The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-03-06
BUSINESS BAROMETER.
y, 10 the Condition Of Trade
Generally.
LerFsslTY OF A COTTON CROP.
~ Carolina Farmers Think of
.r.nt to Decrease Acreage.
'-.,nv Texas Strawberries.
Office of The Post.
Houston, Thursday. March

ksxas Is always liie S'a'e III winch
.,,,,ers put forth their best efforts
Live that under favorable condi.
Ihout one third of the entire crop OF
md States is raised upon the fer
/. n Texas and of course consider
IA the principal field for their mis-
1 york. The Texas farmer doesn't
/ ,ellow their advice, however, but
I'M allows his own judgment to die
I, policy In this respect.
sber states regard the crusade for
l,,on and the effect 1t will probably
Ioon Texas planters, may be sur
nom the following, taken from a
sue of the Press and Banner, pub
II. Abbeville. S, c.:
farmers are going right straight
having no attention TO the advice
Fhss heen so freely gwen to the
|bmers-not 10 plant largely of cot
NJ Texas farmer Is easily gulled.
| viii no doubt obey the directions.
Laws or advice which the mobs may
IN our farmers. like sensible men,
Ins along getting ready to make a
Gwhile the Texas farmer II play
and curtailing his crop. Our peo-
n that the cotton crop is The best
iron In TIE world. and they can lie.
\ no other crop for money. They
[arrei by preccpt. example and cX-
u that the prosperous farmer Uust
variety of crops. ana that he must
kodtable work for the year round.
fsye also learned the value of cattle
~ PASTURES. with their eyes wide
ksy are taking good care of the little
I'M, we infer from the great quanti-
/ trlllzers that are being hauled out
N thai they nre making preparations
M cotton crop. This we believe to
\ The farmer must have money
N The little side crops are n great
m A great saving. and they can not
Dispensed with, but the cotton crop
kessity.'
krRAwBERRY SHIPMENTS.
srawberries are now selling In
n at $50 to 81 per crate, according
! and condition. The fruit is shipped
BON Alvin, Angleton. Dickinson and
IlDNIlS VI AAlt QUASI toNHAiN. ne
Dxson merchants find no difficulty in
nice, fresh. ripe berries, but half
Dirty and poorly handled fruit Is in
band Shippers make a great mis-
b c0nsigning Carelcssly picked fruit
] market ana injure their business
strawberries are also being snippeo
le Quantities to Kansas City ana st.
nd ana IN, t.aa1 demand
meet with such fabulous prices as
rga,e, however the price mentioned
Of The Posts South Texas CORE
|nts as now prevailing in the Kan
b market. Texas wherries were
! In Kansas City Wednesday at So 50
Yer twenty-four quart crate: off color
at per crate. The Star of Mon
4 Strawberries are quite plentiful for
he OF the year. \ good many were
100 green. The weather is unfaVor-
N no one seems to want them. The
l1ees We're greatly reduced today in
a move them. on Saturday 81 was
tor berries which would not sell
hsS.6 per crate.
NGAR WILL GO HIGHER.
} struggle for liberty practically
fher out Of the sugar market. Sta
show that this years estimated
Etleh was originally put at 100, 0go
Today expected TO fall below 100000.
rs hostilitles cease within thirty
SAD William A. HnVemeyer of w
Fsmeyer a Co., we will not get a
ph OF sugar from Cuba this year.
lhquestiouablH viii advance. hui to
(sGhi II is impossible to tell. Europe
[Ml9l the market and we nave no al
w but to follow the foreign quota
sugar may 20 up l cent, cents or
sass pound, but it is pure con-
~ on this years crop Is not the
|sa'ufe or the situation. Reports
~ Niand say that vast areas Of
pantauons have been tramplcd
Ell me canes utterly destroyed. If
ne case II VIII he four years at
fs,Me cuba can begin 60 supply the
Lsssu, as hlly three years viii he
H. Iof the new canes to reach ma
ssen II the damage already caused
|pea!ations be less than is estimated
Ia hostilities viii rffectualIv nrc-
~ I1rVesl ing operations and the en-
ipMl he destroyed by the approach
|hy season.
F.hlcAN SARDINES FIRMER.
|'s"nwaru movement in the price Of
[sn sardines seems to have been
and the outlook is considered to
Y promising than at any time since
E'soI me last pack. The season Of
NJ ,leported, was unusually disas-
| ms packers, ana It has been said
n Fl. u Them, after the experience of
M years, had about concluded TO
w business permanently. Com
n Nun the resulting depreciation Of
i.aaes had resulted in a marked
r, uis average standard of quality
|rs n,ds packed. and this 0rerior
jnrrns INTO competition with good
'edsed tho decentralization of the
N MN s. Of this inferior stock. however.
N in =. disposed of, but its effect is
M 81 ue low views of buyers. OF
ore I'm y is reported thar there is
msrs,nn =" Der cent OF the quantity
Mar Aet ~ the same time n year
d III Iuotations were s0u75 cents
sscan.ner' Holders Of sardires feel
|as a. seu over the prospect, which
y Season. S 'd'e opening OF 'le
!. s0ch OF LIMA BEANS.
H.. e'e Is still good stock of Lima
sss on the western coast, 1t is said
b,5s, sU''folled by strong hands and
~ are not inclined to sell II at
g. a.n huYers are willing to pay I'M
H. 1- LOT the coming crop improve.
Z snnrrosatler has been unpropitious
BAT hss ss9ihs crop, the quantity Of