The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-24

~ ladex to the Condition Of Trade
Generally.
CITY TRANSACTIONS SATISFACTORY
Business Brisk Despite Bsd weather.
Produce Receipts Heavy, bat
Prices Firm.
ofnce q The Post


Once Of The Post.
uwsstrm. Thursday. December g.
nesnite inclement weather and slopp!
streets I good business was done loca'i!
today. Express wagons were all wei
loaded with holiday goods both outwar'
and inward bound.
IN prod,ycc receipts were heavy. Mor'
turkeys and chickens came IN than duriiit
All the i.st OF the week and receipts O
eggs were rather heavy.
However, this abnormal movement, al
1t one time, failed to break down prices
commission men found no difficulty III
getting good prices for all the Stun tnsy
had. The local demand was urgent ana
New Orleans, Galveston ard other towns
were ready TO absorb any surplus that
might appear here.
Reports from interior merchants s,atcu
thai the country roads were almost I'M
passable and receipts were very light. Inc
receipts Today were stock which mad been
accumulated and held back for a hlgn
Christmas market.
Fruit dealers did good business IN tho
citg and some outside orders were tillcd,
apples, oranges and bananas being the
principal articles moved. The wholesalers
had already disposed OF their stocks OF
iireworks.
Letters Sttcl. Together.
This Letters stick together. The whole
family is on from Washington to take
their Christmas Dinner at Chicago. be-
NH anf
deal on his hands, could not get on 10
Washington to take dinner there with the
family. IL Is an interesting Illustration
OF thc strength of some people of family
t,ts Letter. pere, Is with the son In this
fight with all his force. - have been n
merchant the greater portion on my lifr,"
saws j.. y. Letter III n statement over MS
own signature 1T Is Il pleasure III conf
ng back after a long absence u see that
my son has bro8dened out INTO Il first
class merchant" The meat significant
sentence IN the whole statement to the
trade will be that where he says. "Aly
son has rlGnty OF monsy TO pay for tho
wiipat he has purchased. +" II " not Jos
Letters deal amy more. 1t Is a Letter
deal Every Letter dollar and talent Will
evidently be used " necessary.
Accused Of Buckct shopping.
Robert Lindblom, one OF the best known
grain men IN the country, and two OF mis-
ennloyes, b. G.. Fisher and Morris cum
nfI,sgs, have been charged with bucket
shopp.pg" and ''crosss trading aud have
been cited before the hoard Of trade dl-
reCt0rs today NO answer the cna rges.
The complaint" said Robert I.iudbiem
lis made by john iIitl, who IS ut the head
of some sort of investigating bureau ana
is malicious. II grows out OF the ham
diinr By me OF fractional shares of 5000
busl.el lots ! filed them through II. q.
Fisher. I submitted my method 10 tho
rules committee Of the board aud It APP
proved OF 81. nut the hoard or directors
OBJECTED and then ] changed It. Inc
charge OF cross trading l can meet ana
bsruse OF very easily, I had hrye
rumher of orders frcm Theodore Meyer
n co OF New York, a wei Known stock
exchsange itrm. They were buying ana
selling orders at the same price. Twenty
ccrecrns hero got thc same sort OF Orders
from the same source. surd was the only
one who took the palms TO inquire into
.nsnl When found they were probably
Tor the firm Of Dean & 60. whose bust
neNs Newer Co handled. refuseu
further orders"
Frui, ia Nrr Work.
In their circular OF TINS date Yucca A,
Co. of New York say: 1--WE have arrived
NJ the last week before Christmas. ana
tae general complaint weth fruit men IL
that business during the past year has
been very unsatisfactory; tho ,Nr,ntii, ~
greeh ant dried fruits sold ths year he.
Ing smaller than mat Of any previous
Year. This Is especially true OF foreign
fruits. and Is simply the result OF nirh
dnues aud The competition IN domestic
ana ,laliicaNla Fruit. THIS State has DIS.
posfn OF large quantity. hut the dIs.
Vrihhtion has becn mode largely direct
iifiin The Pacific coast, consequently New
YORK merchants have received hni i,lt,a
brhehl, In fact enc fruit house hau been
esnpsllod ~ divert its affection To an
shtitely different iG,slncss and Is nna,
esnEiEed ~ shipping dogs to the Klcn
dike, whsch Is certainly case of mo
ithi, business going 10 the dogs"
Hawaiian sugar Out,ut.
The total output of sugar from tho ns..
wafian Islands for the year lust closing
aee"fdins 10 the figures of the Hawaiian
singer Planters Association transmitt,1
10 The state department by United states
Consul Ge1ierll Haywood. Is nut cowo
as -as,ses tons, as against els.555 tons last
year The plantcrs have had mora tro,,
Me than usual on account OF desertions
espe pahliy with the Japanese one laran
Sse gave more trouble than ton Chinese
"a, wy --,Vn Etborcts on the plantations
oloJ We're contract Japanasc IaS, froc ~ n,
antsc, f9h contract ChAmesc and ioi, frna
Chinese. The number of iah,rers who's.
v"tsu'tc'S expire ntNt year Is eDI7 oud
NV hummer wanted h 1913. The Janancsc
r. en-, 10 be preferred by the Planters as
Moinsses Market.
L. 9. Naisawald of New York. In r,.
viewing the molasses market for the mas,
week SAYS that tho New Orleans nmr.
ket continues strong. all OFFERINGS sol,
a. fast as offered at fully cent on nm
avcrage over hast week Tho season IL
Iast drawng to c.ose. II n es;,n,a,.,
n = wall bc fully G00v barrsls smnr,
ywing 10 high prices ruling far silgnrs =
e., H''spfe centrfugel grades are scarcs'
sro. goods are not plentfui a,thn,trn
OF q parity are below New t)rlesrs vs,.
W, w, ~ ~ safe TO say that isss Wi, sao
~ iinnlu SWEETS much higher thnn for
some time past ''@" ior
Trade Notes.
sugar has been advanced x on rsfn.,
grades. with d firm tone. ''''''
The mssad and provision markets az,
stendi.s held with sfgne activity nj snan'
ulativc centers ~ 'poc-
niaM y firm at Quotations wtth \ troo
m NOV Hay y also firm, with Al, M.
FROM tomorrow (FrLi;ty) might no,hn,s,
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