The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1895-12-21
COTTON MARKET REVIEW.
The Scml-Panicky Feeling In Stocks
Depressed Cotton.
FUTURES AND SPOTS DECLINED.
The Bea,s Are Making no Moat OF Our
War Scare The Weekly
Movement.
Office OF The Post.

Ofhcc OF The Fost
Houston, Friday, December 70.
The bears are using the war scare with
rather disastrous effect upon cotton val
ues. They have been aided ny the selling
OF American stocks In London yesterday
and to-day and the semi-panoky ieeilng
developed In Wall street. Wheat has also
deoinod about cents since the presidents
message Was announced ana al markets
t.Iv tteNhg l4e elects OF tho po-iucai trOu-
far.
Very few conservative people seem 20
tink there Is even a remote rossiotity
OF war. but SPECTATORS acknUw ltugo that
II gave tho bears chance tor a raid
when is hoing used for all II ia worm.
Cotton mas declined about a points witn-
ness and Jack OF speculative support at
this Time has hc,pei the downward ten
deney and 1t is tho general impression
that rilocs VIII 80 .ower,
New York ruturoe opened steady this
denay iECpcnecd by Liverpoois urn CLOS
but l-old Gown. On The second call, how
ever tho decline had reached points at
y ew ofk, Whlo the closing was at n
steady. Sales We're sSS.SoG bales. larger
tgSh FOR 4 number OF days.
New Orleans futures opened steady.
win March and May contracts 4 point
mehor than yesterday, A decline soon
~ ~, owing TO the depression shown IN
NV @NfN ARIN NAbtk market, nnl the
oslng was 10 TO II points lower than
Thur. day evening. March contracts sold
az sou Tor, the highest and 7.& lowest.
asninst N.Q2AS.@ al yesterdays close
Tho SPOT markets also fclt the Influence
OF general decline and quotations were
.9wNrrV9 at neSr.S AL points; Liverpool
sold. New York closed steady. Now Or
leans easy aud Galveston quot, 1T a de-
cline Of l-lCc. Houston lowered prices
We and closed easy
In yesterdays New Orleans plcnyunn
It's New York correspondent Eays: "Bulg
argue that war means a small crop next
year. for no Planter would put out n
bug crcp with Americas best customers
out OF thu market There h no ug4ros-
ave ucar ac.ang, not even by tho der
MANS who are waiting 10 See whtoh way
the wind ~ going 70 blow. In fact tho
to-"
New Orleans. December % Secretary
| llestrs weekly Cotton Exchange sla see
ment shows falling of in the amount
brought into sight COMPARED with to
| seven Jays enulhg TINS ua4c last year ia
! round usurcs "a ltGruU With tho Same
uAYA year beioto last OF .5.Ul0 an TT
,TN"sc over tue same Gays la DOS. Of o.
! 'No' r or the twenty days OF Ie.tmpor
we totals show II loss ioom last year
9I i-oyW,, from the year before iast ~
For the III days of tho season that
pave e,aised the aggregate Is hehtnh the
daya Year or b .1 tarS yGAs lS" OF ao snne
VI the same ume m 1852 by 6t.UN i.n.
amount brought into sight during The
i sa IN W ,or "a, has noen Sss "" sHss aga, ~
5o'."' loi lat scNHh uaYs ending TINS da,
isl year SH3lJt year before last aHI
$50 Tor thu same time IA lbg2 and Tor
- la1 this yer, against l,a5t,s last year
~, Sos me year uvloIe lnrt and 90, 81
~ ,ls't'- , ~" ul"fuin'n. tin4e s'p'cmh.r
pg9}5gj5t .e SisD s'p, against i.Sa5I7 laet year,
S sS, iSS tor tnS y9a nei9r9 last and
overland. across the Miss ssIpp Ohio
"mu rbn9s td s Il" rt 9in 10, mis-
year. bll5lS year before last and ni,l7l
same umo Ia 1852; interior stocks IN eN-
c,,,nr. ilI", nr' ~ the ni1se oil t INC
last yoar gii.SJ yoar before Ian, and
$40 636 same time I'm 1892
Southern mll takinss sb7.3Ss ngainat
81 S29 last year S05 OH vsar h,fore inv
0nd 200 Ia si me- tine En- fSs5 TStso NM,
tho total tatiuaH FOR tho III dnyy from
Sert,mler 10 date l. f0G 26g against
35, on Inst vpnr 4gsGo i2 tn. V,ar hef,r,
last aud 4 az eGl ia 1872
Foreign e,porta for tho week have bcan
IT. I2s. against $40 asB las, venr. mnktrr
the total thus lar for tho season = g2s so.
aaaltsf lOT 536 iaet vrar or n dsoraauS
~ i.f $50 Nort IN NTH tqjrinrs .urfn,
the INST sovon DAYS ebnw n dcrre,er rf
Cos ne conlparod with tho Corrpap. nd M
rsrlo9 ma veGr ana since eentam' Far :
have deoren4ed qoifH Tho tntai tnItinps
~ a ,nericrn militia NORTH and south ouI
Canadn. thna FAR m ~ ssaron have
been 1oSa 40S against ana $50
gtotEs M tho soaboarA and twsutv.uino
lea 'I,r southern interior ceniers hDVc IN
creased durire me ,verk NJ n}i bales.
npaipst an frerepae durinv tie rorrr.
sr.ndirs neFiod last season III ~ a"2 nrd
are NV, 100 o'u .,rptlar Than ~ ,Ltg dht,
~ 800 Including ~iari.s leff o,or al
rorts ard In.or,nr towns from laet nrrn
TOO number OF brles brought mo siyht
tlus FAR tar ,ho now cr,r fhc eu,r'v 10
tho game rerlod last year
row fork l'o'"n'p'r 7''--' l""eru
CO = cotton ie','r aaYs; az reN",' ~, v,
the poiihohi uncertainty IN" m"rke' ''""F
has been under the Influence ot large ru-
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