The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-19
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boMETER OF BUSINESS
|. r,,,ur,s Of Interest In the Local
Situation.
E,,rf,r IS SILL EXTREMELY WEAK
i !. a., chickens Continues
E ,rp,es Firm--Ment Easier. p
sstes Of the Trade.
: oihce Of ,rhe Posi-.

..-A--. office of The Post,
adustor. Thursday. January IS.
"A. features OF particular in-
~ ~ local market situation. today
,o6bins and commission houses
s.tter business as a result OF the
.ooa weather and all expressed
20, that the coming spring season
D s.,s 81 the most profitable In the
-. c;,y. Local trade 10 good anu
,re buying freely in practically all
" result Of the, satisfactory. demand
y, foods. Prices on practically all
n,,a. are higher and this lis the, cause
- .ar,nlaipt on the part OF local con-
M, in the country It is said that
{,..sr nrice Of cotton -compensates in. a
=. ne advances in the list of staple
@.
,,,m. & Flash. New York. say of cotton
,-os,cts under date Of January 10:
s,,ors.s noted in our last has cone
NH W. are. pleased to announce that
u nnsion oil has practically reached &C
'a,ns This frmness and advance Is
v,irslv 10 home consumption and has
.a.idsd BY any help from the foreign
Etrope still continues her waiting
= md while buyers there advance their
.is.Iy they still manage to keep day
hsb,nd the advance here. In the
E.'r;s their stocks are daily growing less
w N be hoped that. as was the cnse
so,ton market. they Will finally be
MA I, meet our prices in order to MI
w,n,,' On the other hand II must not
:, SIGHT OF that at present prices the
vn,iIon Of oil will more or less fall off.
y so,r.e the question arises whether
y ~ shortage In the production of oil
\. sreater than the falling off In the
,r,ntlou through the advance. There
1. question but what at the present mo-
|, M offerings of oil are far from large.
,ssre is no great pressure to SELL ever.
n extreme advance.
ssrrsed crude at 33c here; prime sum
ysIlos. for February, is held lat s7iSc,
sie bid. :
or market continues to be very weak
"a ana some dealers are predicting that
]. will 70 still lower during the next
DR. ten days unless some new feature
a decidedly fevivifying nature is intro
n Todays receipts were no larger than
4 hut there was but little demand and a
4 amount OF the trading done was at
4 or thereabouts, although some sales as
a lsc and very few at i4c were re-
td During the day several joblots were
kosel Of to dealers at 12c. but these sales.
3rourse do not make the market, The
az 10 question we're for shipment to New
4. the market at which place. however.
hi In very unsatisfactory condition, ac-
lag 10 reports.
n cans have advanced again, carrying the
\ to packers for No. IS up to $3.50, the
kst price for years. According to Eastern
3ks many packers have not bought. think
,hs price would decline. They are held
b 1t the recent advance, however. and q
hf gsin Is expected.
)hs output OF Florida oranges has beer
3fr double the estimate at the opening
u season. and the total crop will be
h than 10000 boxes. The growers sold
II crop a. l.50G2.50 per box on the
h and on aler says everything above
sprctl~
lEapN Of poultry were about the same as
~ and all arrivals, especially of chickens
saloh there Is a good demand, met with
~ sales at the best of the prices quoted
n few turkeys were received, but those
n came in were sold at satisfactory
ill sdvices from Boston say that the CHIEF
Iufe In canned goods is the strength Of
fa'oes. Sardlnes are firm. Salmon is also
tanned Holsters are in small supply
prices are advancing. Mackerel are
Ne abd prices tending upward.
fi'ices. from packers to local jobbers today
Y 70 the effect that the meat market wa:
mother points. The trade looks for {
ING In the local scale OF prices, which
fsbly lpwer.
ncss on apples, especially the New Yorl
r. are very arm lust at present. and al
acs u The local market does not seen
Atss - PCS
Houston Produces and Commission
'tsy nls evening received 4 carload 0
arcad Of seed potatoes was received
"a thompson & Co. Today.
~ Ssoa seed products are firm at quote,
isAAs CHICAGO CATTLE SALES.
= receipts OF Texas cattle in the south
Soh AZ Chicago Monday numbere,
S ana about 600 head Tuesday; $40
s ~ both days. that price being pail
a. Nv carloads Monday and for six car
,ysesasy, Representative sales wef,
s@tn; Whitney, Texas, was on tn
~ MARKET as, Monday with 4 cars OF cattle
5spt. ,,hews: 60 steers. averaging Ill
S.,ls !, ~ n steers, averaging III
ss',s bfshm & Co., Waco. Texas. mar
Monday cars of Texas cattle ss hi
M 4 steers, averaging iIss Ass. -
MI sS $751; $3.50; 10 bulls. ayerag
a,o stubbs, Workman, Texas, sold a
5sss. sSnaAy 4, cars of Texas cattle a
ss ,x.. steers, averaging 1I42, s4.65; 4
D M 4, ssslng s67, 1880; 10 bulls, ayerag
"a svs,.l oxen, averaging e64, SO. so;
IA p'ps.asins 800, 1850. ~
a chISiiand. Waco, Texas, had in Mon
~ s,srs.sso 70 cars of Texas cattle: 20
hsis, sIss,ng 1913. $50. :
A fesr, roster, Groesbeeck, Texas. mar
Ia sye oss o. cattle at Chicago Monday /. il
ID R'sptsging s21. s4.36. -
| es,.nsss Workman, Texas. sold Monda
o " Texas steers, averaging 81
csls..ss , ya Workman, Texas, markete
Nix A0nosy Al Texas steers averagin
& ,asssSasssls, Little Rock. Ark. " wa, o
~ es,tls Tsrket Monday with cars I
a. II III |, i sold as follows: iiO head. aver
s,s ns'Ti !, Red Rock. Ark. sold Mopda
" 4 srnHs Texas bulls. ayerasine 100,
.ssls iisS averaging ZOOS, ss.55; 70 bull,
I, lsnore OIL Mil company Aramor.
qa Al % The Chicago marker 'Tuesda
IN syu,sssass cattle, sold as follows, /;
= llu Ml x. iiis' $50 100 steers. avei
81 An.a, Horses for Mexico.
! o. , Texas, January 1s.-sgpo
5fs su ,ss s Of the City of Mexico