Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-06
co NDlTlONOFOMAHGS TRADE
Weeks Business Heavy in Dry Goods
and Hardware.
osBLRs TEEL EFFEcTs OF EARTAOUAKE
Canned and Dried Fruits Destroyed I'm
Large Quantities at san Fran
ciscO-Beaned Sugar Takes
..ii Jump of Ten Points.


Jobbers in all lines report satisfactory
Trade for the week, but II was especially
heavy In dry goods and hardware. AS far
as changes in prices are concerned, the
only features were in drugs and groceries.
dard drugs, and sugar took jump Of 10
cents per 100 pounds The results Of the
California earthquake are row being
keenly felt by the trade. California canned
and dried fruit were destroyed in large
quantities at San Francisco, and as a re-
suit, these goods are Arm at much higher
prices than were ruling a month ago.
salmon, also, has firmed up on the loss
Of about 100000 cases Of red Alaska at
San Francisco. The shoe business has
Dry goods Jobbers report a fair house
trade for the week: Fail orders are COM
ing In well. and the predictions are that
the volume OF business for fall and winter
win be ahead Of last year. Desirable goods
tories. ana nd" orders r are being nfied slowly
Prices are firm in the cotton market, but
there has been no change from last week.
Some country merchants are sending IN
good orders for sorting up current lines.
Reports have been received from Kobe,
crop, and jobbers realize that such thing
would put different aspect on the SILK
situation. Mulberry trees in the province
ssts Srosts TO the re- extent OF 100000 Local
tobbers report collections satisfactory for
the week.
Mig Advance in Rubber Goods.
The advance of S per cent in rubber
the jobbers report a big business before
that time Leather goods hold firm Some
orders for sortirS UP stocks in oxtoros
are coming in. Canvas goods and other
light weight low shoes are moving talrIy
well. The majority Of the country msr-
chants have not yet broken their Stocks
aud for that reason the jobbers do not ex-
pect much OF an increase in their business
on summer goods until June l. Inc busl-
"a fall delivery.
The hardware jobbers have been very
busy, the demand being heavy IN az
builders hardware. Indications point TO
steady market for some time,s -,,oN,,,
well Prices hold frm In all Instances and
there are no indications OF decline.
Fancy goods are quiet and for the most
scarce and higher prices are looked for be-
fore the new catch is on the American
market, which will be ABOUT S re Strength
Prices have advanced materially over last
week and millers are predicting even
higher prices They do not look Tor lower
prices until the new grain has been har-
The cOIee market, affected by the de-
cline in stocks, is hc lower. Eighty thou,
sand bags were lost at San Francisco ana
q, 700 bags in a wreck on the Pacific coast
about the same time as the earthquake
sugar Advances Ten Points.
Sugar advanced loo per 100 pounds early
IN IRE week Since then there have been
no ohanFes in refned, though raws were
quoted a little bit lower the latter part
OF the week. Rehners report raWs neaVy.
Local jobbers say II looks as though the
market would do better In the near tn-
ture: The PSosDse1s , are so0O lot 'ei'
The cheese market is easier, new goods
being quoted lower than week ago.
There has been no change in the october
made which, on account of its scarcity,
win continue to command fancy prices:
Almost every parcel Of lrst-quality string
hoo baltimore.
There are mono available at the present
time.
gallon APPLES during the last week, the
market being strengthened by an active in
quiry and because Of the fact that very
Il il an established fact that the pack Of
cove oysters u very much snort OF the
early estimates But rev OF t so pa csIs
of their sales, and as the new pack Is not
usually available until about the middle of
October, considerably higher prices may be
looked for on this line of goods.
There continues 20 be an active inquiry
for aprioots, peaches and PrunSs The
tobbers OF Kansas City and Omaha could
use every car of prunes available on the
coast between this and the first day of
September, II they could be bought at any
practically exhausted. Everything now in
dicates that dried fruits OF all kinds will
80 out at the highest figures that we have
seen for years
Inc rice mtlier9 nave maze the advance
effective which they promised for the first
of May. They give us every assurance that
within a very short time they will again
advance their price.
Earthquake Affects Market.
Tomatoes are without any particular
change excepting that II is well established
that CALIFORNIA; cannot come east the
coast trade requiring what there is LETT OF
cate were going to be able TO do business
In tomatoes from this time forward, and
normal demand will doubtless clean up
their holdings before the arrival of new
goods.
The demand for corn is Increasing AL
most all the Gamers have either sold out
or advanced their prices on spot holdings
corn now Is being offered in any 20 Quartet srtp
are holding for a price ioc above the re-
cent low prices. Just how the market will
looks as il they would be able to ma ITs
the price to which they have now add
vanced. and that further sales would in
drawn his low prices on future corn. so
Tar as We are able to learn. The con
heav While we have no9 ye come ee to
period where We naturally expect the
Reports from the Pacific coast say be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000 cases of red Alaska
salmon have been destroyed in the San
Franciseo are. good many parcels have
been sold by epeculatOrs on the basis of
q coast This means that the goods cannot
be sold to the retailers in this section
with q profit 20 the jObber under 81 so
We are firmly OF the opinion that higher
prices on red Alaska salmon are sure TO
prevail, as the price could be advanced
TO $40 without raising red Alaska salmon
above the 1bc limit, In the large trading
centers; The demand during the last two
weeks has been very heavy, showing that
the trade generally are firm believers in
red Alaska salmon.
Drugs and Chemicals.
The drug market during the last week
has presented a number Of interesting fen
lures. Dealers generally are satisfied with
the outlook, and trade Is better than n
was at this time last year Alcohol has
been advanced In price &c per gallon. Dex-
trine has also advanced in price In SYM
2athy with the advance in price OF corn.
arsenic is now In better supply and prices
have eased on little. Dealers quote 400
pound kegs at Go 20 SIC; less quantity, Sc
10 1oc Blue vitron Is in a very frm
position. There Is an active demand
quoted IN barrels at &c; less quantity Sc 10
100. Oxalic acid Is still scarce with no
probability OF any change for a month
As a consequence prices are higher; Sc is
the price for barrels; less quantity Sc 10
100 Camphor is hard to get Camphor
sold In New York last week at 81 40 for
American As. The market however Is
1.6 20 &.i0 Menthol has advanced 10
s1.0 in New York. with a tendency to-
ward higher prices, IL is quoted here al
a.