The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-10-25
REVIEW OF TRADE CONDITIONS

completed business in dry goods. clothing.
shoes, hats, millinery and a host of other
lines Is in excess Of 1901 and preceding
years. Business on next sUring accounts
tends rather to expand and a similar ten
dency Is noted In retail business, particu
larry at the East where the fear of a coal
famine has been removed bv the actual
RESUMPTION of work. II is true that in the
Northwest trade Is not meeting anticipa-
lions. possibly because of warmer weather
but partly because the farming element Is
still busily engaged in crop work. The
money situation shows little that is I'M
favorable TO general business Reports as
To collections class them as being generally
good and iii some cases better than year
Raw cotton shows the least strength Of
all the textiles. Good picking weather IA.
NorS larger outturu Cotton goods dis
played considerable strength the print
cioth market heirg strong and prints and
glnghams iobbing well Wooden manufac-
tnrers are actively emuloyed, and they
are SAID not to have a very large stock
on hand, thus strengthening the raw ma
terlal improved retail trade at the East
gives tone TO the entire dry goods market
Inc situation In the iron trade Ia full Of
interest While Dig iron is frmer and the
coke shortage continues. necessitating shut
S downs In the Pennsylvania valleys, and
nnlgn premiums are paid for Immediate de-
livery OF what little iron is available steel
Ulliets nave weakened. partly because of
the erects OF foreign imnorts but also be-
fuu9e VI iess urgent demand from some fin
ishlnG mills: The heavier forms of I'm
lShed materials all retain their strength
structural iron and steel plates for shin.
ouliding purposes rule strong but sheets
are dull and slow. while steel rods tend
70 weaken and tin plates are depressed
pending the settlement Of the question MS
10 whether tin plate mill EMPLOYEES will
bceept the cut in wages necessarv III large
cured. " oe o.
The boot and shoe trade continues active
az the West. Better reuorts also come
from the Eastern Industry shipments In ST
week being the largest for months past.
uhu exceeding even those Of the same week
q year ago. hut they are still 10 per cent
less lot the season, Leather Is nuIte
SLeaoy, Hides have dlsnlaved some soft.
ness nut are steadier by the strength Of
both sole and upper leather. The inmher
business, while naturally noting some
0uletness because OF the advanced stage
OF me season Is still of good volume where
weather conditions permit OF the carrying
OUT OF the work. Demand for hniIdine
material continues active In fhe innrhor
producing regions strength is the main
feature The Southern lumber trade "a
norts unusual activity. Something in +ha
nature OF shortage In the worlds Gran
sugar conrronts the trade The Weld
u uaneel sugar apnears likely 70 be heavily
a 70 tWeu ana small falling off In the Weld
v er,t the zane oroD Is also noted. the net re.
ttoIn year ago which has beer psaactnS
IN fractional advances OF the raw nr.ad,,cts
BUSINESS pusiness failures for the week cndisg
Ihutsday number 1914 as against oos iss1
week, In Canada, for the wesk "a rgsirst
10 last week 90 uselns'