The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-23
|T|IQl|||EIER OF BUSINESS,
! t6Gvx u ~ Condition Of Trade
Z IA Generally.
lees \ About Double what They
Irs = Ycar Ago-EsgSs scarce
: EfigherA Rctaii Trade Dull.

~ ~ Hc0E AkO-E<8B - cSA>SS
4 aigher-A Ectail Trade DuiI.
Office Of The Post,
3ou1 u, wednesday. December y.
HI looks y O. though hundreds of peo'
r. "a HON NJ and In, the surrounding
Y xns suppll by Houston will subst''
Nte sonethsA ION their tables LOT the
Arirtnsas tuIi I. This bird - toaaS
ntch Of en- vthing IN the poultry
E, Y + e'ear f Of reach N tho way
las rule there n generally rush 70
slnrket turkeys Just before Christmas
III this year the market Is almost bare.
ia few being received are being quickly
a;tblcd 10 at fancy prices, and commits
,A,n men have orders they can not III.
4 ~ dealer paid 81 for the turk no expects
4 dcvcur next Saturday.
fTurkey hens bring from $40 TO ~ PCT
ssszen, according TO size. with most saies
4 the top figures. and some even above
2sHt. t;obblers readily sell from 40 20
sp dozen, and prices are firm at th"'
\ wear ago turkey hens were quoted at
Al, " 80. 80 20 J" 'NoA''' =
{N..,.S =. ~, scarce m account OF light
Bteipts and prices jumped up . cents
3,zen TO Il cents, and buyers were 'Hah.e
get their demands supplied at that
Flee.
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M, a,i,a,, ,,,,",,'ess 60 Tar az i, ,er.
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Eu1ts alf iHrWorhs' 10 u','''a'
|Atrior bought early. ana deliveries nave
f,ou, "A been made. Prices have been
INN. ami are higher than a year ago
/ * expected thai after january there
tliI be n s,arjxe1Ang In the demand and
\ u. Inc pricce win fall Off. Apples are
4 lslgii THAT they have been slower sale
4 an usual at this sCasnu
4 a
Trade Notes.
eps.l roads IN tho country mates trade
y trsr d,sj
.,,. =, - $500 -, ,,,,,,,
r.sf,yeninS W WY waS VI i,u.t. ~"
~ y seatee' "'ri =" VIZ "N"i"N'
staples are steady, but are not moving
"A lively rate.
Sugars and molasSes are stronger. with
Improvement In the movement.
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,.,,t.. sf,.,s,,, ~ a.,S,tco a., us,nsaa ~,
Il, a,,r,,,ta,,,a ~ ,.t.ban,,ad sway "u'
49,, ~. .Ns. -, ~,
Retail trade Is extra good Dealers IN
'oper GOODS are inali's first-ciasS sales.
Inc Whls1ms " Fash co, or New YORK
their letter OF December is cay:
Tho market this week has been la
t.siei anomalous position, notwithstand-
q the fact that lard advanced and caus-
4 OF to appreciate - half cent per gal-
IN at the mills Spot refined oil was in
sor dsnani at 2l1sc I. o. b. here In BAR
flis. while there was Il fair inquiry Tor
ste January-February delivery at &c,
'htl' some saaes AT this. but the mills, es-
Issial,y those In the Atlantic States, hav-
w fair orders booked. AMI with Christi
has week dose hy, when our black
ssienu takes his annual holiday. and feel
8ls that rrioees arc more liable to advance
Eap derline.. are not anxious sellers.
liilcss latd should have n further sharp
iltvarce the coming week there viii
ihabably be little business done till after
tprt e the year, especially AZ the
t,ught freely and win not con,ract Tor
sIrther arg. lots Ill early nest wear
la, conditions in Europe are practicaly
X rce them 70 buy turtle, large lnsa ~ y
fmericaas OIL and If our market advances
, q, VIII IN Iurn be Obliged to meet IL.
February sec on, yeI,,w s,s,s ~.
bluda IN barrels. isMishc, loose llmlho.
Ii'c0rding to locality.
4 Tx,. 80
M spewr'.ers TOO High.
8The agitation OF the prices OF typewrit.
IT'S and OF the probability OF their declin.
7 = II naturally az Interest M r,a,,o =,
4 echaoism narbans 49,, ~ pre- o.
eNi'"iiSin' perhaps. appeals so strongly
the business public as does this instrr
4 is long been held that the l,st prines fa .,
scm were unreasonably high, us hac
II w, W ane case wsth the sewing machnei
NJ, e ~ .oo any Sppwrtai's 20 bicycles
prices Of typewriters concerns eI q yasI
imber Of private and business people
y sc,i iu ahas ~, non, Unicaso Indicated tots
~, sA t,,l. a. .me uay OF high prices was
4 .s w, .naA nearly ~ the leading manu-.
\ h,.u'e.S We're N a combine, but the
a ale. irho orsfi Out INTO by outside
s ftiVh WAS contemplated, 10 take or.