The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-11-22
STON WHOLESALE MARKET

howering, on which We DEPEND for the MN
Of the coffee In some districts Sac Pau
especially there Is mnch complaint ~ want
1no run Miilvn, whist tayoring the market.
no. De Soon experienced. win TEND 40 -.
low" - 10 loi'
Boston advice states REGARDING tho
mockcrel situation; There have heeu M
arrivals Of the Cape Shore fleet .his weot
aud those vessels reported last weeh sro
still out. The weather has been ycrv h,d
on the fishing grounds aud all kinds Of ash.
ing has been interrupted A few hnndred
barrels of fresh mackercI were reeeIvad
hero from the vicinity OF Cnpso Tho ar.
rivals were mostly mediums wciphin,
about ~ pounds each The total cnfrh ~
lae GoMestlc ncet TO date APPOINTS to ca,
noo bafrcS OF salt mackcrr against "A Sls
barrels for the same period last ycnr ~
so barrels In 1881 II ~; barrels i'm ISIS
and ll,OlO barrels In 1877 The cntch Of
fresh mackerel Numbers G1,J05 barrels com.
pared With 14,J65 barrels last year, 3t.Bup
barrels In 1891, 28.Ui2 barrels in lSgs and
34f92 barrels IN 1897. The imports of snlt
inackerel In Boston show little increase over
those recorded Tor the corresponding period
last year. being %, los barrels and y ono
barrels respectively. Imports TN 1890 ,ycrr
23.93 barrels, 1920 barrels In lSgS and
l6, IOl barrels In 1897.
ih' Nl'NA luhl Nf't SHOWS n illllp rNElUN>-
In prices on Norway fish. due To largo Sup.
plies IN first hands here Norway hlogt.
ers """ unchanged hut No L. and no Is
are oncred freely. Irish mackcrcl. though
in small supply can be obtained at fair
price, very active demand Is noted FOR
Norway fish In round lots To Western
points. Several carloads principally Kits
and halfbarrcls, are said 10 have been
sold TO so to San Francisco, Chicago aud
Denver
Williams Flash & Co OF New York say
in their latest letter on cotton seed prod.
ucts
The lack Of demand for refined oil for
export still continues, and in this market
prime yellow shows Il further decline Of
13e gallon, December prime yellow having
sold as low. at BIC, although 3iiac is gen.
orally asked.
This market is dependent very largely ON
Europe for its outlet and this lack Of eX.
port demand, as stated above, makes the
market here very dun 9no from present tn.
dications IT would seem as If prices Of re.
fined oil would have to go still lower he.
fore any broad demand could be expected
In the West the demand for oil has been
fairly brisk and several large sales have
been made TO the lard compouuders there,
who will undoubtedly have TO buy more oil
this season than Is usually tho cuse. hut
while the homo consumption will from the
high prices Of lard and tulloN) he more
than usual, 1t will not be able to consume
all the oil made and il is absolutely ucces-
sary that. at some time this season, Flu
rope must buy 100000 or G00oOO barrels.
Whether they will meet our ideas Of values
or whether we will have TO come down to
| their basis Of prices Is a question which
| only the end Of the season will determine
but it must not he lost sight Of that Flu
rope, as whole, is i'm poor financial con.
| dition, its trade is very much depressed
! and IL will have a large supply Of mt and
seed oils of its own manufacture TO take
| care Of.
We quote the market at the close as
steady. with prime yellow at 34iac, Novcm
her, December January Boo; on summer
| yellow 3ic prime crude loose = the mills
| 97c in the Atlantic States. &c in the Mis-
| sissippi valley, PC In Texas.