The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-02-13
ElER OF BUSINESS.
= the Condition Of Trade
Generally.
WAS RATHER IRREGULAR.
by slackness.
~ the Produce Market.
|. VIII Dcclinc-Notes.
once Of The Post,

y,,stou. Saturday, February 1e.
heen rather irregular during the
good days business would be
succeeding day by q perceptible
and orders coming in are of a
9TH character.
Vice Of cotton has simply hacked
The cotton belt and buyers act
.,aple goods and plantation sup
u 4 fair movement. as the farm
has opened up in earnest.
3rulative markets can be taken as
he trend of values is toward n
! Of values. Bank clearings show
hume of business being done is
/. of the same period. a year ago,
surface 1t can not be seen.
no reports of new industries con-
or under way at the moment,
4 considerable inquiry for arabic
ds contiguous to Houston, partic-
uch sections where tho roads are
Id.
olonies are due to arrive in the
keks and they will settle upon and
hst country lands.
Produce.
ling the produce market Mr.. Grant
\ & Grant said: Tho market has
s1liar one all week. Despite n big
EASTERN and Northern markets the
rs in this market has been well
Next week, however, look for
\ prices. In the way of poultry
I've been a drug OIL the market on
heavy receipts. Turkeys, however,
hale. We got in a large consign-
and they sold like hot cakes,
liz IS to 50 and gobblers 50 to sl..
N part of the week prices might
IA little, but all arrivals for sale
br Saturday for the Sunday market
hop prices.
Iompson g. Co. have received the
|early California vegetables of the
b as celery, cauliflower, etc. They
|sale at good prices.
Jones says he expects the market
break next week on account of
bss In outside markets. Outside
living absorbed the surplus kept
k up, but interior merchants are
her prices than can be obtained
khis can not hold in the face of
let's.
bon Produce company reports BUSH
by active. Eggs have been steady,
Is expected. Springers and broilers
SLOW sale. while hens have been
bs & Co. report the butter market
b prices unchanged. Their Interior
licked up considerably of late. City
say. is only fair.
nstOn Coffee Market.
Iston is recognized by outside mer-
manufacturers as the most avail |
ms point in the State, if not the
Invest, is constantly being demon
the large warehouses maintained
oods shipped on consignment.
uckle Bros, perhaps tho largest
rs in the world in parched goods,
arrangements with Mr.. Herman
II this city to ship to him for re-
i Us solid carloads OF parched |
us shipment is one of the largest
y almost any line of business. |
lash value of s26S,OO0
Y will be shipped not only to diff
is throughout Texas, but to sew
States.
Oranges.
from Los Angeles says: The orr
Of Southern California is almost
of last year. The shipping sea-
ct fairly under way, but shipments
ng at the rate Of seventy or eighty
day. The total output of oranges
california for this season is es-
i2,ooO carloads. against 1000 last
anding this increased movement,
= and shippers are somewhat un-
tue low prices and sluggish de-
g Eastern market. Oranges that
ing on the Atlantic coast at S225
4 one rear ago selling brislsly at
per .oN In general, prices this
from 20 to 30 per cent less than
last winter, Tho general convic-
inc determination on the part OF
n TO ship fruit not properly fit
lIhet mas made Western buyers
iruit from this region, has less
mand and lowered the price.
lcnEo Packer Hides.
leather Review says: There have
sales OF packer hides this week
OF the small stocks the market
ming gained in strength. The
week and continued into this
iarec movement of Texas steer
siop leather tanners are In the |
psnt Texas steers and would |
nvse Tor all lightweights than for
rue packers are compelling them
pfopo'ion of heayies with every
Trade Notes.
ions were received from primar,
s;. On account of holiday In New
- ~ cubes and powdered sugar has
|, ~ Other grades are un-
! ING tone is very firm.
W ior molasses is good and prices