The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-08-13
q FOR COTTON TIES.
\. I, circumvent the Cotton
Tie Trust.
L. nc COTTON SEED PRODUCTS
.,a SELLERS Hold Different Views
~, and Cake Are firmor'
Trade Notes.


,.ted In yesterdays fos' 'ne u, ".' ,",.
,rust IN advancing prices oo per
,,,or ties has caused great deal
Favorable comment threushou' the
Raging has also been advanced :
al, a pound, and it now costs me
s,o,, % cents more than at this
n.t year to prepare bale OF cotton
a.. market. This means anywhere
I'm 90 TO sSO,oo to lie taken from
,h,s year. In addition to the rrottt
mrsius and tie manufacturers made
,,rt,r prIces. No suitable substitute
,..n offered for jutc hagging. but
%, suggestions have been made that
1, possibly give the cotton growers
!. 10 AVOID paying the cxorbitant
!. now named on ties. one plan. as
.,,usIy mentioned In The Post. is
s ADVANCED wire. A few bales OF
AN nave already been prepared for
~, In this manner in South Carolina
Georgia. Instead of the black iron
M that usually encirle the tightly
al And half.clothcd cotton. ok small
,nfad wires were seen, beng tied
twist SIMILAR TO that used ON tele-
ID lines.
~ Of the business men OF Houston
we're questioned about the feaslblllty
Vie bound cotton, did not seem TO
I the plan would prove success ul. Il
4 Gee where the farmer Is going to
Af
NAYS ~ cents Il pound for ties, he
nem again for cents pound. The
a the galvanized wire i ahout .
Ia 1 believe, and it takes only four
hi, for a bale Figure It out. four
Dds Al 8 cents costs j. cents, and sells
IA cents: the iron tics weigh about six
Inds, say they cost 10 cents and sell
c cents, and the farmer actually loses
tents per bale and goes into expert
ku besides. This wiring must he more
bile 10 fasten than The regular ties and
take more time on the compress, |
Tx | understand that II has been
et that galvanized wire Is not neces-
b that, /; seems TO me, Is mistake.
fnary iron wire would rust and dam
the cotton, Il 1t did not break after
hon Is sure to be. Cotton ties Rrc given
Ersiing Of Japan or something of the
70 prevent rus'inE.'
COTTON SEED PRODUCTS.
No oil mills of Houston report the
rkelng OF cotton seed hardly up to
II expectations, the farmers appearing
billing to accept the low prices offered.
tween Is and 100 car loads OF seed have
IN received at tbs point. but unless
arrivals increase rapidly within the
u week or so some OF the mills Will
pGe the date settled upon to begin
seasons crush, or only steam up Tor
temporary run.
he situation just now is a critical one
the manufacturers OF cotton seed
fdEt. OIL for fall delivery is heinR
Ted at Nc. with practically no buyers.
EINu Will not pay over l0u Pc. in view
ihe continued low prices for Hard, and
PROSPECTS for any material improve
h Ii his article are rather slim. con
efrs That corn viii again be plentiful
Wl. which means another large hog
Besides, stocks of lard are cOnsld-
w larger than last year.
V'oh seed meal and cake are n little
@ With an improved demand from
ueu, IL seems that spectators. in an
slph OF large cotton crop, have
ever oilers are being made at Sl3 %
~. 0. b. mills without finding SELL
Even al this price, with oil At very
sTufe' the crushing of cotton seed
w oe unproflilblc, unless same could
wtkn' al su.VO per ton deliv ared a,
mils, al the maN'mum.
nosr the circumstances named, the
10 liot care to sell unless they know
- Ted is going to cost, and until they
we Jaw material on hand. Farmers
uawlIlng TO accept the low figures
asi ny The mills. and are hauling the,
rt soMe, IN order 10 use It either fol
ta N. purposes or to feed it TO their
w me reports from the country re-
o .he crop are very gloomy. and
VIahly of the seed is rcuo.-.rd to h,
u,{, which VIII make the yield OF OF
:" the average.
! TRADE NOTES.
w., Is arriving slowly and Is In nc
SSss are down aga n, there being prac.
y" ho buyers In the Eastern markets
Nj, were were In good supply today. anc
:" uemand at sl.o0 per hushoi
bfn,.s waches brought good prices thi.
6m d, ecK boxes selling ali the way
fiion. some complaint regarding col
Ina do nun country rem ttances ere 4
IA. WV though expected TO lmproy,
Hop,,oey Love OF Jacksonville arrived
peaebss" ,oday and placed a car loac
n Iec,,,., OH the market. Several deal
\, ." supplies lherefrom.
bx,old @'ed that ref.ners aye heavil,
ksp, o "h az grades of sugar aud vii
kets a ysurrs only subject to DELAY
M NJ are very firm. w '
!, a, L4enthal & Grant received ,
SpfuInyY "' M from Victoria county TIM
more ,,t my Were very fine stock. an,
kpm,n, ,sh.on had heun paid TO thei
kD brot,,.he returns would have proyol
|trnAnt aoie to the grower. The con
M, be,a wed IN bad condition. how
p. e packed In an ordinary DO,
0eioN PRICE CURRENT.
kA, 49,. y" @Uons are revised daily NJ,
|rc, s.a can hc Celted upon. III
IASs.s are 'hose ruling in the Houston
,SSfIssie markets: 7''
n-I GREASE-Dlauo,d 49,
III, FRAZER in tin noXes u I'M M pc
|Aor " S,'lden aOg65e per 900 dcgl ~ box pc
"; 6Iss,,rrIioN-Powds Der. per key. 3, ~,
|snts nrnns powder, 81 0,I "a psr kSp
: !. sSuek, a.So99II , < shot per sack, s.327
Ests ~ mort clear, boxed. 505,L,. IL
|i4bsc rs breakfast. Si.i,ac hr, Al,
n sal, tsIl'a OK salt Lel!ieS. G,.r. Vcs,
|sAGGINC Sqo'ze; smokci bellies. tis
I.ta lots, 81 TIES From st1ra 4