The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-07-21
COTTON MARKET REVIEW.
Very Little Speculative Activity at
Any Point.
LIVERPOOL FUTURES CLOSED HIGHER.
Dccrease In the Foreign spot Demsad.
Low Record In rricss.-Ths
Market Reviewed.
LIVERPOOL FUTURES CLOSED HlGHt
OfAcc of The Post,

Houston, Monday. july ~.
Tho cotton markets were rather steady
today but without life. There was even
less interest taken In the course of prices
than during SATURDAYS short session
Many Of the bis spectators of Now York
and New Orleans arr. off on thc,. summer
vacations and the market IA malulX left
to take care or itself 1t Is safe to III g.
dict that there will be no violent fuctua-
tions one way or the other fee some time
TO come ANY pressure whatever m,uh,
Cause n further deolre. but the hears who
are making trades now sccm content A.,
lie, things ,,rirt at win. ON the o,h,C hand
good buying orders from outside spe,u-
iators would no doubt scare tn. shorts
into an advance Ii tx ra,llycd that prices
are exceedingly low to ,s, based u,,on nm
uncertain crop, In fact ncycs. before an
the history of sn,cui,iiv, markets. has
cotton for IAN and winter ae,,verv sol, 50
low during ,h,, month Of ruIv
The intiut,,iou that English sn;nnc,,
would shortly Withdraw from tn, market
having r,ulenish,a ih,lr sto,ks o,p,,. ,,,,
,e ously for some time mast, ,s considered
a discouragiue f,,ture ms, IA, nr,s,n,
Whether this tx merely n b,ar rumor is
IxlN
only Al,p bal,s were quite not,cenh,, this
morning. Th,s Is tho urs, Mo,a,y a,
q, sue awhile that sales hay, no, reached
~ o00 or lauD sn,, nr,c.. v,..o s,o,,..
"''" "''','"'ee" III mo toreisn n''ii'c,.
''''''' '"'"'eH opened a"''' ahou' 'h-O'ti
"' "''' '"'e' ahother Enshsh point 10
'"'S ny - III. oh the closing call part
VI WINS "u'ah'c hau peen lost July and
'"e '9' N'"''u ~ Sa'"rdaH prices. while
o.her "'oi'"S were i-"id higher.
We" i"'N 'utures opened Mm upon the
i~tter showing eat Liverpool. hut With an
advance, of only . 4, a n,,n,s an th, ,.,i
aud ,.i,,r ,,.,, ,.,, g, -
''"V ''''' n'on'"s' whie August was
points OF. July and August CLOSED : TO 3
points lower than SATURDAY md o,her
.,,,
''ioi''"s 10 points higher. August open
ed Al 6,Is. dropped To G.73 during the day
and closed nj 677. octobcr said AZ 4, "
-. sS'' "' VS.
''''s ~ 10 S'~S'"''. uioPPcu 10 o.-@ anu
CLOSED a. o..5a6. 25. by ,.ori
New Orleans fu,m,cs opcucd with var.-
nan, ,,, - s,S..
'i"'' '"''''eV A'"h' oa."'""y HB"ies'
Fluctuations We're narrow throughout the
day and tho closing ranged from I'm :
,,,, . - -,
6 4, for the lowest and CTS highest, closing
at d. li,fiIlS October oncn.d AT h 40 uron
f.n w 500 az" o'oSo' az '''""'w'
@N"''''"'' sp"e '''"'~e's se'n"'heu
eeu' WY" Il 'o''' 'aAsi"s ifo"' ouIi
~
Clapp &, Co. OF New York say in their
last market letter: Rombay recef MIR CON
tmue larger than a ycar ago. The world.
e,,, ,o,,,,, ,,,., A. ,,,,. o,, a.,
Ivy e'o". '''S"'' WV ''''''' '7''''eh Az
ls''-'O VIII likely equal about a,vS.uV baies
against an ay,~'aye of about q 100 op) bales
mr. ss,,, ou..thi,,l III. ,,r,,,ac.,, ..,,,, i.,,i
- Wv Wv "'' w '''' ''''' i'''
America ms grown about 40 per cen, OF
the yearly crop Tho Southern Textile
u. ISOLATION says of the 2Sp,0DO npindics III
me South. In 2l5 mills. that l.92j.VU Ep.n-
dies Will stop for varying terms. that Ala
VI mn mas 9ls.OoJ spihdles. Georgia iJu.ce
sis.inni "a nu ,tcn;.,rtv u ao1 i omiai.,m,