The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-02-08
One Point Advance In the American
Markets.
THE TEXAS MOVEMENT TO DATE.
Bales Have Come Iato sight-The
Estimated Crop.
Office OF The Post,


this decline Is added TO loss of IS points
since the first of the year ut New York
and Is points ct New Orleans. The new
crop months have shown come improve
ment during the week. however. and
close 8 to pints higher than on this day
week ago.
Liverpool futures were disappointment
again today, closing pont off on the
near months and i,s points lower on the
fall months. The weakness OF Liverpool
and the lower spot prices there gave the
American markets n depressed feeling at
the opening. but there was gradual re-
covery during the session, aud The closing
was at an advance of one point.
Port receipts were again large and the
Interior movement very heavy. Tho
amount In sight for the week was only
ll2.coo compared with l6lOoo last year
and ils0o0 IN 1Sas These figures were
considered rather bullsh, hut were not
sufhcinct to cause much comment.
Secretary Hester of the New Orleans
cotton exchange gave ont the figures for
he Texas movement today. showing that
Iva 900 bales had come into sight at the
close Of January. This movement COM
nnres with 7s0 O00 Inst ,-ear 1 I'M NNo IN,
,s ,...,o, ,.o, ,,,,
'N'' ""u i'''u'VpV III lo'S' mo shih Is
$4,000 bales below the iSas movement
for tho same time tho figures were not
at all unexpected as 1T has already boon
demonstrated that the ToxOs crop win
IAN considerably below the yield Of that
eraIl, cs,Ima,rl a, sno oo1 H'"'
New York futures opened I to 4 roints
or. but recovered nearly tho entire loss
on the second call and closed with March
a. yesterdays figures, May and other
months Of this crop point up white thu
fan months were unclaimed
Now orleans fnturos o,,c,od ,,uia, ,,,.,,
u.,n,. -, ,..,,,,..,.aa.., -. a.. ''"'
"i'F "a, Fn"'iu"S hSul'|- mere was
very niue huc'uauon durlDg the session
hha tue CLOSING was to points higher
than Yesterday.
ItyorIlool suota wcrc ooa lor,or ,,,t,
silently ,ncreasnd aa,,,a,a ,,a, W.
nr,o,fntt,, a., 10 40, ,,,, '","' suiVH
''"N""'"h =" iVV" phlts' no American
markets were quiet and unchanged, sales
were lsht AT all points.
on tho 2ist of january tho Southern
Pncinc Railrond hnd y79 ho,ns ~ ro,,,,'
on MA forr,v ,t ,,,, 90, 49,. -. - =, ~
urns H. ~. c,,, i'' WINS 'n N.o'r
'.''''' ''' ~ 'H'Nt NpNiih, ana NEin rs-
'i"''fu az inc number or bales yet to
,I. n'al ' ,b u 'ot"l ol lh'H Ihe
nm nIn,rn,,r,s re, ~ 'ep"''," '"as
estimated I'm The count,v n,,l,tn,s ,
OF n 800 hnles for the nrohnhle rccn,,,,s
by september /.
New York February 7-Hubbard prns
a 90 "a cnt,or ,at4 = 49,. witt a.
$500 ""F7- ""ho WV
n"uh" az times during the forenoon wns
little strong. this has not been held with
49, W IVY ''p'" t''c 'PeiUuF
'''o "'tHHe ~ lHo ipNesi prices was easily
made. the impro ysme IT enauinn upon tho
urhtrr i,r nr,or ,no,..,,,o,, , a., a.,
crrasin, sbinint.rts ", ,,,,,,, ,,'' ~!
AZ fno hotter neIrcs ma ,ha n,nril ~. r yN
suued lis ligiioss unneurnnce nr1 ,,,eic,.
benz u2vijling ,o adl ~ ,hstr i uHy ',S
mo market WELDED 10 the o,tcr,,os I'll
thntiyh mo l,t~ ad,,.,,r,. grnvn ,,ilh" ri
ducrd ra,,inn n,nor,. tn, va ~, w. 9r",
marl. continu'd 11ie, and fenir,.i,ts
dnrsu. ti,n ntt"r,',,, ma - ,,,
mo Irht Interior movement deicra aa}
,., VIZ ~ VA" lie 1t,l lg u!h
sonS WIN ,'ra', W u'i.. i'n t'n.rN ,pi cog,
i ae' ~
r,tidi,,s Mimi, ri,m p 81
IA az, ~ ia, IN 30, r. 't
'"''ou WY 9'o"'F'
New York, February 1.-THE cotton mar