The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-01-01

| many good Things III store LOT nouston W.
lore tne nguies 1855 snail nave peen M
scrlDeu upon the uiai piate oi time.
a. W. rouse. the banker, whose con
servatism Is aiwayo marked, SAID tnat ~
the banking woriu Houston mad more thah
ned ITS own during the year. IN Iac'' ne
inclined to the penef THAI despite the
snt rtase In the cotton Yield, as whoie.
| the year had been fairly prosperous
one for all classes. Speaking OF Houston.
he said:
houston has held its own better taah
| my otner Iexas ci,y. rms Is se ,,,,,'.
| dent fact. Houston has a great future
and is destined to become a great city
There Is no valid reason that can De NO.
| vanced why Houston should nor n0ye
standing the CONDITIONS this mas peen a
| larry prosperous year. When cry
| holds its own, when business men noia
their own, under adverse condltions u Is
something to boast OF. and Houston has
| more man heiu US own. Inc PAST gan
| pe uis1rpscu me future cati no, ~ i1h aa
too d,o 90 n9t care re- 70 d nreo'e' sooo p"'
or iluineiehuiy, LOT iSso 4. ,.,..
,sC. > .keichInan, manager Tor NJ: LasKer
Mo,hlerLy huiii W. Ne"ouu'eT, wne' ,snr,
nry goous, sa no a e an.ac'pae a VIZ ar
| prosperons year ana expect 70 un our
| snare OF tne BUSINESS. lnere ~ nothi,Ik
| ulstouluSilS III tne OUTLOOK. Di,lhE w
year l9st closed iioust9n cerlainly intua
Us gooo u not peter showing tnan othsr
,,rse cities OF the stare. me Iact -.
uous'on u saiu 10 pc ,he leauinE cry
ara there rs no power mat can shackie
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grow anu incrcaseu population VIII DrlnS
| increased business. NJ Lasker VIII IN
SoIporWe, snd those interested WITH MN
| nave ialth m Houston and regard the city
! 40 greet anu growing business center,
en1SSyiis uhrlvaled natural advantases, as
s i'm ~ n, s1 iitsseu raufoid iaciiliies
n,ix In WIN in0yc ilEht along ana 1875
Vii VII pah on az rlgnt itom u business as
VIZ ~ ot tn,r ,nportant strndponts'
| r,r w, Lehman OF f. w Hoffman
-. wholesale hardware. we sold lots
| VI Sb'flS unilflE tnt year. our sales
away ne9 ond ls9i, ana the year can he
eo, uo"' as tairly prosperous one. OF
course. tue conditions the market fiuc-
,,us. l aug OTHER features of the trade,
nave poen different from preceding years
!, lnls a8',ntlon continues II VIII insure
btSincss The war talk, II not dropped.
] WI a"rs, si,rihR business. In Tact, agita-
I y, !,as ,, letd a dnpr.sslng effect nlready.
IL mas aitected collections very materially.
which has a, z depressing effect in turn on
pu , me heLey IS IN the state and
! fot,,tle nphry market IS usht and col
,ectons are slow The slump In the cot
, , rnarket some weeks ago hurt business
| norc thbh anything that has happened
uuiuiE ule year lhousards OF dollars
| TcIe invested IN futures by citizens OF
,haN,.s nmd the drop II the price caught
| them heaNliy. More than any other fac
| ter operating this slump in cotton hurt
We business nteresta. This war agitation
snUuiu ne uroppea. II not business VIII I've
| tilpIiSd' houston as city VIII move
strraI,H Onward Its future Is assured"
u II. thompson OF 7. H. Thompson &
70, commission merchants: I'VE sold
more fools during 1888 than during the
| prcreuins year ana are more than pleased
| Win the result OF the years labors. 1t
mas certainly been II prosperous year In
| our nne and for US And the prospects
are excellent. We anticipate n better
| sprihS trade In lN| than the fall trade OF
| ls9a. Speaking OF the city, the outlook for
| q PROSPEROUS yenr and development is very
IHuerihg So much better than appeared
! a Whlle bnck We anticipated in the
summer hght fall trade; instead. IL was
/ neavy. a genuine surprise. Instead of
tallihg CIT the sales increased"
W. y Taylor, manager for III. r. Tay-
| Tor Son, may he rather optimistic, but
| ne certainly talked like a man who has
| given the matter close. study He said:
"A most satisfactory year. and a large
increase over the preceding year. During
| the year retailers did not buy large or
ders. They seem to fear an approaching
| crisis. Like the mountain In the distance.
the crisis was a small affair when 1t
came farmers are prosperous; their
condition. financially. Is much better than
a year ago, | predict a prosperous husi-
| neis year. look ON the bright side of
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