The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-17
TRADE SITUATION.
, yosbers Hope for a Better
neat This Week.
|nooK MORE ENCOURAGING,
-..,~ht Moved Ont Yester'
-, seed Meal and Cake
a,e Lower-Notes.
office Of The Post.

NJ OF uuSih
-. been enough for Houston
q thsy hope that the end Will be
Monday morning. There hasn't
..r, trade and traffic this week
dozen drays busy. Colorado
.,e Southern Pacific. and a few
~ International and Great
", open today. hut the State az
!. about as badly bottled up as
|.ssrams we're sent to various
otssting against a continuance OF
.,,,ne restrictions. but in the abb
gsclal advices nearly every town
modify its regulations.
s,r weather and the fact that
~ fever is now ceasing to spread
the most encouraging features
,.tton. Business men believe that
srtence Of any contagious dis"
viii certainly be fully impressed
vbole State by Monday morning,
,Ary few towns will be so foolish
punue the auarantincs for another
Yhe restrictions are proving bur-
10 many country towns and the
men thereof are anxious to re-
ily communication with Houston.
drsyloads OF freight and express
city this morning, and city trade
better. AS a rule this latter bust
hunts 10 a great deal ut this sea-
II has also fallen off owing to the
ar So mai.y ~ouas left the city
scsyering that CO. - was no yell
hs, that the consuming demand
yery small. Some Of tho corner
re tcellug the exodus to a con-
sxtsut.
Cation Seed Products.
for al cotton seed products have
downward tendency during the
Il, and indications point to a fur
lilo The demand for meal and
d abroad has remained very small
xters have not ben able to draw
anywhere near previous figures, II
all. England and the continent
large arrivals of new stuff, and
iaippl valley, as well as the Allan
s, are now bidding for foreign Or
this and the general depression
{ TIE quarantine restrictions has
enoralizing effect upon prices, the
Of the meal market is mainly
he fact that prices for corn have
considerably. The direct result OF
that European buyers are taking
bRr corn in preference to cotton
i and other feeding articles, while
ne time the West, which WAS will
le meal when prices reached about
70. B. Texas points, dropped en-
i Of the market, turning its atten-
prn again.
ices for competing feedstuffs, par
fer lipseed cake, have also I'M
: severe decline, and under the
ances 1t Is reasonable to assume
lre is hardly an improvement in
the near future. Larger offerings
the Southern mills will certainly
about a betterment of prices, and
slon seed IS moving very freely,
the reduced figures, the mills can
Afford to get reconciled with the
PRICE OF Sl3, which is still from
ABOVE the prices which prevailed
le big crop year of 1S9i-95.
most complete absence of expor,
lor cotton seed oil has depressed
lrucle, and crude Oil Is selling
~ cents; prime refined summer
az u TO is cents, according to
" iocatlon. Since steamer freights
iork have been advanced over
gallon 1t is to be expected that
Gase a further decline unless the
ioK market advances. Reports
market, however, are not very
lns and there is an utter indiffer.
~ article even at % cents I. o. B.
4 harreled.
= wt OF Prime crude oil sold the
ists cents, barreled, delivered
ana buyers are generally disin-
sdvance their views. The At.
:" are supplying that market al
.sno as long as this is the case
Wner extensive outlet available
n Tor better prices are rather
.rd n Chicago is again down IL
: Mnicn does not promise vel
won seed oil. Taken all in al
rather gloomy, and with vel.
Experts running around free II
mare seems to be no advantage
: ~ holding for better prices.
-
Trade Notes,
utter has advanced another cen
ana a'rs butter, is scarce and ii
70 wheat. s ~ Wv
i ~ oeen no change in the coffe,
"usn the tone il weaker.
y ,Aoie quantity of South T>xa
mas been marketed this week
nm pvuitry have been pretty wei
next week. ''n =
ontinued decline in cotton 10
a.aglng feature of trade Pres
4. .'e the lowest since lSs4-s5.
pnl,. market is very strong, wit
sa ps.es everywhere. Chicago ad
an advancing tendency t
~ Vn San Francisco state tina
thsn Asska salmon will be nue.
sn was expected. One packe
= 70 Dc 10000 cases short.
'sros PRICE CURRENT.
aaons are revised daily ant
wed