Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-07
CONDITION OFONAHA'STRADE
Visitors Numerous on Floors Of Local
Jobbing houses.
Ax-sAR-BtN BRINGS MUCH BUSINESS
Advances In Cotton and Copper
the Features of Market-Hard-
ware Fair 60 he Held I'm
Omaha I'm February.

Jobbers in almost every lire, dry goods,
hardware, shoes. millinery and farm inls
plements, report an increased trade Tor last
week In only two ines S0sf Vi q faiis
ing on. These conditions were due TO Inc
Ak-Sar-Ben carnival, the large trade In
dreds OF retailers were in the city, and the
decrease In the other lines to the same
Is never SF of an nSSS sze sne and with many OF
the retailers away from their places OF
business the orders do not come in; The
Jobh.ng houses Of the city were nlled with
country merchants all week.
The market remains practically un-
changed on boots and shoes. The hide
market and the leather market are firm,
with fair demand for good stocks. The
prices are about the highest ever known
higher-not for a while at least. Some be-
lated buyers were calling on Omaha shoe
orders. About ali fall and winter orders
have hay, been hlied; statesmen are now out
good orders for 1907 business.
Hardware Fair for Omaha.
All metal hardware articles continue in
their upward trend and several advances
were noted for the week; Copper Keeps
! advancing and consequently all hardware
containing copper is going skyward. Some
months ago copper insot was offered at
l9 cents, but now 1t is sold at 10 cents
Nails and barbed wire are firm at the re-
Gently named higher prices. The hardware
houses were busy all week with visitors
A hardware exposition, the first thing
of its kind in Omaha, has been announced
for February T b bsd ana at the the Aud
ment of the Nebraska Retail Hardware
Dealers association, which will meet IN
annual convention in Omaha February
to I, inclusive. The secretary OF the assoc
citation is now In correspondence with hum
dreds of manufacturers all over the United
states and the early replies indicate that
there will be exhibits from almost every
state from New York to California.
Cotton Takes Jump Upward.
A Jump early in the week. of IA cents .
pound on cotton is a topic Of great interest
In the dry goods market, and the prospect
of further advance Keeps the jobbers on
the anxious seat. The advance Is said to
have been due to. the recent storm in the
south, which swept several states and did
great damage to the cotton crop ; FL, Fun re-
so far indicates a probability of a damage
of 20 to 25 per cent. II this proves true
next years crop is harvested. Advances
have been named on cheViotS, muslins,
denims, wide sheeting and tickings. Some
to get and deliveries are not assured until
the first of the year In fact the greatest
enough to ship TO the retail trade. House
trade has been good. Narrow print goods
have been placing good orders for wooden
goods.
The glass market remains firm and the
firm and the prospects favor higher prices:
Turpentine is up again, now being quoted
Carriers e being ~ cents '' while Southern Is
rs cents. Linseed oil remains the same as
last week, boiled being 81 Ger 8, while raw
is 36 cents. Inc demand for paint is very
With the Grocery World.
Sugar, both raw and refined, is unchanged
in price, though the tone is easier due to
the much lighter demand of the last few
days. The general situation, however, Is
said to be strong and the market is re-
Coffee is a trlfle higher than q week ago.
Receipts Of coffees from Brazil are in ex-
as sign that prices will be lower. On
the other hand they are expected to be
watching the BraziiiSn Government and
Brazilian coffee holders to see what they
will do.
share Of attention. Under heavy demand
Indiana have been advanced to 81 per dozen
by many holders and few goods are OBJ:
packers have also advanced 10 cents per
dozen and there is nothing obtainable un.
cost tomatoes ought to be held by the job
bers at about $40 per dozen for stand
ards.
Judging from prices recently made by
some OF the heavy packers 1t would appear
that oysters ordinarily sold at 10 cents per
Almost every item of cost has been greatly
advanced since last season and help has
been very difficult to secure.
Canned corn and peas are without ma
terial change, being held about as they
have been. There is too wide spread be-
tween canned corn and the price of peas
and tomatoes and with the comparatively
small pack made In the west this season
it would look as IL there were abundant
opportunity and reason for an advance in
corn.
There is q decided upward movement in
prunes, occasioned not only by heavy de-
mand, but also because of the shrinkage in
available supplies and the fact that 1t is
going to be practically impossible TO make
early shipments contracted. a
Raisins are held with increasing flrmnessS
in fact, all dried fruits. with possible exT
ception Of apples, are In very strong posi-
ton.
are not yet available.