The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-04-03
J BUSINESS BAROMETER.
I,de, TO the Condition Of Trade
Generally.
|rER OUTLOOK IN SOME LINES.
o.d.rs Increasing and More in-
.,.,.. From tho 1nterior-Largs
s,ock of Lard at Chicago.
o,ace o, The Post /,

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office Of The Post,
Houston, Thursday. April =.
Nav month has opened with some
,rment In local business. hoiesai'
:. mad a very good run OF city or
-, and Yesterday, and inquiries
40 interior were numerous. The
the ~ ,,,,,o,oso,e grocery trade Is
ok In the "ho'esu,e - i,,,,,,o,.s
dered TO be promising, anu 'ooos,
....,od in believe that from TINS
Pnco"a 80 tim season they Will
to the emu vi nv rh. nr,r.
a satisfactory business si, ssas caffne
siapies, flour, sugar. moia ..;, eI hnw,
and only IN accoruance Mun ~
Il wants. There IS o.spoS''i'suhn ar az
canned goods on Iors maom a.,
The pref. renee Is s,,ua, corn an
particularly tomatoes an" W.T.
int of the YER, ~, low d t,,urs IN sugar
are offered Ihe auNaiacs ~ a.s 80
CIV York and New orleans mas ho, -,
ID this market YET: anu ~ rs tmoas az II
nor dealers may take huHaii.asI ~ ~.
mi prices to lay In Supply, as =. rs
ly likely that sugar VIII nr any ioM ,, !
many months to come. IN, Inc .h i,iaiAG Il,
neral belief that prices VIII be lower
I'm the next month or SO.
LARGE STOCK OF LAfD.
talk Of the provision pit at Chicago
at there Is Wy "a ~,
IN existence Do"s AL. :. w.
July. put e'''ony W.
heiu io' 1891
wniIe wa aninlnu is mai II II owned
presen. W. Toiton cand on com
ne an; ~ nj -. bjph as 40 ono tierct :.
r.o,,id ro,Le IL the largest line of
h.I Tv simce The The Fairbank C,idahy deal.
naa ar s,isve VII, honses nave had com
" ,I p'i o,,t nj ;tDWnIntire-W ward well.
on Wor,b inyton RartIett Frazicr.
oh n W " Min Iod,nan' The latter
,rr saems Ia he getting most of the
y" ,ou, TIE line dates hack In the
when hen il looke az If The cotton crop
WIZ he =. ilnre and as If the sammy Of
rotton seed on company evidently
M las. raj, II vas time To MAKE n
GUT T., ,naJnd m WHY seed and It
,Soadad IN with lard II mad. n mis-.
"m ho.h for cotton seed oil has been
Ming steadily for months. and lard
Eeed S ali comnanv is a natnrnl trador
ard az II is the nroprietor of the
Nm, ,.r I'd r.fnor, IN IA ~. wor,S t,,,t
nnrchases If made last fnll and
IN have erivcn II a bip loss 10 swa,t
I''''s''''es'
THE WOOL MARKET.
cal dealers in wool report little
bge in tho neral situation. The mar
lis still decidedly inactive. and East
manufacturers do not seem anxious
nake purenases. The Boston Journal
owers,,pp,im3 y liz n,h,, rl mr.
N arc emnInvoJ o.ta., ~ 80, m''u " IL,
IL and sh,,t ,,o,,,, ~, arr mi.luu.
Of thesn mills ha ,,,rot nni,u. ~. ~. .irae
hi Of wool ana ,,,,,, reh ha,'a d 40 sum
specuiatjve WOOD ma ora Ah uo.S 80
his "p thara win STOCK; IN additi9n
he mnrkets oitbn,,,h suipiiS auaiapie
tba niin AZ" ,, . :. ai,.ousil IL Is proDapie
tfe m mn pHo are ha,n running must come
les, and this is expected weekly. hut
s 10 m IA TO offer wool with
|seIess mni Il ui.s acsire 10 sell would
fable concession, and his thss bo,,iors
a b, , paep Jared TO do. The values show
'nange because the trade is so light |
p In9'atloh FOR actual sales can not he
meg. but dealers are asking about as
- Io r Wool. but probably the actual
~ "eures are rather under those
Gu
w,rr
WILL MOVE TO TEXAS.
move of no little interest to fruit
,ins .,a'', Nv. wno' w'th a number of other
about IN 1en,,. a., -.