The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-10-30
STON WHOLESALE MARKET

Of near Matoon, H., and paid $40 nor
ton for T.. The crop Included part Of last
years yield
Arrivals Of canned goods continue daiiv
including almost all the varieties. Promi.
nent In the canned meats line are shin.
ments q Libby" stock from Chicago.
which was awarded the only gold srsf
prize medal for canned meats nj the pan.
American exposition.
In connection with the new crop Of cali.
fornia oranges shipments Of which arc OK
pected TO begin within the next two weeks
a Riverside, Cal, advice says; "Estimntee
on the crop made enrly In the season have
been revised and now instead OF showing
probable output In excess Of that Of last
year the prospects favor crop about 20
per cent short of the early estimates. Last
years output figured up to about 5000
carloads, including lemons, do not Look
for any large movement In the crop before
the latter end of the month The crop
looks well and shows up finely. The out.
look for transportation facilities is better
than last year. II Is expected that The
prove the demand for oranges aud n good
healthy market Is looked for. The per-
centage Of Washington navel oranges is
increasing every year, and this season the
output promises to be at least go per cent
Of the WHOLE
Thomas G. cranwel & CO. Of BALTIMORE
reports as follows on canned goods:
"a humber Of orders for tomatoes. speci
flying strictly standard quality. have demon
strated very clearly the absolute scarcity
Of this grade of goods With the market
nominally at 81 per dozen for No 3 Stand
ards at the close Of Last week II soon be
came evident that where strictly standard
quality was insisted upon, 1t could not be
obtained Ut anything like this price. Buyers
have shown disposition to pay very
order 10 get the goods they are looking
for. Orders have been placed within the
last few days at Slo5, aud today some
orders are offered around 81. 10 per dozen
particularly heavy, but there is enough
buying to i've prices. as a rule, strong
upward tendency. In sympathy with
standards the market on seconds is hln
No IS and gallon tomatoes Is unchanged
since last week. We can still buy No >
seconds at 721hc TO 75c and standards at
soc per dozen, net Baltimore.
Some large blocks OF peas are being
inquired for and especially cheap stand
ards. At Soc to 90c per dozen we are pick
ing up some very fair goods Other grades
Packing has begun here in small way
in oysters
1nOmHS u. MtEudu ~ W. Ul bdllllVIf
say: Further activity in the tomato
market and a little higher range Of prices
on oil grades made business lively in this
market the past week, ana the prophets
have raised the peg point or two. 1t
is now, it seems, a matter Of simply guess
ing how high tomatoes will 60. While all
sections continue TO draw on this market
for supplies the chances Of setback are
too remote, almost. to he considered. The
outlook is for continued activity next
week. aud 1t is again, apparently, getting
TO be question more Of securing tomatoes
of satisfactory quality than of price, or
course there must be an end to the al
vance sometime. but 1t Is not yet IN sight
If anything the rest of the list was
not SO active as during the previous week
but the October business has been sausi9c,
tory to the packers. who are In cheerful
frame Of mind There was no special ac'
tivity in any one article. excepting pump,
kin, which seems TO be in more demand
here than usual.
Less activity in peaches last week.
Low priced peas fairly active; other
grades were quiet.
IAN grades of corn are firm. Demand
was good the past week,
Buy everything in line Of fruits The
stocks left in the first hands next winter
will be extremely small