Omaha daily bee., 1906-04-08
CONDITION OF OMAHA'STRADE
Week Brings Featureless Market to the
Local Jobbers
VOLUME OF BUSINESS HAS BEEN FAIR
Country Dealers Report Improved
Trade since Roads Began Drying
implement Men Filling second
Orders-Advance in Cotton.

The week has been quite featureless with
the Omaha tobbers Trade has been fairly
active and there have been no marked
fluctuations in prices. In certain markets
advances have been made, but they are
confined mostly to lines outside OF the
staple and, are not large. Country dealers
report an improved trade the last of the
week. During the previous week and the
first few days of the one Just passed, the
roads were so bad that the farmers did
not come to town and business dragged.
Visiting dealers bring reports OF splendid
prospects for the wheat crop.
Implement jobbers have been very busy
filling second orders which are heavy on
seeders, disc harrows and drills. These
goods are small In supply and are hard
to get from the factories. The season is
opening up remarkably well for harvest
ing and threshing machinery. Harvesters
have been sold all spring to fill out cars
and some carlot shipments have already
been made Numerous orders are being
which one firm sold $1,000 worth during
the week. said to be the record for the
Omaha market.
in the coffee market, yet prices seem to
stay about the same place said a coffee
cSints are are small the visible suppiy show
ing a decrease of 100000 bags since March
/; consumption is enormous and the new
ever, show no prospect of declining, but
hold firm
Raw Cotton Is Advanced,
The talk Of the dry goods trade is the
advance OF IA cents In raw cotton from lne
recent low point. Several cotton holders
who a short time ago were bears, have
changed to the bull side. The position Of
the raw market threatens an advance in
cotton goods, but the large operators hope
to be able TO carry on the business with
out any advances. Advance business Tor
OF any former season In the history OF the
trade. Current trade has been fair, but
not as large as would have been If the
weather had been better early in the week.
The tobbers say that collections are much
more satisfactory than few weeks ago.
The March trade in cotton was unusually
heavy all over the country, exceeding
that of March year ago and or any single
month sipce last october; The buying was
not in Single large orders, but resulted
from general demand.
The rubber goods business fell of last
week but trade in shoes showed an i'm
provement, and on the whole the 1obbers
were satisfied. Advance orders on fan
goods are coming in we'll from travelling
prices of the season. but the jobbers do
! not expect any advance soon, II at all.
Statements from authoritative sources
say that patent and gun metal will be the
rage in leather. for ,women's shoes this
| fall Patent will sell four to one over gun
sR Shoes viii be sold as kid. Wax calf shoes.
I which have been for some time popular,
are not occupying a prominent place in fall
/ lines.
Moiasses is very quiet the demand being
exceedingly small At the same time the
offerings are light, especially in black
Raw sugars have advanced in the last
week but refined is unchanged At the
/ factories there is a steady stream of with
/ drawals with some refineries urging buy
l ers TO complete their contracts. New bust
/ ness. however, IS not in evidence. The
market continues firm IN tone in sympathy
l with the condition OF the raw market. Re
/ fners are not urging sales and are quoting
/ a firm price based upon standard granu-
/ lated at 4.60c.
Tomato Acreage 10 he Smaller.
There is no change TO report with regard
/ TO SPOT corn or tomatoes, except that the
| consumption OF both is steadily growing
/ More interest IS taken in spot corn than
/ has been because Of the fact that Il is
| going rapidly into consumption. The prices
made on corn for future are making many
packers hesitate about putting their money
/ into goods another season and Il is believed
| that the acreage will be very largely cur
/ tailed Jobbers say that IT will take heroic
| measures. The demand for tomatoes Is
/ they have had this year, and the larger
measures. The demand for tpmatoes is
! growing materially, yet there Is no APP
/ preciable change in the market. There
/ Is disposition 10 stand for little higher
/ price yet this higher price is hard to
secure.
/ In California canned goods the market
/ has sharply advanced on apricots, from Il
| TO IS cents per dozen on 2h-pound goods
/ and Is cents per dozen on gallons. Gallon
I peaches are very firmly held, with every
assurance that they will go out at full
| prices, or even higher than today's quo
tations.
| Gallon apples are also very firmly held
| There Is no disposition I'm any point &C
| shade price but on the other hand th'
| goods are under very close control and
there IL no possibility OF any change e
| a lower basis.
TeieEraphic advice from the coast givei
| the Information that choice dried apricou
have been advanced y 40 Z. % a cent pei
| pound; peaches, y cent; primes. y TO q Of
| a cent. This means that there u hardly
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