The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-02-20
N BUSINESS BAROMETER.
~, TO the Condition of Trade
!" Generally.
,asr,,y BENEFITED BY FACTORIES.
..,s.c,urcd Here Are in De-
essis .,,or seed Products Are
s' weak-Trade Notes
Office Of The Post.
,,, Wednesday, February 10.

.,,, Wednesday. February 10.
town of factories and these
h '.",,ors make the city to a great eA-
'sa'u rssy furnish employment to 'hou-
%. az. md thousands of people ana cause
$40, ~, - bc advertised in all parts OF the
as av goods manufactured here are
Halus .rnr the United States and have
sa ~ introduced into Mexico. Hous-
always ready to encourase me To-
n. n manufacturing institutions at
:. mint and any legitimate enterprise
.,erally secure bonus In the way
uater. etc. In one or two In
WV hoveyer. there has been some
',n, from manufacturers who state
lp'a roods are In better demand out
Y. ~ the city than at home. They say
,,,ers here imagine that home made
W w. not equal to similar articles
" '' elsewhere. and very fire.
l.,'. huv The very goods turned out by
- factories from Northern mar
,,rssinr this popularity of Ameri-
Nsnie in so often prefcrriuB goods
~ distance TO those made at home, a
sa.linr man gave the iollowlng lllustra-
" 4 large shoe manutacturer IN
nil New EhtiI,u az az the avn not
ne OF the leSi ,,,.'io,.os were wearing
made by him. 1t happened that his
1iery was we "1iS In fnct IL, vas
Iisnce loealeu ~ ~ town Tbe MANI
man suppoil ~ In ~ bis bs,r a,,d
.inrer dlscndi WOOL, or two wont
ised ms iaeiu, {,,,+,s wore beoinnirr to
and the iherch"lis9 ore,, ond an,,i,,
NJ the scarCllS VI s'I,,,,.,,. .hl -
tsi upon IRE nia ii.a5 ~ .,rn,ortir,r !,
ined iha' Nv W. ,ot e,tnnort him II
IVA mat Mpu'u ';,,,ti io,,,, 10 co,nc
J not take Nv IL, ,i,o, ,vouId carry In
ne eohciusium 10 tn tbsi,. own town
t,tk the shoes i''"'l ~
,o>- ct,I-D ppODr-CTs
CVIioN
lt,al manufacturers OF COTTON SecU
.,o,,s state that there is very little
9a-S~ .,,. time h,,vers evincinp a dis
1ihg al '"'s til, m,
stion TO nolu OIL io' "hi'e' i"c
m, are not soliciting bids at prices
=, than posted quotations. however,
w u'"', -. T.. 1T, o,;,.io,, 90
both sides are urn III 'ie'i 'p'ii'o'' VI
\ market
George II. Williams of New York has
II oil under little more pressure on
part Of sellers sold at % lie +. O. b.
y and 2Sc for March Tor prime summer
W. s's,; Snu - few I'm narrcis have been taken
|, export, but nor in sufficient quanti-
70 relieve the narket' me POSI- 10, ION
III the DSi nonsens" that has been written
I'M the market being depressed TO the
/; hat at large concern may make a
sp anu eunaIoi ,le s,Luu.ioH, in LIE
lyHins ~ 80 IT, - 10 ~
~ 'VheV'" H"9 ''"~N' a. ny
1s N lect' we ait az diu tle W'o1e
1 n rs grin and are now patiently wait
Ar somethtnr 10 turn up esnecially
rarhet vaiuo of oil
49,. aSs', 'nsrv =" a. advance cor ho
E,hllshea and tho mnrlset mt on a
-rrsr footinp n Isren live Of oil must
rSyed and got into consumution; TO
) srpIIsi This oil must reach a point ut
3 II will 20 freely into the SOAP ko,-
y n lard must advance and thereby
III al, outIct for so,nnonnd lard IN
s,bIs han r'sT IN the nnar ' fut,ire COTTON
at b The sP cNss n nose "[ cg ar a ths
j / J. selling at lS12oc. according to To-
n
THE WHEAT SITUATION
I Ars was an advance in wheat today,
not much speculative activity was
L Esu,n. ny -
! Saae' The dragging. sagging mar
/ o. the past few days socms TO no
iiAlly exhaSstinr the COURAGE of hold
snsali,,, 90 ~, si,,,a,.o I'll
"a aNn,s VI inc s''ua.'"H' wen
speculator said; Most of the
tak now has an If attachment.