The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-13
GENERAL TRADE OUTLOOK.
Commercial Agency Characteriles II
as Fairly Good on the Whole.
BOuNTlfUL CROPS ARE IN PROSPECT
The Leading Industries Are Kept We'll
Employed, with Much Confidence Ex-
pressed on Every Hand.

New York, July 12.-R G. Dun & Co.'S
eekly review of trade tomorrow will say.
General business continues Us even conrse
with all the leading Industries well en-
pioNea and with confidence expressed on
every baud. Bountfu crops Of wheat seen,
assured and the damage TO corr. while con
siderable in some directions. does not prom
isc 10 be sufficiently general or serious to
Impede the progress of the country. Labor
troubles arc In process OF settlement and
the population is responsible for most Of
the unrest In the markets. The steel com
panics are actively employed nnd thcre is
distinct movement In the demand, FOR
finished goods while quotations are without
alteration. Bars for the Use of metal man
ufacturcrs and plates are taken readily. and
there is no sign of diminished purchasing
In structural material Rails arc ordered
freely with notable pressure FOR the roller.
and there are no short weights. BHlets
are more quiet and few new transactions
are recorded In pig iron.
improvement is general in the footwear
Industry although no higher prices can be
obtained. Leather Is in good demand and
firm, but without duotable change in prices
Western shoe manufacturers have bought
glazed leather In the local nnrke. and niso
t 'arsd iieeiS OF other upper feathers The
the market, owing TO tine prices demanded
by importers, and trading became dull
textiles have settled in a steady position
th0t promises more lasting prosperirv than
II prices had been forced higher or sens.
uonnl activity had followed the altered
attitude of buyers. In tohblug circles II Is
thought that trade will not Be nrnsecutnd
vigorously until Angus. but saicsmpn on
the road send In good orders. Heuvyweight
woolcns are securing duplicate orders nuJ
extensive fpf,
the lightweight season Manufacturers are
well employed and exhibit Increasing Inter
est In raw material Wool has not altered
In price, but the tone Is 6rmer and sales
increased, Growers are said to he selling
rather than cunslghing while many ranch
prices
In the cotton goods division there IS
nothing new recent advances In prices be
Ing fully sustained and mills keep work
ing as rule. The raw material has de
clined large parts of the oil crop and
many bright dispatches from the South
having more effect than stories of drouth
In Texas.
Grain crops are occasloning much uncasi-
ness among spectators. owing to extreme.
" complicated situations According to
latest official rnd unofficial rtognOslica-
lions, there is reason To anticipate the
heaviest wheat yield ever reported, and.
making the customary .llownnccs for do,
nestle consumption, even with the small
supplies On hand when the year opened,
there appears available for eNlort about
year after the greatest shipments. Yet
prices are far above the low rec
ord. and vigorous rallies abroad In the
decline Extensive needs abroad and the
movement from Atlantic ports amount 10
:, POS, 634 bushels against 2,l9s,443 n year
ago and Western receipts were d,679. AIS
bushels against 261S.677 last year.
Corn showed remarkable strength. owing
! to drouth and heat since July J. giving rel
| son to expect less than the Official report
which Indicated more than 2O0OO0.OOl
bushels This cereal is now AT an eXcep
tioDaliv high point sud estimates of 200
| ONO.OOO bushels for export are too high, rs
| foreigners vii, not my freely at the en-
| HANGED vainP