Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-11-25
CONDITION OF OMAHA'S TRADE
Delivery from Factories Poorest in History
Of Country.
SHORTAGE Of BOTH CARS AND GOODS
Heuuires Weeks for shipments 20 Ar
rive, where ~ ought 20 rake
only Dhys-VoIume OF Busi-
ness Runs Large.
SHORTAGE or BOTH CARS ANO GOOD;

The car situation Is inconvenienciug the
ocal jobbers not little. When their Gus
.omers In the country are clsmoriug for
g9oods II is very annoying to have a car
weeks and then be buried I'm the congestion
pI tne local yards for several days longer,
PUT such y the condition. Added to that
= the difficulty I'm getting goods at the
factories and, ON the whole, the situation
was never quite equaled In the history OF
the country. The heavier shipperJ-imple-
ment tobbers, grocers and hardware men,
are, Of course, the hardest hit.
a local 1obber Of groceries speaks thus
From the jobbers' standpoint this has
heen the worst season ever experienced for
securing deliveries on contracts. Car short
cure labels, itnpossibilty OF getting car
tons, great difficulty in securing SUFFICIENT
consequent difficulty IN getting together
assorted OF dried fruit and canned
goods, have. al had their part in delay ng
too, have found It utterly Impossible to
transport and deliver promptly freight
given them. Frequently cars from Cali
S fornia have taken four weeks In transit
while cars from the east have been pl city
nearly as badly delayed, SO that the job
bers in hhtng their contracts have had to
overcome almost insurmountable Obstacles"
sBusiness in all lines was reported salts
than for the previous week, with the ex-
cepton OF the implement and hardware
houses, which were. made especially busy
the previous week by the implement deal
efs convention. 'i'
Dry Goods Scarce East.
.srhe feature in dry goods is the scarcity
Omaha jobber who has just returned from
the east says the condition is seriousi that
the jobbers will be able to get only limited
supplies in certain lines and other lines cane
not be had OF all. He advises the retailers
u buy everything they can now, for goods
win not be cheaper this winter. Many
wholesalers are now placing their orders
for the fall ana winter of next year, which
Indicates that they believe there is TO be a
marked scarcity OF goods.
With the shoe jobbers the mail ordev
Business last week was excellent. SpTini y
business runs about as usual, with some
lines running better this month than they
Did year ago. The demands of the coun-
tTy retailers keep, local jobbers busy, and
they declare that the season as q whole
hns been a very satisfactory one Leather
Femains at the high price of the year and
there is no indication that It will be lower
ID the near future
Hardware trade moves along with the
same heavy volume that has characterized
uhe year. and according to the jobbers, the
twelve months will be rounded out with
record-brealing business. Road statesmen
for builders hardware in all parts cf tho
ierritory holds up REMARKABLY welt 4 Hne
price changes have been noted ana an arr aIS
IN the upward direction; Prices on steel
goods for next season have been, named
BY the manufacturers and they show an az
Vance of last year. Copper ana preSS
have also been advanced a little, and all
metals are firm Chisels and draw knives
were advanced 10 per cent last week
Dried Fruit Very Active.
There is not much to report In the way
Of change in canned goods. 1t Is becoming
more and more difficult TO secure anylnalng
and corn are without material change.
Pumpkin and kraut are two items Whlch
have come In for material advance, rum mn
kraut ali the way from to 10 cents, &C
Eeordlng 10, the. manufacturer. il.
n Dried fruits have been particularly ecuVes
with fsfrther sharp advances in raisins OF
XII kinds and an advance of to ~ cents
per pound IN eyap9r3,tea app'9I5s and
apricots are exceedingly well cleaned np
and IL looks like further advance, Woull
without doubt take place on the hns OF
Supplies of California walnuts are coming
f6fNVrd 6lovgiSL srhe few -nilts that are
f5,g being offared for sale are held at to
prices ON No soft shell. shellsd nuts Is, q
Snrv sharp advance5 sheiled pecans.
some very active trading has taken place
NJ l Been advanced by different holders
from \. to j cent per pound; IL rs Wttnou'
doubt true that the crop th5s year ysTv strons
organization among the dealers, py WIZ.
they are able to eliminate a certaln, anlV oI
of competition, and without doubt ,S ttS :
eul be able 10 maintain prices possibly
they Will advance them rurthef. .h. 40.
s,5nS a fair. The jobbers complain o.
nlolau delaV In shipment from the rehners
The market on cottee Is somewhasI elstS,
continued Improvement with the advanoS
OF the fall and the volume OF business
condition of Drug Market.
AponR the advances that have occurred
recently Is one on gum opium, WMcn ma
advanced l5o per pound, ana - quole1 -
$40 Is $40; powdered opium, $4.z0 70 Cav
Ctuinine is firin and only limited quantlue'
are available. Dealers are expecting "
early announcement of further adNahSe
Giauber salts is sun very scarce 10
pronapt delivery; both granular ana Iuull
are quoted at 1c per pound III pdLI " y
The price will probably continue hlgh unit
the market is better supplied Two ad
Vances on linseed Oil have occurred duilhl
the week OF lc per gallon each. Inc mike
paint men are in the Market ,d hos on %, al 4,
Glycerine has advanced 70 per pound an
is quoted at lac in 50-pound cans; arsenl
IN Kegs, &c to 9tkci blue yitrioi IA OSI
camphor mas Been further advanced Il
-Irice and is quoted at H.5 20 SID. Car
damon seeds are Sc per pound higher. IN
is "a trihe. lower, while American sanrol
has declined 100 per pound during IN
week., ,f
Paints, oils end Glass.
The glass market shows no change dur
Ing the last week. All lines are firm an
very scarce and difficult TO get This con
ditiOn Is always a forerunner OF an al
yancs In prices, LanBeed OH ~ up a esnl
unchanged Carriers being 14cs Nelle south
crn Is SAC. Turpentine has dropped 20 az
The paint business continues very good
Vances. The Indications are that an ad
vance will be noted In the west soons a
the leading manufacturers OF paper re
Gently decided that prices were TOO 10Y
ain ma n