The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-10-18
rSTON WHOLESALE MARKET

owing TO the advance. Is not nart,crt.r,,
neaYy' hut In view Of the coinnarn ti,aiss
ight onerings there appears to be enough
business not only to maintain but advsnse
prices. Gallon tomatoes have been o,,I,e
active at S2.1o county. At this ngurs ~
market Is pretty well cleaned I'M '"e
Corn cheap lots Of Hartford county corn
nave been very much in demand this weet
Willett & Gray OF New York say; I, il
yet too early to make close calculations On
the probable outturn Of tho cane crons I'm,
our latest advices from the princIpal conn.
tries OF production indicate total lncre,se
of about $4,000 TO 100000 tons in tho cnne
sugar crops Of the world. The largost In
crcases VIII be shown In the crops ~ Cuha
louisiana, Porto Rico. Philippine Islands
Brazil and Queensland, The United states
oset sugar crop gives promise Of showing
an increase OF 5000 tons over the crop
of last season. NP
Thomas ]. Mcehan Co. Of Baltimore
say of the canned goods situation.
What remarkable tomato market we are
having to be sure! The demand continued
very large right up to the close of business
today, and. from present Indications. the
acuNty WIN continue next week In the
present excited condition Of the market. CON
tinued activity will mean higher prices all
along the line. In times like these. n is
pure guess work for any one TO nttcmnt ia
say how high the prices win go. The basis
OF the advance during the past week is
because Of the fact that the shortage in The
tomato pack this season proves 10 be short
or than any one anticipated, or imagined
1t would he. The largest selling RECENTLY
has been by iobhers. who bought at lower
prices and are willing 10 take their profits
the packers, themselves, not being in pos.
uon to take more orders for any lots larger
than one or two carloads AT time AZ
IL In1.
direction OF higher prices for tomatoes
There has been an Increased demand for
peas during the past week as well as
for pie peaches String beans and corn
received more attention, also. The bal.
ance of the list. however, was only fairly
active, not quite up to the market for the
first half OF October. II Is thought that
the buying will increase, especially in the
West and Northwest, as the time for the
closing of lake and rail navigation ap.
proaches.
Rather light demand for pineapples re.
Gently, but prices continue very firm.
The williams & Flash company Of New
York say on the subject OF cotton seed
products:
In our last weeks market report we stat
ed "that 1t would be very difficult to main
tain prices then ruling, when offers of oil
became more free This is exactly what
occurred this week, when the offers Of
crude did become free enough TO cause some
pressure, prices rapidly declined until at
the end of the week sales of prime crude
were made at 3lc, loose in the Atlantic
States.
Added to the very small demand for re-
fined oil is the fact that undoubtedly the
interest of the large concerns Is not to sup
port the market at this junCture as, of
course they have no stock of oil on hand
TO benefit by the high prices, and 1t Is de-
cidedly to their interest TO see the move
ment of seed become more free and to get
that article down 10 a fair price, at which
they may reasonably expect to make just
manufacturers profit; and this, with the
addition that the large Independent buyers
have not believed In prices for some time
aud have only paid them because they had
to. will rather have the effect of causing
prices to decline a tribe further unless the
demand broldens out,
Looked nj from d broad sense. however
It is also to the interest of the independent
mills at the moment, 10 see the price oil
seed decline to a point at which 1t VIII al
low them to sell oil at proht and at q
price at which there will be broad ana
rapid consumption and, ms stated above TINS
is lacking at the moment. the European
markets not showing the slightest Interest
The lard market is also easier, having
declined about half cent pound rms
week Tallow is also dull and shows de-
cllre of quarter of cent a pound.
At the close we quote the market dulr
with prime yellow offered at Ale Tor DC
tober, 30lhc for November, 3Sc for Deem
her: prime of Texas loose mt the mills ~
10 Sic. according to time of delivery aho
| locality.