The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-02-15
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n Houston. Monday. February H.
nus4nesn generally opened up with a SNAP
todsy. Jobbcrs reported good orders from
thn country and an Improvement In city
Il trade Although the streets are again In pass
able condition few peddlcrs arc III the market,
4 majority Of this class are not clear as
"a tho license and tax requirements, and II
u rumorcd that the matter may be taken
into tho courts In order that a decision may
DO had
About ali that can be said as TO finance is
,hat money is easy There is u vast aggrc-
rsts sum boarded in the different banks from
one end Of thu country to the other. Talks
Win bankers lead to the belief that much OF
tb,x congestion is due to tho aggrossiycness
- thu trusts. which now control almost
cycrything except oxygen and hydrogen Cap
ital is anxious TO earn interest, but is afraid
to branch out, fearing tho trusts. Tho same
applies to the conservative borrower. llc Is
afraid to cnter into legitimate competition
lest the trusts set up opposition and wipe him
out Of business. Hence money is easy"
Florida Grunge Crop.
There iy d shortage In the Florida orange
crop amounting to millions of boxes. accord
Ing to Dr. Samuel H. Garyin, who spent
week on his orange grove In The hcuit of the
orange region OF that State. DIR. Garvn is
tho jail physician of Louisville, KY, and Is on
his way home, saya Commercial America.
,Tho yield this year." he said, will prob
ably be between 1900 and 100000 boxes. Th's
is small, Iii comparison with the crops OF
former years In 1895 the yield was sone-
thing over 100000 boxes from Florida. After
the frost three years ago, n great shrinkase
In the crop followed. Ia 1876. the yieiu was
only 1850 000 boxes. and last year 100000 boxes.
several million less than the normal crop.
Since the great freeze. the people become
frightened every time the Temperature gets
in the neighborhood OF 80 degrees Nearly
every evening while ! was in Florida, the AIR
became chilly aud the fail in temperature
filled all the employees and the owners with
anxiety. Acorroipomdng elevation OF spirits
would be accustomed by the mild. spring-liko
wenthcr the following morning.
~ suppose 1t viii be ton years before the
orange crop of Florida will aproach In mag
nitude Its former proportions. In fact, / feel
confident that the crops VIII never he SO
large. At present only about 60 per cent OF
the groves arc being cultivated, The others
are neglected. The trecs, for the most part,
are little larger than switches. II was
thought Mt FIRST TINT they would never boa-
som again after tho freeze, but II developed
that they were killed only down to The
ground. Tho roots wero saved, and the fol
z lowing year the crown roots appeared
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Isnmbcrmcp tn Meet.
Tho Southern Lumber Manufacturers assoc
citation is to meet in Memphis, February IL.
In his call for the eighth annual meeting
President White, among other thinga, out
lines the following subjects to be disposed OF:
Tlc statistics Of the annual output and
gsnip,usn.s tor ,s'o shu ~, unu s,o.hs on
na, NJ, s9.o, WI ~ ~ ~, i,s' ~"
nionr,ug hnuse for H. mat i,yei iy ,mon,h,
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M, nloW rine rfa"',
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sn,,,b,ycs, and ~, al, e,.ta.' III '',, ~ wv
southensterp Atlantic stotns a. No., - a ."s
the Shaving record a, n,st ,ao,,, M.
oral condition 10 snfnoan,,y ,na1.,ta, ". h, w.
~ N'''vN 20 suhn''oh.'y 'nu'cn'na ny me
statement TINT tho mills are all running,
Win orders enough In hand TO fully Justify
.nin 'o ,,'s ~ Arkansas and Texas heavy
lalns uuiihg january hindered logging and
,suWins,, so tnnt thcre has been less nGcumu-
ia,ion thHn there otherwise would have been.
,he t, o. Spine trade are 80 bright that
.neir stocks ~ shape to meet IT, Indeed Il
ID probable that early IN the seasons move
nisnt suen seareittes VIII develop ms to force
trnn prit tsa, " some aesr,e. lhey are now
Western Louisiana, have heavy orders Tor
,,rn ;sdana s, %nien ronders thom - meas
mississippi and A,abnn,n No ql 'is "a
running on car stills, car lumber and pole
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