Omaha daily bee., 1905-11-12
CONDITION OFOMAHA'S TRADE
Heavy Business in All Lines Reported
for Week.
SPRING oRDERsFoR sdots AND DRY GOODS
Main Feature i'm Groceries il Adj
vance in Salt Fish-Strength In
Bleached Goods Commands
... Attention of JObbers.


Perhaps the main feature of the grocery
trade for, the week Is the advance in salt
nsn, which already commanded a high
price; In dry goods the strength in
bleached goods commands the attention of
the tobbers. In shoes and hardware no
changes nave taken place Business in all
dry goods and shoes is more than salts
factory. the jobbers report good collec-
toss.
Prices on sugar are a trihe lower than
last week. The market on refined in the
east has been duIl, buyers holding off to
see " materially lower prices will not come.
80 Tar they have been disappointed, except
for the recent slight decline. Omaha houses
are doing satisfactory business.
syrups and molasses are rirm. Spot
stocks are low at the leading markets.
vance.
Cheese is ruling strong High prices are
being paid in tile north and west and stocks
In the east are concentrated in strong
hands, exporters are unable to pay the
asking prices for desirable grades and
show no interest In the situation.
The COnee Trade.
The coffee market mas steadled now but
no advances nave been quoted. The people
who were anxious to sell have unIOaded
and the weak holders are no longer a factor
IN the situation. SeVens are quoted at
sStc TO Omaha Jobbers, but 1t Is very nard
to set any al that price;
conee: 1t Is paradoXical that the cheap
est market in the world Is here In New
lOfh, IN a season Wnere the necessities of
the trade for supplies are so great, when
consumption has already gone far anead of
production. where the actual supplies are
held In strong hands and the mercha ndise
for legitimate investment purposes is better
value than many other hrst-ciass staples.
However, while the depression lasts the
good position Is still gaining strength The
current crop is small and the world sup
plies are bound to decrease. Brazil mas
sold nearly all the receipts OF the crop so
far. In the first four months, at the height
Of the movement Brazil sent down more
than half OF the current crop, 8. 159 100 bags,
and in the same time Europe and the
states have taken from their own seaports
about 6,3oOOO0 bags, and yet the interior
OF both countries stands In need of sup
plies to the tune Of about 100000 bags
each month. From all that is known about
the Brazil plantations and poor conditions
OF the trees, II is not a question how big
the next crop viii be, but rather how small
II may be A great deal depends upon the
weather and current reports are not favor
Tea has advanced fully 10 per cent since
May. II is pretty well cleaned up in some
or the markets.
High Prices for Fish.
Family white fish' have advanced nearly soc
per half barrel in the last week. The out
look, considering the small catch TO date, is
for higher prices. Red Alaska salmon in
barrels are very scarce and the packeTs are
filling only about % per cent Of their con-
tracts. Prices are high, and before another
catch can be marketed the nsh will be 81 to
- higher yet per barrel, say the jobbers.
iio 0I@na hersins arm ds1. a. h present qTPIa
$4,000 barrels short OF last year at the
same time. Practically no Norway xxx
herring are being offered. The catch
to date Is Of different quality. The
catch OF Scotch was almost an entire
failure, American mackerel are scarce and
prices are being held al the advance which
recently took place. The Grand Bank catch
| OF eOdhsh this year Is l30O0. 900 barrels, as
| compared with 100000 barrels In 1904 The
| catch of haddook hake and pollock shows
] en- increase, but on account OF the groWiHE