The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-25


l5ossutrn, Wx1ns11ay. November ~
B fznus&on, wednesday. NDvember ~
me chisf tookufe OF interest 10 the mar
ksts y a. unslsssai scarcity Of AL tn
Shespa rrados a butter. Produce mel
ana 3obbav sxpsrlence the ereatsst off
ticufty n haSing tlsetr orders placed 4
xansla end Nebra1loA filled. even at prices
alu,osk On par with those demanded fol
the hteher grades Of Eigin. Texas coun.
~ huttsr q hardly seen At all. All pro
duoo man ere anxtn1s TO secure eggs. II
y 1T few weeks until prices will b
much higher ON account Of the Christmas
demand. and eggs purchased now. IN ex.
o. Of local daily demand, will be placed
4 IA storxse. A good number Of turkeys
have been shdpped into Houston. and al.
enough there was almost glut, prices
have bean well maintained. On the other
hznd prlces of poultry are rather inclined
20 wealonesD There 10 no activity In
any Of the staple markets and prices are
without change With cotton 80 cheap
and spectators not investing in any COM
modify, nothing but a nat market cam be
expected. Interior merchants are buying
only AZ necessity demands. preferring,
evidently. 10 walt for lower range OF
values, which they think Is bound to come
uniess COTTON should be forced up In price.
Cotton Seed Products STRONGER.
New York. November 20.--The Williams
Flash Co.'S circular dated New York.
November 20. says: Since our last, there
has been . slightly firmer feeling and
2lh was paid for prime summer yellow.
al No.. al. -. r..
nary delivery, although at the close, 2llS
Is bid for this delivery. There is more
freight room offering for Marsei.les. This
may enable SEEKERS 10 move dock lots and
thereby remove the pressure from the
market. II wou,d now appear that prices
have reached basis at which large par
GELS could be placed for export Whether
The foreign markets VIII follow any ma
terial advance here Remains To be proved
The English market rs dun and depressed.
although tailow has advanced In England
I'd per hsindredweisfht, ard stocks in Lon
don are being consumed rapidly. The
lard market continues TO drag. 1t is gem
orally believed thnt there can not be
much Improvement until after the Decerl-
Der liquidation, Receipts of hogs are
heavy. but the demand fsr lard IS very
good. and we look for a large decrease
IN the worlds stocks.
Crude oil has sold IN the Atlantic states
at 1917 This Ia now bid, with IA to 14h
aSktSl, dCcUINnE 10 location.
We quote PRIME summer yelsow at Il
TO 2l3e; prime crude In barrels IS to 1875
loose crude Atlantic States, 1sis to 14is
Plug Tobacco Trust.
A plug tobacco trust IL In process Of
formation. II embraces the Loriliards.
Paul Sorg. the LAggetts and nearly all OF
the principal plAg tobacco manufacturers
In the country. The PARTIES named Il is
AefJHrtf1 a ~ 81 rp a.l
ment to pool properties and manufacture.
The capital stock, 1t IL reported, will be
$iS0n,vQ. 1t with DO issRiei pro rata 10
I'M G,se feaalng c'mpa s Some Of the small
De appraised by experts and purchased
outright ny the trust. Representatives
or the movement are now In Washington
aHrang1rR Stdne detni1g of the blsiness
II Is estimated that the combination will
be able to rednce the present cost OF
plug tobacco matalf3 ctnre 30 per cent.
Cypress Trnde ut New Oflcuan.
A New Orleans dispatch Gays: with the
dlsappearamce OF quarantine restrictions.
the lumber trade of this city and section
Is expected TO develop perez ptib.e Improve.
ment. Leading cypress producers report
a much heavier yo.ime OF shipments re-
GENTLY tilan last yeor, notwithstand,sy
quarantine II is, however, trui. that tbs
bn,k OF cypress shipments beirg to dis
tart posnts at the North. traffic In this
Nns nas suffered less from quarantine I'M
~ r,sD,ss, UNIV, ail.l'st any other branch
Mr., Z ne, ,,,,,ss. IN. auvanc,s IN yellow
"a ~ e.sinraa 1 ,ras n,e ns'Ag maintain
cally the season promises we'll and re-
~ ARR In cxcs,s,s ~ t,, =, qu-.e ssnetal-
80
new Standard Ola Trust.
Says the New York Financier: Thu
STORY OF a REORGANIZATION az the s,,,.3ar,,
on -rr,,.t ,,,,, vsa,,s, ~. ~.
80, tn. - ~ u''V .t'n' asaiA last
week. The deal It was said, involved the
ponnsatich OIL an entirely new company,
which would tatse over all the assets and
.asnoa'sss q Me oa concern, and issue
- , -. S'ix.i.sssss. me new stock Is to
nate 70 s,,,a s'S,re. ~, " ms Story y the
ing. ard in ernnrctss, th..rs uw ou.staain-
dividend OF - Nm. ,s, Il, " h " y easn
rvraxrr FOR thhs dral n ., y ~ paiu. me
iact uhat the .g s,rs,sr ~ n,cgeJ 70 be the
TRUST 10 .ssmnisis ,es t,',,, nea 10 force the
certain time. cr else 90 out Of S M,shm