brazil reports that
rain is badly needed for the growing crop
situation in Canned Goods.
The feeling in canned corn is quite a
healthy one and the impression pitNans
that in the near future prices are gong 10
be better than they are today, le" Oh
the Gamers who have poor storage ana
cannot keep their goods from freezing are
offering their goods at comparatively low
prices, at least such poTu. n dS ihey cannon
take care of properly. OUTSIDE OF that
there Is no cheap corn; IN ittt tne loWa
Gamers had a meeting recently and the
feeling there displayed was very strong
for standing pat and Offering no goods. eX-
cept at a margin of profit above the cost OF
canning. Corn is rapidly going into con-
sumption, and while no material advance
is looked for before the early spring, every
case of corn will be wanted and the packers
will be cleaned up before new goods are
ready.
A few Gamers in eastern Maryland find
It necessary to move their stocks before
the advent of cold weather. This has
brought out a few offerings of cheap TO-
matOeS so that sales have recently Decn
no section of the west however. are job
bers able to learn Of any offerings below
81. This, with the freight rate of PC to 3ic
would make the goods cost from $l.O'12 &c
material reduction in tomatoes; in fact
they are inclined to think that the market
will hold firm and possibly be advanced
Fruits Are Firmly Held.
Anything in the way of canned fruits
either eastern or California, is firmly held
Gallon apples continue to advance and gal
Ion small fruits of all kinds are very hare
/ to find of satisfactory quality.
The market continues very firm on boil
| apricots and peaches and slight advances
| have been made in apples and prunes dur
| ing the last week. Peaches are so wei
| cleaned up as are also apricots, that al
| advancing market is anticipated from thi
| time on; in fact, some of the best posted
! operators predict extreme prices on botl
/ of these lines. There is no change TO re
| port in raisins, except that the outsider
! present time the Raisin association has no
| done great amount of business.
few California walnuts have been re
! ceived in the market, but the quality ha
| not been satisfactory. The trade has flnall,
made up its mind to use imported walnuts
Fl Further e advances RS have taken place Il
both Japan and head rices. The rain,
| weather in the south has served to Civ
| added strength TO the situation. as wha
goods are now in the stack will be NOR
or less damaged by the rain.
The tone of, the herring market in IN
| east is a little easier temporarily, bu
prices at Omaha rule the same as las
| week. Dutch herring is pressing the mar
ket but supplies Of Scotch are not heavy
Other fish are firm at ruling figures.
Clearing Sale of Dry Goods.
The trade of dry goods jobbers has bee
very good for the last few weeks and tn
leading houses have announced clearin
sales for next week, when they will max
a reduction of prices and close out surplu
lots of seasonable fall goods. Many larg
retailers have already signifed their inter
ton Of coming to the market
| Lonsdale cambrics have advanced to Il
! in the last week and other bleached can
brlcs and all bleached cottons are equal
! strong due in part to large consumption
as well as to the strong market for RAJ
cotton. Unbleached cotton denims an
ticks also are scarce and ADVANCING
Amoskeag A. c. A. ticks and competln
lines have been advanced hdRc all rounC
Advance orders for spring goods have bee
larger than at any former correspondent
time and extend to all lines of goods.
shoes at Omaha's Market.
An advance for the week is quoted q
| all grades of leather both upper and sol
! While Omaha jobbers have not made an
advances for some time they soy the fee
ing in shoes is stronger. and they are ce
tain that they will have to increase Il
price before long A retail merchant wf
in a few DAYS ago who protested the his
price charged him for shoes When IL
iobber asked him to compare the preseI
price of hides with that of former veal
he said: "Well, I do remember that
bought hides a year ago at SC a poun
and now | am paying y and lSc' Retail
they realize that shoes will he yet highe
There is ALWAYS a good business on a risiT
market in the shoe trade.
Heavy Trade in Hardware.
Hardware wholesalers are swamped wit
shipping. One day last week a salesmd
for one company sent I'm an order for min
teen carloads of goods, and all others
the same firm did an enormous bushes
Galvanized and black sheetiron were steaS
and there is an especially big demand
this line. There has been no change
prices for the week. The steel market
! steady for the time being. but the jobbe
say there is every indication that It will
higher soon. Omaha dealers have bong
ahead for their needs as far as May