The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-05-08
Err MARKET REVIEW
| Weekly Report of the Con-
dition Of Trade.
IS DEMAND HAS FALLEN OFF.
h, Improvement Necessary to
/. running of the Mills
on Full Time.

= Running Oh s"e
op Full Time.
rexas. May THE partial stop
,nI,ding improvements throughout
che Northwest, as consequence.
a, the war, is getting the lumber |
,r,nr business In q condition far
.,sctory. So far there has been no |
complaint regarding shipments of |
Most mills have indeed shipped |
they cut, but the demand from
az now fallen off to an extent that |
/, IN the disadvantage of the manu- |
interest If there should not be an |
nrovement. This comes about from |
that the mills have large contracts |
ne in the manufacture OF which q |
ble proportion of the log unayoid-
IN dimension, and the stacking OF |
us heavy expense. Their contracts |
allied. hence the manufacturers can !
the accumulation OF yaro sto X. |
he demand for timbers continues to |
and If more orders of this character |
he'd 1t will require the steady oper-
the mills. which might otherwise
bown pending the dullness In the in
rhere are those among the millmen
however, exceedingly optimistic re-
The future OF the yard tiaoe. They
war will speedily terminate, and
noes their lumDer viii be III active
kosrepalr the raVages that have been
IN Inc Island oil JuDa. AT any rdo
mo OCCASION Tor so prumpuy nIcnIus
DDditiuis. The large PURCHASES Oh
|or all Kinds of CONSTRUCTION purposes
fgue a reasonably eaiIy resu.nptlon
building improvements, ana hence
rely too eaily to begin 10 lament a
which might have peen ana doubt
foreseen month or more ago. Small
IumDer Will pe ill brisk ueluauu {.
epce and, with large contracts tor
millInep are likely to have dill they
fair demand for shingles al al
rices.
AND THE PITCH PINE TRADE.
mediate effect of Americas challenge
has been to stiffen prices OF pitch
rs the Timber Trades journal, and
har,ering TO the Southern ports near
doubtless form the scene OF oper-
In fact, TO the whole OF the Gun of
IMP owners decline to fix until tus
becomes more clearly denned
BURIAL continues: Nobody knows
ion will be adopted towards trading
10 those waters, nor even wnethei
lay be declared a contrabaDd OF war,
Eing OF which Is risk That may
forfeiture uf ship and cargo 'rhe
not being parties to the declaration
will PROBABLY exercise their right
on traders in the vicinity OF the
coast. although the attorney gen
led IN the house OF commons OIL
that, IN the face of declarations
} Spain and the United States, he did
lmplate that there would be amy in
D with goods other than. those Of
bd OF war. Considerable uneaSiness
Degrading ships now due or to arrive
Of loading ut the pitch pine ports.
has caused great inconvenience to
on this side. One very important
bat a certain proportion of the pitch
have been made by people of small
md on the basis of low freight: now
ehts are bound. under existing cir
es, to advance from the Southern
5. the probabilities are that many OF
cap sales will not be carried out.
he entire trade Is carried on under
hs, consequently the merchants mere
e to accept for goods that can not
loading port. We apprehend that
6 Insurance policy made prior TO the
pm OF war will cover any loss to the
through capture, but under any CIR
es the result must be very unsatis.
NESTs EXCEED PRODUCTION
por. OF the yellow Pine clearing house
b shows that the amount of lumber
be ninety Mills reporting was 1c0.ji6,-
while the shipments were JOG. si7,S03
sduction OF stock at mill points for
h OF ovct 100000 feet. Yet despite
wing there are lumbermen who are
M unduly anxious IN sell. rs irdi
the,r action In cutting prices. Ger
report referred to does rot present
. for such a course.
SUITS FOR RELATING.
pit OF A Glmer against the 1exss
Orleans Railroad company for al
examination In giving lower freight
others, Was called in the distrlc,
orange on Wednesday and was
,ut on demurrer. The plaintiff wuS
mission to amend his pleading, how
me case will be called again toda,
seh'ng time having been given for
we pleading. II NAV be promised.
mat none OF the cases will 20 tc
term All the suits will have to go
,he course OF that first called, rs
lungs In each case :. are similarly
NOTES AND PERSONAL
Mark Wless has returned from n
png MS friends, the retailers.
mas been no falling off in the ship
.ne interior, but there is something
IN the export trade.
!. Morris. representing the Cresceu,