Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-15
CONDITION OFOMAHA'S TRADE
Business IL Little Lighter Than for
Some Time.
NATURAL REACTION AFTER CARNIVAL
VIII he Heavy Again with Advent
of Cold weather-Dry Goods
Trade Larger Than
Usual for October.

Omaha experienced an increase in Job
oing business during carnival week; ana
trade Is good, the contrast to conditions OF
the last few weeks makes II seem light.
postponed a demand for numerous season.
able lines which Is bound to come, and
merchants are prepared Tor an enormous
are holding up remarkably well and the
demand for winter goods is satisfactory.
s99d Sn S sspts sSoe houses
there is more activity than there has been
for some time, and the attention is now
business also cold weather will bring ad-
ditiOnal orders for winter lines
Coffee Is very quiet and for the last
three or four days has been a shade easier.
Sevens could have been bought to arrive IN
omaha has at ~ cents b fr6
houses have been 100000 bags less for the
last six months than last year for the
soner of later, said an Omaha coffee man.
The Omaha jobbers have had good trade IN
when the statesmen were of the road and
visitors at local houses seemed to avoid
coffee. The movement at Rio and Santos
is reported larger.
Sugar Becomes More Stable.
The sugar market is in a much more
stable condition than for some time. Re
fined sugars advanced fifteen points last
Monday owing to the reS5djusitmeniL oo SI
ing up for further advances soon.
Present stocks are light with the
prices less than will be required to re-
place the stock. Raw sugars snow
much healthier tone, and there are now
sion is that the low point has been reached
and that there is a possibility of higher
The demand for rice is increasing. No
change In price has taken place. Advices
from the south note large movement on
the Atlantic coast at full figures. AT New
Orleans the market is strong. In LOUISIANA
and Texas, planters claim, on account OF
the reduced acreage, diminished yield per
acre and Iateness Of the crop, that the
statistical position is much stronger than
for several years. AS their products ma
ready sale as fast offered, IL would seem
that buyers and sellers alike have good
opinion of the market, for the near future
Prices are held firmly on fish. Norway
and Irish mackerel have good movement
from first hands at full figures. Te,esTa ms
Georges fish at $3.50 per barrel there, Cod
is firm in all markets.
Cheese Firm and Active.
Cheese is firm and active. Brick, linn,
berger and Swiss cheese have advanced
pound. The reason that prices have not
americas IiSe ISIS is that the good weather has
| producing districts. The recent trosts in
J New York have been the cause OF the
| frosts have not touched Wisconsin to do
| any damage. Whenever II comes, the out
put will be cut off and the tendency will
be toward stiffening prices, say the jobbers.
One of the most active articles in the
canneds goods line the past week has been
| tomatoes. The market has again been
| crowded up and on today's basis tomatoes
would have to sell for s1.15 per dozen to
4 make even a reasonable profit for the
tobber It looks as II present prices had
! little difficulty in getting rid OF all avail
able stock at the prices now ruling; Corn
continues weak and has no friends, ap-
parently. Gallon pie goods. Of Ill kinds
are in very active request, with Hhe market
| advancing on many of these items. Call
good request, with very strong market
| on apricots and peaches. Salmon continues
In good request, with no changes.
| Omaha, there have been no combinations
on raisins at full association prices Al
| most anything that has been offered from
outside has gone at least per cent below
| association figures. Still the association
seems very confident Of its position and
| cleaned up. Apricots. peaches and prunes
are in good request at full prices. Rasp-
berries continue to advance.
with Dry Goods Houses.
Dry goods are still strong and are very
scarce in some lines of domestics, notably
brown cottons. All cotton goods are firm.
No changes from last week prices are to
| be reported. The weather Is favorable for
cotton picking and receipts are large, which
may have the effect OF easing the market a
little. An eHOrt OF secondary 0ry goods
markets to break prices by Withholding or
ders is not meeting with success, as che
secondary markets are so thtnly supplied
that there is always someone who is ready
to take dry goods at the sellers figures.
To add to the discontinue of jobbers, the
supply OF finished goods. instead of being
augmented as October advances, is falling
behind the demand. on this score 1t is pre-
dcted that prices will not be lower. Belfast
advices received last week state that the
scarcity of yarns is acute. Prices are very
high and the general opinion is that to push
yarns any higher is most undesirable.
Omaha jobbers are experiencing a good
trade. The Ak-Sar-Ben trade was salts
factory and the current trade is holding W
remarkably well in contrast to the quiet
which usually prevails about this time,
when merchants have their stocks in. This
year they are still buying freely. There Is
an especially large demand for underwear
and blankets,
Leather TO be Higher Yet.
A salesman for a shoe manufactures
house. who was in Omaha Friday, pre-
dicted that shoes would advance g per cent
in three or four months. Though retailers
and consumers think shoes are high now,
he said, they are really low in comparison
, with the price OF raw hides and leather