The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-23
m BUSINESS BAROMETER.
!. ,,,., to the Condition OF Trade
Generally.
,,.,yf, GOODS ARE IN DEMAND.
weather Has Increased
~ -Corn Products Are Au-
D,,,us-Egss Go Higher
Office of The Post,

Vpueihb
Office of The Post,
pouston, Monday, February -
-.,,..aIers OF Houston tranea c;ed
The - ,,snal today. Banks and pub
eu'n's s,,ars were closed, but otherwise
u OS. -. very little interference win
Sm ,ra traffic by the fact that George
on was born on this particular
Nasa.s ~ month. Some of the Houston
oy~ "a such a rush of business this
s.o,rs that they even forgot 'ha' George
~ ss.r born at all Co.. ,,,,
~ warm and sunshiny weather Tor me
~, or ten days has been a stimu-
~ actor in general business, although
hr~ .,aubat dsheartened the clothier
bIg stock of overcoats on hand.
'.- ~ goods are now in demand and are
s s asplayed on all sides. Country mer-
- ~. arc ordering stocks to conform
- ,,a demands of the coming season
:, clearance sales of winter goods are
~, announced daily Foster The
~. weather prophet. saws we VIII nave
In, ,o,ch OF winter during the last
=. ~ February and first part of March.
:, Nor tina. the spring season will be-
J, /, earnest. The farmers have had an
.-.,rant SEASON thus for, and the ground
.n,endid condition. Flowing and
,,,,,r,ns has been going on for several
,.r. ani planting is now under way.
| ~, oulook is for bounuful crops this
,..on and a return of good times.
The Provisions Market.
ayor thirty days" says President T. e.
van. A, the Continental Packing COM
,,-y n Chicago, at has not been possible
/. buy hogs, pack them and sell them the
,.,, aay except ait a loss. Armour ana
S,t,t have been believers in product and
,r, evidently been getting long the prop
~ hv buyng the hogs. This situation
~ lasted as long as 1t can. l have been
tsudly TO the market for about three
rsks Instead of getting heavier hogs
N as running into lighter ana we are
sv evidently getting the eight-month
hp' T., Az, ~
rscns pit are the topic now with every
IN in The trade, says the Chicago Times
ssnd He bought line OF 1900 barrels
!, nork Monday, sold it out at IL loss
Wednesday and took half OF it back acain
yser5ay on a strong market. The line
70 biz no one believes 1T Is merely
aliRins seslping, and 1t is also so hig
aK ths orders can not como from any
,.f...
ton New York. QHinlan's crowd would
VI hesitate at 5000 or even 10000 barrels
wrk. II may be, though, that Baldwin
y ben given an order bv some import-
y. bal Interest to stir taings up IN the
nl'5ons trade. That certainly is what
Alvin has been doing all this week. Ar
BON Is lorg provisions. So IS Swift.
~ may have enough bought to suit
4, purpose now. If only the public
isaa come In.
10 Nltf0rnia Rnisin Trust.
NJ New York Journal of Commerce
~ The California dried fruit trade was
xMcsed over a report in one of the
"a aay newspapers to the effect that
'asainst had been organized by Local
" The published account of the or
DaxDa Of the trust" gave some de-
~ WI. II based upon facts. would
S.Stuect OF completely revolutions
ruade both here and on the coast
$50 on the best authority, how
IN. ~ no trust has been organized ana
fs1pHy OASIS for the story published |
- " OWNERS of a patent for seeding |
~ w .oisahlaed a company with |
~. " ~ @NVW 10 erect and operate
nasasa ca,ty IN Fresno, the headqrr1 |
~ e saliorhla rais.n Industry. Al |
IN na c,hpauy Is in operation there !
J. . new concern Will have MOI only |
b, n to contend with, hu. Will |
~, s meet me competition of the mn |
~ sti'sA Cleaning and seeding con-
~" n uirlng the past wear or Two |
NJ ~ calei into being by the s,,eadv |
vi X, GOWN OF the consuming de- |
nnry. , onS,, c!ass OF goods. This new |
ftrsses rras 1t is said. VIII have
"A esrar. IN the market for loose |
sAos stp' OF a beneficial cnaracter
H S,s sno arc Interested in the iattar
taHt sns me increasing movement In
Mrs. seeded stock are hero,,,r ~
Nsa'e raw material" ''''''S
ia PRODUCTS In Demand.
sav, r,n ,.auef Wrote as follows the
N.Y. N.Y. iaikins with a cornmoal mt,,or
i. aas who has business hnro ava
ur s s.a he says: THE demand
h. PRODUCTS Is enormous ana thnv
sst INV, =, >, 4head' Meal has adj
ss tsen Nv. '-v' 10 N.2S per barrel. and
H. NJ. pouring in on the advanced
~ san,,ss confirms our corrosnonao..
n d ~. VINO says: our pen',IN
u o,a meal provisions ana p1"nie are
hi AZ uafrel Of wheat no,,r 'o,el,oos.
y miller az us q Knockout for tha
tp.on ~, cue Week ago. wheu o,,,
.asssl bourbt ~ 2t ~ one miller in Inc
Mons On sbo .svg bushels of wboat
Y some sh w road. This shows that
waaity miller s Lex IN the country.
Aea our receipts C on., uave us
Eggs Go I.oxycr
IN ,olsS on the down rro1e n,
", p,Ioa. F, 'oach!ng lQH cent e,t
lev sales ', ,e generally at l2ai2ilc.
,aAsine s ,TA were made at 12c onrly
" md oa lren they quickly dropreG
= vas nee,,. a Sigh, pressure from
x vas qtse,,n 70 get them at liz
q Sss,y though i, Obtained through.
Y sssaaiers ls, ~, l' was reported ~,
es vhat a 1ng'n go az i6be -
~ N,.aafge reeeIn,eef day might brir.,
sRanl demand W. ana a comnnra2
S'ae ~ers respons.hle tor
ass a.. ! Year Ago.
~ l., 4; toiay tS Ssar eggs sold in y1or.
IA p,,.. as worth eOco NRHt He ana a
~ sOas a. noir was o,o,.,
s.s,., ''ry 70 lS9s; today
's'Ad s ysar 0s sugar was s,s,i
MN. ago COW II Is 40
,ar e , r. 3,.1,ilr Houston on ~.
"a was o,o. Today IT is 9 7-sc.
~. s;;= =s. N Chicago at