Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-29
CONDITION. OMAHASTRADE
Week 0ns of Business for Firms in ALI
Lines.
DRY GOODS HOUSES ESPECIALLY BUSY
Country Merchants Are Very Busy
Now and DO Not Come 20 the
City-Cotton, Cheese and
Rice Advance.


The week has been full OF business for
80 saq tbe SI rT S goods houss
Country merchants are very busy, and in
stead Of cominG to Omaha, are sending in
orders by statesmen. or in some cases are
not waiting for the statesmen, but are send
ing them direct to the wholesale houses
Their advance on some lines cotton goods
In The grocery line, cheese and rice have
advanced, while coffee is little easier
Coffees are a little easter. sevens are
quoted to Omaha jobbers at SIC; The mar,
business has been restricted. This is on ac-
count OF the fact that the weak bulls be-
iquidating There is a scarcity Of the pop
uar grades. Receipts were smaller than
for the previous week. The statistical po-
sition Of coffee is even stronger now than
it was when the price was higher, as ths
of the FoP ha Eno%n
that the yield is not large. The receipts
thus far have been $4,000 bags less than
The market remains practically the same
on refined sugars. Raws are reported
jobbers say there is nothing to indicate that
there will be any higher prices tb Iof ,owee
prices may rule later on.
Cheese SIN AdvsncinR.
Cheese is active and prices are consider
ably higher than last weeks quotations.
Buyers have 3sep c nGIain ev0R to fbe fa
vorable weather I'm the cheese-making dis
tricts. especially Wisconsin, In spite OF
and the fact that everyone in the cheese
business is requiring October-made goods,
and Manufacturer are Of the opinion that
the market will advance lc to l1Rc more In
the next thirty days Many f tS fS nave I've
mainder will close for the season In the
next ten days. 1t IL said that the amount
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lators during the summer Is much lighter
than In previous seasons.
The Holland herring catch up to date
Is 10000 barrels short of the catch of last
year The Scotch herring catch was al.
of fo1 Nop aW yT The proapeets are for con-
slderably higher prices on Norway ana
jobbers are advising their customers to
carry good round stocks while they can
get them at the present low prices; The
American mackerel catch is practically over
than thirty days ago The opening prices
on Norways were very reasonable, but on
AT least 81 a barrel Some Irish mackerel
are being offered and the prices are con-
siderably higher than last year.
Active Movement I'm Rice.
There has been an exceedingly active
movement in both Japan and head rices
during the last two or three weeks Inc
es ssi W WTsy' total failure and almost from
the time of the Issuance OF their circular
TO the trade, rice began to move up. Wen Wen
pfiees today ruling will surely be main
tanned and that further advances are IN
sight Omaha jobbers say that present
prices surely will be maintained until after
the first of the year. Whether there VIII
then be an accumulation sufficient to re-
duce the prices 70 any, extent, is CUES us,o
toned. The crop is short enough 70 enao ne
s sne noif the present market values for all
their supplies. 80, a.,
The market on canned goods ,d TINS T Taii
demand for pie fruit of all kinds has been
very unusual. Under this heavy demand
prices have been advanced very rapidly on
gallon apples, backberries, raspberries,
peaches apricots; in fact, almost anything
In the way of pie goods Tomatoes also
hsvs se GEme n6 II DOR bamore Packers Who
have been offering gallon apples have now
ing sold their prospective packs. Very few
New Hork packers are sn ns as a S ouotsd
are about &c higher than the market re-
Gently ruling Very feW mat0eS S are Si
to shade the fun prices whlch are no"
3 small fruit OF all kinds and berries have
advanced in sympathy with other fruits.
( Biackberres have besn marked up from
( apparently are being offered Several pack
I ers are entirely SOLD ont OF t"o,pO Gun
! hold at about l5c advance over the low
: California canned goods are reported si
q supply gallon goods particularly being very
firm In the advanced price, and a fun line
Corn is the only weak spot in the entire
canned Goods line.
RaIsins VIII Not Decline.
Further advances have been noted on
evaporated apples and evaporated rasp,
berries the former having been advanced
at least Isc per pound in the last week
The situation on raisins Is peculiar. Out
side packers seem to have the raisin busl-
ness at the present time ana are cuttlns
the price Of the association pretty deep.
have
meeting lasting several days 70 consider
whether or not the growers would allow 5ne
seeders to make lower prices on seeded
raisins, and knock out outsiders, VINO az
present seem to control the market. Eyl-
IDENTIFY the growers carried the day and de-
termined not to lower prices, as informa'
ton has reached Omaha grocers that the
seeders will not reduce prices to Jobbers
There has been an unusually heavy de-
mand in fancy goods, showing that the con
sumers throughout the country are In pc,
stion to expect and demand better class
of goods. A rapid advance In olives has taker
place in the last thirty days Spot stocks
and there is no relief in sight until after
the first of the year.
The Dry Goods Business.
Local dry goods iobbers do not agree will
the predictions made a week ago by eastern
men and there is probability OF a decline
in the cotton market Some advances haN'
been quoted to the Omaha firms In Tn,
condition of the market. they say thei
see nothing but high prices The loca
houses nave pecn Hooutu Win oiutISi hoNl
direct from customers aud travelling sales
men. House trade also has been fair
though retailers are too busy to come 4
the city i'm any large numbers. The weather
continues favorable for the trade in fal
underwear and other heavy goods. bu
many popular lines are scarce. Omahs
jobbers are all carrying an unusually larg'
stock Of these goods for this time of tn,
year and have been successful in keeping
the trade fairly we'll supplied. Prints
ginghams and dOmestics OF all description
continue scarce, and are strong in frs
advanced
points in the last week. Amoskeag A. c. A
ticking has advanced hc, and competing
lines and lower grades have been marked
up In sympathy