The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-26
4 tie Conditioa d Tfsds
CeserslIy.
RETAIL TRADE IS IMPROVING.
-t,on OF work IN the Railway
Has Already Been Felt.
4 Good Month Ahead.
offIoe u rhe Post,

ryYtem Is lar rcacAAne. @Nos vniy uvs1
- obtain her commercial supremacy
~. Of being the great railway and
e,,,t,px center Of Texas, situated on
,.ter, but her industrial life is also
4, dependent upon the railways.
I, !. clearly demonstrated In the Inn
r.nt In local trade brought about by
,..rmotion Of work In the Southern Pa
.hcps. which have for some time past
.hut down. All retail lines Of trade
ssN the impetus and the improve
= noticed also BY jobbers. For some
- city trade was dull and dragging
4 the country. but from. nov. on re-
ID expected.
noutry show, the Fruit, Flower and
,sble Festival and the meeting OF the
- Grand Lodge, all in bunch, 60
-. will bring thousands Of visitors
city. Undoubtedly many will avail
1elyes OF the. opportunity to make
s.ses of holiday goods and all must be
MANY thousands OF dollars will con-
,ntly be distributed throughout the
rsnt channels of trade.
Icernber, therefore. is expected to be q
month for trade.
F,re. on Cotton-Laden ships.
vs. the Age of Steel: The frequency Of
on cotton laden ships bound to Euro
norris from the United States has
\ rise to some speculation as to causes.
OF it is credited to careless stowage,
Of 1t is also possibly due to spon-
Ious combustion. while a margin is
for some suspicion as to incendlary
es. Where labor is disconnected it Is
Eested that incendiarism may be
tc alternative Of strikes. The Liver
Journal OF Commerce notes that a no.
feature In the disasters this year is
Bremen bound ships are having spe-
visitation" Among these were the
from Charleston, Inchdune from
wwick, Maritime from Galveston, May
from Charleston, Westwater from
nnah, and the Ivydene from New York
here Is any spite in this kind Of work
reprehensible and criminal, for a
1ng cargo at sea sometimes means q
ned crew.
The Shortage I'm Glass.
xopos OF the fears Of American glass
lufaeturers that foreign producers
be called upon to furnish this mar
with glass, the sufficient supply OF
is jeopardized by the disagreement
zen the workers and the manufacture
German exports to the United States
becoming greater, the value being
per cent more this year so far
for the same period In 1896. Most OF
Increase is, however, in articles OF
", the cheaper degrees showing a
hs off.
spiked Flour.
Atlanta dispatch says: During the
week Georgia merchants have received
uArs from Western -four millers in
4 they were informed OF the spiking
our with corn meal. and offering them
aL inducements to place it upon the
tet One OF these circulars fell into the
Y Of Hon. Martin v. Calvin, member
legislature from Angus a, who intro
bill in the house placing an en-
upon the sale of such -four, requir-
Ne dealers to market 1t as mixed with
neal, and subjecting them to misde-
VI penalty for any violation OF the
Mresolution passed the house unan-
and will probably come up in the
oSkhratad ~, 80. 'ne au.nol Vi
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Ill u .n'
The Rafsin CroD.
ayices from caI,forria s.at. .hs. ~.
ol oaiiioihia s'ate lhaI the
'. SOU loose raisins on the coast Is
but that there is considerable guam
OF rain damaged goods rart,cv,a-,v IN
peIrbhor,,s -
considerable sh,nments -, these ra,n
ased raisins 10 ne Wast y, '. ,a,,, ,a.a
reports state h,,t ~. r,na ~.
nrIy turned down Hawsvsr y, I. ~.
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Big Wire Mil comI,,re
formation from re,,oh,a .o.,roos :,
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10 10 .hs erect mat NJ
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.sS' attended by nearly all the big
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