The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-10
WEEKLY TRADE REVIEWS
Bradstreet's and Dun Review the Condition
Of Trsde In the Country.
MEETING OF CONGRESS- CAUSED NO ALARM
~o,cr,bcr Business the Highest Ever
J,onc In Tbis Country IN Any ""e
Month-lron Industry Active.

~, ynrl December g.--R. g. Dun 4 co.
y;.eopi,, Reyiow IL Trade will say tomorrow;
M, ,,,es. significant thing this week mas peeh
a.. o,,,irc absence of the customary nervous
,rtyht bes5re or after the meeting OF congress-
,br PRESIDENTS message and the treasurer
,cncr, No one showed the least ALARM anu
uctoav could find occasion for any. Money
snt stncks and the grain markets moved on
oyartly as if the government was AUTOMATIC
ce-tain TO do or say no more than the people
had already decided and expected and SO the
ana, betterment since October continues
There is n larger demand for products IN
nearly nil tho great industries, larger export
demrnd for foreign needs, a more healthy DO
nestle demand since seasonablc weather az.
,iyed and a comforting conviction that No
yember business--the highest ever done IN
this country In any month-was but step
toward something better. Exports last year
in December were marvellous. but TINS year
ure starting far ahead. ,,.,aaN
rho Atlantic what exports, eJ nonr 'rn,,shcjs
against 4ai2,s1 last year. AMI nd pasinc eSpor.
ces s aTs declined 81 1 0r Sase. su against
e'2is ~ for last years great crop, stops argu.
ment The wheat does net como out ut iow
prices Il the people have s,s 70 se t INA c as
sSsorts we're i.i5l.ssi. against s.siS.os6 last
wear and such Il foreign demand AZ prices
much higher than last year, and with Wmeas
which Americans hardly appreciate. me price
declined only NC, with enormous receipts.
Cotton shared h the export movement i ME,
and nevertheless, has risen S-l6c in price, Wild
n feeling that estimates of the yield may nave
been exec sivo. At the extremely low prices
asoed fGesn WIZ 90 not stop % the eoa
s bsins Sa. tte s changed by troubles about
e = the seqh StM Soq Enss s Pe
for goods Is better and has lifted the price OF
print cloths tsc and some of the other goods a
Wooden goods have been in much better de-
mand and many of the smaller mills have
beer buying after concession being secured.
The market It's is more healthy ana sao sr m
weeks have been 10, 65o,2 200 Prices yieided
about 1ic, according to 100 quotations by
Coates Bros, and from Phladelphia as
week
The rupture of the rail combine, it appears.
the s Week i9c Of sharp eopeton than
realized a week ago. Prices were made in
somt transactions much lower than were then
burg lie now named. special orders are sale
to command lower figures. The purchase a.
10000 tons Of bessemer piE ct $40 At valley
furnaces and 100000 tons bilets FOR Pittsburg
works at $3.50, Of which 10000 tons were to a
hoop mill. with 1900 tons rods at Chicago at
So. and % o0 tons plates for Que concern al
Pittsburg. besides numerous orders, for bars
and plates in car and ship buildings. steam
shin contract on the Delaware and a contract
for 5000 tons for bridges at Chicago. gives
some idea Of the heavy business coming Tor.
ward just when the works usually experience
season O. idleness aud waiting. Pig iron has
risen Mt the East to $ll.50, and quotations
h i ri ,an 'r at aSy ns f S1 ss
though prices for finished products have re-
Gently been declining aud are lower than in
tie early months of the year.
This weeks failures have been 2lS In the
Tinted States, against 3l2 last year, and 2. in
Canada, against 20 last year.