The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-26
LOCAL REVIEW Of TRADE.
flIosdsy's Orders Mere Large aad Of
Good Number.
onice Of Tho Post,

A0t1 A88vG A0veA@SSes
onics Of Tho Post.
Houstnn. Monday, October 25.
Trade was considerably better In ths
Wholesale dtstfct this morning. and num-
erosis orders OF varying sizes were nlled.
It b now quite evident that the last week
Of October WIN show a big Improvement
N business. What II most needed to give
feeling Of strength and activity to the
niDl6ret however, Is a spell of cold wealth.
or. Tho long drawn ont summer, extend
ing wen into the autumn season. has been
drawback to trade In general, and to
the dry goods ard cAothing business In
particular. People are not anxious to buy
w1n.tr goods as long as the thermometer
" above rs degrees. no matter II the cal
erldar docs say thai the month of No
veniber is near at hand.
Continued Increase In sales. both by the
men on the road and on mall orders. are
reported by wholesale hardware houses.
Local firms were enabled to secure their
stocks ttis fan at a big reduction in
prices owing to the low freight rates
from Eastern points, and they have givcn
their customers the benefit thereof. While
lieating stoves and other goods needed for
winter have been selling slowly owing to
the unusually warm weather, all other
Hines OF hardware have been In excellent
demand. Heavy hardware. mill machn-
cry, shelf goods, barb wire and nails havo
oil sold freely.
Farmers Holding Cotton.
Mr.. c. e. Bichlttz, State agent for the
Proctor & Gamble Soap company. was IN
the city today comforting with Houston
tobbers. He has Just returned from bus
mess trip to points on the Southern Pa
ciflc railroad between Houston and San
Antonio. and In speaking OF trade condi-
ttons, said: Everything has been rather
dull and unsettled recently, owing to the
several yellow fever scares, and West
Texas towns are just beginning to recover
from the effects thereof. In addition TO
this the bow price of cotton and the ten
dency to hold the staple has had n rather
bad effect upon trade, both retail and
Wholesale.
''At nearly every town I stopped the
merchants told me that farmers were re-
fusing to sell their cotton They are hold
ing 1t back in 1--WE, eight and ten bale
lots In all portions OF Southwest Texas,
and doubtless the Same condition exists
throughout the State. This naturally
Cttncts IL NltNtrNSIinn OF TRADE ana ~ prov
ing an embarrassment 10 csuntry mer-
chants. No one that's far has been beno-
fitted thereby, and / ann afraid that 1t
WIN prove a. losing game In the end for
nearly all parties concerned"
Things Might lie Worse.
While the decline In cotton Is a very
bad thing for Texas we should not forget
that conditions otherwise are far more
favorable than usual" said Mr.. w. u.
Jones OF IL. p. Taylor e. Sons. .rhe far
mers Of thls State have a good crop OF
corn. something that was badly missed
last year. Vegetables and all lines of
country pr'oduco have been In good sup
ply, ana have brought and are still bring
Ing gtod prices. Cattle are selling Mt the
best prices seen In many years Wool Is
higher than II has been for a long time
and IL IN urgent demand. Hides tall0w
ana beeawaX meet with "a ready sale and
bring very good returns. Tho pecan crop
rs an immense one, ntu IL purnly n pickup
or thousands of dollars for the STATE.
There are other things that can be
put down on the credit side of our ledger
and II cotton should suddenly aiyance n
cent pound this State wonld have n
ieast OF prosperity AS II Is business Is
batter than the average for tho past three
or four years which Is a good Indication
tfrlt there Is great deal of money cir
culating IN Texas despite the low values
tnat are being maintained on the main
money crop"
American Sardinen Higher.
For the first time since the American
sarflsne industry became important thu
Eastern markets arc reported to be hare
of stocks. All OF the old goods that had
accumulated during previous seas,ns
have been worked off Commission houses
wnich have been actively competing hayo
been forced to withdraw their low quota.
tons. II is stated, because they have been
unable to secure supplies from tho pri
mary markets
The fishing has been a failure so far
thls season, and with the few weeks re-
NJ IN which 1t will be lawful TO catch
fish II IL het that not enough could ha
taken TO make up the deficiency OF 2tD. o0D
OF -nvp cases of quarter otis Conae-
quvlhuy packers are instructing sellers 70
Wicnnoia stocks from the market In view
o. me prospect that even under n ijwht
onasuming demand The market would he
s esas cleanei IN before goods OF the
is;M pack WI be available.
MOST OF the sellers ii Is un1arst,,a
have entirely withdi,awn from the ,r1,,sS;
or VIII only accept orders at an advance
oNor present Quotations. Within thc nas,
49, 49, pr,oes nave advanced 55iio cents per
vance. az tne ho-
Foreign Notes Are Hixhcr.
AN foreign dried fruits AID m,ts ar.
higher. Currants have advanced ful,v !
cent per pound and much higher prices |
are predicted. Tarragona almonds bayo
also advanced a cent and Jordan almond.
about the same amount, with st!ll higher
prices predicted for the latter as ,hn
crop " short Valencia almonds nr, ix,, nv
per pound higher, but are ulIotei ~ n,ncT
lower pricsa than other Varieties NJ
crop eastes have advanced &c. mi Tho A.,
a MT .lh not reach New York bafrre
sstnrahnksgiyrg, Old crop dates arc 10
h'sher' with stocks about Exhausted.
Trnde Notes.
pound to-day. ' per
There was another decline In wenter,
corn this mcrn.ng. "'s'es"
ieNas pears are now udoted M lor,or
prices on the local market. 'o"e'
Retail dry goods stores were crou.as, |
VII shoppers today. and good business !
New York advices indicate a lIeb, do.
Arrived