The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-11-24

PLANTERS ARE nor BUYING MUCH MEAT.
liee Products Ffwd Very slow Sale
This sen--siarket Overutockcd
with Poultry.
ONCE Of The Post.

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Office OF The Post.
Houston, Wednesday, November q,
With the exception OF THANKSGIVING trade
business was inactive today. Not only are
the interior merchants buying Ia hand TO
mouth fashion but farmers who come to town
have cut down tho size of their purchases. In
meats there Is little doing. Planters arc KILL
Ing enough TO supply their demands and are
living more on tho products OF their farms
than ever before. This Is one reason for the
stagnntion IN trade. Usually during tho fall
months salt meats arc booming. but this fall
therc is nothing doing in that line which
/ shows that the cotton raiscrs are raising their
own pork and consuming 1t.
Country Produce.
Arrivals of turkeys and chickens wcro more
than the market could carry today. Lilicnthal
& Grant alone receiving over ~ coops OF tur
keys. AZ a result prices are weak and ir-
regular. Chickens are selling ut song and
consumers will find them at present prices
cheaper than meat
Texas butter Is slow sale. H. Is OF such nm
inferior quality that 1t is unfit Tor even soap
grease, Commission men do not care TO
handleit. or course. there Is some excellent
Tho good quality commands top prices. while
the trash, and the bulk OF receipts is trash.
doesn't pay for the freight and handlng
Cotton seed OH.
Tic williams * Fash Co or New York say:
There has been slight Improvement in the
demand for off grade refined oil. hut at the
expense OF values; fair sales Of off summer
yellow cotton seed oil have been made at zee
1. o. b. here for December January shipment
Some OF these anies wore to FIJI new orders
from Europe but large portion went to
cover short sales made earlier In the season.
The foreign markets nre duh and declining
rs the large purchases, made In the year. ara
now arriving, and. In addition. tho offerings
of OH refined oil are daily increasing and
these freer offerings are bound to increase
as practically up to the present most OF the
offerings OF this grade abroad have been from
the Atlantic ports. but now the mills in the
valley are now no longer hara8sed by the
quarantine, the gulf ports must get rid of
their Accommodations IN Europe.
As the oil production generally reached its
maximum during the months of December
January, and. MS under natural conditions. nil
greases and fats are usually mt minimum
OF demand during those months there would
seem nothing In sight to improve prices
rather the reverse.
really choice refined oil continues scarce
and for an oil that viii bleach 22i4c would
be paid but Tor an ordinary prime oil there
is very little demand even at 2liac. Crude.
confdering the dullness in refined oil is very
steady.
We quote choice summer yellow 22Ihc: prime
summer yellow 2ii2c; off summer yellow zoe,
prime crude 1Sc; barrels loose 1914 TO iic; on
crude loose l2c.
California Knowledge.
Reviewing the ralsn situation the Cali
fornia Fruit Grower says in Its issue of No.
Venlber IL: THE raisin market continues
Arm and prices advance despite the fact that
the demand thus far has boon for actua,
trade necessities. and In u measure OF hand
to-mouth character Merchants accustomed
TO order in car lots have this season joined
with others in tho trade aud ordered a car
between them to be divided upon arrival Not
withstanding this lack of confidence In the
situation aud the ability of the association
to maintain prices as agreed, large quantity
oil raislns have gone forward thus far, as
VIII be seen by the associations report A
director of the association Informed us on
Monday that not over 1000 cars OF raisins OF
all kinds remained in the San Joaquin Val
lev. III this information IL correct the situa-
ton Is statistically strong. for we have two
DIE months before us, wish ten months 10 new
crop. But the association managers should
Keep an eye on the foreign market and prices
and not advance California prices 50 az to
admit Spanish raisins Into the Atlantic sea-
board markets"
California Fruit Shipments.
late telegram from San Francisco says:
Dcciduous fruit shipments from California to
the Eastern markets have about ceased for
the season OF 1898. with the exception OF
grapes ara apples, which SIN go forward.
The total SHIPMENTS for tho se,son IN data
.mo,p, 90 Is,o o,,s ~ aI,,a. e'nn W ".ee
ias, go r,i, iis' Us sknihht paw cnfs Tor
Which is a a ihis q ialnhg or OF 900 cars
o,od 40 Sop ~, iess IMAM was antlci-
Srn,.h '" go, ~ ''e Ae"son, owlhs 70 tho
,,,e,,ir, ~ H. ,ens.us anu ufied fruits are
,rsiea tLr, ~, :" aJtSV Iuantlt..s' !. ~ est
-, ,eno , c", 20 ~, 'isln hiiPnents WIZ amount
drisd f,nit Iun ,na, thm nFule crop ana the
ABOUT the same number OF cars.
Tr,de No,.s
rhere is NO oc,i,,,,v 10 ,,
, Texas eggs are in good demand but not of
'op piiVes'
There is a fair movement in grain aud hay
Ahe the tone rs hrm
Dates and fgs are scarce and high. mr.
titularly the former
but The unSerton n' QUIZ tr ~ moderate request
According 10 advice rl,r,,,o +a.>,, ,..
We'll as New YORK " having AZ been sGa GReaF Svs
NJ 1os 70 oS ana JAU9c Tor dOS 10 COS. T. o. b.