Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-17
CONDITION OF OMAHA'S TRADE
Majority Of Local JobberI Mention Il
a. Fair.
USUAL SUMNER QUIET IS COMING ON
Dry weather CausinR some Concern
Implement Houses most Affected,
some COuntermands Reported
I'm Harvestera and Ihreshers.

IN hAENeAteEh ana
Fair" IL what the majority OF jobbere
say when asked about the business Of last
week. No heavy rush OF business Is men
TONED by any but the hot weather Is COM
9uently there Is no disappointment when
business eases on Builders, hardware and
ticies, and sugar 10 a big item with the
grocers, the heavy consuming period OF
Dry weather Is beginning TO cause some
concern, though Il is thought the damage
will not be serious II rain comes within
ones directly affected at present and they
report a falling or of business In the last
week Thresher and harvester houses re-
count OF the drouth.
An advance has been quoted Of about 10
cents per 100 pounds In sheet iron, EN-.
bracing galvanized iron and all classes Of
sheet IRON siding and roofing. The demand
as the mills are '' oyererowded, some lines
are exceedingly hard to get. An adVance
has been made on sandpaper Of 10 to Y
per cent, under a new schedule adopted
by the manufacturers. Along with the
fruit season has come a heavy demand
rush orders are coming in daily. Wire,
tive. House business with the hardware
jobbers was good last week.
Drugs aad Chemicals.
The drug business for the last week has
been slightly unsettled, owing to existing
conditions and the action of the govern
e ntn dr r Sssoeiatons of Inc Country under
the idea that Drug trust was trying 10
run the business. Prices as rule how
turers have reduced the price on nitrate
silver / cent per OUNCE. Lithia salts are
also a trihe lower. Oils OF lemon and pep
permint are held with increased flrmness
Oxalic acid and blue vitriol are a trihe
higher. ARSENIC Is a little lower, sanr9' On
a steady position and the passage of the
denaturlEed alcohol bill will have no efteet
bill becomes -I operative, after January /,
there may be some changes In prices
Opium is unchanged in price but the max "a Z
to ss.s5; powdered, $500 to S41O. American
saffron, N.2o to i1.S5, Gum camphoT con-
| tinues Arm and Is selling at from SllO 70
Ills. Golden Seal is higher the market
having advanced 10 cents per pound dp vi
the week s1so. Is 0 GTStsSd at s II% to G .2
I Vanilla beans are very firm The market
better business is reported by the shoe
tobbers than was expected at the season
| OF the year. Some few orders Tor advance
! business for fall are arriving eSSh gay
| The recorder business for sorting up pur-
| poses has been fair. House trade has been
satisfactory for the week
Paints Glass and OIL.
window glass has advanced per cent
/
in this section is 50 and 5 per cent. This
! applies to all sizes, single ana aouple
thlcknesses. The market is arm ana higne r
| ket is firm. Linseed oil has declined
cents per gallon. raw being 81 cents sne
Changes SH are expected either way for some
time. Turpentine Is the same as , iaSt
week, the price being Go cents gallon.
ter's being az cents and Southern being
7% cents. The paint trade continues very
good.
Reductions in Cotton Goods.
Notwithstanding the fact that raw cotton
continues high. there is disposition among
GOODS Wide sheetIng has been reduced
q cent yard and brown goods Of various
grades to u cent yard, ana changes
Of to 10 per cent are taking place al
along the line of staple ticks House traa s
continues quiet With local 1onSer gooS put col
Cores is about " cent higher, than last
week Receipts are heavier than the1
were a year ago at the corresponding time
but purchases by Europe are keepnl
stocks down. The Brazilian crop is noT
! was last year. Business In cohee VIII
local jobbers is good. 49,, =, 4,
oents hundred on refined took plac'
early in the week and since that time raw
, have been quoted higher on both sldes
the water Higher prices yet are e&pecteu
rhere is a heavy demand on refined AM
I some refiners are oversold three to eiEh
days. 49, ,.. -,,,,s, Il % Il can
higher than last week. The consufnpuo
4 still exceeds the output Advlces rom I.l
cheese producing sabI sSc b9her ones The pas
lures are showing the effects OF or
= weather, and unless the weather is NOR .c,I
Y favorable soon the production OF ihhh W.
be materially curtailed.. $1,000
: canned corn is held with inoreasn
: strength, both spots ane futures oae,sa any nm
easiness either on the part OF the louVte,
. | or .sackers unless II would De tne quSs
whether they VIII be a 1 70 rnvSins eTon
a not as promising as might be oesireS
= Every change is for higher prices. Yer
few Gamers at the present time want
l. contract anything In the way OF futuI
n corn, and II they do, they name "a pI ~
!, about 1Oc above the opening. Wh MN u
n iobbinR trade have not reached THIS pas
8 Vet II looks as II they would soon be con
: pelied to go on to that basis,
"A The market continues TO strengthen y
70 both spot and future tomatoes. The ere
Il Conditions at the present time are not |
ali favorable. IL favorable weather snou
prevail from this time torwaro, IA 2 ia IsI 4
larger than last year. Nevertheless, VII
the Increased consumption, and with y
II bare market; low prices are ont D or :,
r prices could be maintained. The situate
81 however, is so unsettled that many JooDe
% have withdrawn from the market ana q
T. packers as a rule do not care 70 COZ
20 The situation grows daily stronger (
~ canned peas Spot peas are we'll clean'
m up and very few packers will take 81
orders for fan delivery, new goods WI
n consin promises to have a fair crop, o
there are 30 many things that interfe
e. with the development and the nnal CT
X that the packers are unwilling 10 contra
;" before they see what the outcome VIII !
In any event, II will be an easy matt
to sell whatever surplus they may ha
20 so the whole tendency OF the pea market
-, upward
California Canned Goods.
lie II Is now definitely known that lar
20 amount of California canned goods we
ne destroyed In the San Francisco IRE. Late
he estimates place the amount at close TO 10
bi O00 cases The destruction OF this immen
amount OF fruit stun will have It's enc
re upon California canned goods trade. IL
OF almost Impossible 10 get fair assortme
of from any source, so that advances q
ng almost sure to take place in lines
ely peaches, pears and apricots. Furthermo
IL Is definitely known that the prices
In, canned apTicots will be materially high
an this year than they were last probably
ng advance OF 80 per cent will be made in
OF prices OF these goods. Peaches will prof
Is bly, open at about the same figures as u
a year; pears a tribe less, with cherr
'er about the same. However, the growers
asking such eyorbitant prices for peaci
l.. that IL IA not at all sure the Gamers c