The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-10-24

New Orleans, October 23.--Cotton crop
movement September 10 October %. in
elusive Secretary Hester's weekly New
/ orleans cotton exchange statement. issued
before the close OF business today. shows
an increase in the movement into sight
compared with the seven days ending this
date last year in round figures OF 5000
| bales a decrease under the same days
year before last of SS0Gl and an increase
over the same days in 1898 of 10000.
For the twenLy-threc days of October
the totals show a gain over last year of
| l-iMp. a loss from the year Dclore last OF
81 go ana "A gain over 1898 of ga, 900
For the hfty-thrce days OF the season
that have elapsed the aggregate is ahead
of the same ffty-threc days OF last year
s090 900, of the same days year before last
tGsu ana of the same time In 1898 by
l,opS.W1 The amount brought INTO sight
during the past week has been l2SSif,
against ll0.722 for the seven days ending
tni" tli'c last year. olb.tiS year before last
and AIS 4ig for the same time I'm 1893. anu
for the twcnty-three days Of October il
has been li9St3. against l3ri.al0 last
year sos 80 year before last ana LIZ, 40
la 1893. These make the total movement
for the hfiy-three days from September
/ to dIte 2.Gi7, 1855, against l,Sglpl last year
2,l79ssl year before last and 1859 ia same
time in 1888.
TIL movement since September shows
receipts II an United states ports l.sSi.i75
against l.213,5a last year, l69,Ml Year
hclofe last ana ~, ~ SAINT UNI IN lNf5s
overland across the Mississippi. ohio and
Potion rivers TO Northern mills ard
Canada l32. 0i5 against l@,03 last year,
lAS,GS year before last ana N.Sii in 1873,
interior stocks IN excess of September !,
81 lds, againsi 2Si 1876 last year -lQ,oA year
before last mi 1850 in 1888; southern min
takings, 1852 2si. against ~ -h la"t wear.
~ II year before last and Va 80 in 1879.
Foreign exports for the week nay" been
Nal against 1884 last vHal making the
total 'hus far for the see son +Hif3i. against
f3, 40 last year, or an Increase OF 4Sl 10
Northern mill takinEs durinr the last
seven days show a decretsa Of lN,Sl7, as
with the sponlirg period
lls' year, and the total itltinss since Sep
: mhcr have increased blSI The 'otal
ana Canada. thus fer for the selson have |
boon 81. S3S against An 50 last year. Thcse |
include 2e6,7lG by Northern spirnefs. |
agains, 1909.
Stocks at the seaboard and twenty nine |
leading Southern interior ceniers nave |
Increased during the week 1865 bilcs. |
against an Increase during the same pc /
Rod of last season OF l69n7S
lncluNug stocks left over Al ports and |
interior towns from The last crop and the
FAR for the new crop. the Supply 70 date
IS 1858 bales. against 2,lis,a5s for the
same period last year
Secretary Hester's reports are made un
10 the close OF corresponding weeks OF
last year and year before, Comparisons
NJ 10 dates arc misleading. a. totals to
lose OF this week last year would take
IN ~ daVs Of the season, year hetore last
q days, ana in lSi3, 81 days, against only
- days this year
New York, October % Hubbard Bros
& Co.'S cotton letter says: Liverpool be-
anne uneasy under the weekly statement
II stock In their market and advanced