The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-01-22
#0IISTON WHOLESALE MARKET

eeeus me offerings at this time which
, ai9 very Hifong market, and the sell.
M ~ lhtunrn rather TO await furtber
environments than TO take on euy moro
contracts For spot delivery tho ibSrkct ~
alrong. and fairly active Mi niphu ~ IL -
, ineat nus been liberal buying of seconds
,phutoeS during the past two weeks ana
the stocks Of that grade la tha bori az ~
bae5efS are remarkably light. So light in
uecd' that Il may soon come ia mas rst
~ nerg VII nc only the standard grade left
AZ Lne inbuclS 10 trade IN. so far a. tbis
lnaFkrt ~ concerned The whole to,u,t !,
SITUATION has hrcu gone oyer "a tbornn,,Ii
lnal mere Is nothing left to say abhuf II
excepting TO report frnn week In vvpcJ IA
changes IN the prices and - gurss -
hlEh theT viii 70 before the peIt noctin,,
''nsoh rolls around. seven months benre
paaHrHnos' the formation OF the American
hchlhg company. which is tho so.colled
tomato trust, has been announced
Vh9rIer Tor same having hccn taken nut
az trenton. II the promoters Of that trust
n @ Ghna n"Wnng success Of II that fact viii
ing of their stockholders With A lin rnn
Arust tomato packers trust ana n to-
Malo Gr9WefS trust. what Will become Of
us. w H''P
caarnikow. MucDougall & Co. Of New
York say OF sugar: The advance In I'm.
rope appears 10 be to some extent due 10
the causes which led TO an advance IN tho
beginning Of last year. namely. the pu.
chase for United Kingdom account. I'm nm
nclpatlon OF turln changes II is rumored
mat the British government will In Auri
next not only put an additional duty ON
"H sugars, but that 1t will follow Amcri
I'm precedent by putting couutpryalllng
Jury on hountyfed sugars, and as .ur5
measures would increase the value Of sugYI,
m me United Kingdom, the trade are be-
FT4In FINN TO stock up as they did before.
ttIieFe no such inducemcnt exists; but. ON
~ contrary, there Is general belief that
QDan sugars will bG granted a reduction
III duties. and that. should this rcdurtIon
IIP'tn ~, 90 per cent, Cuban shippers might
3Ssc duty paid here for at thgt mice
less duty of sac they would bo rettjug
-,2dr cost freight aud Insurance. while
ulu'r Gne countries would only be get
uuE 80 cost, fr'lgh. and Insurance. lie
ihl'uthce OF Cuban sugars would however
INsScil as The crop WAS marketed and tho
sippN dlhinIShed, and once that took
mace and United States rchnors had TO
turn to Java or Europe for sugars. which
nave TO pay tull duties they would roouire
10 pay the worlds price and lose the nd.
NNanIage they ct present have from the
local pressure In Sn before Cuban sugars
60 me- upon the martct I'm quantity There
Is no further news IS to the deliberations
OF the conference NJ. bountioS. which re.
assembled ut Brussels on January 49, but
Here Is n report tint the British dole.
gates have been INSTRUCTED IN Intimate thut
The British government will lmposo conn
1rTriEm, nl1ii duties ~ Nuntyfed sugars.
which pays large hountes and has mo-
kartell, but IL would only be ~ mudcratc
force as against Germany ana Austria.
which might abolish thcr G4ci,l bountios
tell, give producers an equivalent nddi.
tloual private bounty and H. iSarainst fhn
karten bQunties that both ho Tinted
states aud the British authorizes ro@illre
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