Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-06
CONDITION OFOMAHASTRADE
Notable Feature is Activity in Dry Goods
Business
LOCAL HOUSES ARE LIKE BEE HIVES
Are shipping ont Fail Orders-Other
Branches Enjoy share of Pros
perity-SuEnr Rate war
a. About over.
Deal HOUSES ARE LIKE BEE HIVES

Most noticeable among Omahas trade
features for the week has been the almost
unparalleled activity In the shipping rooms
o. the dry goods jobbing houses House
uauS Is IN tull blast, and this. added to
an immense order business, mas almost
caused blockade in the packing rooms.
ware Is steady with a good movement for
tne season, and activity in shoes has not
begun yet. Shoe houses have sent out
order ed.
All departments OF the dry goods houses
are extremely busy, and the distribution OF
eoous extends to all lines. Cottous con-
tlh3e TO rule strong and the leading lines
OF pleached goods have advanced u cent
anu scarce II Is reported that some OF
me reading houses In other markets are
Shurely bare OF courtyard sheeting. but
Omaha stu has a considerable stock Amer
iSan prints have not advanced yet al
shoush change is expected almost any
day There 10 little question now but that
! 1lsh prices nave put stop to the export
1ePand, at least for the time being-this
ana the tact that prices are constantly
changing 30 much 50 that foreign buyers
when they receive orders find that the
market has changed, and they must walt
until they get further orders The falling
on In the export demand will hardly effect
! prices here for some time.
Values Of dress goods for spring will
/ range from TO 10 per cent higher. The
mills have had very heavy trade on fall
ana winter goods this year and they
no reason why they should not get fancy
prices for the new lightweight goods. II
/
are to continue in vogue for spring To
judge by the way jobbers are sending or
ders for serges, they will be classed with
the leaders The worsteds for spring both
plain and fancy, are to be kept at a higher
| level than this year
1t is thought that the end Of the sugar
! rate war is in sight At a conference held
! In Chicago week ago the gulf lines agreed
to accept a reduction OF cents in their
| differential rate. The rate adopted after
| the previous rate war was 10 cents lower
| from New Orleans TO Missouri river points
] IN riysnr
| points. The eastern trunk lines claimed
/ the dfferential Of Is cents was excessive
and asked its reduction to 10 cents. Some
western lines which do not reach gulf
/ ports, being heavy losers by the war, pro-
pDisi Fnel, gun The Sf lines oerad 70
! compromise on II cents. This proposition
is to be considered al. a meeting OF the
eastern roads in New York. Local Jobbers
are looking with anxiety toward n settle
ment of the war as their stocks are small,
and they are afraid to buy in any large
quantity.
Raw sugars are easy. The demand for
the last ten days has been enormous and
supplies are coming in slowly The result
is that the grocers have had difficulty in
making prompt deliveries, AS, long as the
remains on the same basis there will be
no increase in the price OF refined.
fun 4 cent higher than they were week
ago. American stocks are small and there
aTe rev f biFFSer than G NaW York and com
sequently there are very few offers of cof-
fee. It meals that America probably will
thus far marketed at Brazilian points is' I
less than for. any July for several years:
amounted to $4,000 bags; in July of 1904 It
was 1,0ll,0Oo bags, and in July Of 1903 IL
about n tenth OF the crop has been brought
from the interior yet. Americans cannot
tell whether the yield is light or not;
Cheese prices have advanced rapidly IN
the last ten days and in that period the
increase has been about TX cents pound,
the demand for P' the last month has been
practically double what II has been in the
last few years Large cheeses are very
scarce and fancy grades command espe-
cially high prices.
c9Ge2' fn EtdP in PgG gain and
few weeks ago, oatmeal does not seem in
clined to advance further. The tendency
" Dried i'te fruit for fail delivery has attracted
great deal Of attention. Practically every
been made has had an active trade, the
demand being particularly heavy Tor april
S Sds Dras d pr Bah penescs nd
aprcots have been advanced and today
shippers are asking further advance or
that the market has been firmly established
on this basis but it looks as though IL
y cent above opening prices for Santa
Clara, while OreEons are quoted AT y cents
above 6 ess ana rasRs for fall ee delivery
From the present outlook there Will not
be as heavy supplies in any OF the dried
packers who sold peaches short are railing
over each other to buy from growers TO
All their short sales. This has resulted In
a stiffening Of the ideas Of the growers
and it is impossible 70 buy from them az
ANYTHING like reasonable prices. The Greek .
Chamber OF Deputies has finally passed &c ~
currant monopoly bill and the result nav
been to make an active ,r ana aG ryrpsns
will not be as low again for some time.
Tomatoes have been the principal item
While there have been no advances mere
in the week. there have been ADVANCES
strong situation Is ascribed to the adverse
cron reports received from the principal
Cent in the acreage planted and reduced
carry-over from the previous PACK. only Only
year What carry-over Is left has been 4
taken out Of first hands local tobber
several hundred thousand tomatoes In stor-
age from last season, but with the short
10 tske care Of the ordinary consumptive
requirements Of the trade.
All reports on canned peas show that
the ma elk is much less than was anticipated.
The average shortage IS about 40 per cent
on the extra STANDARD ana extra 1,d grdue ~
standards and seconds. The Wisconsin
pack, It Is reported. will be tully lgoGU
and Illinois packs 1000 cases short. Canned
corn is dull and the tone generally easy:
Corn prospects Indicate a Hp'h lslN anu
a continued easy market on gallon ap-
ples the market is strong, with further
advances on spot goods In sight
trenelv low. and the only change that can
take place will be In the direction Of higher
Drices There is a continued light catch
IN the coast OF Maine.
late reports from Puget sound are 10
the effect that there is very heavy run
~ sockeve salmon. Prices have not been
made generally. The demand for salmon
x fuIIy up to that OF last season, The
Total pack Of sockeye up to the end or
week was 10000 cases.
Too Much Cheese,
Durtpg one Of his campaigns Private"
IL A. IL.