The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-15
sIIat LOCAL MARKET
S CONFUSION MEN RE-
~ soop BUSINESS.
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di.s. s in GOOD
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80 c Oh
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o,ace of The POST; 2
srss'n' "a a' commission merchants 5
ssssr. ~, ~ existence of srs''iy ing
! nor '''. W. all lines of trade. Ihe
I risii'''S tho city during the f.
ssr s,,s. y BY the various features
ssd h''..' and vegetable Fest val
ri.n, .,s.rous supplies Of Christ,
rre.s are f'rn s on AZ ... .iasu
4, 10 short. a very
e ~ ], point Of view. go,
,.,ov apples have advanced
Y y y market, the reason so,,v s, ,ss,,
y (, "a ,oorer grades are pretty wei.
u be p0v.' .,s no changes to report
y. !, poultry we're very light,
weep met with ready sales az
..,, a, II advance of those Of y[sSg,.
i'i .su !, has increased somew Sa"uo
y 0'ua s,.,a BY retailers and large
Z !, list week having been BEEN se dn the
Y . 49, consumption resulting on lns
.ssr !, people in the CITY .,,o .V ,ror,
,ropittous for COCO ma'Ne
nj Nj d, holidays
u, Arm and prices have been
Il ali around, Packers cue , az
!. MIR action noticeable decrease
,,,.lps Of hogs
- 4 Co. expect to receive
1 eosoauuts and two cars o. ' nlason
,.a two cars of fancy o'oson
s,lssly solored, in boxes on s'''
,bat the shortage OF l,oc"'oVo
WV ,nsh,ion of the expectations
-,,,b was made in The Post Oh a
$50 vii, not be such serious
mar all. There has been an over
n, Il late, 1t is claimed, and eSis.'hs
=. have caused growers in ,rop'ca'
!. . diversity their crops to a con-
i. extent.
,.,.s a, fireworks have been DE-
,,,,e eytept by recent heavy pur-
!, me mart Of interior merchants anu
r,,ssut orders for some grades can
slled. A fresh and complete supply
I, Is expected by I. II. thompson
tat Monday.
j. ,,,p,pts of eggs were extremely
ma while there was a fairly good de-
assurances would indicate that the
4 hardly in as good shape as it was
A two ago. Kansas eggs remain iifh
cents
=. ,rom New York and other Easter
/, 10 the effect that the situation II
,,., trade is so unusual as to exert
y, t-om ali quarters. Production mas
-,,nlsa nv several reasons, chief ahohs
~ dio,iths. difficulty in getting ma
si,hsv 1rr;ght rates and increased
h Saees. The demand. OH the othel
i rery large, indeed,
pous,on Produce and Commission com
NAV received one car Of Colorado pc
,rd one Of New York apples.
lines Of fruits, nuts and other holida'
u insgood demand.
b ase no new features in the hide an
u,rsets, which remain quiet at ul
n prices.
ldyanee Of &c to lie has been made o
b grades Of oleomargarine.
nj 1 FRANKIE, New York, say OF frul'
expected decline in the price of lemon
10 maierialize. There was instead a
be III prize, ranging from 15cG25c ps
The bidding was spirited at both SAFE
eyiden, from the character OF the bus
bat the orders held possessed the ei'
Of urgency. The closing range OF price
cqt as follows: Fancy, S2.65G3 10
Gbs fancy al 81 20. Choice to cxtr'
f.,S Ii the bset grades a slight pre-
Y sis shown for 30Os. In all oth'
= 3sps were strongly preferred.
Hss next week will be larger tina
have been for several weeks. There vi
NY b some decline in prices, but the
likelihood Of any pronounced bre4
market, The supplies in transit a
fsN ana the shipments from CaiifOrn
9psrthtly not large enough to produ
pressing effect.
ases-There have been large sales
.suss, but the market for good ato'
~ nfm. The receipts of Californi
.assslng daily and the fruit shows pi
We Improvement. Henceforth the bet;
y Traders will confine themselves
VIVA lruit, There arc 7400 boxes aflo
ls Mediterranean. but this fruit
W competitive with high grade Ca
s@ek Last year at this time the
w boxes in transit from Sicily.
s..ucn range for California nayels W
49, according to quality and siz
W. Jahaf, etc. si.s5d2.75. Most
LIZA oranges arrived In poor cont
,ncts ranged from 50 .0064. 1919. Coz
Ssnis are selling privately at S3.5'
W,asional lots of strictly fancy FRI
10y Golden russets, sound. S..
a. ~ pulk OF the Jamsicas arriving sb
,a,pie waste. Auction prices are thel
a representative.
I.na srapes-The season of scuti
Il. uosea. The cargo of the Corintl
al, poorest received this year. 1t is 81
M Wi De no more transshipments
ms, rue demand for the remainder
d must be supplied from jobbe
la'n'se's Sons Co.. New York,
nee market:
'l, an off week. grocers in and
,as ssn UP with "fancies" rather II
as,i AT the close, however, tn
IA ~ VI inquiry. giving promise Of q
ihross coming week. Recent ADV
al locs,.ate we'll calculated to caus,
ifrer hAng over OF stock and many
,srcbssyers eoncede that domestic |
gb ansis, There might be no indu
bke ns, wants were the saving q
h De, pound. but when difference
n srsa psuno' as is the case in ordin
" an s ol Louisiana. and the cost
hdeea ISusi Grade in foreign. cap
~ lm,rue heavy-eyed or timid not
as sov,Sp ve the opportunity. Adv