The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-12-10
WHOLESALE MARKET

Isl eco barrels; same time last wear %,
~ DArfcls, Total receipts last season
were %a6Io barrels 1''"
on the conditions at that polnt an Fr,ss,,
the New York Commercial states:
Domestic raisius. which have been do.
pressed since the opening Of the season.
largely as n result Of cutting nv outsiders
on the coast. have taken a slight turn foi,
me better Supplies Of loose Muscateis In
oantofnia are now understood to be well
under the control Of association no,kefs
outside holdings having been practlcaily
cleaned M, II Is believed Coast aavjccs
Iee@Ned In the local trade state that the
plse OF seeded VIII he advanced within
iurther advances later The news OF the
ChHnge IN the coast outlook stirred un local
dealers considerably and there was qui
an active huNing movement both Of spot
goods aud raisins TO come from California"
ovirg TO the great advance "a price Of
grain and feed during the past SIX months
particularly since September I saws The
Journal OF Commerce. the cost 81 producing
milk ms boon greatly incrcas d. Accord.
ing 10 American Agriculturist the prinrip \
grains aud feeds used hy dairvmcn nave
increased is PR cent since September l.
aud there is strong probability " stil
higher prices. With tho Increase IN cost
farmers have had to receive y higher prtte
for their milk in order 70 Como out whole
Tho raise OF i2c per quart from Sc To Si2r
Is barely enough TO meet the higher prize
Of feed.
The advance in price has been universal
Over month ago Providence producers
raised their price This was soon followed
BY Springfield dealers and last month tho
Boston and New York prices We're raised
laC per quart. The movement for a higher
price Is taking in producers throughout All
New England and is rapidly extending
westward
Mcssrs. Lawrence 4 Co. writing from
Santos, report on coffee I'm a previous
letter we mentioned the condition Of things
In The interior Now they arc worse than
ever, as the drunth continues and 1t Is
likely to do 50. All over the State. with
hut unimportant exceptions, there has been
no rain for over five months one Of the
exceptions was on last sunday night. when
u rained heavily In the city of Rihe,rao
lreto for Rn hour and half, or from
$50 10 y. m, and continued drizzling
from TILL II n. m. but that IS the only
rain they have had. should rain come II
would NOT help the l002W crop. The trees
In the first place are exhausted after their
heavy bearing for last three crops and in
their present state, although they are a
hardy plant, they absolutely need rain 70
save them from total destruction, am
not an alarmiSt, hut | do take an cxrep
tionally peSsimiStic view Of the prospects
for the next crop. II will not he 40 per
cent Of the. present CROP, granting TITS
crop 100000 or even lp,Oom bags. Mr.
Fernando Chaves was inst IN our office. He
says his future crop will not come up Ia
80 per cent nj his present one. Mr.. Blu
chairman, superintendent Of the pumont
Coffee company. tells us their present crpp
Is the largest their plantation ever gave
l25 900 bags--which they anticipated last
year. and SAYS, further, that II their next
happy; that is four ffths less Joaquin
whose ia6ool crop was So'0o6 bags the