Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-11
CONDITION OF OMAHGSTRADE
Business of City Enjoys Era Of Great
Prosperity.
lcctL BANK CLEARlNGS BREAK REcOaO
Prices I'm General Firmly Maintained
Great Rush of Business for I'm
plement Men, with Cars
and Good Scarce.

u last week. tOF the week ending ThurS-
day clearings were 100000 more than
for the same week last year, making a
new, record in the history Of Omahas
banking. Tuesday was the large day, with
! clearing of S2,6OO,0OO. 1t was the annual
clearing day for farm sales. Jobbers in
al lines report a rush Of business last
Week. house trade and mail orders were
! poth heavy. Prices are being firmly MAIN
famed except for a slight weakness in
| some lines Of cotton goods, and several
| advances have been made.
Fewer merchants were In the spring
! meeting last week, most Of those who
/ were DESTROYS of coming having already
visited the market Those who were I'm
! reported the spring trade opening up
Well and say the prospects for the season
The busiest men in the city for the last
Two weeks have been the implement men.
orders and 1t will be a week Vet before
all the first orders have been filled. Two
great difficulties have confronted the job
bers, one Of them the scarcity of cars and
| that the other the scarcity of goods. Cars
have been harder to get than last year.
| and the condition has caused considerable
delay. Factories are short on goods and
are slow In their shipments to jobbers, so
that the latter are running exceedingly
the spring business 40 to 30 per cent ahead
of last year. and they expect the later
country dealers have been in the last week
as they are busy with their trade
slight strength in Shoes.
A normal market is maintained in boots
.
Of last week In certain lines however,
there have been slight advances Trade in
goods II was lighter than ever The lob
bers are getting ready to show their fall
samples. Heavy high cut calf shoes will
shoes also will be in favor. Even II the
hide market should get lower, as some
people predict. the jobbers say there is
| likely to be no decline in shoes, as the
stocks in the hands of the manufacturers
have been bought at fancy figures. Prices
Lent is bringing much pressure on the
hsh departments of the grocery houses.
Men are working day and night packing
hsh to ship. Prices are firm and stocks in
some lines are sadly depleted Every week
there is slight advance on some kinds of
fish, Insignificant for one week, but soon
amounting to considerable sum in the
aggregate.
Will Tomatoes BE LOwerF
There has been no change in the situation
on spot tomatoes in the Missouri river ter
| ritory, but in the east there is a slightly
easier feeling and some shading Of prices
has been done. Yet even on the basis of
the lowest price going In the east today
Missouri river prices are still cheaper. The
gap between the outside dealers and the
closing up. Evidently the syndicate has
been disappointed in finding so much stock
available outside of their holdings; still,
they seem to have every confidence in the
market and that eventually their goods will
be wanted at the prices they have estab-
quite a little business has been done in
the east on three-pound future tomatoes.
There is no disposition on the part OF the
packers to change their views as they re-
port that there is very little profit In to-
matoes at the present price for futures,
when they are paying $3.50 to 50 per ton for
the raw material The prices on futures
going today will not admit of a Decent
price on tomatoes to the consumer, There
Is one significant fact that should be born
in mind-that u.s. that the price for raw ma
terial Is pretty nearly 100 per cent higher
than the prices paid the growers in years
previous TO 1905. AS natural consequence
enormous acreage Of tomatoes planted. The
inevitable results, with an ordinary yield,
will be an unusual supply OF the raw ma
terial, with consequent lower prices during
the season. Well posted buyers are firmly
Of the opinion that lower prices will prevail
on the canned article before the goods are
ready for the market
There is no change to report In corn,
much goods being still available at low
prices. There is nothing In the situation
which justifes the jobber in selling case
of corn below Sc cents per dozen, for the
standards.
something unusual. With the possible ex-
ception of gallon pumpkin we have seldom
seen such a bare market at this season OF
the year. During the last week gallon APP
pies have seen a further advance and gallon
apricots and peaches are more firmly held.
Reports from the Pacific coast indicate
that the coming crop OF apricots will be ex-
ceedingly light. After the bumper crop of
last season light crop might naturally be
the trees are not putting out anything like
their usual amount of blossoms; some re-
ports say not over 70 per cent of the usual
Quantity There is, therefore, an unusually
strong feeling both in canned and dried
apricots.
on the list, with the exception of apricots
Raisins are quiet, little easier feeling
prevailing but outside OF this one article
the market shows unusual strength.
Though raw sugars have advanced to 4
cents in the last week, the local jobbers
have made no change in quotations. Re
finers report considerable increase in
activity in the market
the winter-made cheese product is greater
than last year, and this fact has naturally
affected the market. The prices are hqHc
OF three weeks. The October-made product
however, IS. very much reduced, and 1t Is
, on fancy cheese before the new make is
u The ne market in coffee is steady and cash
quotations are not changed from last week
The month Of February saw stocks re-
duced by $4,000 bags. March the world s
same date last year. The dealers says the
steady depletion of stocks will be likely to
make higher prices.
with Dry Goods Houses.
Dry goods houses report a good trade,
orders from statesmen being satisfactory
and orders on the floor numerous, though
smaller than has been the rule for several
weeks Retailers in the city for the mer-
chants meeting say their trade Is very
. good. LOnsdales and similar grades were
reduced last week, but other eottons con-
tinue strong. The manufacturers reduced
Hope bleaches Nc and competing lines
} about as much. There is still some com
plant by the jobbers Of poor deliveries
from the factories many lines of cotton
goods yet being scarce IN hrst hands
l Local wholesalers do not look for any re-
auctions.
, Paints, OIL and Glass.
An excellent demand has characterized
this trade the last week, and as a conse-
quence the market Is very hrm. Turpen-
tine Is up 1c, selling at 7Sc, Oils, however,
: are slightly OF, the boiled product being
quoted at 4lc; raw, sec. 1t is believed this
Is merely a temporary recession and that
{ the reaction will be quick Lead sells at
, last weeks quotations. The glass market
has shown no change for the week, the
! demand being unusually good for both plate
and window, with a frmness reported
The feature OF hardware is an advance IN
builders hardware. The advance has
: been 30 per cent Slice the first Of the year.
= IL is due In a large part 10 the enormous
demand caused by building operations all
over the country. In other lines prices
are unchanged. Orders are being received
I in large numbers for summer goods, such
as refrigeratOrs, ice cream freezers and
Z wire screens. Business Is Of much larger
1 volume than for the same time last year.
Cotton Market.