The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-05-28
COTTON MARKET REVIEW.
A Big Slump ia Liverpool Spots and
Futures
NEW YORK RESISTED THE DECLINE.
Futurea Only Lost y Few roluts In That
aasrket- Crop reports Are
Not All Good,
OfYice OF The Post.
Houston. "Wednesday. MAY n,


Houston. Wednesday,. May q.
CONSIDERING tho bi,- slup,n nj r,yornoot
IN. Amcr,,an $50 -. -, W. poo'
wy 'N"'' '"''oh market he'n up bet
yer IMAM was expected today. Futures IN
the forcisn markets o,s,na a, = ,.,,,,.
| ,,A,,h 49, -, "" " "e'''hc'
| "0' 'o"" "e'Sstne especially marked on
Q f-assid lower thnn Yesterday -, ~, IA
| crop, while tho distant nns,,,,,s So.
| cai2 1-..c,d Off I,vor,,,,,s $40, .,.,s
| wene also very we,k r,os,,,, = ~, -
| than yostera,,,.s a,,,,i,, ""e'
| Without Summon, ,ror, ,., a.,
| New York hui,. ,,,,.,n,, a., =. ,,.. w..
| a. ..,-. -, ''' "'s M" oiHicuu
/" 'csis' me no"hwafu tendency OF cotton
| values. Tho entire loss at Now yorI, IA
| day. however woa ,,,v A !, ,.t,,,. 49,.
| ".' V''s !" poihts, SNOW
i"s 'i"t al offerings weie readily alb
| rorbod although sales were Tho largest If
| amy ll,v this uno,, 1, "a o,,,,., -.
Mchh 'eng interest IN the summer month";
| has hccn liquidntcd, aud any adverse, CROP
news would undoubtedly have +, st,r,u,o,.
''F effect Iakcn as whole tho crop re-
| ports are very favorable. bu, In some at.
| lions Of Texas and elsewhere min 10 n,a,v
- - "''''' "''' 20 "'''s
''V'f"' ihe dfou'hy season Is rapidly
| approaching, nnd later crop dcvelnpmcnts
| u,,, ch,n~,, tho rn,fr, ,d,,,tio, 1s,,,ort.
/ ~ ''"'.''"' '''''' ''
be. omlng more numerous. and are not con.
fined to any pnr,le,,lnr s.-,,o,
w" hot" INJURIES opened easy 20 y
points on, the grentcst decline being ON !
the near months. Aurus, sntJ NJ : n ear,y |
In 80 s,nsn,, fb,,, at,.nf -, ~ '''t1
cinsnd nt n, ~, IN IN, i" al, Say, ~
,han ves,ernaV 'rha dc,l,n,. w., t,e III
l0nt nosl, ana a,nout,tad H. ,,to,,t,a,u, H.,
NV orleans futuns oncnoa ste,Jv n, n
decline of F." ia Il rnirts n,,5 ,lnsri Il 10 >
points lswor ,hnn v,s,ertisN a,,.na,
nnenesI -, n, so,d nj - n,, M, snsa,,a
enn ,nt ,ons ~, - 81 a. tms ssg1u1
Yesterday
Houston. Gnlycson Ncw Orleans apol
Memphis were l,l6c lower for spots. safes
''''i' ~ ~. l''''''''
The Iivorpopl cotton markots win ho
.,a,, ,s,.,...
Saturday. Saturday, May 10 is Decoration
pay, aud will b. Observed as ii holiday by
Ito,.
expects bm , $40 bales to,lor-
~, low hsnih' rs ON Ill, same aoy Inst year
60 araiust I9sD New Orleans IL for 400 10
one or two cotton h..
,,. -, ~, ,,ns hnye made
'nNh "l'P'Np""r' ''' i'N"H rs,,e h.l,y
about ten days ahena Of las, y6Hf 'S'7
York osI,atch. however, conves SOW
w W iniorinaiion NAT an open al
ia,,,,e .r,,s.i,. ,.,,, ~ ~ -" ~
.V..'s l"ts"NF, WIN 'he nrrlio.oh thht
now cotton wouli lie marketed III Texas IN
uttN "FekH, IN" open ioll story ia, of
course q rake, ana the new COTTON pre-
"trt ~ wa 1ot come true, INC FIRST bale
or cotton for Texas last year arrived on
July o. The earliest on record for several
ysh's reached Houston on June "a, In islt
The annual meeting of tho N,w York ,
co,fon .x,.h,,r,,., v.s ,,.,, ,a.,,..,,t,,, ma
report Of tie PRESIDENT showed tbat The
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