Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-01

becoming known throughout the entire
country, and the attendance OF retailers at
he merchants meetings in the spring and
fall is increasing each year.
Implements and vehicles.
The sum Of $780, OOC was spent in Omaha
,ast year for farm implements and vehicles.
Compared with this was the sum Of S,11O-
900 in 1906. The large wheat crop brought
a demand for harvesting machinery and
the large corn crop a demand for wagons
to haul It. Buggies were sold in large
number, because the people wanted them
and had the money to buy them. The
Parlin, Orendorff & Martin company has
built a home FIVE stories in height and
running the entire length of a block. II
cost, with the site, about $4,000. The
John Deere company will sell its present
building and erect larger and more mod
ern warehouse. The Racine-Sattley com
pany is adding two stories to tbs ware
house. The Nebraska Moline Plow COM
pany will add two stories as soon as spring
opens up. The Rock Island Pillow company
has announced it's intention of erecting
home Of its own. Fairbanks, Morse & Co.
will build a warehouse in the spring and
probably will use two or three floors of L
for implement transfer business. Magaret
Stephens & Davis and the Andersen Mil
lard company went out OF business and
were succeeded by the Nebraska Transfer
company and the Central Implement COM
pany. The Sterling Manufacturing com
pany and the Monmouth Plow company
have moved their headquarters for this
territory from Council Bluffs to Omaha.
Local hardware and iron jobbers claim
safes of $,3sO,OOO, an increase of 20 per
cent. This increase has been due mainly
to the enormous building movement all
over the country, which recessitates the
consumption of a great quantity of build
ers' hardware and supplies. Some part of
the increase in the value of the output
is due to an advance in the price OF tin,
nails, sheet iron and other trust-manu-
featured products. The Wright & Will
helmy company has been compelled by the
growing business to build large addition
to it's house w. j. Broatch has sold to the
Omaha Iron Stores company.
Lumber business Good.
The wholesale numbering business in
creased in value close to 20 per cent, run
ming to an estimated value of $4,26O,OOO. No
new wholesale houses have come into the
field, but some Of those already established
have opened yards at a number of country
stations where they had no business form
erly. Several retail yards have been estab-
lshed locally and others will be opened
in the spring.
Steam and plumbing supplies and kindred
lines footed up about $25OO,OOO. as against
an even $2,000,0O0 in 1905, a reflex of the
enormous building movement. The United
States Supply company is completing a
large building.
Creamery butter to the amount OF IL, 900, OOC
pounds was made in Omaha. and 1t brought
an average price of % cents, or a total of
$2,640,000. The cream, process butter and
country butter jobbed IN Omaha brings
the total up TO about $3,4OOOOO. All local
creameries have improved their machinery
for larger output and the Fairmont
Creamery company has left its old cramped
quarters and has erected a new and com.
modious home
The wholesale fruit business OF the city
went to $1,955 900, as compared with 81 700, OO
the previous year. The warm fall per
mitted shipping in box cars and much
more fruit was sold to country points thar
would have been the case had the retailers
had to pay express charges on everything
they got.
II. G. Streight sold out to the H. G
5treight company and has now returned ant
opened a business for himself, so that Their
Is now one more fruit house in the cit,
than a year ago. ]. r. Snyder is bacl
in his old home in the Mercer building
which was destroyed by fire and rebuilt.
A business of s3.0O0.OOO was done in boot
and shoes, including rubbers and over
shoes, compared with $3s75,OOO in 1905. O
this about 100000 were manufactured Il
Omaha. The Regent Shoe company, tn
smaller of the two factories. has lef
Omaha and gone to Lincoln. F. P. Kirken
dali & Co. are comfortably settled In thei
old location. the structure which was de
stroyed by fire early in 1904 having beef
rebuilt.
With two new candy factories in Omaha
Balduff's and the Dreibus Candy company
and with growth in the Others the cand
and confectionery business of the city, out
SIDE the candy made by foreign concern
and handled by local grocery houses, ha
Increased from less than 10000 in 1906, I
more than $4,000, an increase OF SSIs pc
cent.
The paper business has increased I
$4,000, from $2.10O,OO0 in 1906. No chang
in the list OF firms has been made
oysters, fish, Holsters and CLANS to tn
amount Of 100000 were sold by the Oman
houses
The commission and produce business @
the city amounted to 1886, Co., OF whic
poultry and eggs represent nearly 81 OOOOO
The business in rubber goods, outside G
shoes, amounted TO 81, 445,OOO For 1905 tn
figures were 81 10000
Coal men report only a very slight II
crease, car shortage and open fall havin
cut the sales below what they might hav
been. The estimate given is $4,000
against s2,S6O,O0O in 1905.
For cigars and tobacco $725, 600 came
local tobacco jobbers.
Drug men estimate the local jobbin
trade at $2,4S6,OOO as compared with s2,215
900 In 1906.
The value Of the paints, oils and glas
iobbed was 100000. an increase Of 20 pc
cent over the previous year The mani
tacture OF art glass In Omaha increased
percent
Stock food and poultry food manufat
mred In Omaha and sold, amounted
$4,000. an increase OF % per cent over l9O
Not included In these figures are alfali
food products, the value of which has il
creased 200 per cent, being $4,000 for 100
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