The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-27
LOCAL BUSINESS DULL.
Wholesalers. Jobbers and Commission
Houses BoIne Bot Little.
PRACTICALLY NO PRODUCE WAS RECEIVED
Eggs Are Very weak Mt II liz TO
1S Ccnts-SituRtion In Easter"
Murkets-Trndc Notes.
Office OF The Post,
Houston, TUESDAY, December 20


There was practically nothing doing IN
wholesale. iobbng and commission clre'eS
today Business was very dull in all lines,
but as all of the local houses expected hsht
trade. following the te-Chrlstmas actiN'.E'
they were not disappointed. Some OF tue
wholesale grocery houses reported that ousl-
ness opened up this morning better 'nan
anticipated and in all quarters there Is pe-
! lief that the coming spring season anu 'ne
remainder of the winter VIII be very pussy
This years holiday business has been larger
than for some time past and II CONDITIONS
continue to be satisfactory after the turn Oh
the year. as everything indicates they VIII
be. the local dealers will have unusually
good grounds for self-consratulation.
The country produce trade was practically
dead The receipts OF poultry were nil, hui
the situation was evened I'M by the fact that
there was no demand for either chickens or
turkeys Business is expected TO show some
Improvement later in the week when con
sumers will be preparing for New Year
Day but the local houses are advising their
correspondents in the interior not 10 make
their shipments too large as an oVerefoNded
market would send prices downward very
materially. Turkeys AFRO still quoted AT sot
sfaotory figures and rs most of the surplus
stocks of chickens which resulted from last
weeks gut have been cleaned up, that fowl
is expected to show somewhat more activity
If receipts during the next few days are
not too large The market is practically bare
of both chickens and turkeys at present
The following prices have been named in
a. arlra br al
olives: 70s TO SOS. 81 i5 sos to COS, 81 30; Dos
to zoos. 81 32ia; zoos to HOS, 81 25i HOS 10
1905, 81 22is; zoos to 1905 $i.17ia 1905 10 1903,
81 TO- 1i0a to 1908. 81 05, lj0s TO 1865, II 90
zoos 10 1908. aoc; 1sos TO zoos, 75c. pos to
2S0s. 62lac.
EGGS continue to he the weakest thing m
the market Practically all of tho locnl
houses are still we'll stocked up and it has
been found impossible to maintain quoted
prices. The range is now from l7iac to lsc
with most Of tho sales reportsd being made
at the lower figure.
Advices from New York are "a the effect
that eggs are IN very had shape there. also,
one member of tho New York Mercantile cX
change, in speaking nt tho situation, is
quoted as saying that the year has been the
most disastrous tho trade has known for
many seasons. THE mild weather through
out the country this gentleman says, has
prevented the marketinEaof held eggs to any
eN'eHt. tnieHy nccauSe the dhllS receipts or
fresh stock have been large enough to keep
the trade supplied without resorting 10 tho
hodoyer. Tho accumulation of stock has been
steady, and from information received If IS
certain the rcfrigerators generally arr null
of stock that there Is no immediate out
let for Tho best criterion ot the present
conditions is In the ruling prices for stock
These show range In favor Of last year of
from TO cents per Dozen
T II. Thompson & Co. today received o
carload each of California raisins, Oregon
apples in boxes, onions, Illinois cabbage,
cyaporated apples and bananas.
The California Fruit Grower Of December
16. speaking Of the walnut situation on the
coast SAYS; Several of the associations ro.
port having finished shipping ard tho short
age mentioned soma time back is not so
marked There will he a shortage from early
estimates In some districts and deliveries
upon contracts have been scaled down ac
cordtngly The shortage is estimated at from
There was hut little doing IN any line Of
fruit today. Apples and oranges sold better
than anything else.
According to mail adyices from Liverpool
the Season is so far advanced now that there
is little likelihood Of any Improvement >ln
the currant situation Sales are small with
proNncas selling at i5s Sd and nmalias nj
lts ~ The landed stock was about 7O0n
tons for the week. of December .. compared
with COCO tons for the same week last year
The local hide and wool market is very
dull at unchanged prices. No new features
of interest are expected until after the be
ginning of the new year.
The total shipments OF California orange,
TO the East since tho season opened we're
'92 carloads against $40 carloads for tho |
same period last wear. Recent estimates n,
ne number OF carloads to be shipped ont of |
NE state place the total at Is 500.
Cotton seed products are very dull n,
present. Prices are unchanged,
The Turkish rg crop for this year IS about |
S,iSs cnmel loads. In 1898 the output wns
'bout 1900 camel loads, compared with m
average of 10000 loads
decline OF 25Gs0c has been announced In
he price OF scotch, Friends Hawkeye and
Columbia oats.
Thomas j Meohan & CO., Baltimore. say OF
AIMED goods under date OF December 90:
There were no new developments in the |,
aimed goods market here during the past
'eek, IN anticipation OF he advance in /
reight rates on January there has heen
n increase IN the buying of tomatoes, but
ne activity did not extend 10 the balance Of
ne list. There are no changes IN the mar
,et quotations this week Generally sneak
ng, the canned goods market is In excellent
hape all along the line, and the outlook is
Encouraging. -
Tho principal topic OF discussion during tho
ast week throughout the trade was the |;
oming advance In the freight rates and The
hangcs in the classiHcations OF numerous
ru'les Strong representations concerning
ne matter are being made before the IN.
efstate commerce commission. and II NAV be
mar concerted action by the trade associa.
IONS AZ over the country may cause The
s,roads TO do what they otherwise would
ach advanced ~. F'''
HOUSTON WHOLESALE PRICES.