Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-23
CONDlTlONOF TRADE
Local JobbsrS Preparing to Take Inventory
Of Their Stock,
BUSINESS is OF HOLIDAY CHARACTER
More orders for Goods for spring
Delivery on Books Than Have
Ever Been Taken at
This Season.


Of holiday character. retailers in the
country attending closely 20 their business
and not huying In any volume. except on
Is not unpleasng TO the iohbgrs, for they
are preparing for their inventories
More orders are on the books for spring
goods than ever were at this time OF tho
year and iobbers declare that, as heavy as
was the trade Tor 1906 the high tide has not
yet been reached. a casting up Of the
accounts Of goods sold during the fan mere
chants meetings Of the Omaha Jobbers
and Manufacturers association makes a
showing $4,000 greater than for the spring
meetings. and as the latter were very sat-
isfactory the outlook for the coming year
Is very encouraging indeed Dry goods
represent large share OF the business
done at these fall meetings
The situation on dry goods is serious,
as the stocks OF the iobbers are sadly
depleted and they are worried about get
ting more goods. The situation Is per-
hans the worst IN the history Of the trade.
Prices on muslirs are higher than have
obtained for twenty years and all other
goods are firm. BY reason OF the advance
Of the season the trade IN wooden goods is
not active The demand FOR cotton goods,
however, Is large and there is no Indication
Of any weakening in price. Lonsdale mus,
Loom muslins are u cent higher. and vet
at the mills, the latter being sold mp to
April 1.
The syrup market is In very strong
position, all mixers holding stin and absos
also predict an advance 60 become effective
shortly after the hrst Of the year. Boxes
and tin cans are cutting quite a figure in
the anticipated advance. MS well as the
strength Of the glucose market The de-
mand is unusually heavy and iobbers say
buyers are absolutely safe i'm placing or.
ders for round lots at prevailing prices.
Scarcity Of Choice Rice.
Texas and Louislna rice mills are show.
ing a great scarcity Of really choice and
! fancy Japans and most Of the samples
are medium and low grades Fancy heads
known as river heads The Omaha mar
ket Is well supplied now with all grades
| Of heads and Japans, and you can get the
/ anywhere. Omaha jobbers are constantly
/ seeking, and will buy the very top grades
Of river head and fancy Japans, and deal
/ ers in the west who want anything superior
| in rice can get II right here in Omaha.
! This cannot he. said OF many. johbing mar
c cfty OUTSIDE OF on'''so ana New h0rN
! There is a slackening up on purchase Of
! dried fruits due to the holidays. so far as
! iobber's business with packers is con-
cerned, but there has been a brisk move
! ment to deliver goods TO the retail trade.
| Currants remain firm and have soar
ing tendency. In raisins the general situ-
| alton is unchanged. Prnes are strong
and the demand IS heavy.
| strong, with $3.50 (. o. b. quoted at factory
1 points. Packers figure on an increased cost
| 20 pack all grades the coming season, due
! to the higher cost Of raw materials, In
/ GLIDING tin plate and boxes. In corn the
market is a trihe easy. Fancy Maine corn
! is reported to be in very light supply.
and the tone is firm. Standard June peas
| are hard to get.
| No change on refined sugar Is reported
| Spot raws are fairly steady. while sales
| for February from Cuba are a trihe easier.
| Grinding on the island has increased Won
/ derfuly I'm the last week. and there are
| now IFS centrals grinding. as compared
| look is for a much bigger crop than year
Coffee was little bit higher and there
| was considerable speculative activity on
| Wall street. ReceiDts from Brazil are COM
ing freely, but local iobbers say the
Brazilian Ian stands 5ds ready 6nro TO
tunity, and they are advising their GUS
toners to lay in good supplies.
shoes and Leather.
There is nothing new to report in the
shoe and leather market statesmen have
had good trade on the road and are now az
their homes to eat Christmas turkey ana
will not resume their labors until after the
first OF the year The market remains very
firm and the tendency Is toward advances
the making Of shoes booming as never
before and orders far in excess of their
ability TO handle promptly. Many have or
ders extending far into 1901 The charac-
teTistic frmuess of the leather marFet con-
tinues unrelaNed and well sustained, with
future
The usual holiday lull has made It's APP
! pearance in hardware jobbing houses. but
| the lull is not so noticeable as Il was at
| this time last year. Local iohbers are pre-
pairing to take inventory and some matters
1
| The local market is without important
| changes, although advances are expected
In staple lines soon.
Paints, oils and Glass.
There is a big demand for staple sizes in
| vlass and il Is a difficult matter to Ill or
| ders on account OF the short supply. The
| present discount is 90 and 5. Lead Is UNI
/ changed. Carriers being ne, while Southern
is 79sc. The demand is strong. Large buy
| ers are making contracts for next year.
Turpentine is unchanged, being 73i5c. Lin
seed oil is still quoted at i3c for boiled and
Ale for raw. Paint business Is slack on ac-
/ count Of the chilly weather. Prices on paint
are very likely TO advance on account OF
the rise In pig lead.