Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-09-10
CONDITION OF OMAHLSTRADE
Report that Rate War Has Been Finally
Settled.
MERCHANTS WILL RUSH FOR SUGAR
IL IL Predicted that Prices VIII Rise
COHee Movement Continues Light
Herring and MackereI
Are Very HiEh.
MERCHANTS WILL RUSH FOR SUGAR

Fall trade has begun IN earnest at the
Omaha wholesale houses and merchants IN
all lines are noticing the stimulus which
comes with cooler weather. The features
OF trade are the temperance OF the shoe
statesmen on the road and the reported set
Element OF the sugar rate war. Hardware
houses are preparing for heavy trade
In winter goods. Reports from country
merchants are to the effect that the corn
Will be safe from the frost In ten or fifteen
days and Nebraska will have an enormous
The only material change in the dry
goods market for the week was a slight
advance in ginghams and cambrics. The
cotton market continues very firm Both
house trade and order trade Is good with
local jobbers and collections are satisfac-
tory. Coarse cotton goods manufacturers
are getting better prices than they have
Tor years. The actual cost Of goods TO the
consumer is not as high as It has been at
times, but there is a larger percentage Of
profit to the mills. There is a call for ad-
ditonal cotton and wool blankets that
with these goods. Prices on blankets are
somewhat higher than they were last sea
son and this fact has acted as a checJ to
buyers placing large orders early in the
season.
Rate War Reported Settled.
sugar prices are the same as last week.
haws are a little easier. The demand con-
tinues good, taking everything into con
sideratlon. The question Of freight rates
has been under discussion by the railroads
interested for some time Information was
received Friday by Omaha jobbers to the
ehect that a satisfactory adjustment had
peeh mace IN New YORK. but the particulars
had not been made public yet. The well
| Informed are Of the opinion that the old
rates viii go into effect in the next few
days. II this is true, there will be a scram-
| BILE for sugar by the retailers as restorn-
uon OF rates means increased cost OF sugar
OF ,2Oq26c a hundred in this market
There was a break OF twenty-five points
In conee options the early part OF the
week, but It had been partly regained Fri
| gay. The break was owing to the heavy
| decline in sterling exchange which affects
the prices of Brazilian currency, Spot
coffees are Nc easier to unchanged. The
! only buying is done by wholesale houses
! which have to have the goods for delivery.
while SPECTATORS are holding on The
of eS5 900 bags for August, against AN an in
crease Of sl2,S5o bags last year for tho
! Cheese continues strong. There was an
advance of nc on twins for the week The
! demand Is very heavy and present indica-
lions are for higher prices between now
salt Fish High.
The feature OF the FISH market continues to
! be the marked firmness in spot salt mack
! on the latter during the week. The f1' Satch
! is said to be 10000 to 10000 barrels less
than last year. Mackere are very scarce.
The demand for rice is beginning to show
a broadening tendency. Prices are firm
and any squirt in the demand will un-
vest is being pushed rapidly on the Atlantic
coast.
With the opening OF the fall season. deal
|
demand from the trade for all grades OF
molasses. Stocks are not large.
Little has developed in the tomato mar
ket during the last week, unless it be the
| doubly assured fact that deliveries on con-
| tracts are not going TO be made even In
! fun of the % per cent guarantee, let alone
| delivering 100 per cent. This, Of course,
! lends strength to the situation. While
there is something Of a carry-over from the
| 1904 pack, It does not look possible even
with this now to make a pack at all ade-
quate 70 the needs of an ordinary season,
throughout the season Of 1916 and 1905
The corn market is easy with both Job
bers and packers pressing for business
Salmon continues to sell remarkably well
on the basis Of lower prices recently inar-
gurated Not only red Alaska, but other
grades. are selling we'll particularly the
The market is easy on sardines, with
packers pressing to sell. The catch seems
to have been very much better during the
last three or four weeks and strife among
the packers themselves has contributed TO
the conditions now ruling.
Conditions on both dried peaches and
apricots are about the same as last re-
ported with a slight advance in the mar
ket for peaches, and both items are well
sustained on the basis recently reported.
| Lower prices on either article do not seem
| to be among the possibilities.
Prunes have scored a further advance.
! making now an advance of lAa1hc above
! the opening prices. There seems to be the
| very best of reasons for this condition. The
| crop prospects seem poorer as the harvest
There is very strong feeling on spot rails
ms the market being we'll cleaned up on
| both seeded and loose. Some few outside
packers are naming prices on raisns for
! the association will open at slightly higher
| prices than are now being quoted.
Prospects for Hardware.
September has opened with very salts
factory conditions and excellent prospects.
ness, as the trade is puTc6asInE With U com
hdence IN view OF the general strength Of
the market and the probability that good
demand which is expected to increase
with the advance OF the season There is,
however little evidence of speculative buy
ing although In some lines It is thought
not unlikely that values will be higher
with possibility that manufacturers Will
be so laden down with orders that they
VIII not be In position 70 make prompt
shipments. In this state Of things many
orders a little earlier than usual and for
somewhat larger quantities. and the result
Is that manufacturers IN the lines most
directly affected are well sold up While
the market Is generally steady and In
some directions strong, there are a few
lines In which less confident tone, II not
something of weakness, is found Heavy
goods are generally commanding slightly
higher prices, but In some branches, such
as bolts and nuts, while general conditions
should give an advancing market, the COM
petition which exists tends TO keep quota;
otherwise be maintained. The advance In
copper Is having a decided influence on
prices OF BOOuS INTO winch lllS illathl ihA
enters largely, and a very active business
is doing The market generally Is thus
in condition which repays the best etten-
ton from those who are charged with the
purchasing OF goods and gives opportunity
for the exercise Of Judgment and skill in
buying. Fortunately there Is not con-
nected with II the depressing influence
which comes from a weak or declining
market 1t is gratifying to note the en-
couragements which thus exists for enter
prise and energy in the prosecution OF
business and me eondltiSon5 "hieh Justly Jus ,E
season on which we have so auspiciously
entered.