The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-04-01

prayinN IoT idiu SO thhl tney can plant tho
next crop.
REPORTS from interior points say that bust
ness is materially affected BY the dry weather.
and as a consequence the iobbing trade feels
the effects.
New Salmon Company.
Fsirhaven. Wash. March s1.--The Pacific
American Fish company OF Chicago paid today
mos; Of the sS50,0DO contracted to be paid
tomorrow TO the owners OF 4ooo traps and two
cannsries lately purchased hy the company
The remainder will be raid tomorrow This 10
the second lnstallment 10 the tran owners. TIE
total amounts received aggregatinE over
100000 These trap PURCHASES are prelimin.
airy TO the investment of over million aud
a half In actual cash this season By the com
pany-
4 cannery, with capacity OF 100000 cases
mammoth refriEeratng plant enabling the
SHIPMENT OF the fresh hsh all the YEAR and a
fertilizer plant, converting all refuse into
salable products. are TO be erected
n CARRYING out plans for this season thef
Will use 10000 boxes, 20 600 O10 tin cans many
steamers and scovs, mills and other strIc-
lures aud much machinery. Several thousand
men WIZ Be employed. = p Deming aud
Judge A. 7. Moran OF Chicago are acting ns
disoursers 10 company with r. T ouffrey. the
resident manager,
The comnany is capitalized a, 5000 ooy
lhey are not attempting 10 control the fsh
INDUSTRY OF THIS section. as they have less
than half the paving traps CO tn sound and
nave 20 properties IN Alaskan isheriss or
Frazer river Or Pacific ocean nointr or on
the Columbia river
Lnndauer's Circular.
IN their circular Of March Il A J. r.
i@ndausr & GO 81 Liverpool say. Ia part:
The amount 81 American cotton likely Is be
N sight on the ist Of April points to io050090
hiles. and Is order that this Beurs should
he reaehsf We ranr7ily calculate on "a a.
c,ded increase in rsceipts during the re
rasinder Of This month
40 o0g last circular. dated i3h ultimo. "a
esIs -ssed our iutantiHn OF rctdiuqfinc IN this
issus, cur November estimain, o course which
m former year We usually adopted tn tue
beginning Of January. AS early as January
last We set forth copies OF a large uInbe, VI
cables received az the time. ali ladicatinG
more OF lass or reduction IN crcp esd
mates Our reasons tor not following their
pointers were simply that we wished 10 await
further developments Of the weather. as /
great deal OF cotton remained to the field.
10 be picked. and much depended on tht
weather from then out. You Know tbs
weather which has prevailed since that time
Last month VIC felt more Inclined to reduce
our figures of ll,300O00. hut left IL opeu until
this month. for the simple reason that tn,
weather was 30 terribly bad ~ the time A.
the cotton belt that we thought our CORE
spondsnts or az least some OF them nigh
have been influenced by the state or tn
weather and thus our figures might have
proved somewhat preiudleed. As picking ha
been going on Tor Gomn tlna nov, aud il
dltion for narlfetiDS OF tbe. rron W., Siss va,
the results OF our iuvestlft,,ttnns and ,noy, -
the cables trecciy d on tho 16tb' anG igth IN
slantsl YOU Will hnd below. AZ "a mntt@r n
course the ultimate yield OF the commercial
snriiness or lateness OF the nexf tron tbet 4
tan NH b '"'h I s1 a amount OF new cot
august.
Texas and Indian Territory .~..... a,d95Oo
NtssIpsGn,i ''''''''''''' Ss9'00C
louisiana ss9 0,G
Alabama neutrality-suspicious.. 075,UO.
Tennessee ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 800, 0lC
Georgia OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 1900. 00,
North Carolina Observation-Disclosures. 30 0C
south Carolina Observation-Disclosures, aG000i
florida and miscellaneous ,.,...... 49, 00t
Total ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Hose. O0'
We rep2at that ia far as the cron estimate
OF the present crop are concerned tley ar
nf very little value. for we think that tn
majority OF people will admit that after lo1k
ing at tho facts tha crop Is In the ncichbor
hood Of practically ll,olo000 bales. The grav
Question to be considered is tho prospect o
tho next crop While on the one hand W. ar,
not inclined to chime IN with ths genera
or fertilizers. We can not help sdmittins tina
we are dealing WIN 2 hacEwardness in III
prenataton TOT the next CROP which in thu
turn proved psytaI fn,nre wen me- taS on,
last non,h mai Nc o,trc,noi, ri, ',,Ia n y
which prevailed throughout Iaruary md FEB
rusry would produce later on hiRh riyors an,
wet spring, such NC occurred In forme
esls, Wnen me winter throuEhout tho cot
our Views have bsen MI! r nailuIre 20 ia
though tha weather has somewhat imnrov.
lately s,lll heavy rams from time to tim