The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-03-04
Of BUSINESS.
ha lsdex to the Condition Of Trade
'S licucfslIy.
COUNTRY ORDERS ARE SATISFACTORY
pr1cea Of Fresh Meats Arc Almost
Neutrality-suspicious. OIL Review.
sugar Statistics.
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h4 u.nce OF The Post,
~ Houston, Thursday, March 3.
There was nothire out of the ordinary u
U Any branch OF trade today. Tho scc-lawihs y
n tho SPECULATIVE markets has been so rapie
Y that an advance or a decline has but littt'
VI eject on spots
n I'd for as the volume Of business ID con-
cerpcd, jobbcrs have lttlc to complain Of. -
N orcers from the country art quite liberal aiu
rrc net So much OF the hand-to-mouth orde'
~ they we're a while hack. CITY trade on
tbe other hard Is spotted aud irregular.
1ferc has been a gradual advance In nearly
All stnpIc commodities, but little complaint
fs hoard except In regard TO fresh incntss Con-
sinners are protesting vigorously on account
of the small quantity land Inferior quality OF
meat their money will purchase. AT tho pres
Ont rate 1t viii not be long until tho prohbi-
4 tory prices will make meat such q luxury that
only bCndhodcrs can afford IL.
Cereals and hog products. beans and dried
fruits have all been going higher and the
trend is still upward, but the margins, com
mated with those ON fresh meats, are iniini-
tes,nnl.
Ilrgs arc now cheap, and as tho Lenten sea-
by substituting eggs and salt fish for costly
meats.
cuban Trade.
Dhu New York journal Of Commerce says:
The various reports obtained from merchants
Interested In tho Cuban trade are not as en-
oo;iragiug MS they were u year ago this time.
Early In November last several prominent
houses. thinking that tho situation WIS to
! change for tho better resumed their old habits
and sent travellers in the hope of rcoupcratins
t,aca and ut the Same time to collect overdue
accounts. AS one merchant put II, 1t only
took his representative lust three weeks 10
finl out that 1t was impossible TO make any
\ more Roadway In business than u year ago.
"A large sugar machinery manufacturer. under
tito impression that this seasons sugar crop
WAS 10 he three times larger than the last,
.sss.a sept representative 10 Try ana secure
rcw tdfir' ACTS. III Wow OF the destruction
among the sugar estates, there were plenty OF
roptri,uts to bc.L,ad but out OF fifteen sugar
plantation owners whom he interviewed There
were oply two who >couli designate u time |
upon which to make payuouts and m each |
ease they wanted nix months time WIN their |
pnggres (notes) Endorsed BY responsible New
York firms.
sugar Review.
M,ssrs. C2arnikow, MacDougall Co OF
Nov York say of sugar.
The arrivals from Cuba within The next ten
h,ys will probably run UP to about lo.00o 10
2aooo tons, and this will tend to mako Tie
i receipts for the coming week even larger than
In the two preceding ones, and as MEETINGS
are moi likely to be above what they were last |
woa our stocks will probably commence to
iuc,oase. which. after all, Is quite natural ut
this tine of the year. Tho offerings from the |
Nest India islands ara as yet smnll, and were !
N tsy Inp I'm nj N Ants al n
the Java sail carBoeS nfloat even the present |
small demand from rehncrs could not be me-. |
Tie Cuban market was early In the week |
much above our parity, but, the American |
dttlan,. having ceascd the tone In Cuba has |
become quiet, there being now more sellers |
than buyers at late prices, which, however. |
aro stin above the views oi American buyers. |
The stocks OF sugar unsod In the island |
Will soon reach 7b,o 900 tons. and II IL n ques- |
tiou whether holders there will continue car
rylr., this sugar In face of the present pnliti-
cal conditions, and tho fuct that receipts from
tne plantations win still further increase the |
ah,acy relatively large holdings Nothing fur
ther is known regarding the reciprocity treaty |
be;aeeu the United States and Spain hut il |
70 reported that the negotiations with the
Hrit:ai West India islands are approaching
compilation. Tho receipts during the week
were $500 tons, with MEETINGS ut $4,000 lcav-
itiS the stock here practically unchanged from
ias0 week, but. as the stocks In Cubu huve
ine'sased 10000 tons. the aggregate stocks III
the United States and Cuba are now 2Si OOo
tons. against 2ib,000 tons last week and 32t OUD
toiis year ago. cuba--1'hc number OF sugar
foiows 70 Matansas. n c,arSsnna " Met e. 80
fuogos, Is Havana. IL sagun S CaIburlen ma
2 Trinidad. The total receipts are Il. 500 tons snu
a Az, ssoo tons last week and lisoo tons
en-. outlook The total cubnn c,or ~ wy nres
to exceed $4,000 tons, unless the sugar estate,
In tile southeastern districts of the island arc
allowed to grind, ''''' '''
... cotton Oil.
TIE Williams & Flash company OF New
'''o s.'ue h''''het continues 10 gam
prhne renned, on the eonticry, Is showing q
rather easier tone. and the offerings To sell
March prime yellow at sae I. .. b. here are