The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-02-09
TRADE REVIEW.
|bLu
Of Merchandise 10 The West and
~ South Is Satisfactory,
|,rts SHOW ONLY aOntRATf DECLINE
:, The united states for the
week We're aoe' AGAINST
2i5 Last Year.

v,,x FEBRUARY s.-R. G Dun s.
y ,,ekly review OF trade tomorrow viii
..,,onabo weather IN the East has
WI ~ Inc volume OF business in retail
/ Xxx u,,le This week and at the West aud
III, astribution OF mrrchandiso is on a
s,.,,orv scale. Prices OF staple rroduc {
a, moderate decline. aud quotations
.n,sctured goods are steady in all d.
~, Pressure 20 sell is everywhere
..'.ronsly absent. Jcbbers report good
III. tor spring goods. particularly for the
rr trade and tho only complaint std
I, rom The woolon goods market in the
witch has not yet felt the Eastern
anus. In this line, howcvcr. prices d,
| 8erllue and agents expect better con-
.tns.
AZ, hillets can not be secured al the potl
In s.rnc,pTaL forms arc also IN notably
II senapd and 1t Is mpos siuic TO Sc, ufe
~p- deliveries of any rntsded steel at
lhurs Cllcago makers also have Or
( Ar shold aud AT all lea mag points the
1 silnr OF new business is limited 10 small
lraes. Bessemer PIG Is firm at tina re-
1 advance 10 SIC 80, although no large
{r are reported Cut uails have followed
n lsid Of wlro naiis advancing SEA- per
n Wife many other torms ale expected TO
| luu, en- higher level when producers
fIiyity continues IN footwear, lbbcr5 plac-
? hrees contracts at we'll sustalnc 1 prNceI.
alterations arc reported in quotations.
IN Lus is some cvldencc OF eliGnt roduc-
In in quality. purchasers refusing to adj
[;rre taeir figures and accepting sJmevhat
IN grades instead. This appears to. be
IsAticaly equivalent TO rise in prices.
Il, large nuliber of buyers in the Boston
tstke, indicates that heavy contracts will
4 placed, insurng busy shops for many
ais. Local iobbing and retail trade was
tsbei by seasonable weather. notably rub
n footwear. Textile industries do not re-
1 No appreclably, even the lower tcmpera ,ure
Hing 10 Infuse life into woolens, aside from
Eaer retail dealings.
Nsuufaciurcrs mako small purchases OF
|,v material, showing preference for the
bearer grades aud even then insisting on
[rnl concessions.
lpndcn auction operations bccame less sat.
kisciory as The sale progressed. Cotton
|cods are uniformly dull, with some lahnI
[ortrorersiel added 90 the other trCrb'os al
n mills Another reduction in toe average
k,ice Of raw silk makes loss OF nearly
4 y PER pound since January |, 1000
Spo, cotton lost iSc on Monday aud an.
k,her on tuesday making the decline sl2.5l
III bale within a weak. After such severe
Isaitcn 10 the lowest poiut since early In
december. IL was not surprising thai price;
mould steady. Figures OF supply have beer
|cmeEhat. confusing Last week there wa
d Increase while in the same week of thu
breeding six years loss occurred. Tbi'
1 rex however port receipts show n heavy
Itss COMPARED with 1900. Planters arc still
|odng back part Of their crop NJ some
POINTS and active preparations for the rev
ssld have been commenced by blowing IN
fessy.
Wheat fell below So. ample snow aTsriilc
|se desired protection IN winser wheaI
sGss. while the chieC support WAY better
Isucily on foreign account. including mod'
hate purchases for Spain Atlantic eyport'
IN The week, including four, were e.SIillI
lushels agalrs. o2i1 i0a bushels in the wsal
breeding and 2,i15.S15 4 year ago.
ctn Is quiet 9mantaining an advance o.
trer &c compared with the same date las
lfsr
fsFrres for the week were 2s9 10 tbs
uplie, States. against 245 last year AMI g.
u Canada against Is last year.