The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-13
HOUSTON WHOLESALE MARKET

PIES and peaches, and todays prices may
look cheap next fall All reports so far
about the peach crop say 1t viii be the
largest Oh record. sixty days from now the
story may be different. Tho present prices
~ canned peaches, spot stock. are tho result
OF an unusually depressed condition of
hlnEs In that line which may not occur
again A reaction from the present low
level Of pticcs may not come right away.
but II Is coming. In the last week In June
S-lh pie peaches were as low rs SOC per
dozen, today they are 62isc TO Csc and 3lb
seconds, yellow peaches, were soc; today
they ere a2i5c to a0c"
Discussing the situation on Alaska sal.
mon with particular reference to opening
prices. prominent New York authority
says: THE situation Is somewhat anoina-
lous. II seems TO be case OF the tail wIg
cling the dog. The small packers quite
generally expected Il price Of 81 coast ON
Alaska tails ut Tuesdays opening. which
would have been justined by the extraord
nary demand for the fish and the fact that
all OF the last years pack of red Alaska
salmon had gone into consumption and TINT
a smaller pack was expected this year
There Is no doubt that 1t WAS the intention
of practically all the large companies to
omen with price of 81 (. o. h. const on tails
and the smaller packers In anticipation of
this endeavored to make sales without nam
per dozen less than prices the larger com
pauits might name. The prices subsequent
ly issred and brought about by reason Of
the action on the part OF the smaller pack
crs has compelled the latter In a great
many Instances TO withdraw from their
agreements with buyers IL has also conf
PEELED them now to sell their own goods
on their merits without using as a handle
prices that may be made by their larger
competitors, IL would seem to be n Just
retaliation for unbusinessllke and unfair
methods Of competition
There is no doubt q good margin of profit
for the larger companies at present prices,
but Il is question whether these prices will
AFFORD a living profit for the smaller packer,
whose supplies are secured at greater cost
and whose facilities for transportation Ct
pack to point of shipment are limited to the
price EAlt may be charged them by regular
lHrgc companies on the other hand employ
their own vessels for that purpose.
The market Dc present is much better
than 1t was last fall and In view of an &C.
an advance in red Alaska salmon before the
season Is over"
Referring to the situation San Francisco
mail adyices say: The spot market Is
strong, with the consumptve movement
keeping up to Its previous high standard.
Advices from Victoria state that salmon
are running poorly on both the Skeena and
Rivers inlet The ran on the Columbia
continues To improve and Ii is now eStlmat-
cd that the pack is 80 per cent larger than
last years, while the cold storage plants
are far ahead Of their last years work.
Mall advices from London state that the
salmon market is firm all around. First
hand business Is restricted owing TO the
landing Of recent heavy arrivals. In Liver
pool the market, particularly for tall TINS
continues very strong and further ADVANCES
OF sd to Is per case have been made. Flats
and Alaska are in strong demand"