The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-05-21
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Prices Confines
New York. May 20. -Bradstreet's ton,or
row will say:
inc excellent foreign demand at yool
prices Tor most of tho products of Amori.
can agriculture continues, as for some nm,
past the leading feature of the corr,ry.,
'f"ue' second only to this and of neca,si,,,
| forming an important link of tho cb,,, -,
good trade may be mentioned tho 49,
"''''o'" my good crop situation showing tha,
| Iortish demands now and in the future x,n,
| be adequately met.
ne immense balance of trade already
p"ed up In this countrys favor Of ,,,r.,.
constitutes an element of strength w,i.h =,
,'s erect on the money market can h,,Ai -.
be exaggerated "e' odh hald y
+, transportation industry. like n-b,r,
10 snaFihs TO the full in the nrono H.,
ousihess, having its rise in cur hea,,, VI
port trade. " 'u' heaNy eA-
an increased willingness to regard IL.
cnmntr, "e1 as merely an incident in Tho
tradn business seems evident In The
'iaue reports received this week m WI
ume OF bank clearings, reports of ~ WV,
ealhlhss, the movement of oricor ~ 49, o'u
t 49, 70 reserved from the iron and 80
.'"ues all seem to concur In ip1ir1.t,,i
ls"AIhiuin volume OF business for tho -
vi tne year with even greater boror,,i -. W.
.,aiillested than for some time mas, ' a %
'"T eonuhuance OF favorable conditiors
COW are, II Is true, some few fen.uros
lions az lnu'oa'e that the present coma
,,ohs are not universally favorahla ~
tne reports as to the winter an, Lie
Wreat crops, both as regards ,c., Sp' 'ns
u'tiohs Gnu prospects. seem 10 IA, NJ ~,
cedented Yields advices from liz on. ~
are hardly as favorable owing N Up
ueu wet and cold weather tending IN nh,
termination canning 10 check
r,.h reports from the cotton oron ,r.
- irresu'ar' the backward spring ana
inc con'- VI moisture In some sections no
the complained of. There seems ~, az. us
uouot' however. that the acreags ~ ''ttie
VIII De very large this year and ~, w.
.."seu value as a food product WI 10
and abroad. "o'a at Tome
49,, "I'uiaeturing lines the repcrts fro,,
muoleh goods is no more favnr,bIa I'm yin
"nVre the stimulus of army orders ~ -, ~
Svn,s s 10 some lines of manu:actnrad rro9
uuets and raw materials. i'e-
Failures for the week vor, ~,
ia TINS week year ago 49, as'fN
new York, May 2o.-Bradst. ,.;r.,
eiai Review will say tomorrow.
waiting for a decisive act,,, h,,,
"s Aosuie fleets in the West Indies ha.
aaa tendency to restrict sp ,cu,,t.o, MA
keep the public out Of the s,oc,, 49,,
LONDON has been fairly large ,na eor
s.aht SELLER Of stocks here and the NIT,
nSas oeen oyerbought; yet the under,o,s ~
, ue.n strong, the bearish element beinn ca, ava
lous and the tendency of prices has 500 esu
.SMafu a higher level. The pFoles,,,n.Ii
,,lation y, sh ,r9 Tor time con'rol the spec
oemet that victory OF a decided ch, -, Wy q
S M,, result result In sharp advance ani the Ion
aoh selling Is understood to pro,ssd TN
,se S,ns unsasiness due TO fc,rs .soui '
not to ais, sm,e 81 European politics ard
me chances Of the United s,a,as as, j., o' 20
servsa SPANS securities. It may lie o oSs
sessed' show renewed reductions. The sp on