Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-16
OFOMAHA'S TRADE
Some Lines Very Quiet, Others Enjoy
Good Demand.
lULL COMES WITH HOTTER WEATHER
COttOns Reach High FIgures-Conee
Crop f. Late-sOckeys salmon
Wont Run-CaIifOrnia
Fruit Pack Poor.

oiers Tor dry goods foT {a VHsP delivery oaTe aTe
I Increasing from week TO week and an enor-
Amous fall business Is anticipated The gro
very dealers have a good trade, especially
The features Of the market are an uncer-
- cSi.y w IN tne conee situation, the high price
2, cotton cotton goods and the probable advance
sockeyes to run on Puget sound. Hot
weather In California is causing a low
brAoe truit pack there.
Cotton Goods Soaring.
Omaha dry goods jobbers buying cotton
In the east are confronted with q level OF
prices that is fast approaching the high
quotations Of 1903. The mills are In shape
TO command high prices, and this, together
WIN the TACT that the stocks of gray goods,
ond hands are exceptionally low, makes a
market decidedly favorable to high prices
:, Hopes lawns, fruits and all competing
cent Rt the jobbing houses during the last
week; The prices on four-yard brown goods
ana heaVy weights have also been raised
ana an advance in all staple lines of prints
~ looked for. In coarse goods, such as
denims, drills and ticlSngs, the prices that
nave been announced on lines that were
held at value last week or withdrawn are
to 10 per cent higher than those ruling a
Some difrculty is experienced by the Job
pers IN nlling advance orders on account Of
pad deliveries by the manufacturers. Col
lections are reported as very satisfactory,
The sugar market Is still in an unsettled
condition owing to the lower price ruling
on raWs and the Generalization in freight
rates declln aggr2gating 2a points has
taken taken place since last week. The local de-
during tho last week.
Anxiety as to Coffee.
Coffee has advanced u cent a pound since
tuesday, The Brazil market is now Aa1o
higher than New York, Receipts in Brazil
the estimate made some time ago They
are now on the eve Of the marketing Of the
crop In that country and another week
may change things In this country A
great deal OF anxiety ts displayed among
the Brazil crop, There is very short visi-
pn Hp1e fsscPply II thhe ne Unite United States now and
crop is at least two weeks late The South
American coffee men are an astute lot and
haeyrn thney may put the price up remarkably high
that the visible supply of coffee will not
materially mat Increase or decrease during
Increase In that month.
Cheese is practically unchanged Specu-
iauye buying continues to stimulate the
market q little but. prices have not ad-
Nanced. Some large lots have been bought
up oyer the country, and later on this
Reports Of unfavorable conditions AFFECT
ing the oats crop have caused sharp ad-
vance In oatmeal. The Increase has been
S0c on hve-pound cases and 3OQD4Oo on bulk
sooos Where manufacturers are quoting
Pb5iSeS PfbHx LOT d9[ september % delivery Of new goods
higher prices
SScAoFh bAhnon WouG Come,
Keen interest is felt among dealers in
salmon in the report from the Paciao
coast that the sockeye salmon have not
pHt IN tnelr appearance The run is now
Informed on the habits of fish say that
iineTe iast pr probably VIII be repetition of the
failure Of the run on Puget sound, while
among the possibilities Is not regarded
certain that the packers will not be- able
70 secure anything like the expected quanv
tty Of ash, There is still time for a fair
son Is now practically over. Such FISH as
are taken in the fall are apt to run light
probable that the packers viii have to
advance prices. New York dealer esti-
mates that the entire Puget sound pack
will be about $4,000 cases less than the
consumption Of the cheap grades last
year,
Prices on salmon named by the Alaska
Packers association are 10 cents lower
than the association named last year. If
soon there doubtless will be an early ad-
vance IN Red Alaska. Prices on pink
salmon are slightly higher than last year,
high enough that the goods can scarcely
bo made a l0-cent seller.
Sardines one-quarter Oil are lower Mus
tards are unchanged. Jobbers do not look
for any lower prices.
There is a fair movement on salt mack
on Irish and Norway, with small Nor
way counts attracting some attention. Re
ports from the east note continued fair
. catch.
u California Fruit Pack.
Syrup prices mold about the same. Re-
liners are holding stifhy to quotations and
VIII not In any Instance shade the prices
today, says wholesaler, are cheaper than
dog meat and cannot get any lower.
hottest season it had had for many years.
The peach crop will be short of early
apricot crop WIN be fair one and away
ahead OF that Of last year. AS a result
Of the heat fruit is ripening rapidly and
the raisers are dumping 1t on the Gamers
as fast as they can deliver it. The can
, ners tind themselves unable TO care for
stead OF the pack being of high grade,
the goods VIII go largely into seconds,
able to suppose that any large quantities
OF the higher grades can be packed under
Spot dried fruit shows several changes
Peaches have stlnened up because OF the
very small supply available Evaporatel
hTst class quality have advanced Ao a
pound, There is an abundant supply OF
apricots and the market is tending lower.
In futures the market is very strong on
eVaporated peaches, prunes and apples.
Prices have not yet been named on raisns
pected that they will be considerably
above those Of last year. Spot .urrants
legislation in Greece Is practically consum-
mated has not been confirmed in this
Prunes are hrm. with prices about le
above the low figures. Gables from France
report half crop and the fruit running
to small sizes. A New York prune dealer
estimates the California prune crop at u.s.
100000 pounds. lie says the French crop
will be about half that Of last year. CAT
ifOrnia prunes run chiefly 10 large sizes.
Reports from Bosnia and Servia give a
crop OF about tWo-hfths that Of last sea-
son. There Is but small supply OF last
years prunes on that coast
Rice remains unchanged. but firm at the
prevailing figures. Holders are not anxious
TO sell.
Canned corn Is without material change
Very little goods Is left In the hands OF the
packers. Tomatoes show a strong ad-
vance In every primary market. Baltimore
and Indiana tomatoes have scored an ad-
vance OF 2lhc dozen.
Leather and Hardware.
omahas leather goods business Is very
quiet Just now. Practically no orders are
coming IN tor shoes at this season and
the 1obbers are nlling their fail orders
No advance has been made In the price %
leather, but some concessions made earlier
In the season have been withdrawn, show
ing the strength OF the market.
The hardware statesmen are on the road
for the time being and trade loses the inn
q portant impulse given Il by their activities
Manufacturers are giving their attention
largely 10 matters other than the imme-
4 date marketing Of goods and are letting
y up little In the pressure OF production