The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-16
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Rtp OIL MORE ACTIVE.


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4 n q sSl B Il. Ofnce OF The Post,
{sI$ Il a laosrutca, Monday. November ID
~ 5666trs were busy today. iars'
Y N ~ " osUers HAVING accumulated
Z n 1nAsny1ay night. It rs now quite evd
A 1k xhax tbs month Of November vii
II ~ 8 business above the sveage. a.
1uras several l5pes Of trade have not de-
&1t6ped Tie activity that Is always ex-
"a xxx ~ IN fan and winter. Houston
=, ~ Spnstsntiy Increasing their terri
iH{6<x however. and the loss OF business
Il Sarsieh adverse conditions In some sec
01At n usade up 10 a great extent by the
{nnfbase az trade due to the covering Of
n3orx around BY travelling statesmen repre-
INK bccal houses. This city is certain
t4i1y fhe beet distributing point In Texas.
4nd SDnk from Houston are now being
Uhipped 10 every seoAon Of the State
M ms raising OF quarantine embargoes
a4ynst New Orleans and other points is
expected 20 be great help to city trade.
\ Inc Southern Pacific railroad VIII imsne-
dtateiy resume as freight and passenger
b service between Houston and New Or
leanz. THIS Will give employment to over
1000 men who have been lille for nearly
three months and win thus help local re.
tail business TO large extent. whole
sa'e growers viii also be- able TO secure
needed Supplies from louisiana. such as
sugar. n,oiasses coffee and rice In fact,
There VIII be nothing to hinder traffic In
any direction from this time forward. and
better conditions are expected to prevail
Boots and shoes May Advance.
nfstlf al.
ent prscts Of material jistify thoin in
advancing their goods. bu, are meeting
with much opposition from buyers. or
this the Chicago shoe and leather Review
says The evolution OF prices is st.il
Go'ng on In the shoe industry. Manufae.
turers who make for tho jobbing trade
are btsweeD two fires. Their customers
ave Sststrrsi aud persistent In their de-
. -, Tor continuation Of the oid prices
TAKE tie order at the former rate or the
oeal ID on. = tho common ,,lfIma,nm Of
ths snoe ipboer- As a matter OF cold fact
tne Sizes can not possibly be produced nj
- yn' unsicr EXISTING conditions. The
manufacturers who sell direct 10 the re-,
tAii lraJe are not much better Off Thoy
ma great difficulty N conv!rs,in. retail
- ,na3 pfrres should b. advanced. in
the very nature OF thtngF this condition
can not long endure There WI be n
chartse OF some kind In former year
whci- controversy OF this klnd encr,s,.,
Lsr as.en,ion ~ the trade the CRISIS came
~ breaking OF the lea ther market nrd
sii the advances on shoes we're With
drawn. Many persons stIli afrect ~ 10.
iieNe ttat history will nepeat gtself acs In
shlf year II Is. however. exceedingly DIR
cord;tuns'' sN''Ai'-
Cation Seed OIL.
couon seed cd is more active nj tho
late decisnc to altso In New York for
prime summer yellow, and eaporters ar.
peFliTtnv to think It time Is cover ,hair
Old snort contracts II not TO buy for stock
40 frere fs large profit In these n,,s 90,
early IN tho autumn. of which there arc
sAad 10 he quite volume from 2sn5c
GOWN There f. 90 iittsc or Oh this wear
thus far that prime is said to have been
boaght TO cover -off" contracts
some business has been done a. the
spulu tof export also. chiefly at New Or.
,nahs TANK crude is st.ll seIl,nr At ,r,o
=. - sine TO nc In South Carolinn aud
.ssn y'e r., though many mills win moi nc
49, tiat Texas mills are no lh,v.r
IMAM the Atlantic coas, manu- c, ,umrg
sui IRE generally refusing ali ofyer -,
res tran ~ FOR prime crude. 7ha ~, ~
th.r Alpin MeAleo q gcol and b:yrr,
offered hem. WV ehSdp OH
nnhnnas From New uryanus
~ Thompson & Co received a on.
81 rhmiuas from New Orleans ,o,a, h.
ing apoW the flfii car thai has r,,,ho,
me state from that port IN Tho ,as, ,ar.a
oayr. The fruit came by tho Texas a'.d
aAe'De wa LcgaHspon aid Marsh,u
, ,nosc cities hayiue raised ,hesr on,ss
e,,.haranas' u IN lays ago After today tho
. ION, and u Lake Chaelss .oe,, 49, Tree
s,s ~ ,nosd alocf the Southrrn n, s sY'
~ ne anie 20 Resume It's scryl,,a o,,s ~. nc
Eggs Are scrrcr
a" SNArosey OF eggs on the local MN k.,
uurins the rast week or 80 mas noo,, ,a,,,
eF remarkable. and especially ~ -, -.
~ oc'isiderssi that the arst h,is !, -
srnnst mas necn unusually warm p,,,
re very firm at liGli2c Tor Ts.as irisss
s ss IN. suppiies do not Increase 4 sharn
- aicr VIII be recorded before .Sa aiap
siMs ~ 70 understood thar o,a ~. Week
.nr the scarcity Is because Of hsa,., v s,ss,
Wxs.s from Texas to Chicago an3 NJ.
York recently. ana Now
Trndc Notes.
v.1'1 MH = r nrn. nearly all mills having a.
u. me visible supply Of coffee in thu ,-,,a,
states ~ che largest ever known. Y'''ed
. ne market for refined sugar IA ~,
Icyed and New York adv,ees ra,er, I'M
odvAncanx tendency 'eior' an
Lccaa dealers are now well sup,,,lsa ,,..,
mssScd banana the long
EE9iish waliislts from califorps, - I.
GOOD supply on the local markat ~, ars IN
~. snts being recetved last weak Nv '''s'
Mail Adv1ces from California sta,a
s c rs,sin packers are busy cleaning ann 'm mn
cor as this work is comp:eted. p'sces as
II - reported that sly mr. ..,..
teao1ng calsnsSs on the Columh,a , ,,
are pfepartug TO oyxarltze into n, =. .lver
sion Snnaar 10 the Alaska Packers as.a
HouyroN wHoLIcsALE PRICES.