The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-27
TcTON WHOLESALE MARKET

seven days since and offerings are made
around ss.T5 per box.
The local market was bare Of cabbage
and many orders were left untitled. The
deficiency will be supplied by further re-
ceipts today.
car OF California fruit Is expected 70
arrive In few days and similar auan-
THY Of Colorado vegetables are booked for
an early appearance.
There IS no change In the Texas ere
situation. Offerings are not on any stable
basis and on account Of the preference for
the storage article sales are made at prac.
tically buyers terms unless the quality Of
the stock is guaranteed.
The San Francisco Trade Journal has the
following on salmon; I'm Alaska 1902 the
cream Uf the early demand appears to have
been met aud no large orders are looked
for until more definite Information regard.
ing Puggt Sound prices are made known
Orders nave been booked for sockcyes sub
iect to the opening prices OF the Alaska
Packers association. The opinion prevails
With large Eastern handlers that the con
sumption this season of salmon viii con
tlnue heavy provided prices are kept within
reach Of the masses At the opening prices
ON Alaska 1t Is conceded that the entire
pack viii 60 into consumptive channels
With favorable prices for Puget Sound and
also for British Columbia these packs will
also go into consumptiye channels, for 1t
Is generally admitted that the sockeye pack
Of British Columbia and Puget Sound viii
| be from 20 to % per cent less than IN 1901
! Even II it should prove. to be this the
I nigh prices for meat and favoring prices
| for salmon will cause all that will he
| packed to be wanted to meet require
| ments.'
| According to figures prepared by the New
York customs house the total stock OF cur
rants In bond on July / was 4,1S1. 741
pounds, compared with 1,2se,54o pounds on
| the same date last year. The stock given
| as IN bond on June / last was 6,396 700
! iuna l, 1901. The figures given for July
as against those for June show a difference
| Of 1,225, 209 pounds. During June imports
| of Withdrawals from bond supposing the
customs house figures to have been ac-
! curate, 10 have been very heavy, Opinion
| In several quarters leans to the belief that
some mistake has been made. although us
| yet no statement Is expressed as to whether
the large stock given for June or the
error. As explaining the supposed discrep-
| ancy It is suggested that possibly the stock
Of dates was added to the .curront stocks
during the months of June, May and April
for which period no dates appear in the
report for July and this may explain the
difference in the reports.
Writing from Baltimore a prominent brok-
er says Of tomatoes: at is now question
as to when the prices of spot tomatoes
and the prices of future tomatoes will
ltcomo together in the regular order Of
things and where that meeting price will
be this season. Many Of the packers be.
lieve the price of tomatoes will be around
soc throughout the month Of August but II
the present conditions continue SO favorable
the price for August shipment may be
closer Sac dozen, There IS a tendency
at this time to press the sales Of tomatoes
for future delivery. say, September Octo
her and November shipment, at S5c, but
the demand so far has kept close pace
with the offerings Mt that figure, outside
of tomatoes the most active articles in the
list during the past week were apples,
string beans, peaches and small fruits. but
there We're no Developments outside Of the
ordinary in any Of these lines. The pack
ing Of new peaches Will commence probably
during the coming week, the ordinary
grades, pies and seconds being followed
shortly by the standard grade