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VOL.. 9. No. 31.
LINCOLN, NEB., SATURDAY, AUGUST 11, 1891.
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not to be Bnriously affected
If one is to believe the reports
that emanate from the man
agerial offices of Ed A. Church and
Frank C. Zehrung, the approach
ing theatrical season in Lincoin is
Viv tVin rnntinund hard times. Be-
tweon the two managers everything and everybody, according to
report, in tne entire amusement worm na uwu ap
pearance in this city. Even Patti Rosa would have been se
cured if she hadn't died most inopportunely. It is a little too
early yet for the managers to make definite announcements;
but the preliminary general statements are, as is customary, most
encouraging.
The unfavorable crop reports are having a discouraging effect on
business. The high price of corn is causing some excitement on the
board of trade; but the transactions are mostly of a speculative na
ture. The immediate cause of the rise is of course attributable to the
dry weather and conseqent reports of damage to corn. The frantic
efforts of shorts to cover their contracts started the ball rolling and
prices have been on the upgrade ever since. With a scarcity of corn
there is no doubt that the corn crop will command a high price this
fall. This being the case those farmers who only raise a half or a
third of a crop will come out fairly well.
Retail trade is dull as usual at this time of the year. Wholesalers
in general lines report only a "fair number of orders, usually small
and unsatisfactory, indicating the prevailing timidity of
merchants in the country. With the degree of uncertainty which
holds sway at present and the fear that a dull fall and winter season
will ensue, retailers are loth to order in large quantities and are much
inclined to get along as best they can with the stock on hand, rely
ing on occasional small purchases to replenish it. This applies es
pecially to the dry goods and clothing lines. Eastern mills have
turned out very few goods during this year and importers have
brought very little into the country, all pending the passage of the
tariff bill. In vhw of this state of affairs it is quite freely predicted
by men of experience that a famine in many lines of dutiable and
manufactured goods will be a feature of the coming season's buB joes.
Even a moderate demand from the consumer will tax most of the
retailers to their capacity. For a time they will be able to supply
the wants of their customers by filling in with small ordera on local
jobbers. Wholesalers, however, are in the same relative position.
They have bought lightly and will depend on their eastern buyers to
protect them. This will create a demand which neither the manu
facturer nor importers will be able to meet and the result will be a
scarcity in certain goods and an advance in prices. Some of the
most conservative men are confirmed in the belief that this will be a
prominent feature of this fall's business, the natural result of undue
timidity of buyers.
The strike at South Omaha has resulted in an exhibition of vio
lence and brutal coercion on the part of the strikers. When men
rebel against unjust treatment and insist on their rights they are
entitled to sympathetic consideration. In the strike at South
Omaha, however, there is scarcely a redeemable feature. Unreason
able in their demand, with no apparent grievance of their own, these
men walked out pending a readjustment of wages at Chicago.- Just
how the South Omaha houses would force a settlement of the differ
erences existing between the Chicago packers and their men waa not
apparent. In one case at least the demand waa unreasonable and
silly to a degree. The Chicago striken were beaten on their own
ground and the house there are running full force with a new lot of
men. The demand for higher wage and more work at a time like
the present, rhen men should be glad to hold their situations on
any reasonable terms, was only in accord with their other demands.
The packers have the best of the situation and will not fail to teach
the men a lesson. In the meantime immense quantities of live stock
are being shipped into Chicago and Kansas City and South Omaha
is losing business every day.
"Trilby" is ended, and those persons who have been following Du
Maurier's serial in Harpers Magazine for the past six mo-ths can
no longer find pleasure in anticipating the arrival of Harper with
the next installment of this fascinating work. The ending of the
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