Omaha daily bee., 1905-02-12

z, -OlWtar went into effect amounting TO z
unnounced Tor April j. Il would cause
osa axe Ssvp place Ess before April Ill These
SArcity, and high price of crude rubber,
a. speaking Of this advance, which went
,..at a great many of the better posted
i,urchants have already placed their orders
udyanoe. On the other hand, there are
thousands of merchants who thought that
l!nen jobbers predicted higher prices that
lney were simply talking to get business
.iiu that similar predictions through the
columns Of The Bee came from the same
4ouree. The result is that they will have
The demand for rubber goods last week
was exceptionally heavy Tor the time OF
year, Most OF the orders We're sent by
express The large number Of these ttlling-
clustyely that this long-continued colo
weather and snow has practically eNnausted
goods carried over will be very small
The leather goods market is also I'm
very strong position and advances at any
time would cause no surprise. Recent ad-
vices from the east state that in many
cases manufacturers have already advanced
per- r pair, these spt adVanoes @ % are e ca caused By
the high price, of leather owing to heavy
viii have some ditflcufty in. getting shoes
OF satisfactory quality that, they can AFFORD
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With many people,
Dry Goods About Steady.
Tho dry goods market is In much the
same position 1t was week ago. fhe. c
may have been few minor changes, Du-
hothng OF q startling nature has dSvelQp "a
since iast report. " Dozen goods la IA. ,i1-
ular are in a very strong posit.oa aud
higher prices are beng preuictea ON mum
The local demand last week was liberal
consderin6 tho severe weather quite "A
not as many as there wound have oesn ma ,
The weather been more moderate. Re a l.
ess. OF course know k tnat slrins & tlSat -
buying mood when the mercury is he,Jw
zero. They have eashed ~ a good many
during the last few weeks ard are leeng
good when they think that they viii no
be Obliged 70 carry them over until neS.
prospects for future business. and as d te-
suit they Will he heavy huye.s IA M near
chants have advised lobbers lna, they Wlll
be IN the city TINS week, 50 that trade VII
probably be considerably heaN ier nom 10 "
on. travelling men are meeting WIN So
success on the road, and IN fact are sci lug
more goods man they were a week ago.
so that they are doing no compluintAg
Hardware Fairly Active.
The demand ior hardware is reported as
Lelhg very nehvy, Al. tmngs ..nsluc. e.,
A,atallers daHe Dscn doing fusui,s .,.,.l'
ness All winter ana AS resmt ,nly a. q
Very nopefui lor the Iutu.e ana arr uu, N
Nely freely Tor their spl'ing trIue. 10.
Ders' saies so tar tnis se..aou arv tar aheld
oI what they were a year ago aiiu /, n,.l
De RENE mbered that trade curing JLnua. )
and A ebruary of last year was very stt
istactory proportions, Both wholesalers ans
rotaileFa are OF the opinion that OLsI..sss Ia
going 20 continue heavy throughout the
summer.
The market is ia Just about the sam
position II was a week ago. The gCnC4 ,,l
&c ling, though, IL hrm all along the Lne
and tnose best posted say that no one necu
f,ar slump IN prices, as the demand lrom
all sections OF the country ~ heavy enous
20 keep mills running at full eapAciIy tuI
many months 10 come. AS long that u
the case there Is no reason tor a break III
prices,
Fruits and Produce.
The demand for fruit aud vegetables last
week WAS rather limited owing TO the colo
weather, which MADE II practically impos
hihle 90 ship pertshRble gools, For tbs
same reason little new stock arrived on IN,
market aud prices are In very mueh tn,
Anme notehes they were a week ago.
The egg market attracted cona.derable at
tention and az the close OF the week was
very unsettled. The high point OF the wesi
was 20 cents and then Il dropped back e
20 cents, The future OF the market de
pends entirely upon weather conditions.
The butter market has been very strong
and Ia fact hes reached the highest poin
la maAy years. At the close Of the weei
packing stock was quoted at AqAhc. whll'
creamery butter sells frQm a4o TO sic, Th
cold weather n, Of course, responsible 10
these high prices aud ~ y result there Il