Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 27, 1893, Page 16

Lo— /7128081 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TA2TOUA ,TIH‘/.'XV/ SUNDAY, {71 FUIAQ_AHAMO AHT 1 ‘N PAGES. CONDITION OF OMAHA'S TRADE Fiof Interviews with Repreasntative Jobbers and Mannfacturers, COLLECTIONS DONOT SHOW MUCH CHANGE Slight Improvement Noted In Certalu Lanos, but the Volume of Business Still Light as Compared with In matters pertaining to business affairs, changes as a rule come about eradually, and hence it 18 not to bo expected that trade can in a day awake from the torpor of the past two months and suddenly take on new life and activity, All that any ono expects is a gradual improvement in trade until the volume of businoss shall have reachea the normal condition.. A week ago 1t was noted that In some lines business men professed that they could see the commencement of this improvement, though the change for the better was only slight. The past week has witnessed no great change, but there is more talk of better times and there are more men who report that business is improving with them, Those who have not as yet ex- perienced any improvement in their particu- lar line seem to foel encouraged and regard the end of dull times as near at hand. This applios more particularly to the wholesale tradeof the city. As regards tho retail trade of the city there is not so much of encouragement, as tho retailers are forced to aepend very largely upon the laboring men for their support and there are a good many laboring men out of work and in a condition which Iu'c."ludel the possibility of their bein, iberal buyers of goods of any kind. Until theso men are puv back to work again thero is not much use n looking for any improve- ment in the local retail trade. There is every reason for anticipating a good retail trade in the country all the fail and winter, s tho erops in most sections aro good and the farmers will have .money to supply all their wanta, ) For the past two years Tug Ben has beon pointing out to merchants of the west the many advantages to be derived from the vractice of home patronage. While this was intended especially for the benefit of the manufacturers it applied as well to the purchase of goods from home jobbers. It was argued that by following the policy of home patronage there would be work for the laborer, and as the laboring men aro the chief support of the retail mer- chauts business would be benefited. Just at the present time westorn retailers ave be given a practical illustration of the advan- tage of patronizing western jobbers. When times are very prosperous in the west and the chances of business failures reduced to the minimum eastern jobbers crowd in and are all anxious to sell to the western re- tailer, and they are very accommodating in the matter of giving credit, ete. When times become rather scary and there are some failures to add to the un- certainty, and the rotailers have hard work t0 meet their obligations, the tern jobbers become frightened and 6,” only witharaw tho credit that they have £ ¢ ven firms in the past but refuse to grant extonsions of time and demand that obliga tions be promptly met. If they are not the take steps to force collections. This is only natural, s thefeastorn jobber being farther away cannot keep himself as well posted as to the situation in u western state, and knowing that he is at a disadvantage he thinks that the only safe way 4s to make collections when they are due, even if he has 1o closo up & good firm. It is surprising the number oF good retail stores that have been closed up by jobbers outside of the state, houscs that have alwajs been good pay and that were still solvent, but, owing to the closeniess of the money market, could not meet a bill just on the day that it was due. ‘With Omaha jobbers the situation is dif- ferent, as they know the individual condi- tion of every firm doing business in the stato, and if the firm s good and has a reputation for honesty and fair dealing, the jobber will do everything that can be done to tide the firm over the dull times. Omaha jobbers Tealize that thera are more seusons coming, and they cannot afford to closo up good houses, but it is to their interest to carry them over if possible. As one jobber re- marked: *We are all in one boat, jobbers and retailers alike, and the ouly thing for us to do is to help each other all that we are able.” The jobbers cannot always carry the retailers as much as they would like to, as they have obligations of their own to meet, but a spirit of mutual helptulness can do much toward preventing business failures, As to the conditions prevailing in the dif- ferent lines of business somo ideas may be gained from the following interviows with representative jobbers: Jobbers Talk, Lee-Clark-Attdreesen Hardware company— The hardware and grocery business are the only two lines that have done very much this summer. 1In the hardware line business this ason witl be found to compare very favor- ably with any other year, excopting only the your 1502, when the volume of business was phenomenally large. Business has been dune in a band to mouth way to a very large extent and there are no large stocks of hard- ware in the country. For that reason it is natural to anticipate that when trade opens up there will be 4 general demand all over. As far as values are concerned thoy have been down to bed rock for somo time and the manufacturers apparently realize that they will not sell any more goods by cutting price still lower and have accordingly allowe them to remai stationary for some uime. Wo have all our mefout “on the road and trade during the present week bas shown some improvement over the previous week. During ~ July and August there are always a good many retail merchants who want extonsions of time, but there has been no great addition to this number this year, and collections may be said 1o be about up to vheaverge for this season. Kitoatrick-Koch Dry Goods company— 78 an improvement noticeable 1n the tion of the dry goods business, We ars now receiving orders from customers to raip fall goods which they had asked us to hold. Collections with us are fair. There appears (o be s tendency on the part of oat- side jobbers to crowd western retail mer- nts on the slightest excuse, but the Omaha merchants appear to be acting very sonsiblo in this matter. Prices rule in every instanco lower than & year ago, not that there is any special reason for it except that commission merchauts have recelved a good many cancellutions,which have caused stocks to nccumulite on their hands, We feel that this fall will be much more satisfactory in thoe west than in the east. Many retailers who had placed orders with eastern jobbers early, cancelea them when the 'money stringency cume on and they will of ne sity have to buy of home jobbors, and this course will boa accided advantage to both the jobber and the retailer. Kivkondall, Jones & Co., jobbers of boots and shoes - Business scems a little better in our line, but there is not much to say about it. 1 am iu the position of the timid school Doy who after loarning a lesson is afraid to say anything, for fear that he is mistaken in tho facts, ry day we feol that wo are ust ouo day nearer the end of the dull times. Tho boot and shoo business is ata di vantage, in oue way, in dull times as com- pared with other lines, A merchant can xun his stock of boots sud shoes way down ond go some time without ordering, while if heis out of sugar or tobacco he knows it und has to replenish his stock av once. Hoots und shoes are to some extent a luxury, A good wany traveling men are off the road, fud then, too, trade in all our line has been hurt by the troublesin the couutry from l‘ull)urmlo yoat o w|n hington. axton & Gallagler, grocery jobbers—I “the grocery line there has beenylj h\ur» ness all through the ic. Llections have been good, There is no reason why it should not be good, as the people have to vat to live and we are selling the necessities of lifo The retail grocery men appear to be doing plvu’ well and they have all of them en more frightened than hurt. Prices are OW on most all lines. It is very reasonuble L0 expect higher prices later on if our finai clal affairs ave adjusted, As business b been conducted on the hand to mouth plan pf turing Lho past two or three months, with a Bood demana now 1t would be almost impos- ible los ‘:E'l{ She ;’):nl.l of 'nm u\x‘wl-. Lor ubl, jobbers of clothing, ete.— Tho clothing business is a little nl' ust at resont. Most of the fall and winter Pd‘ Lvob«uwm already sad it 1s 100 early to expect sorting up orders. ‘As a rule the stocks bought have been lighter than usual, though some ors have placed liberal orders, Tt looks as if the retaiiers ought to begin to have some trade now. As o general thing the vime lmmmlllwl“ after harvest is as good a season 88 they have in our line, but this year their trade has not been up to tho average. Collections just now are a little quiet, but the most of the bills in our line do not come due until Sep- tember, but they have been averaging up well rogardless of the closeness of the money market. It looks as if we ought to have a good business this fall. It may come a little later than usual. Eastern clothing men work this territory harder than most any other line, though just at present we do not hear much about their being out here. Asa general thing dull times in the west have been a benefit to western jobbers, as the eastern jobbers have been frightened out. This season may prove an exception, as the report has gone out that we have splendid crops in Nebraska and the eastern jobbers may think that this is the very fleld for them to work the hardest. A Manufacturer's Opinion. “‘Business with the manufacturers of the stato s nocessarily rather quiet,” said W A. Page, president of the Manufacturers a: sociation. ‘At the same time Nebraska manufacturers are holding their own and in some lines considerable progress is bein made in_spite of the hard times. We a roaliza that this is a great country and that the present conditions cannot always pre- vail, and that when money becomes casier there will be a demand for goods of all kinds, 1 noticed a paragraph in Tre Beg to the effect that business men should do all they can to aid the laboring classes and try to provide work for those out of emvlo{~ ment. This is not an easy thing to do in times when busincss men are, many of them, a8 badly pressed for money as the laboring men themselves, but I believe that the manufacturers realizo the importance of having every one employed, and that they have kept the number of " their employes as full as possible, reducing the expenses in other lines beforo touching their pay rolls. Weo all know that when men are out of employment they cannot afford to buy supplies other than the bare necessities of life, which reduces the trade of the re- tailers and makes collections dull. When the retail morchants are not enfoying a 0od trade they do not buy of the manu- acturers and jobbers as ‘freely, and hence trade is injured all around. “The great trouble with our city is that we have too many laboring men who aro forced to rely upon odd jobs, or, in other words, wo do not have enough steady work to keep our laboring men employed. City improvements and building operations are ood thing, but they are not to_be depended upon to keep labor employed winter and summer. [actories are the only thing that will meet the requirements, and Omaha and the wholo state must put forth every in- ducement for the location of new factories and for the enlarging of those already established. At tho present time we ship our large crops of farm produce to the east and they ship us goods in return, thus keep- g us drained of our money. 1f we need money to carry on our business wo are com- velled to borrow it in the east. Hence, whenover there is a pinch in the east and tho capitalists need their money, or if they happen to become alarmed at the conditions in the west, all they have to do is to put _the money 1n their pockets and they have us tied hand and foot and all we can do is to sit down and wait until it is the pleasure of the eastern moneyed men to allow us to do busi- ar a good many peoplo asking why business should be quibt in Nobraska when wo raised such largo crops during the past two years which sold at good prices and when there is every prospect of another fino crop. The reason is that wo sent our monoy "out of the state for goods made in the ecast and the capitalists and manufacturers have put the money in their pockets, whero we get no benefit from it. If the money re- ceived for our crops had been spent for goods made at home, it would still be in cir- culation here, and wo would be able to keep all our men at work, and there would be lit- tlo reason for tatking dull times in this state. “The crop failure of 1800 taught a good many business men of this state a useful lesson, for when they came to realize that there were no farm products to sell, and that the farmers could not_be depended upon to keep alive business, they saw the necessity of having a large population of wage earners, henco the necessity of increasing the manufacturing interests of the state. They also learned that the only true way to build up these industries was to buy more western goods and less eastern. We are nm'vx having the same truth pounded into us again. *'If you will make the rounds of our whole- salo and retail stores you will find goods to the value ot hundreds of thousands of dol- lars on the shelves and in stock that could have been made just as well and just as cheaply in this state as any other, and if those goods had all been bought here it would have required all our factories to run full force all the time. KEven now when people are buying as sparingly as possible there are goods enough being sold in the state to kesp every factory running full time 1f the orders were placed with them. 1 believe that I am safe in saying that, out- side of the South Omaha packing houses, there are no factories in the state that could, with their present forces, supply all the goods in their lines that are used in' the state. Kvery factory would be forced to double the number of its employes at least, and new factories would have to be put up if our people would all buy goods of Nebraska manufacture. *‘Manufacturers in the eastare not trou- bled by short crops, and all they have to fear is the financial panics in the eastern money markets. Underthe present condi- tions in the west we feel the full effects of the panics, and, in addition, we occasionslly have a crop failure to contend with, so that we hive more ‘than our share of business trouble, and always will have until we loarn to depend more upon ourselves and stop the foolish policy of sending all our monoy out of tho state. The movement commenced in this direction two years ago has been a great benefit, but we must carry it further if wo wish to keep our laboring men em- ploped aud escape the ill results of every flurry in the financial centers of the east.” MORE HOPEFUL. Manager of Dun & Co's Mereantile Agency Fredicts Business Revival. The Omaha manager of R. G. Dun & Co.’s Mercantile agency is disposed to take a more hopeful view of the situation this week, as will appear from his remarks which follow: *'Almost every commercial bank in Omaha has noted a slight increase in deposits the present week. KFor about three weeks prior to the present one thedraft upon the banks was continuous. Two weeks or more ago the bottom appears to have been reached and for seven days a slignt but steady im- provement has taken place. All the bankers in town are encouraged by this turn in affairs. They are not ex- uberant, of course, because the improvement is so slight that it will not do to base very high hopes upon it. Nevertheless this bet- ter feeling among fnancial wmen has ity of- fect and trade generally is more hopeful. In groceries trade continues good; in hardware better than last week, and in drugs there has been some activity. All other lines are dull. In retail circles buyers are numerous, but every- body is seeking bargains,and as a consequence ‘marked down’ and similar sales draw the crowds and regular prices do not attract, “Some inquiry for small houses is reported among real estate men, but reaily nothing is doing in this line and the register of deeds is practically an ornament now. He has hardly enough to do to pui in his time, ‘Che talk outside of Iunldn{ circles 1s all one way now. Business men insist that the banks should lead the publicto a return of confidence by renewiug loans and inviting good borrowers. Ifarun were 1o ocour 50 per cent or even 75 per cent of cash might not prevent & suspension. The danger of runs is over and it is time to relax a little in order that bankers can show their belief in the early return of pros- perity. Casos aro clted whoro banks have 0 unreasonably severe upon old-time cus- tomers and have made life a burden for per- fectly solveut houses which are ulnvorlrlls hard up. As one able citizen put it 10 an ol banker ‘If you keep on you will soon have sn abundance of cush and” plenty of bank fix- tures ‘but no customers.’ ‘‘Another business man states his case as follows: ‘Why should | put my daily re- ceipts ln the bankt If I waut an accomo- dation u‘mlll‘ is ‘refused. [ take l"d the risk, no interest on wy bajances and am told m‘ly that no money will*be loaned wme if 1 get 100 & position where cash is needed. T will simply do my own banking and tem- porarily. suspend paying my bills with 5! The jobbers are bearing downa trifle hard on the country merchants, too, I think, and are forcing some men_to the wall, but thore is nothing so selfish as money. It drives men to extremes which sentiment and senso cannot mitigate. Bankers have seon their cash taken by depositors and they know it goos into hiding. A year ago Omaha had too much money ; today half of it is out of circulation, though not destroyed. In times like these it is like whistling ainst the wind to talk to the great army of croditors or Iato creditors of the banks about their foolishness, and it is equally futile to attempt to show bankers that they have been and are encouraging others to re- main uncertamn as to the outcome of this phenomenal panic. ““The reserve continues to increase in Now York. The bankers of that city deserve the thanks of the peoplo of America instead of tho curses of political demagogues for the manful way in which they have stood to- gether against the awful prossuro of this situation. The panic started in Wall streot, porhaps without good reason, but. Wall strodt was equal to an emergency more threatening than any which ever before arose in the financial history of America and saved hundreds, probably thousands, of interior banks from _irretrlovabla ruin. Some of the local demagogues should not lose sight of this important fact.” The way tho market has been cleaned up of peaches it would look as if there would be a little firmer market unless the recelpts prove larger than anticipated. In one day 119 cars of fruit left Sacra- mento for oastern markets. The scarcity of money on the coast is interfering to a great extent with the handling of this year's fruit crop. It is estimated that the Council Bluffs grape crop will amount to 100 acres and the uality of the fruit is very good this season. he first pickiug arrived on the market the ast week, but in small lots. The Glenwood, ., crop is estimated at thirty cars and it is claimed that the growers at that point have alroady contracted for the sale of fifteen cars, but at what price it is not stated. All the roports received from the cran- berry marshes have been favorable, from Wisconsin especially, whero they have had recent rains, which ensures a good yield of €ood quality, unless injured by early frost. While it is early to name definite prices, it 18 probable that the season will start with Bell and Cherry selling at Omaha at about $7.50. This is considered a moaerate price, con- sidering that apples do not show up any more favorable the further investigations are carried, “I have noticed that some of the fruit and produce papers are blaming the railronds for the losses of California fruit growers, on the ground that thoir charges are exorbi- tant,” said E. B. Branch of Branch & Co. “Iam afraid that this is liable to shield a certain class of commission men that pre- sumably exist in all cities. I fully appre- ciate that the charge on a car_of California fruit to Omaha, for example, $300 freight on 24,000 pounds and $125 for refrigerator serv- ice, is the next thing to robbery. Every effort that can be made by shippers and re- vers alike in every city should be put forth to secure reasonable rates. But why say that neither the commission man nor his market is to blame to any extent when not a dollar has been realized over freight charges by the producer of the fruit. There are in most every city many commission merchants who sacrilice the fruit consigned to them ana then endeavor to place tho blame on the railroads. There is too great an effort to do a large and rushing business rather than one which will give tho shipper fair and satisfactory returns. The first responsibility of the recelver of fruitis to the shipper, and he is entitled to the square, honest work of the seller to get him what he 50 smoothly and glibly encouraged him to think that he could. We know something of the uncertainties of the market and do not suppose any man capable of performing impossibilities. On the other hand, we know that goods in the hands of some firms (when their neighbors are ‘supplied) is a sure sign of a cut in the price. These firms are not those of a “certain” standing eitner; they are firms that possibly do a large busi- neas year after year and are able to pick up shippers each season, either: new or old, by their persussive eloquence. I do not like to see this class of men shielded by laymg the blame for the losses of fruit growers on tho railroads.” Chloago Live stock Market, OHIOAGO, Aug. 26.—|Speciul Telogram to THE BEr.|-The cattlo markot was featureloss with only a nominal supply (600 hend) und,a nominal'demand; viluos worc not subjected to any uppreciable change. Tho recelpts for tho woek foot up about 63,600 head, s against 62,703 for the provious woek and 83,114 for the corresponding week last yoar. Only o fow odds and onds were loft in the yards, and tho outlook for noxt woek is regardod fs favor- able. At yosterday's declino thero was a quiet and falrly stoady hog market. Thero woro buyers forall the stuff offered and tho market hid & firm Jook atthe close. Thoro wasn salo of very cholee hoavy hogs at$5.65 nnd fancy light sold “around”35.90, from which figures snlos ran down to_from 84,90 to 84.95_for poor lots of the formor and to from 35.25 to §5.35 for rough light, whilg culls sold anywhere from 3350t $4.75. Recolpts for the week umounted to 150,000, ngainst 124,626 for the previous week and ‘180,078 for the corre- spondiug week last year. The recelpts of ‘shoep wero estimated at 2,000 hoad, making 62,897 for tho wesk, aulnst 06,858 for tho provious wook and 94, 291 for the corrosponding woek last year. Thore wore many times as many shoep in the yards as the demand called for and of course there was no improvement In pricos. ‘Tho market was ifeloss at from 81.25 to 83.75 for Inferior to choico qualities. Lambs were firm wt from 82,50 to 85,25, Recolpts: Caitle, 600 head; hogs, 10,000 head; _sheep, 2,000’ head. ening Journal reports: CatriE—Recolpts, 600 head; shipments, 900 head; steady. Not sufficent business to ket; common native steors, 8 best. $4.905.25; Texans, i range cattlo, 34,60023.50. head;’ shi d; markot active. strong to be higher; nilxed and packers, $4.70%5.50; primo hoavy and butchor welghts, $5.5045.7 SnEEP—Recolpts, 8,000 hou 7,000 head; pric ews and wethel shipmonts, mixed native 5; wosterns, ecoipts, Jiond; markot lower; h shipplng steers, 81.50@5.00; Toxas and nativo cows, 81.250 3.00; buteliory’ stock 83.2004.10; stockers and feedurs, $1.5023.60, celpts, 6,000 head; shipments, 8,000 hoad; bulk, $5.1025.45; heavies, pack- ors and mixed i 1ights, Yorkors und o 1,000 nead; shipmeats, none; niarket slo St, Louls Live Siock Market, 81, Louis, Aug. 26.—CATTLE—Rocolpts, 400 head; shipnionts, 1,500 heud; market stéady, unchanged. 1{0as—Recolpts, 600 head: shipments, 1,300 iood on'salos top would b 80,85, Suker—Roce(pts, 200 head; shipmonts, 300 i market steady, unchanged. Finanelsl Notes. KANSAS C1TY, Aug. ‘Zfl.——l.'lmlrlnkl‘.'fllu,flfl& PARIS, Aug. 26,—Three per cent réntos, 99f 2b¢ for the OMAHA, Aug. 20. learings, $619,339; same Qny last wook, 838,216, Y BALTINOI Aug. 26.—Olearings, $1,605,460; bulances, $210,888. Money, 6 per cent, Me: 18, Aug. 26, New York exchange sell ing at $1.50 premium. Cloarings, 8562,11%; bal- ances, $13,202, BERLIN, Aug. 26.—The statement of the Im- perial Bank of Gormany shows an increase in specie of 8,900 marks. NEW ORLEANS. Aug. 20.—Clearin, 8572,085; Now York: oxchange. o seei, par; banks, 32 per $1,000. LakOpoN, Aug. 20.cAmount of bullion, gons nto Bank of und on bulance today, £304,- 6. "Monay 4@8 por cont. V' NEw YORK, Aug. 26.—Cloarings, balances, $2,856,720. For the weo $304,324,418; balances, $21,347,105, . 26.—Olearings, $5,449,- f,no For the l'mek cloar- balancss, $6,986,134, baluncos, §1,15: ings, $47,806,11 Mouby, 6 per cent. BOSTON, Aug. 20.—Clearings, $9,659,214: bal- sces, n.ob;g.ga:h unge on No .grk!.'u'gc rowlum. For the week clearin; 5,045, 57 balancos, 86,265,003 o 55,065, OMICAGO, Aug. 20.—Olearings, $5,914.451; for the week, $33,892,344, u!lll 95195508 for the corresponding weok last year, New York oxchange, #5 discount. Sierling ex- change unchunged. Money easy at 7 por cent, §r. Louis, Aug. 26.—Clearings, $2,704,663; this” wook, ‘813,814,708, sawe weok lu 18 821,514,652 last wook, $15,489,151; balances, 17,880; this woek, 81,585,699; sume woek 1ast yeur, 3.440.620; last woek, '1&61”“&1' oney quiet s per cent. Exchango ou Now Yobk, #2 discount: . e Balloon double drop at Courtland 3 and T today. COMMERCIAL AND-FINANCIAL Premium for Oarrying Whoat, Fast Narrow- ing to Normal Dgi*fionl. NO CASH SALES FOR SHIPMENT REPORTED Corn Was Quiet and Avefugli} Bettor Than Friday, Shorts Being Disposed to Take Profits—Stoeas and Bonds, Onicado, Aug. £6.—The prémium for carry- ing wheat 1s fast narrowing down to normal dimensions. The spread betwoen September and December, which two or three days ago was 8¢ per bu., narrowed to 0i4c today. The carriors had orders in at the opening to take September and December at Te difference. Much was tradod this way, but the buying of September and selling of December pre- dominated. The public cable quoted whoeat futures firm and from 4d to 1{d higher. The commercial agencies in their woekly reviews of trade indicated much improve- ment in conditions, with $35,000,000 in gold already imported in a fow weeks and more coming. Bradstreot's gave the exports of wheat and flour for the week at nearly 5,000,000 bu. This was botter than was expdcted. On top of this came the New York bank statemept with an increaso of $5,300,000 in reserves and ovherwise favor- able. This gave the market its best butge. The local trade having loaded up on the ad- vance, turned to take profits the last hour and weakened the market, and the bulgs was lost. No sales of oash wheat for ship- ment were roported. The opening was from 240 to ¢ higher for September and Decem- ber, thon oased off from ¢ to o for the former and igc for tho latter, became trm, and prices were advanced from 1c to 11gc for tHe latter, oased oft from o to held steady and tho close was 910 higher for Sep- tember and the same for mber as the closing figures of yesterday, Corn was quiet and averaged better than yesterday, shorts being more disposed’ to take protits and the action of wheat having a stimulating influence. The market opened at yesterday’s final figures, was steady and soon advanced %o, eased oft from 9c to 1o, ruled steady and at tho close had lost from e to Yo, There was a {c decline in oats In sym- athy with corn, and a rally of from ¢ to Ige later on fair baying. Faiv selling was indulgea in when the estimate of 415 cars for Monday came out, but prices were not materially affected and the close was steaay at about the same to a shade over yester- day’s prices. Provisions were very firm, The advanco in the price of ribs yesterday did not have the effoct of shutting off the cash demand and consequently they were riven another hoist today. Business was not heavy, but the price advanced, as no one scomed dis- posed to sell more, especially for September delivery. Pork was considered relatively cheapor than other meats and was wanted by packers, who are said to be getuing a good profit on it by cutting 1t into strips. Some more of the shorts in September ribs wero forced to come in cu_tha) bulge. Pork closed at an advance of 60c on yesterday's closing. September lard gajned 2ige and October 10c. September ribs are 27igc higher, but the advance in October is only 5o. Estimated receipts for ‘Monday: Wheat, 82 cars; cora, 700 cars; oats, 415 cars; hogs, 27,000 head. ding tutures ranged as follows: HIRD,. [ 0w, Opon. Tione. G0%@61 B14a! 67 SHORT RINS" Aug. #45 805 | 810 Oashi quotations were us follows: Froun—Dull, steady. Waear—No.' 2 spring, 60%c new, 61c; No, 2 red, 60% ~ —~No. 36%¢c; No. 8 yellow, ciosing e, OATS—No. 2, 233¢c; No. 2 white, 204@27%c; No. 8 white, f. 0. b., 205 @26%c. RyE—No. BARt No. 4, 1. 0. b., new, FLAX SEED—N0. 1, $1. TIMOTHY SEED—Prime, $3.4523.50, PORK—Moss, per #18.90714.15; per 100 Ibs., 85,12 214 (loose), $8.858. (boxed), 87.25@7.5( #8.25@8.50. u\\l'!)nsn—mmuers' finished goods, per gal., ‘Unchanged; lated, 5,67; standard A, The following were the receipts and ship- ments for toduy: AWTIOLES. Flour, bbls Wheat, bu. Corn, bu. 315,000 Outs, bu f 303,000 Rye. bu. 7,000 Barley, 5.000| On the Produce exchange toda. market was dull; cronmery, 1 17@22c. Fggs, ons, lard, hort ribs, sides saltod shouldors ar sides (boxed), uf, 6lc; granu- | WECEIP oS, ot s en s 4,000 45,000 208,000 103,000 00 tho butter 24c; dairy, trictly tresh, 1dc. 12,000 49,000 Now York Murkets. New Yomk, Aug 20.—FLOUR—Rocelpts, 89,000 pkgs.; exports, 5,000 Dbls., 8,000 sacks; snlos, 10,000 pkgs.; market qulot. CorN MEAL—Dull, stoady, Rye—Nominal; western, 54@55¢, Baruey MaLr—Dull; westorn, 65@800 MWitkAT-Ttoco pt, 884,000 buss oxports, 100,- 000 bu,; snles, 1,050,000 bu. futures, 50,000 bu. spot. Spot market dull, firmer: No. 2 rod in store and elevator, 684@674¢c; afloat, B7H@HT4e; 1. 0. b, HTY@ORYE; ungraded rod, 8467 0. 1, northern, G8@68Me. Optlons v unchangeld prices. elosins firm yesterday's trading; No. 2 rod, 67%@08 7-180, closing nt 68'ye: 04@70%¢, closing at T0%c; 1) A@T5%¢, closing at 70e. i 000 "bu.; exports, 3,000 los, 60,000 bu. Tutures, 32,000 bi, spot. Spots dulf, firm; No.2, 455@451¢ in elevutor; 454@404s¢ afloat. Options wero dull and Steady nt e advance: Septembor, 454550, closing at 45'5¢; October, 46@461,¢, closing at B463e, closing at46 e, OArs—Receipts, 000 bu.; oxports, 8,000 : sales, 85,000 bu. futires, 80,000 bu, pot. Bpots firm at W@iic advatice. Options, dull, firm; Septen X 3040; November, 2, 80c; No. 2 wh No. § white, 8 whito wostorn, 83 ady, dul), Hops—Dull, steady, Hipes—Nowinal, PROVISION: dles nominal closed at # ber, #4. moss, $17 & estorn dulry, 14%4c; roRmer) 1AM —Eusy, dull. ) teady, quiot; wosten frash, 15 ow—Dull. NsEED OtL—Dall, sigady; yellow, 89 l’mum.nuuvflllgmlr numhj(-,é;‘ oil, spot sales, 20,000 Hbls. w673 opiion siles, 1,000 bbls. at 57agk, ' closing 57 asked. “Lima of), sales, none; total sales, 000 bbls. uTi ENTINE—Quint, firm. -Domestie, fulr to extra, Sige. Morasses—New Orleans, open kettle, good o choice, steady, dull. SuaAr—Raw, steady, qulet; sales recontly of 21,600 bags Pornambuco, 89 test, at 8c; refined firin, good dewund. 1o Tikox—Dull, steady; American, $12.18 CoppPER—Quiot; lake, #9.50, Leap—-Steady: domestic, 88,45, Tin—Firn; Straits, 819.02%; plates, dull, steady. SPELTER—Qul 'ennsylvania Septomber i dowestlc, 0. New Youk, Aug. 26.—Options opened dull, 100 15 polnis down, olosed. b roly steady and 10 to 30 poluts down: sales, 1,000 bgs, ludiug: Soptombor, 41510315157 October, 1 26; December, $16.05@16.15; Junus 1y 805,000 10-06r Baech: 11450 o 3 3 $ui; N T 316 00k e . B8 New York Dry Gooas Marke| New Yous, Aug. 26.—Ac business in ry'§0ods Wes IEAT us Topards e don s Thio wost conspicuous feature was the call for L are doing a good prints, which fs stimulating the resumption of work tn printing. The Simpson works have resumed_on this account and others will follow. Some of thy lirgy cotton mills are also oxpoct oporations shortly. A stendy ' advane so conditions is ox- pocted, ovon if slowly. Omaha Produce Market. BUTTER - The pts of butter funll fough for tho city o retall wera very Ilg) Fancy ereamerios, solid d, 207 H choice to fancy o fair to good country, 1213 tock, frosh, 11%¢c. Live Boutrny—Tho markot 1s full of spring chickens and prices ure lowar. Good spring chickens, 74®@8¢; old hens, 7¢; roostors, 4 Be; ducks, 76, Faas—Tho recolpts aro rather light, with :’lm market steady, the bulk going at 11@ i GAME—While the woather is too warm to make the handling of game an_entirely safo businoss, there birds arriving lard duc bluo winged tonl, $2; gr 50; piover, very slow. EY -Now honey hias pit inan apponr- anco on tho market, but the demand 15 light; choice new white clover, 1621 I Ne-The demand 18 not quite so active at $1.50. ABLES, K 1s plonty at 1%4¢ hu country. pwi stock, on on VEG ordors, Sipply 1s vory light and the Fs from the country. they Aro worth at lonst 76¢. CABBAGR—Tho businoss in shipplng cabbago 0 the country apponrs o Do about Over Oresstona ordors e Tocolvod and filled CURLERY-—-Stray shipments are arriving and tho ‘mlllly of the stock 1s pronounced ewod for this sonson of the year. Celory, per doz. bunches, 35¢. FruLTS, GRAPES—So far this s been vory many geap Calitornia, por case, #1 UALIFORNIA Fruirs ~ Late Crawford poache por box, $1i Bartlott’ puars, por box, § plums, per box, $1.25@1.50; nectarines, per box, #1.50, MELONA—Good watermelons ary selling at 815 per 100; small or inferior, $10,00% n q:nglyuloubus. por basket, 81; cra APPLES—No apples to amount to anything aro belng shipped In and the supply of home rrnwn stock s moderate. Choleo Duchess, g r hbl., $3.75@4,005 common varieties, suitable to ship orders, $3.00.3.25. - TROPICAL FRUITS. BANANAS—Prices remain about steady; per bunch, large, $2.85@2.50; per bunch, small to mpdiubi, $1,7562.00 LEMONS—The stoad, irm woather prodnces n very fair d and xvrh-n:' < und all houses eady businoss in them. a fincy, $6.00005.50; Messinas, to fancy, $5.0005.50. hore_are only u fow oranges Riverside Maditerranean sweets, $3.7! HIDES, TALLOW, E1C T1bES—No. 1 green hides, 24505 hides, 2¢; No. 1 green salted hides, reen salted hides, 2¢; No. 1 green salted hidoes, 1bs. to 40 Lbs. 2 groen saltod hides, 25 1bs. to 40 11 No. 1 v calf, 8 1bs. to 15 1bs., Se; No. yeal calf, 8 1bs, to 15 1bs., 8¢; No. 1 dry flint hides, 6 N dry flint hides, No. 1 dry salted hides, 0. 1 B 4 hides e per b, less than full SHE) PELTS —Gireon ted, onch green salted she: skins), each 15 wooled early skii h shearlings short wor L dry flint, hoer wool pi s, por 1., ac dry flint and N wool pelts, per It V. flint Colorado bute actuul weight, 9%10¢, dry riin wool peltst ppr b, actual woelgl (lrf' plecesand bucks, fctual wels T. i ~Tallow, N son_there havo not in from California; 1,50, Mossinas, ox per box, ¢hof ORANGE: riving. early lings (short 510, skins), N nd 710¢e; dry Its, per 1L Tow, N¢ white B, 8c; i 2i5¢; old butter, 24 5c; bueswax, 26¢; rough tallow, @3¢ St. Louls Markots. Aug. Froun—Firm, Sr.Louts, 26, ngod WneAT—Unchanged: No. August, b Septe December, G61@00 e, Conn—Was dond; No. 2 cash and Auzust, 34c; December, 83 un- 2 red, cash and or, 58%ic; Ottober, 61¢; , cash, 23%c; A 24¢; Septombe PROVISIO! 1, 38 33c. rong, advanc , 3510, Unchanged. 01ty . 000 sacks 141,000 bu.; out: Kannns City KANSAS O1TY, Aug. 2 No. 2 hard, 50@504¢; N ConN—Unsettled 2 white, 2002914 . 2 mixed, 20@22c; No. 2 Ryk- CIIC BRran—Firm} 53@b5e, HAY—Firm and unchanged, FLAX SpED—-Nomiually 84@85c, BurrER—Firm; cresmery, 18321c; 15@18¢. Eaas—Quiet and easy at 1114 RECEIPTS —Wheat, 53,000 bi oats, noe. Suiesm —Wheat, 61,000 bu.; corn, bu.; oats, none, dalry, corn, none; 1,000 NEW ORLEANS, Augz. sales, 27,500 halos ptémber, $7.07 bid mbor, $7.2947.3¢ n J ry, ¥ 3 March, ¥7.707.72, Good midd middling, 6 11 20.—Futures steady; August, $7.07 nominal Octobor, ¥ Decombur, 7. February,' 7. ie: middling, 71 0od ordiniiry, Glc wross, 617" hulos, LIvERPOOL, Aug. 26, mand moderate: holdors offer freoly; No. 1 California, 53 7d@5s 8d per cental; rod wost- orn spring atbs 5d@bs 6d; No. 2 red winter, Bs 113@53 b Stondy: dy; do western, 81d per contal Seirits or Tunre ind moderate ug. 26.~WnrAr—Barely stoady; zor; No. 2 mixed, 41@41% ady; No. 2 mixed, Minneapolis Wi MINNEAPOLIS, higner; s Baltimorn Grain Market. Bavrivore, Aug. 26.—WHEAT—Firmer; No. 2red, August, 65 Conn—Nominal: Oars—Stendy; N TOLEDO, No, 2 cash, August, 60 CorN—Dull, 01l Murkets, LONDON, Aug, 20, ~UALCUTTA Spot, 418 10444 per quarter. LINSEED O1L~205 9d por Cwt. SPIuTS OF TURPENTINE 215 415d per cwt. LINSEED—~ STOCKS AND BONDS, 1t Was a Day of Improvement In tho Se- curlty Market. NEW Youk, Aug. 20.—It was 4 day of im- provement on the Stock exchange, quite a number of prominent issues, such as New York Ceutral, Lake Shore, Erie, Sugar, St. Paul, Burlington, Rock Islund, Canada Southern, Northwestern, Manhattan, New England, North Americah common and pre- ferred, Reading, Pullman Palace, Union Pacific and Wabash preferred selling at the highest price of the week. At the top notch the stocks named showoed ns for the week of from 2 to 5 per cent. The main cause was the general belief that the bank statement would be favorable. The expected happened. The banks added 5858 240 to their stock, but are still $0,737,675 below the 25 per cent required by law. Tho exhibit was even more favoruble than 1t looked, for the banks, gaining 5,354,500 in cash and $177,500 in deposiis, loans were contracted 2.932,800, while culation in- creased $1,042,000, making the total increase this month §2,044,000. In a general way the market was strengthened by'the recont ar- rivals of gold and a conviction that the Sherman silver bill will be repealed. The rise induced some selling to realize protits, but at the close the list was strong ana firm, The net gain for the aay ranged from 4 to 215 per cent, the latter in Lake Shore and Westorn Unllon. Tho total sules of listed and unlisted stocks were 70,920 shares. ‘The Post says: A noticeable featureof the week closing today has been the improved feeling in several trade centers. The rail of August showsd & docroase in total clear ings, as compared with 1802, of only cent. The second woek showed 20 por y tho third 24 por cent and this week the falling off is moro than 83 por cent. All these unpleasant facts point in one direction and plainly suggest that the country's produc- tion and distribution of commodities is get- ting down, 80 3 sy tpan. Such reduction 'of avai as every in- dustry has latoly witnessod cannot possibly o much further. The imported gold has simplified tho prob- lom to some extent; the repeal of the silver law, through general restoration of conf dence, would solve it. Until confidence is restored, howaever, the progress will be slow, ‘The following are the closing quotations of the leading stocks on the New York ox- change toda Atohison Adams Mxpross . Alton, Terrs 1 ante do profd D.&G | Northwoatern o profd York Contrai ANE 10 & Woal imp. 09l 128 outh Al Pacln) & Olifo. & Alton, o Vv 3% Peorta, Dee. 34 PIUSDURE. o Iman Pal & road returns and the fliguresof the week's graio shipments show that the better feel- ing is not atall due to freer money accommo- dation. Improvement in the market is bardly percoptible. "Tha shriakags in. the sountry's. cleask house exchanges, which fairly refloct busi- ness aclivity, is enormous. The first week Laok D. & R. G, pr pror'd Dis. & 0. F el 18land Erlo .. D) do ¥ aul & On yioo 140 | do protd o orthin B 99 [Southern Pastiic. L1 ped S 25 abia prora Shore. d Tru Tonts, & N Lo, Manha Momphia & Michigan Centri Missouri Pacifio. Mobile & Ohia Naah. & Chatt. 1184, do pre 10 M. & St L R14/D. & 1t otal snles of stocks, 88,800 shares, inelud- Burlington, 4,000; ¢ 0 ackawinr . Paul, 10,6003 900. NEW YORK, Au Inally 3 per cont. Pi ERC i STERLING EXC [y business fn by Nom- S 12 per eant. or, With netunl 1811, 184,815 for 3457 for demand -Nothing doing: 73¢ BONDs ~Stoady. Stato bonds Louisiana smpd 43 BSOUFL A ... N0, oW gt new e now 0 con. Byl V. Carolina U STON, Aug. .—Call 1 thno louns, 8710 per cont. tations on stoeks, bonds and mint T 2 s o prof ia 7k do profer A5 5 G Ris Wisconain Contrill: Cloph | Atehison 5 Toston & Alban & i 1| ATt |Boston & Butto & Boston . el utral. Now York Nrw Yorx, Auz. mining quotation: Band B, Con, Call & Deadwood nid ana ¢ 500 |*Bulwe OMAHA LI TOCK, Past Week Has Been Ono of Very Liberal Recolpts. SATURDAY, Aug. 2 The past weel has been one of very liberal receipts, and reccipts for tho month of August promise to be the largest in the his- tory of the yards for that month. Keceipts for'the past two wecks, with the fourth weol of August, 1802, ard given bolow : Cattle. Hozs. Sheop pts this week...... 12,184 3 13 4,605 oipts last week 11,160 mo week last year. .. L5580 77 5,779 ) days the cattle Except during tho past t market hus been docidedly wealk,with prices 1 the down grade. Receipts havo been rather liberal, showiug an increaso of over 1,000 nead compared with last week. 'The troublo is there has boen no corresponding improvement in tho demand to absorb the iner ngs, The proportion of west- orn cattle now coming forward is increasing daily while good dry lot beeves are bocoming searcer in about the same ratio. This fact will explain why ripo corn fed cattle have held their own fairly well the past woek i spite of a 15¢ to 25e decline in prices for the ordinary run of partly fatted and grass cattle. Local dressed boef men continue to t onopolize the trade. as the tightness of £ oney und the generally unsatistactory con- dation of eastern markeis malko the roud of tho speculative shipper 4 hard one to trayel, Fluctuations in butchers’ stock and canner values have been in sympathy with fat cattle prices. 1t s rath depression in feeder trado ha strength ev fat catule de dvanced just about that muth, jon of feeders is certainly ver with ything short of oxc values are bound 1o hold up well Another encouraging foature of the market the past week has boen the receipt and satis- fuctory salo of several train loads of s crn cattle. Thoy came from Inaian Ter via the Rock Island, and s tl same rate into Omahu that the, sas City, and 80 far havo sold of fully He percwt. botter v City, it is but reasonable to look for number of cawtle from that Lo local packers will not always b on Kun! City for the cattle, buying ther “The m tation of Friday’s remarkable that in spite of the the fat cattle market the been uctive and gaining In other words whils to 200, foedor values Tho posi- strong und 1vo receipts ny v, aud vo to dopend apply of ‘L'exas practically io- trading, Aside from the incroased ots, conditions wern much the same. Thero was no outsido and 1o speak of, and although the inquiry from local houses was quite brisk with such nple offerings, sell rally ready willing o 51 s when od, As a result the movement was tol- erably free. Good to choice cornfed voro steady; other grades ly ora was 4 loud of faney 1,531-1b, beeves on sale that were fancy enough to bring $490, the top price paid hern in months, but $ to #.35 bought very good 1,250 to 1,500-1b. steers, and fair "o in- ferior grades sold ut from §2 wo or three big striugs of Wyomivyg steors, wolghing from 1,157 to 1,878 1bs., changed hauds at $ and $3.25 and the Indian 1’ tory scattle averaged 520 Ibs. $2.25. The feeling wus not particularly strong, but the movement was quite brisk, #nd at the close there was little of any con- sequence unsold in the pens, ‘Fhe cow market wus not far from steady. Compared with the total receipts, tho offor ings in this line wers quite limited. ‘There vas o very falr demand ana the fifteen or xtoen 1oads changed hands readily at from 75¢ 10 $1.75 for canners Lo §2 Lo §2.40 for fair 1o protty good butchers' cows. Comuon to choice veal calves sold at fully steady prices from $1.60 Lo $4.50. Rough stock was iu light suj ly‘ and indifferent demand at weak prive; Stotkers and feeders continue in active de- by aund brought | mand at improved prices. Thore wore a good many both fresh and stalo feeders on sale and tho volume of trading was quite 'ho bulk of the fair to good stock haods at from $.55 to 8. _Good to choica feo are quotable at $3.75w@%.15; fair to wood at §2.00( . and common stuff at §2.00 (@200, Representative sales: DRESSED BERF Pr. No. Av. 3 1296 1303 L8 L1681 1240 k LL1088 g 3 11320 16 MIXED, 485 ARt cowa, 770 900 1050 ST0CH 585 . 360 684 780 B85 WESTERN CATTLE, Pr. No. WYOMING. 88 fdrs. . 1138 32 1g..1240 24 strtigla o 187 94 cows. 10 2 steers 1810 83 stoors. 1 70 ateors. 1278 0 bulls. 14 26 cows L T4 1calf. o 160 1 strtig 1000 1helfer. 750 Av, Av. 100 05 30 cows .. 114 tdrs 1086 INDIAN TERIUTORY-TEXANS. .. 829 22 Hoas —Tho whys and wherefores of tho contortions of the hog market tho past woek ortwo are past finding out not to mention explaining. Tn tho frst placo no ono over heard of such he 1pts in August. Some 8,500 more hog: receivel during the past woek than were hero o yoar ago, muking the August receipts, so far, noarly 12,000 heavier than last yoar. ' Thera sooms, however, to have been an oasing up of finan- cial matters at leasy, the active aemand from all sources and’ the readiness with which tho 37,600 hogs were taken care of would scem to indicate that money was not. s0 nurd to get hold of. As monev becomes fer the sp tive clement will bogin te it quite a g in the trade and the ‘Stocks of Provisions” aro now so low that iv will be u groat deal easier te advance the market than to pound it Bu; i sellor, producer and manufae tureraro closer togother than thoy have been for years. ‘They ave afraid of each other and both afraid of the market. Every- thing now depends on receipts, and tha pros- pective supply of hogs is about as xell une derstood as “tho corn crop of 1304, At any rate it is rather granfying that in thoe faco of such oxceptionally heavy receipts there should be an advance of 3¢ to 40c in values. Receipts today woro considerabl more an double last S run ith no noticeablo in the general quality of the offer heavy run with not very re Y vicos from” Chicago produced a venlc feeling at the opening, and when buyers started in bidding be to 10¢ lower than Friday they found souie sellers ready to meet their views. The strong close to provisions Friday stiff- encd sellers somowhat, however, and when £ood shipping orders arrivod trading became very lively, and at prices fully steady with Priday and in some cases stronger. The ight and light mixed hLozs were in tho dest demand and commandoed a 10¢ to 20¢ pro- mium over heavies, selling very largely at and with £5.35 for marlk and a fow scatter- .10 and .1 Heavy kers sold mostly at $5.10 and 5, with choice stuft at $5.20 and rough and mixed load. # and £.05. The ox- e ake, but everything sold in Lty ood season, the bulk atb from £5.10 to A NS £5.10 to X aturday. high ing 80 200 360 00 40 40 B0 HO ettty aa 8 AND ROUGH, 360 ~“The market was again bare of steep for tho third time this woek. Ther is nohing new in the situation and pri are quotably as low as thoy havo beon any timo of lave, with the demand docidodly in- different, Quotations: Fair to good natives, £1.00603.50; Tair 10 g00d westorns, $2.00 common and stocle sh $15027 to choice mbs, £5.00(@ Recelpts and Dispo ition ot Stuck, s and disposition of stock as b of “the Unlon Stoek S thy twenty-four hodrs 1. i, August NECHITS, [ Wi Hoad. | Cars. 7812 DISPOSITION, i ihor & A 10 1. & P, finiiond & 5. colpts of live stoek at the four prinei pal western mirkets Satu J W iy, August 20; Cattle, Hogs, 2,711 7,812 GO0 2,000 5,000 6,000 400 1,800 w711 17,112 Sheep. 3,000 1,000 200 South Onuhia, 5 Gty St. Louls.. 4,200 Usidass SRR e Cured by Two Doves. A, Surry Co., N. C.—My wife had & of ceamp colic, Y'wo doses of Cham- borlain's Colie, Cholers and Diarrhoa Reme ody cured her and I bolioyve suved her life, T, A. Dobuixs. e “What nonseuso this all is about men getting on their knoes when they propose! said Mrs. Parslow 1o her dear frie y husband didn't do any such absurd shin } when he asked mo to marry hiw.” He d i when he proposed to me,” said the deay | friend, without thinking.