Omaha daily bee., 1908-03-22
CONDITION OF OMAHA TRADE
Only One More Week of Spring Mer
chants Meetings.
ATTENDANCE HAS BEEN LARGE
IL r. a Buyers Market Now, Prices
of staples Having Declined. and
Merchants Rush TO Get

If q
!. With oriS ono more w'eog o( The mec--
4Shants meetings In Omahu when the
SNShoiesalers pay the railroad fare OF their
customers, the merchants have been coming
TO Omaha the last week IN large numbers
and most of the Wholesalers have been too
busy to estimate" the volume of business
weeks Of January and most Of them will
record the largest March business IN their
history
weather being ideal for selling. There are
already some records coming In from those
who bought early Nearby out-of-town
ana are taking fairly good sized lots of
goods fhe market conservatism Of the
first few weeks OF the. new year has not
been entirely abandoned, but It Is steadily
becoming less and less apparent
Buyers Take Adyice.
Some OF the best posted buyers in the
eonnify are beginning g pay attention to
that goods are more than likely TO be de-
cidedly short when they are wanted. BY
paying attention to the statements OF the
has made a success OF the business. being
especially true OF the millinery trade.
One Omaha Wholesale millinery house has
succseded In raising the credit and rating
OF almost every firm which has been deal
dng with the house. And A has all been
done BY telling the mlllinerE when TO buy
ners are in ghe Omaha market every week
and the sellers tell them 70 offer the best
hats first and show the plain sailors about
the time they begin 10 be needed IA June
Dry goods sellers are assisting the mer.
chants in the same way. with the result
that each year business becomes steadily
better.
Cotton dress fabrics are moving well; also
Dress patterns IN prints and ginRhanns. Buy.
ers are Also taking lines Of hosiery and
iisht weight underwear. Silk department.
report small but steady increase IN tn,
nnouat OF business put through from da.
to day and the movement points to an In.
creaRed demand later on
]. IN the dpy goods line everything Is goinr
70 make u buyers market. Prices are ef
on staples end the buvers are reaping ~,
benefit There Is small chance Of any FUR
ther decline on staple cotton goods
RnhbeF Trade over.
The rubber dealers have closed thai,
eeaapn and report that business has beef
THE small amount ~ lad weather cause
many retailers to have good stocks III
over but from wholesaler's standpoin
'ffe season for he hsfdware dealers ca,
be said 20 have opened the last week No
a great deal Of business was done preyiou
10 March lb The next few weeks will tel
what the hardware dealers will be able 4,
do. but tho outlook Is for a good business
The demand FOR good groceries continues
saSer Of Paxton q Gaiiaeher. whose ass basi
ness may be accepted as an index to 9th
era. the first three months OF the year ar
tully gp to any three menths az 5hs % open
and March 1891. when all records wer
-. rchants are hurying TO Omaha to bu
- 4hurry and take the goods back II pos
sfble or ship them on the next train, as IN
spring business opened suddenly and vii
an unexpected rush. The summary OF gro
cry conditions, according 10 an Omah
wholesaler. IS about as follows:
p HuFar-CoRtlnUed strength - the feature
With a local advance Of 10 points durin