The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-03
COTTON MARKET REVIEW.
New York and New Orleans Gained q
Few Points.
VERY LIGHT RECEIPTS AT PORTS
what Larger Than Expccted-Fig-
urlnE ON the Total Crop.
Office OF The Post.

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nor, of tho p,oveme,t q, tb,r,oer ,oad,pg
,,,,-ior ,ou,ns shouod rathar I,,ca re
ce3n,e but 4, ,s M, ,oror,u, oxn,c,o,
ma, tho ds,r.,se al those no'n,s win be
| rnl, ,n,,u nav, weal consequently tn.s
nod y.r,. ,it,,o or.,, ,,,,, rho n.rre,
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| Inc decline at Liverpool To-Day was i'.-oti
| on futures and 1-3sd on spots The gain
| u, New Work f,,uree n.,s a. : ,,,,,,
:" Ne" '''h r''"'es was 10 poi''s
| VINE New orlralis advanced points.
The American spot markets were seuer-
| auy unrhapcad With vorv coed s,io. ~,
""s "''' WIN 'e'S SOU Sa'es 'e-
corded
| Secretary Testers report of the cotton
mo, emont for the ms, thrc, months could
| - - Wv -, ,,'.
be given either bearish or bullish con-
| struction according to the dJspostion OF
| the l-inp tipttriup TIL
amount of the Calted states crop brought
into sight by December / was 4,TaJ,ooO
bales I'm 70 his a,,o I,s. ,eor "a IN of
H.,
'"e crop "ap peeh h'erhe'eu ana ior the
same time in 1894 the percentage of the
| GROIN brou,bt INTO et,h, ,,,s 20 20 n ,ba
| -
| movement this year mas been on the Same
borbood of q 50o coo h,lns r,ut Win tho
| W ''VV ''' ~
earnest crop ever hnowh movement
three to four weeks ahead of the average
and monetary, conditions tina, forced thu
,''' ~"
| cotton TO market. the bulIs contend that
hi''a"S oo''e ih'o s'sn'' ""ou'u 'i''
statement prove correct, the total crop
| will not exceed 5000 900 baIes Parties who
,ro r.,.ho. h,,,ysh NOV h.or,sh brt cor-
eervativelv on H. fence. take a stand be-
tween the two and are counting upon a
AZ " ,o1n,,'s ees.,n,, >ou vorL ,r,rro.
onnned o"ite, "a s,,, ,,,,,h y n Ma ~,
lamar, III. innsi 90, az a., ~ ~
.,o. no "a, ae lt III " co ea", ,,
In the session. advanced to 775 shortly
!i ,ns noon ana c4ysed AT ''i4p''''' against
in Nav Orlesn: January futures ope,-
ed with us bid. sold down to Z %. ad-
vanced TO 90 ny i-'0 ana closei al ,5im
snid al a. To-. - 80. ~, 70 hi"a.,
w va '''' ''''' '''' "'e's''
The following was received at New York
Nondav rom J,ina RIun All. p,rt,o.
Iere have ch,ncnd ibei, aa,.,' os, in,a toe
of The rotton rr6r f,o,,, : - ma ~ q ia un,
bales. Picking ami ginn M in Arklr as
and LoaIisia1a are nrart7,a iv uniSncu
The ton crop Will amoiInf 10 uoihi1r CON
siderable cotton was he'll nen,rnr ira
election. hut since then has been market
ed with great rnn1itv th'a coIntrv rad,
beng in line condition and tn, price ,,oo1'
llttle lett on the piantat Ito s" stocks in
arkansas and Louisiana IRE small con-
s nm. nales IN compress. ana the stoak In
t,ne i.t va 49,, - ,.,". .oon '.e Sa.e
S,et w ,aHs Sea' Stoehs were S'oo. ana me
r rasn week ,k- o' december last year they
we're t,S,'. me same Is true Of l.i,tie
gh' ll,eleiia, r or Snitn, ,amdon Mag
mona Moltlcello ana Monroe. La. II the
" ",h, a,in LOU siaha IL Is altucult to see
TniI t,,r C"t ~ ", VIZ ao come rom to make
simmer who % ~" ,, NUN h' M tns
thn h.s,N az az n'm.e W "uE n's suppiE on
sdIv Al" dIr,r "a n ctop oi t''s size VIII pi
'''S '''''h''''eN
New York. December early Liver
pool cables showed less decline than
expected. In view of the pronounced we'll
heS7 developed by our market yesterday
afternoon and as the movomen. at the
ports has recently shown a tendency to
subside. tho frs, deal acvo,onod an
WAS very slack and apart from a ltttie
buying fcr Southern accoun, early in Tho
SESSION, the market was entirely dencnI.
cu' upon the local contingent for hus,ness
Before 10 o'clock the aeIvnnce VIZ 10.
under looll pressure. German houses lead.
ING me scilln$. In the afternoon there
was moderate local trading. with prices
averaging rather higher on the theory of
light receipts. The close was stnad;, ".
a" advance Oh faS points
New YORK; 1,c,,,,,or
~" 'orh' peccnber 2-Hubbard Bros
d cos co;ton letter SAYS: There seems
to he absolutely no ,Imi. N ,ho -
, men, are willing to sell in this market