Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-14
CONDITION OF OMAHA'STRADE
After Festival Activity, Business Get
Back to Normal Level.
HOUSE TRADE DECREASES IN VoLUMl
GrOcers, However, Report Improve
ment with Advent of Cool Weather
conditions In Country Favor
RecOrd-BreakinB Trade.

As was to be expected. business in most
lines dropped of considerably last week,
while the previous week the visiting DEAF
ers attending the Ak-Sar-Ben festivities
made it. enormous. With the advent of
an increase in the volume of their bust
ness. They. of course. were affected rather
adversely by the week of Ak-Sar- Ben. Ad-
vices from retailers in all lines throughout
the territory tell OF excellent prospects
for fall and winter business that will
break the record Collections In general
Visitors at the implement jobbing houses
last week were few. Trade is good in
curry is good on corn shelters. engines and
hay presses. Wagons are exceedingly
hard 10 get and are advancing in price.
some of the houses have scheduled another
advance for November /.
heavy month In the shoe trade, October
mas opened strong and the movement
seems seems to be increasing right along. omaha,
for shoes. Prices are inclined to advance
on all grades OF shoes. The leather mar
ket is very firm and indications of higher
prices are not wanting.
Price of Cotton PrOblematicRI.
Print cloths are in very GOOD demand
for the tal ltrade, which continues salts
factory, JODDeIs are experiencing much
dlthculty IN setting their goods from the
factories in time 10 make satisfactory de-
lveries To tner customers, and this con-
uCns are reported good. The firm cotton
market causes the JobDers to watch closely
every movement OF the dry goods market
in the line of cotton goods Tor denlms
sheetings, muslns and tickings are inn
portant items, and these goods are likely
TO go hf9ber any day.
No features in coffee have marked the
week. Green coffees are on u cent, but
the prices wings back and forth contin-
% regaiRed one day or the next. The cool
weather has caused an Increase in the
volume Of business.
The local sugar situation remains IN
changed. Late in the week the New York
1 market declined 10 points, but this did not
dnect prices In the west for the reason
that the markets here have been working
on lower basis for some time, buying
| their sugar from the south and west.
/ price on Twins and Young Americas Is
z TO y cent higher than a week ago.
Fancy brick cheese has advanced a fun
for, as stocks are light and consumption
1 heavy.
There has been a slight reaction in
| tomatoes In the east but inasmuch as the
| Missouri river jobbers have not followed
closely the advances In that territory, they
made Indicate that the pack OF tomatoes
this year Is slightly In excess Of the pack
OF IsS, put as there td was considerable
were carrying good liberal stock at the
beginning Of 1905. as against none at the
| beginning OF this season, IL Is evident that
IL will take many more tomatoes that We
had in 1865 to re penish the stocks of the
| tobbers and the retailers and supply them
/ for another twelve months. Gallon toma-
| toes have come In for a greater advance
| than three pound. simply because the pack
OF gallons was quite limited. very Few
packers taking interest in this style
OF packing.
| No change is reported i'm corn. The pack
Is evidently considerably less than last sea-
son. but not much interest is taken in
| corn.
| Offerings of canned peas are being alb
aorhed. the market Is in strong shape,
both east and west Jobbers are Inclined
10 think that higher prices will rule on
this article.