The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-22
once Of The Post,
Houston. "wednesday. December Il.

Houston. wednesday, December Il.
with the lowest prices ever heard OF. the
Houston jobbers are doing a good holiday
trade.
Mr.. T. II. Thompson Of r. Fl. THOMPSON 4
CO. remarked: November was not what 1t
ahould have been but so far this month we
have exceeded our expectations. Orders from
our men on the road have been argor than
We had hoped for. In fireworks, for instance.
our sales are fully three times larger than
ever before. Oranges apples. bananas. nuts
and nil other Christmas goods have sold free
ly. and our whole force Is kept busy late into
the night filling orders
Mr. Krupp Of Krupp q Tufny. I'm no busy
] can not talk to you. We are all busy. Last
Sundays Post was a big thing for the whole
city, as well as those advertised in 1t. " TIL IA
Lewis Brothers: TITS strange how dull egss
arc, but when 1t comes to turkeys--well. We
simply cant get them In fast enough. Prices?
Well. they'll be higher"
Dick Grant Of Lilienthal Il Grant: I'VE feel
that no one can complain about business. IT.
is true that chickens are not In over supply,
( but In the turkey line the demand Is aston
ishng, Well have d whole carload III to-
morrow. and TO tell the truth they have prac-
tically all been sold in advance Of arrival
: cotton seetf OIL Review.
The Williams 4 Flash company In their
circular of December II:
The Improvement in demand, noted last
week. has. more or less. died out, and AT the
close the general tone Of the market is easier
IN the tiIst place, the heavy buying, on the
part of the home trade, has given them fair
stock oil prime CHS. putting them nto an
Independent position as regards the course Of
plicts in Tile near future ana, with lard lower.
they naturally show less inclination 10 take
held Of further lets, EXCEPT where attracted
by some particularly choice quality oc a
slight concession IN price.
AS regards on oils, this Is acting exactly
we predicted In our last: The shorts ap-
pear to have covered and the European buy
withdrawn from the market. This is perfectly
natural as they have bought freely for the
past two months, ald now have large receipts
apd alfiYais 10 take care OF. winch were con-
tracted for at lower prices, ana. again, slight
~ higher ocean freights have further mill
tated against export Susinoss.
While off oil is not dear at present prices
we must not lose sight OF the fact that II
large section Of the oil producing territory
viii make an oil Of this grade, a large portion
OF which can not find an outlet In this conn
try. and must he sold abroad AZ the best price
It will bring. Whether this price will average
higher or lower than present figures depends
on whose patience gives out first Ia this game
of held or The experience of past Seasons
has been that we have been the losers.
The market is dull at - to 22ls cents for
prime and choice summer yellow: q to 2iis
cents seasons prime summer yellow; OFF
summer yellow Hts cents asked, prime crude
loose. 145a to IL cent?; OF crude. loose. IL
cents prime crude loose In barrels l7lS
cents off crude. barrels II cents dock here
Trade Notes.
Ments and all hog products are steady. but
little is doing.
Turkeys are firm. and before Christmas eve
Will be much higher
Sugar Is firm. The trust and the indepen-
dent reaners have evidently about reached tho
bottom and no further cuts in prices are
looked for.
EGGS arc still very weak Receipts are
heavy, and housekeepers having made I'm
nearly all OF their Christmas cakes, the de-
mand is light. And right here 1t may be well
the advice of commission men thew would
have been better off.