The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-07-16
|DITIONS IMPROVED,
|ss Is Exceptionally Good for This
Season Of the Year.
lbs ARE SATISFIED WITH TRADE
r,ood Dcvastations Will, How.
L.. Eject the Retail Business
to some Extent.


to Some Extent.
Office OF The Post.
Houston, Saturday. July Is.
-, from tho jobbers today regarding
IA situation are very fattering. They
:. ,us,ness outside OF the Hood district
en,ionally good for this season Of the
he,ns between seasons when the fur
merchants have slackened up on sup
ar the making of crops and are await
4 beginning OF the harvest.
.s,nu the effect Of the recent flood
10 ,obbing trade of Houston. Mr.. W. D..
ana NJ the firm of w. D. Cleveland &
.o,osa,e grocers. said while this
.a,asta,ion of crops and property in the
bottom will have some little effect
40 vbolesale trade OF Houston. yet
no, be near so great as is generally
"a The business In this section. as
aore directly through the retail mer-
:, houston and Galveston. and 1t Will
who will suffer the most. not so
from the loss OF what they have al
advanced on crops. but from the loss
"a, which would have been hauled In
eons and the goods which would have
.o,a in consequence. The business done
,rs,on and Galveston merchants in the
,o,,om from Hampstead down amounts
mt GO per cent of the total. and OF this
a,ailers get about so per cent. so 1t can
IN that the jobbers have not suffered to
rant extent. That the wholesale people
not been the losers does not detract from
II tina, this food has cost Houston the
l, many thousands of dollars In trade
Zones here every year and Its loss will
Fiallv affect their trade this season. We
had an exceptionally good trade this
4 aud can offer no complaint.
5yisons have shown an upward tendency
keek and in consequence hams are quoted
: higher. bacon and bellies AM1sc higher
hard &Gl5c higher. American quarters
re- are M o5G50c and further advance
hlpd for. Canned goods are held Arm
the probability of an advance soon. Flour
Icbanged. as is also sugar and coffee.
Guarantee on Sugar.
guarantee on sugar which has hereto
been up to October 10. has been extended
Irbuokle Bros. to January /. buyers OPP
N moving sugar after being purchased.
! trade has also been notified that the
kmplated advance of sugar freight rates
New York on the oath instant will not
Ito effect
Canned Goods.
let, which indicates In general way what
|be expected when the present stocks are
led up. Conditions are practically I'M
bed. except that some advance is noted
few lines OF futures The pineapple out
IS small. and prices tend upward. There
4 number of other varieties of staple
Ed goods which are advancing. and COIL
able increase in price Is expected on most
later.
lure sales we're so large and the crop
Eects for number of standard sorts are
|scouraging that the trade fears heavy
hce all along the line. with perhaps such
supplies that 1t will be practically i'm
bile to FIJI all orders already. booked. to
bothing of those which may follow later.
Eipatlng abundant crops. packers sold
\, and now many of them fear they must
pntracts on a pro rata basis.
Foreign Fruits.
lrmer weather over a large section OF
try has stimulated the demand for foreign
), particularly lemons. which appear to
moving more freely. There Is little re-
for most varieties OF foreign fruits now.
g to the competition with fresh domestic
S and berries, and the fact that foreign
tiles are more or less stale and fiat at
season, The quality of very few Of the
arriving is satisfactory. and prices rule
in consequence.
mons remain about steady, with prices
APPS trife tirmer on some lines and
Ter on others. On the whole. however.
s are practically unchanged. Conditions
unchanged from previous reports. There
iair Jobbing demand from all consuming
ons OF the country. and trade is moder-
active in ali quarters. With prices prac-
y sl'5O per box lower than a year ago,
is not SO active. because of the weather.
CURES prolonged heat to sell lemons. and
'lhce IN June has there been a hot wave
~ section Of the country that lasted.
Advance in Icing Charges.
fruit Growers Express and the Cont
~ Fruit Express have announced a rise
10 per cent in their icing charges. and
moments of green deciduous fruits that
;ast from and after this date will be
accordlngly Tho reason given for the
nee Is the recent action of the Southern
~ III advancing its carload minimum on
! from 1900 to $4,000 pounds The refrig-
= people claim that they must be paid
lug the extra ton of fruit, but General
,nt Agent Sheppard says the cost of re-
ration will be not greater than at present.
~ estimated total OF 1900 carloads tire
u.e 10 Rates. 1t is calculated. will increase
he earnings OF the refrigerator companies
He season at least 100000.
Trade Notes.
selpts OF fiuit today were light and the
a an was not supplied. The quality was
anu prices were well sustained.
Ihehs were plentiful and prices weak
less n the day. offerinas being made rs
'ess than quotations.
lumber OF buyers from the country were
rs 70 Houston today. replenishng their
:; among whom were Mr.. Louis Ger
" y LIVINGSTON and Mr.. A. p. Borden OF
,uauer OF Liverpool estimates that the
,enlehis Tor raw cotton TO 20 into con-
I aSa curing the next season will be
II tohg, conceived and lately brought forth
VII crushers combine Is said TO em-
=, ABOUT one,half the linseed ana cotton
Sinn e,s OF the United Kingdom. backed.
M TO 70 an English paper. by the Stand
! ~ trust Of New York. though American
y y w crushers are said TO have no pres
: prospective interest in 1t except to
.u'nous competition from abroad.
,a' en'ly there has been a considerable
~ the apple situation recently. and.
tsS,n,o present. information. the condi-
on ,sk'ng the producing States as whole.
=, more favorable than they were last
wera uis ume: and more favorable than
IT. M OF experts indicate that the Weld will
no ny Twice that Of last year, provided
Isl Deiaii the crop between now and
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