THE COURIER
52
-
v?,,ve.-wi
bffi-yVc . ? C?JV
K:-!"-. -."T S wj. . r mKzt
jj. '.ss.'' tfKS lin.
KU5IlSC55nriCLC5
$ffi 'Sfeciy t'1 a "" :"
UCkl StTS'?
The following Bummary of the busi
ness situation is prepared for The
Courier by Frank M. Blish, manager
for R. G. Dun & Co.:
There have been no BDecial develon-
JL Wmtic?.' menta in local trade circles during the
L Mwx past week. Things seem to have settled
' r themselves into a sleepy sort of a gait from
which there does not appear any immediate
promise of an awakening. April sales are behind those of a year
ago in almost every branch of trade, and in many lines there is al
most absolute quiet. There is a great deal of hope and confidence
as regards the growing crop, to be followed by quick commercial re
covery so far as Nebraska is concerned, from the fact that our inter
ests are almost entirely agricultural. This will not come earlier than
fall, at best, and there would seem almost a certainty of dull times
through the summer months. The situation in the country at large
continues very much aggravated by strikes, commonweal armies and
other disturbances. We have had no failures locally.
Duncan, Hollinger & Co. furnish The Courier the following spe
cial market summary:
We have Had a very uneventful week in wheat market with prices
fluctuating within a narrow range. The weather generally h?s been
favorable to the growing crop and improved reports have been com
ing to hand.
Western millers have been buyers at relatively much higher than
Chicago and St. Louis prices, Kansas City for instance paying more
in their market than similar wheat is worth in St. Louis. In Min
neapolis prices also remain high and receipts this week very small
which is greatly attributable to the Great Northern railroad strike.
Liquidation of May wheat in Chicago has been going on rapidly
and has not produced so much disturbance of values as was expected.
Com The situation remains practically unchanged. The move
ment from the country is light, the demand good and the price
practically unchanged.
Henry Clews says: ' "The continued silver crusade has a silently
unsettling effect upon confidence. There can be no doubt that, in
the southwest and south, the feeling in favor of increased issues of
silver is gaining ground rather than abating; and, unless something
is done to mollify that feeling, it may later on assume more threat
ening dimensions. Among two-thirds of this inflationist class, how
ever, the demand means more money rather than more silver. They
are asking for more silver because, in demanding that expressly they
have the influential backing of the mining interest proper. But at
the same time, they would be equally willing to accept some other
form of currency instead, providing it were placed within their
reach. It is therefore of the utmost importance that congress
should, during the present session, pass a bill authorizing issues of
bank currency, upon a basis of guarantee which while absolutely
secure would yet not be oppressive or prohibitory of issues, capable
of expansion according to the requirements of business, and avail
able to the state banks on the same terms as to the national. Such
a plan is now ready for introduction to the house, and there is a
probability of its being not only supported by party leaders but also
favored by the administration. The passage of such a measure,
though not at the moment needed for currency necessities, would
yet have the effect of getting the constantly disturbing money ques
tion out of the way,and which is even still more important also of
depriving the silver agitators of two-thirds of their present support,
and finally of removing this dangerous issue from the field of politics."
Herpolsheimer & Co.'s first great May sale b egins next Tuesday
May 1, and continues the balance of the week. This means genuine
bargains in every department of their vast establishment.
The great May sale of Herpolsheimer fc Co.sbegins next Tuesday
May 1, and continues the balance of the week. At this sale great
bargains will be offered in every department.
mr Jl. x.
9JJ
. Wm& Jti. The State Journal is tne only paper
J Jt? JKL. in this citv that has the temeritv to
T V" fjL r exPre8S 8 honest opinion on the
j J'"4? ? Coxey mania that is epidemic all
& J over the country. In fact it is the
ft j J. nnlv rloitv nonop ff Tinv nnnoAniianna
in the state that was not caught in the
tide of demagoguery that has swept over -the country since Coxey
marched out of Masillon, Ohio.
What a pity it is that we, at least those of us who have no money
to go to Omaha, aro to go quite without hearing any really good
chorus or orchestra music this year. It seems that, with the num
ber of colleges in this city, it should be possible to get somo really
good orchestra like Damrosch's to come here for one night and give
us a concert worthy to listen to. And the young students should
be made to go, even if they have to be hauled in by the neck. All
our amateur playing will cover set the ideal that one night spent in
listening to such music will. Every sane and educated person
should, uefore reaching the age of twenty, hear, if only once, a great
orchestra performing grand music. And, in the good days coming,
such a consummation may be possible. Today we can only hope.
What concerts have we had this winter? One good violin recital by
a very popular but somewhat overrated player, one good piano
recital, some fair comic opera, of no particular musical merit, one
fair quintet and one big, free advertising concert by the conserva
tory. And this is all. Meanwhile, on the acting stage we have seen
Miss Marlowe, the Kendals. Robson, Crane, and we are going to see
Salvini, the younger, and Mansfield. Surely this is disproportionate,
something is wrong somewhere. Either the public taste is defective
or the managers of our houses of amusement do not realize that it is
not. Meanwhile many young people are growing up with a large
part of the ideal side of their natures undeveloped.
The foregoing appeared in the Sunday Journal. It seems to us
that there is particular cause to discourage the honest and pains
taking musicans to provide satisfactory musical entertainment.
There has certainly been a marked improvement in the musical
talent of Lincoln in the last year or two, for which a large part of
the credit iB justly due the conservatory, which is charged with giv
ing a "big free advertising concert." This concert, by the way, com
pared very favorably with the quality of the music that has been
S'ven in Omaha this week by the much heralded opera association,
amrosch's recent appearance here with his symphony orchestra,
we would remind the writer of the above, was not warmly received,
and his concert was a financial failure. And if we must needs be
"hauled in by the neck" to hear "some really good orchestra" from
abroad, we might as well hear the best Thomas or Seidl; and if the
writer of the above would guarantee a sufficiently large amount,
either of these orchestras could be secured.
II
1
BICYCLES I
Cash ox Installments.
PRICES $25.00 AND UPWARD
LARGEST RETAIL BICYCLE STORE IN THE WEST
Call and see us. "We carry a full line of
CLEVELAND, STERLINGS,
WAYERLEYS AND HNC0LN&.
Also have a large number of '93 patterns wheels
which Ave are selling for less than COST.
PATEE, OLIVER & 60.
' Halter Block, Lincoln, :Vet.
jyHave you seen our catalogue?