The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-11-15
BUSINESS CONTINUES ACTIVE.
MANUFACTURERS ARE BUSY
The Drawbacks Caused by Continued
Warm Weather Scarcity Of Fuel and
Cars, Avail Nothing.

New York. November 14-Bradstreet's
tomorrow will say. Trade. Industry and
transportation continue active. despite
drawbacks caused by warm weather, scar
city Of fuel aud scar and motive power
shortages Cold weather Is needed to slim
ulate consumption Of heavy winter goods
from retailers hands, where complaint Is
heard Activity with lobbers has been
transferred from regular staple lines TO
holiday goods These latter are In excep-
donal demand. More than usual activity
IS noted IN spring goods, which are being
ordered more freely than In average years.
This is taken to Indicate widespread conf
denco in prosperous conditions next year,
Little or no improvement Is noted in che
fuel Situation, which particularly Affects
iron and steel manufacturers, many of
whom arc reported discouraged by inability
to hil orders now on their books. Teic-
grams Indicate thar the movement Of win
ter goods, particularly clothing IS retard-
cd by warm weather. Iu the Northwest,
NJ the South. IN the central West and az
the East the temperature has not as yet
become low enough TO stimulate hnal dis
trihuuou. Collections, except where affect
Cd by weather conditions, remain eNcep-
tinuahy good. Furniture manufacturers
ARE reported unable to keep up with orders
and hardware inhbers h8ye all they eau
attend 70, AZ the SOUTH except IN Texas,
warm wrather has allowed cotton to germi-
nate and Pc picked. tIlIs cudrging the az
eregaJe outturn OF the crop quite material
IS, AT Eastern Ceuters JohDtng business
has naturally Quiptrd somewhat. cotton
goods are triu, despite he slight weakness
~ tie raw prctnet while wooteu goods are
quiet Tile lumber trude Is active, not
withstudUg the advanced stage ~ the
sedson ana toe only complaint rs backward
deliveries. Other building materials are
quite active The boot and shoe business
is tn good shape, feather being closely sold
up aud finally held. At Eastern markets
shipments are smaller than ut late, and
ing arrives. Sharp differences are noted VA
The iron and steel trade. accordingly as the
crutfr or more highly finished forums are
considered. scarcity OF tuei keeps many
furnaces idle and pig iron deiuaud Is iu
excess Of production Small lots ~ Besse-
bring as high as 81 per ton ut valley Iul-
naces. while for ncNt years delivery ST 80
Is paid, an advance ~ - per ton over
year ago. StWcturHl material mills are
vcry active. being sold 1--WE or siN months
ahead and the couutry's rail production Us
said 90 be practically sold np t. September.
1903 The cut lu che price OF tim plate rs
said 10 nave NOT brought as many orders
rs expected AND merchant pipe prices have
been cuf from 10 10 por cent, The hHrd-
ware tgade Is active and wire aud nails
heretofore suffering from oycrproduction,
have been heavily ordered The iiour mar
Vet is pp3rently Va good shape
Business failures Tor the week. ending
Thursday. November ~, number 100,
against ~ last week and 213 last year. In
Canada ten. as against twenty four last
week aud thirty year ago,