Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-06-10
OF OMAHA'STRADE
Lull After Heavy Summer Shipments
Making Itself Felt,
BUSINESS LIGHTER IN SEVERAL LINES
Fan Orders for shoes All In and
Rush of summer Hardware
Over-COnditiOn of the
Grocery Market.

The slack, incident to the trade Of the
hot weather months, after the shipments
Of summer lines have practically al gone
felt Shoe trade is lighter, because of the
fact that fall orders have all been placed,
and those which are coming In are for
sorting up purposes, and of course small.
Jobbers of dry goods report trade little
lighter in some lines, and the hardware
goods is abating. There has been a good
ADVANCE business on shoes is nearly all
booked. The market is practically the
same as last week. Leather Is hrm az the
advances Of a month or two ago. some
orders for low shoes and slippers lot
The rush of the trade on summer goods
in the hardware houses Is abatlng. but
business is still more than good. The job
bers report no changes in prices for the
week The business In builders hardware,
which has been enormous all spring rs
only difficulty il that the material is hard
to get from the factories.
Drugs and Chemicals.
There are no special features in the drug
market this week The volume OF sales
is fully up to last year. In some hnss
there is decided increase NO snSis
article has been in such active oemaho
as to cause any material advance IN price;
Ouinine is lie per ounce lower, being quoted
at isc in loo-ounce cans win Sns usIs s sta
tionary Grain alcohol Is &c higher ana
the demand is good, Cotton seed oil mas
SuT ner barrel higher and is quoted at tl26
10 n-6O per gallon. Menthol Is stronger,
price having been marked up &c N per
t38 There has been another decline IN
American saffron. The new crop mas coii,e
In and prices will undoubtedly Eqie C I9mst
The market today is g.26 TO SIG, cloves S
are stronger and higher. on cloves 40,
vanoAd he per pound. 9uotSqbo sIssm nI ar
rama: from sig :sS 70 SRS G sssam 0' oepaVs
is also advancing. Campnor, icarcs
higher in price. is very hrm ana % S,,STn
No shipments OF crude are coming IN iIOul
| Tsnsn and there is considerable uneaslness
| among Importers as to ways ana means %
| getting supplies. There 10 no qussliioG ~ ~
| what camphor will rule higher during she
| season. IL is now quoted at lilo 70 N'Ao'
Cotton Higher Next sPrinEf
Jobbers say the, sale Of airy s, fOepSh s lV
/ they ever experienced season lnaS NJ. ~
( found them so thoroughly cleS aeo up III ~
line Of summer Pss s Seea remsrkabe for big
sales A big run on all KINGS OF haIl11s 20
reported, and these are being shi BIsSk. "
vi ia 80 goods are selling somewhat higher
than last year. Mills are solo up 81
blankets. One of the items MniJn y ,ar M
ing large current sale Is ountlns IoI 'n ~,
E6yrth ~ July Business has been good ~
some lines the last week, while In others II
n,a,ns about the same but local dealers
think there will be an advance IN the course rise
I OF six weeks, when the condltioh OF the
! cro1 becomes dehpitely outlined. An IN
creased acreage Is reported, but the IN
crease Is said 10 be only In Texas, whlch
mas never been a strong factor eithef way
3 "A local iobber who Is buying GOODS TOT
3 the spring trade, expresses his DeheI the'
higher prices will rule next spring on COY
ION Underwear and hosiery. estimating the
nredicted advance at iOc to l21zc over this
season. This means that underwear Wh w en-
has sold at 81 g a dozen must sell AZ Azol
Tbe fobber saws that there will be 20
goods on the market still but II viii ne OF
n Doorer quality. Advances have been MADE
. during the last week IN 36-inch bieache1
u1uslins All numbers Of Berkeley cambrics
A advanced - AZ the u1lhs. The threatsneS