The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-05-03
ONLY uNFAY0RABLE FACTORS
IN INDUSTRIAL SITUATION.
Tend - Urssttls tire Corf5s--e IN me
sssscrso's Merehaoa Sc, Especially
Dry Gooss sra Cletrira.

New York May Pr D-- COS
weekly review tomorrow WILL SAY. Two
large s,-iEes seae11'sd % commence on
May were evestel az lsas; temporarily.
and q 1uube. q smaller c1ez were sattlei.
hut many aew controversies have began
This iabo- fzct9r Is Inc o7ly seriously III
favorable one 81. the Industrial sitlai!ou,
ezprti1s considerable iaE8e1ce cVer she
volume q rr8llsE c-iO1-s, and also tending &c
uusetr4e cul11eEce in sa2sol114t Le-chll-
disc especially dry goods aud clothing
WARNER weather nEs stimulated dealings,
while outdoor WCrE Is prosecuted vlE1E-
ousig- Collections are more prompt, as A
Trle fewer extensions being asked.
Shipments are less DELAYED oy traffic COB
gss.ioa aBd rai.ll"ay esrrinEs thas iar re,
ported for april exceed last years oy : >
per cent. Consumers q finished Steel
products sre compelled 20 place orders
subject r. the convenience Of ubuufaciu-
work q being done. while the erection q
new buildings would De- Uuc1 more vIpen-
stve % material were aTaiiah.s
Pig iron has worked up 70 higher point
besScmer commanding So az IlftStCr- ca
deliveries within six months. owing 90 the
full contracts held by the furnaces A
better volume Of orders taken ny New
England Shops is one n the most encaur-
seinE signs of The week slight couces-
slons were made oa a few grades. but the
general level ~ quotations j faiTly We'll
mallts.ned. Jobtors are still slow 10 place
fan orders. hoping that better terms may
be possible next month. Sreadiress IN
the leather market does nor TEND "a en-
courage The expectation u cheaper shoes,
however. especially IN view ~ the drmneSS
Of domestic hides with another rise IN
imported grades Exports q rather con
time larger than year ago.
Johbers IN dry goods have felt the eject
or Eoc1 weather and brisk trade has
been done al steady prices, although no
general advance has followed the rise 10
raw cotton OF the restricted operations az
wcolen mills.
Silver has continued 10 initiate exports
70 CAlus. Cereal prices have been less IN
hated by speculation than they were last
week. YET a high level was maintained and
only slight reactions occurred
The general tenor az crop news was much
more encoura Etn<, aside from Kansas dis
patches, which indicate that wheat needs
moisture, although corn ana oats have good
prospects Good foreign crop conditions
experts or wheat from the United States
-Four included, Amounted N 55Ta0Sq bush
els against 4.lS--S5f G year ago. Recent
attractive prices havr brought corn "a u1r-
set more freely than On preceding wei.
i'ut receipts II 1,6S805n bushels FOR ths
week fan far short n 2.5lS5Ss N the sane
week last year. The romnnrlSe9 SIS ~
io4,14a unShels going ont during the week.
against --asi--il year ago
cotton continued advaucinE until tsora
NaN gain q $40 bale over last years
hsnrfs when n trtring reaction occurred.
but the tone continued strong
falllTss 10 me Lnlted States this week
we're - against 30 last week ana 2as
The corresponding week last yeqr. n cana
% failures Eere IL, against is last week
and "A last year.