The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1895-12-19
KY GOODS STOCK SOLD.
I,sker Purchases the Half &
Newbouer Bros. Stock.
DC WHOLESALE STORE DESIGNED.
=. Condition of the Market for Cotton
~" "a Products The situation
in Sugar.

~" ia Products The situation
Office of The Post
,,.,,s,on Wednesday, December is.
uoIN & Newbouer Bros. stock of
'a S,ods notions. furnishing goods, boots
sna hats, was sold this morning to
~ Iasker Of Galveston. The sale was
fn :. w. the trustee. Mr.. C. S. Reichman
I. .mo,nt paid therefor being In round
E.s,bers $4,000. The purchase includes the
"a. stock as It stands. with all fixtures.
PUN H,har questioned as to the sale. Mr.;
VIVIAN stg.ed that the business would
t.atinue at &c present stand, ana would
New goods have been ordered TO
1. ss,sr,sh all departments depleted by the
W. purchases made recently by interior
t.rrbants AS the new owner has secured
n ,n,rssent stock at a sacrifce, he Will he
" 1sstR,od to continue selling goods there
a Ns ~ clt prices. and this policy Will he
P,vr W. when he takes full charge. Mr..
S.,cSn,an is now winding up his trust. and
salsrything will be turned over to the new
E.urssaenent In day or two.
~ Iasker was not in the city this
s ~. but 1t is learned from parties
W. have converscd with him that it is
y Intention TO form a stock company IN
ssrs,o, and locate first class wholesale
y Goods and boot and shoe house here.
Z. .nresent stock viii hardly be used a.
nucleus as IT Is INTENDED 10 pc So!d as
ISv as possible. but an entirely new
',,ass viii likely be established. This
t,s "a recosnized AZ the commercial cen
W ~ The state, and business men gem
I'm" appreciate the necessity OF having
Xxx vholesale stores in Houston. No city
a.,a cnlthwrst has better distributing
/ ,Fff N such "a large extent of
...itnrv from which to draw trade, there
NJ doubt that Houston could support
4, a dozen houses of this character.
COTTON SEED PRODUCTS.
Tho local market for cotton seed pro-
Ir,s remains quiet, with only a limited
land reported. Cake, meal, soap stocks
NM and linters are held at unchanged
nres. but some grades of oils have de-
Fined about +. cent, as VIII he seen ny
ao,stlons published today. Three-fourths
;,he mills In the State have now closed
.nn for tho season, however, and rs
knrar condition exists throughout inc
NTH. the outlook is favorable for sub
ksntlal rise In oil prices.
Az s' n Williams OF New York. In re-
Bsvlrg the market, says: "There IS no
Isarge to report in the cotton seed oil
Esuation The market here and IN the
kNth has been steady, Win cohs'ueraple
IA Sd26c for prime crude oil in barrels
The lard market continues to. decline
rier heavy receipts Of hogs ana an IN
[sase OF about o. 900 tierces IN the world
rrply during the past month. 1t rs esu-
E,ted thar the crop of oil will be about
aTN barrels short OF last year AS an
~ 10 this. about 1900 barrels OF on
tsr,ace about $50. 900 barrels. This. with
\. usual channels Of consumption open.
sasM advance the price materially, but
IA demand is not equal TO last year 10Y
Aa export, compounding or soap ana
lrrs there is no active buying or SNAP
the market The hog is king ne is
slslsg more lard this wear than last for
IA pason that he Is latter ana tnat rria-
tS,y the fat is bringing more thah me
W and hence more lard and less ribs:
b,krs contend that this increase in iaru
IN uEset the short oil crop o,e,,,-
w ouote prime oil loose at nllils ZlI5Zc,
M, here, 25G 26c: prime summer yellow
n sin barrels, here.
THE SUGAR SITUATION.
lw York special Says ITO a GER
bin mint the market for raw sugar
b dst,ful. because OF Just little fear
Int s,me odd parcels of stock may pc
EIa upon sale by parties VINO are UNI
ylllrr IN continue accounts into the new
yar In general. however. the idsa tnae
es upply is Inadequate TO naturai "aI, lt.
IN some months to come remains boou
hill ma iority of holders ana they nave
rnd by their stocks in a connuehl ii"'l-
Refined sugars justify the suggestion
aal buyers are quite unlikely 70 hurry
0tnsslves at this season, ana VII prom
,ay endeavor to keep investments low
hhtil ready to open accounts ior Inc NV
bar 1t Is however, believed that when
Ne new demand does set In It VIII he9