The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-06-26
,sFIJY TRADE REVIEWS.
\, SIS There Is Steady Growth
Of Confidence.
oxs OUT SIGNS OF IMPROVEMENT
M e. interviewed Merchants
"a manufacturers t" I'm" Out
True state of Trade.

NV york. June s5'--R, G, ,, Dun q COS c0,e
.s,, Review tomorrow VIII SAY; ine'e
:, ,,ep backward in business a''nousn
~ IAN Of midsummer quiet is near
2 sn,ent continues. gradual ami pru-
,.sy cautious as before ai'nousn III many
as. .s,ss evident where no signs OF 1T ap-
l''N law weeks ago. Business men OF
.,uhest standing in all parts of the
tns having gradually perceived that the
-. hss begun to rise are regulating their
ue and investments and their plans
0ur - n,,ure with a confidence quite un-
a them short time ago. Great
, ..,,ss before the adjournment of con-
~. are hardly to be expected but re-
s s,,,l Of uncertainty is with reason eH-
'.,., m bring into operation buying,
~, has been reetricted for months,
sasa nsin factor at this time is the stead
isss NV prospect for crops. Harvest
~ rhsat has already begun In some
ns y. wheat States with surprisingly good
WHY, WHY. 4, ,he central region and Caiilor-
'au.s ,hat 500. 600 tons Is now called the
"a .t,r,,r, NJ the latter State, aud the
niI,,, ,,ii of repute calculate on 60,0oO.-
y, sushsls beyond the government eeu-
~ w. snring wheat is dong remarkably
~ aIl with practically unknown increase
''.,rssre The prices have advanced 152c
~ s,,,n, the week, with decrease of LOO
sa h,,shels in Western receipts ana At
,sr,,c exports of only i,4i5,SiI bushels,
na,r included, against 1.7lS.9Gl last year;
~, /, ,s inst the season when figures have
ro value except as proving how erroneous
were estimates Of the crop of 1876.
Cotton has lifted an eighth without rem
can and has fallen back as much because
everything points TO a larger crop IMAM has
bssu commonly expected. -,
,.,n and steel products averaged a small
traction lower in published quotations. but
o,,y hscause private concessions, which are
now refused, were by various authorities
romnlacen,E concealed two weeks ago
,roa Il firm with a better demand at the
rs.t and chicago. but The Impotence Of
valley furnaces TO resume work keeps Bes-
,emer and gray forge ut last weeks quota
lions at pittsburg TiS best OF the news
!. material Increase in orders for plates.
n mart for ship building. in bars for ag-
,Ienltural implement works, in structural
,hapes for buildings and bridges and In
ealyanized sheets. one heavy contract Tor
/ 800 miles OF thirty inch ana luo miles Oh
ep.inch pipe by the Australian govern
rep, for gold regions eXcites many hopes
d the trade The government ore produce
IN companies are cutting prices of Mes
ubs, Bessener, Fayal. TO sG.lO, apparently
n order to secure the biggest possible bus
has for the year az basis for future
tombnatlon.
Tin has only advanced TO ,E~rn spite OF
hayy arrivals: 1900 tons of lead have
been sold. moderate quantities now bring
ing 342ls, and purchases advanced lake
copper to II l-Sc.
There IL encouraging increase In the de-
nand for all textile goods, even for cot
tori which have so long been slow and
though It is but moderate there is nothing
q q ipeculative character in the transac-
ucs, and prices are firmly held. Re
\ tstA Tor wooiens have rsen rather oetter
ihin we're expected, from clothiers and
fatty good tor dress goods.
0ps-ations in spring goods are sun de-
aret. While mills are somewhat better
employed and are buying TO some extent
most Of the purchases of wool are ior
speculatlon. Domestic wool is still held
at relatively hish prices at the West
Failures for the week lave been 2lb In
the United States. against 2l7 last year,
and q In Canada. against "a last year.