The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-11-18

lglfk NAV 10 dispose Of TURKEYS.

ofhce d The Post.
Hous.on, rhursday. November Il.

Next Thursday Is thanksgiving ana there
viii naturally be an improved demand fol
sessop&ble goods such as fruits and turkeys
particularly the latter.
Commission houses are being flooded with
offers Of turkeys by interior merchants who
want to know how much tho Houston mar
chant will pay for turkeys {. o. b. In the In
terror.
y No commission man could afford to make
an offer on such proposition. The hucksters
aud market MEN will not buy poultry 'un-
signt and unseen nor VIII the housekeepef.
A Tne only way for the interior merchant TO do
\ 70 ship his oSls 70 some t reliable com ns
tainabh and make prompt and reliable re-
Turns. There Is margin Of from 81 TO some
tines rs dozen In the price Of turkeys. which
Il based on the size and qualities. gobblers
bringing - to 81 more than hens.
At present prices II Will be profitable for
inttrior merchants to ship Ia eggs "a they
ire In good demand at quotations. which are
on parity with kansas eggs In Houston.
Kansas Butter Trust.
A dispatch from Topeka, Kan. under date
Of November 10, says;
There is every evidence OF creamery trust
in Kansas. Tho price OF creamery butter is
nov 2s cents per pound. and IL is likely to
stay there. Gradually the increase has crept
up from IS cents to zs cents per pound. and
!, is very evident that there Will be no re-
duction In the near future.
There are about fifty creHmeries In Kansas,
and they are all in the poo to keep zip prizes
Ine complaint against NO crcamerics comes
from farmers. who supply them with their
dairy products, and who In turn have to pay
the regulntion price for their butter. 4 few
came ono OF Kansas chief industries the
kansas farmers and their wives and daligt-
ters made their own bntter. and much for
the local markets. Since the crenmeries hayo
started up the farmers have discarded their
cid churns aud other butter making devices
and. 81 course. rely upon the creamores for
their butter.
There is M antitrust law on tho Kansas
statute books. and II Is probable that ease
vii be made up which will reach the cream
cries and compel them, ii possible, to break
the compact The farmers say that they are
receiving the Same price for their milk ana
that they can produce the supplies FOR the
creamsres as cheaply ms they did one year
ago. Feed aud forage are as plentiful now as
then las assistance OF Attorney General
Boylp viii be invoked to break np what In
REGARDED as the Kansas creamery trust.
The Advance In sugar.
The expected slashing IN rates between the
Sugar trust and IT'S competitors has NOT yet
developed. Prires are firm at the recent adj
yauces. Not Only that, but yesterday MI
guarantees wer withdrawn rhe day before
the guarantee was taken off a New York re-
timer Sait>
,s.nZe the guarantee was made that the
buf dITSouiu De SOln Win the buyer protected
i-sdyst any change in price during the thirty
n1ys. has been a great rush OF orders,
wsdnh have accumulated ON the books OF the
Tfintng companies The buyers do not take
away the sugar. but leave the order stand
Ing and draw the goods as they want them.
knowing that they are protected against any
not trouble to remove uhe goods from the
Warehouse. Consequently. the reiiners found
themselves with a big stock OF sugar sold.
but still remaining In THAR warehouses; aud
orders still accommodating from those who wish
to take advantage OF the thirty days Guaran-
tee while II still holds good. The only way
inc reIineTs could ace to shut off this I'M
desirable rush Of orders at allow figure was
70 dvance the, price. which they did. The
enact OF me advance Will be to keep down
companies arc cleared of the present orders.
When prices will be lowered to what they
'. We're before, There has been no advance in
the price OF raws,
Trade Notes.
Lewis Bros received fifty coops OF turkeys
atoeay.
Chickens are dragging along slowly, but
quotations are fully maintained
Coffee Is very strong with predictions Of
marked advance in tho near future
Reccints OF turkeys are liberal but the de-
firm. a'1 '''''s ais
several cars Of apples 10 be sold ON order
OF shipper are on the market which weakons
prices Tor what little choice stock is ON hand.
n iyaIE pf
raw STOCK the market for canned oysters in
baltimore continues strong. with an upward
tendency. '""'A
i y rumored in Boston that an English
syndlcato has taken up The charter OF tbs so-
called American sardine trust. and that II
n0lds q three months option on leading sar-
cine plants In Maine.
According to advlces from Baltimore there
an nctive and strong market for string
ncens ac Z. o. b. Baltimore seeming now 10
- AZ INSIDE price while some packers are
reported TO be asking 5elsdl55c r. o. b.
Advices from California arc To tho ef,ec,
that supplies Of wainuts controlled nv thc
association arc exhausted md that buyers
are Wiling to pay a premium on association
ttnd the stock. Supplies In the East re- abnws
cars on the way. ~ 80"
i, Inc p $4,000 cotton spadss Of Russia aro
forward. many of them INFO 1900 WIFE siSSss ;sa
mile now In course OF erection the n,,,nhar
present mills have been running for sc,"s ~, lac
tWenC- -four houm a day, but are NON '' ra
duced 70 eightesn hours. ~" re-
According 70 latest advices from Spain H.,
oivc crop OF this year will exceed nna,,btns
q ss, tns sssrase. and this following i two.
u,sns crop n 1897 causes a strons fee,ny
~ sosk 'Hssd saind,snsy n prices Span,
bstne at pressnt very hixh and co ms;SnanSa
s'9nss W ~, s'eo has stiffeninx influence ON
aousroH wsoLEsALE PRIcEs.
9pstatioss Tor Rouaa Lots Of st..,.
Cammoalttes.
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