The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-05-25
|,eNETER OF BUSINESS
I. i Nearly 81 per Box on Lemons
10 New York.
, ,p,cfs WILL Re MARKED UP
-. in Very Bad Condition.
shipments OF Peaches.
othcr Fruits Active.
oface of The Post.

houston. Thursday. May "a.
-. expected by the trade for some
another advance on lemons has
~ .svIcss received by local dealers
work this evening were to the
!, the last sales there prices
~ higher than those noted last
=. obtained. and that the market
srm At the advance. AS a result
soys local iobbers will place their
900 fat per box against the pres
!. fA,25 G5.oo'
,sucipal reasons are given for the
one of these is that the visible
smaller than It has been for some
ma the other is furnished by the
Il warm weather. which, of course,
= increased demand for the fruit.
"a in cooling beverages of various
~ eron is said 10 be materially
"a although the prices arc away
,.rmsl now interested members OF
Ia 40 not hesitate to predict even
.avapces II the demand continues
y, s,tuation continues to get worse,
hing is possible. Many dealers
,.,ssa 10 handle the product entirely
.,sn .ome of the storage houses are
!, tired Of them. 1t has been found
Z, impossible to maintain prices and
Mslers arc Offering their stocks for
4 nothing, the extremely low value Of
,.,iur been quoted on the local market
,sw Much Of the stuff now being
,,,in,. in bad condition and a material
r,Dues Of loss is, Of course. the result.
n, Iobbers have as yet taken no action
and 10 the further advance of Toe ncr
,,auds on refined sugar, announcement Of
!, vas made In The Post this morning.
lad. generally seems to he OF the opin-
a, me trust and Arbnckle Bros. have
Ind at some sort Of an agreement, but
! Posts correspondent at New York SAYS
Ia can find no evidence that such is
u The case.
s,nents Of peaches are now being re-
n regularly by the Houston Produce
Commission company. The fruit is in
Esd condition as is 10 be expected at
ssron and is meeting with ready demand
10 prices
N poultry market is practically un-
|rgA Todays receipts we're about as
hi and prices continued rather weak on
But Of the nature Of the demand, which
/ y 10 means as good as it was a short
,Ho
y ktis Of small fruits are now coming
! hey aud are, in the main. meeting with
|Iu rood demand. Especially liberal sup
hd cherries are being handled.
|S1Tberries showed no change today. the
|tssis receipts OF the day being disposed
) 1t about quoted prices.
~ New York Commercial of Tuesday
HI The Commercial had occasion several
kh sgo TO warn the cotton goods trade
Pit using the then high price of cotton
('aslsr 10 goods values. In the first place
rods market did not need this support,
II the second place. a reaction in cotton
- was almost certain to occur. A re-
En- Of 9p%c has already occurred in flu
n and sellers who laid stress upon this
n actor. are now impressed by buyers
Fsnelt for lower goods prices, SO long
alls are as well covered with orders
4 present raw cotton Is seldom an i'm
Nalt factor in determining the price OF
~ II is almost invariably an indication
V weakness OF their position when buy
! ave 70 use the price OF cotton to de-
y or sellers to sustain goods values.