Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-04
CONDITION OF GMAHA'S TRADE
Week Generally satisfactory to the
Local JobberS
WEATHER BADLY HURTS SHOE BUSINESS
Last Month Largest January In His
tory of Local Grocery Trade
Heavy Weight Clothing
Sold at u Sacrifice.

The week has given a satisfactory trade
to Omaha houses. with the exception Oh
shoe firms The warm weather seems not
to have seriously affected the dry goods
jobbers, as most of the business at TINS
time of year is of the spring order, Dut
their customers in the country are COM
planning of lack of demand for season.
able goods, which makes 1t necessary Tor
them to sell at greatly reduced prices. Last
month saw the largest trade Tor any jan
uary in the history or the local grocery
Omaha retailers are perhaps selling the
usual amount of goods, but there is De
mand for light weights in clothing ana
shoes and the seasonable weights nave 10
be offered at a sacrifice. Shoe men espe-
cialy feel the dizziness.
Sugars remain in the same position as
last week, except raws, which are triie
easier. Some bad weather IN CUBA the
last week has retarded grinding some
what The centrals now grinding in Cuba
number l47, as compared with 10 week
ago and ia last year. A sale Oh looVV
bags Of Cuban sugar was made 70 thlS
country early in the week. Nebraska and
Colorado beet sugar refners Will get
through practically with their melting TINS
week. An impression that lower prices are
bound to prevail is prevalent among
omaha jobbers.
The coffee market is steady and local
business has been good. Primary receipts
have been running about half what they
were at this time last year. Reports or
bad weather. retarding the movement, keep
coming from Brazil and local dealers THINK
81 strange that the weather should never
clear up. They prefer TO think that this
is only an excuse the Brazilians are giving
and the facts of the case are that pros
pects are for a small crop this summer.
Sevens are quoted at the same price as
Cured fish of all kinds are firm and the
demand good. Many of the retailers have
already bought large enough supply TO
carry them through Lent, anticipating that
the largely increased demand during that
season will cause higher prices, view
shared by Omaha tobbers. The consurHp-
ton now Is enormous and the stock IN most
lines small. Local jobbers say they would
NOT be surprised to be entirely cleaned out
of some kinds of fish before warm weather
In cheese there has been no change
Winter-made cheese is selling cent to IA
cents lower than the fancy October made, to
which it is greatly inferior. chicago Is
offering and has shipped some Of the in
favor in the Omaha market.
Prices on Raisins Advanced.
| Canned goods of all kinds are moving
quite satisfactorily, while there is no very
heavy business in any one line.
Since last report the coast packers have
advanced prices on raisns of all kinds
Y cent per pound: Choice l2-ounee
per package, but all other packages y cent
each. Information from one of the best
posted SshpPeT ON Of 9 rss0s in be state
! OF California is at the lowest mark known
/ for many years. A strong and perhaps
! advanced market on the article for the
balance of the season is therefore ex-
The buying of rice has not been as spir-
tied as was anticipated since the first of
the year. For this reason prices have
eased off somewhat on low grade Japans.
Broken rices are still held at high figures
/ and are moving about as fast as offered.
( The price on head rices is well sustained
| but no material change in this market
| for some time TO come is looked for.
| There has been nothing startling in the
| way of canned goods offerings during the
| past week. Many of the Indiana packers
! have thought IL advisable to withdraw on
future tomatoes. The market is firm at
| the prices quoted last week. In regard to
| spot tomatoes there is not much change 10
| report. California standards have been
| moved up a trife and are moving at the
| advanced price. With all the force that
| has been put behind this deal to corner
some well-posted parties are strongly OF
the opinion that they will not ultimately
! succeed in their efforts. While they may
! be able to market few of their goods
/ at present prices the margin for both re-
! taller and wholesaler is so small that they
| have lost all interest in tomatoes, when
| it comes to additional purchases. 1t il
learned too. on good authority that the
| advance made in the east recently was the
result OF the syndicate's buying 10 a very
large extent, and in order to establish the
amount OF tomatoes. II they do make this
a successful undertaking 1t will be probably
the first time on record when a corner II
tomatoes has been carried out to a sue
cessful issue,
Expected Dry Goods Advance.
4 The dry go9ds houses have been bus