The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-01-01
ui' 'iDOF YEAR TRADE
CO. EXCEEDINGLY LISTLESS,
Qans=ctions Postponed and Good Bust
nos Expected Soon-Turkey Re-
eeipts Did Not Equal Demand.


eeipts Did Not Equal Demand.
|SSl0sradng in the wholesale market was ex-
.dingly nstless yesterday. Dealers con
I-ded 1901 by reviewing their hooks and
lcks as transactions were very much
the hand to mouth order. A revival of
,iness on large scale is expected after
shst tisherlng In of the new year and many
lers are In store for fufllment then
'rices on leaf lard have been moved up
he stocks Of onions are low, some deal
being out. Prices remain firm.
Item Eifae market is at present bare Of caulf.
&c, .txcr, but new stocks are en- route.
.y car shipment of imported Scotch pota-
|ottsa will arrive within the next two days.
Eggs sold higher and were much wanted.
|,hI,csf ranged around 2Sc on most transpc-
| ms.
io' mother carload lot of New York Catawba
lobIspes were received and will replace sup
es almost exhausted.
20 he receipts of turkeys were considerably
lind demand for the impending holiday
ons '''s' were 'f'''pSu At rDN'''S .
,onst country and the New York variety
cabbage are both figuring extensively in
Pee' trade. The former is now arriving in
r.ger quantities and bring 1aiG2c with
~ SHer qualities slightly lower.
supplies of apples are noticeably reduced
ne M ha va
zen limited since the winding up of Christ
las purchases. Prices stand the same, but
100 Fisal of business may alter the sltua
100 n.
Adyices from San Francisco referring tc
unes state: "Prunes are booming. There
iaiarge demand from domestic markets
well as from foreign; even orders from
| aricn are being received. An advance Of
| Akcls likely TO he made any day. The old
| 5unes will doubtless soon be cleaned up
~ IL were not for these old prunes the
y iIoc of new prunes would be much high
~ Everything points to a higher market
ia Ia cleanup of the stocks of both
Insconnectiou with the reported damage
- the california orange crop by frost TIKI
| ;uit World says: The damage done by
..,a,bst was of course the principal subject tt
I4% at growers and shippers but from e
ssExlrts received from All of the princ'pn
ISIa cfions the damage TO oranges has heel
E3 sht There has been fruit damaged II
slated cases, where the fruit gets hur
'e% cry year, but these all taken togethe
Duld make hut very few ears There Il
| Excitement In the orchards, and tn
An who owns the fruit and who Is always
| q hrst to get frightened is not showini
| 10y lncllnntion to rush off the fruit EX
Hcwpt In one case In Riverside there Is yer,
OF s'tie picking or packing being done. IN
Ind which prevailed during most OF IN
.ndnnSStld nights helped to save the fruit. In
f9Vddossut Is also much more advanced thai
25osium at this time OF the year, and th
| ore sugar the fruit contains the NOR
ia II can stand Such cold snaps hal
| ,neyery year, usually cause more or les
| y tcitement, hut always turn out TO il
|e-sprseatly exaggerated by shippers and grow
lusa rs we'll"
ut
Eet y rza rnlkow, MacDougall & Co. of Ney
sisssofk say OF sugars: Notwithstanding tn
7.Slapfeeedentedly low prices ruling every
76hefe which, under ordinary circum
anfes would have attracted some spsS d
|->tian, no outsiders have vet made an
- owe that would show confidence in a
lttlS reaction. The deliberations OF tn
|oN' ltefnational conference on European bour
| tfeRnd the movement In congress to adnl
ID Inban sugars at n reduced rate OF duty
ne the questions that at present absur
fe Httenton of all who are inti-vSted 4
ngar. for II is evident that ~ futur
.n.x Il the market depends largely upon the az
Ir,y Ikions Nrived at in both eases In ~
- tnfere bee Ne question Of beet sowings a
ell as OF bounties Will be considered ~
"a evident that there will he Difficult le
AS, DE way Of any binding agreement VII
l'tpect to reduction Of the former |
| bie event Of the abolition Of the preseu
Krtft bounties and the .continuanee-an