The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-20
WITH THE PASSING ThRONC.

\ Radford Review the we'll known retail
! lumber trade Journal OF chicago l.
| the city on business, guest a. the .ao'-
| toll. lie is well known here. having made
| frequent visits to Houston and otner
points in Texas while connected with an
other publication, and his friends are az
ways glad to see him
1.-THE lumber business is In better con-
dition now than 1t has been Tor years
past" said Mr.. Worrall during the course
OF conversation with a representative OF
The Post yesterday afternoon. me hose
prosperous season OF recent years was IN
| 1893, and, everything considered, the gen
eral situation Is better now than IL WAS
then. The present prices on LUMBER are
not the results OF the formation OF trusts
or anything OF the sort. They are slulps
the natural results of natural condltlohs'
In the first place, values on timber ianus
are constantly going higher. advances Oh
as much as 100 per cent being quite coin'
mon In some sections during the past rev
years. This, OF course, has the effect oil
raising the price on the product OF THESE
lands, and as the values In question are
constantly increasing 1t occurs 10 me
that this feature presents very strong
reason why the market VIII continue 10
remain In its present satisfactory cohui-
ton
Ordinarily there Is a noticeable fall
ing off in business about this season oi the
year, but such Is not the case now. ihe
car famine which has had such marked
effect on the lumber trade in Texas has
been in evidence all over the country, ana
there is hardly mill in any part OF the
| United States but is away behind IN It's
orders as result OF the shortage OF roll-
II In utA rha law
railroad companies to equip their freight
cars with safety appliances will cut
prominent figure in this connection. for
the railroads of the country are aban-
doning thousands of cars which, unGer
other circumstances, would be used for
some time to come, simply because they
consider 1t not worth while to put the
costly new appliances on the old cars.
This fact will of course, necesstate the
building of a very large amount of rolling
stock, and in the meantime, especially af-
ter the law goes into effect and until the
new cars are built and equipped, the
scarcity will affect the lumber trade very
materially.
Texas lumber Is attracting more and
more attention each year." continued Mr..
| Worrall, land the advantages of Houston
as a great lumber trade center are he
coming better known as time goes on. The
field In this State Is almost an unlimited
one. and there Is no doubt that 1t has
been and will be of immense advantage"
Mr.. Worrall Is very much impressed by
the many improvements which have been
made in Houston since his last visit here.
The town is forging rapidly ahead" said
he, land always enjoy coming here. Ny
( only regret In tho present instance Is that
| was unable to reach here in time to at
| tend the Hoo Hoo confederation Saturday
| night. From all indications it must have
been one of the sultriest things that ever
happened"
| Nh r. Caldwell advance representative
of THE White Slave" BARLEY Campbells
well known play. which will be presented
at Sweeney G. COMBS theater on Christ
mas day. is In the city arranging for the
| appearance of his attraction.
~
Colonel r. e. Kelly, editor OF the Beau.
mont Journal and prominent figure In
the East Texas lumber world. was among
! those who were In the city yesterday In
1 attendance on the meeting of the manufac-
tuners held at the Lawlor hotel, at which
freight rates and other matters of interest
! to the trade were discussed. Mr.. Kelly
| reports business conditions In and around
Beaumont as being very satisfactory
| ~
Mr.. Arthur Moran, better known among
his friends as Pat" is in the city after
an absence of two or three years spent IN
Cnicago, st. Louis and other points in that
section OF the country. Like all others
| VINO wander away from Houston in search
| of fresh fields and pastures new, Mr. Mo-
ran Is very glad to be at home again
~
certain cotton dealer of this city now
has more faith in the claims of clairvoy-
ants than he had a few days ago. During
the middle OF last week he called on a
we'll known exponent of the art, actuated
more by feeling of curiosity than any
I thing else, and among other things asked
Tor some information regarding the flu
lure course OF the cotton market. He was
/ told That there would be a break OF 40
points before the Goth instant, but such a
prediction at that time. when. under the
! existing circumstances, slump OF such
/ magnitude seemed almost out of the range
or possbilities--the cotton man was on
the bull side. by the way--seemed ludic-
rous to him and he only laughed at IT,
The things he said Monday when the Ia
nous break of 40 points was recorded are
not on record. but. as has already been
stated. he thinks moro of the ability of
ciairvoyants to forecast the future than
he did prior to his recent experience.
~
Il am glad to see.' said traveller at
the Hutchins House yesterday, that 1t is
still to be the Dewey arch despite the in
cident OF the admiral's transfer to his
bride OF his home in Washington, and the
immediate transfer by her to the ad-
miral's son, George Goodwin Dewey,
This is the stand taken by the com
mittee for the perpetuation of the arch.
as indicated by Colonel William Conant
Church, chairman of the executive COM
mittee. Colonel Church, according to the
New York press, showed much emotion
while declaring that the committee was as
loyal to Admiral Dewey as the individual
members wore the morning the Olympia
came up the bay, and l must say ii does
me good to hear some one express such
sentiments. do not know whether or not
! am In the majority in the belief that the
admiral's only mistake was made when he
accepted the gift from the hero-crazy puo-
pie who gave 1t him, but do know that |
will always retain that opinion After
the home came into his possession think
the admiral had perfect right TO do with
It is he pleased. provided, of course. he
did not sell It outright
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