The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-25
COTTON MARKET REVIEW.
Values FIuctuated Within Very
Narrow Range.
LIVERPOOL FUTURES CLOSED LOWER.
The American Markets Closed at the
Figures of Wcdncsdny-Holihn
until MOndny-rhc outlook.
Office OF The Post.

Houston, thursday. December -.
TIE cotton market was lifcless today
only a few spectators taking any inter-
est therein, and they were no doubt mere
| ~ evening up contracts until after the
holidays Sales were smalle" than trey
have been in many day. and fluctuations
were within a range of 5 points. liVe"pool
futures closed 1-6idnlis-6id lower, due To
the failure of the American markets TO
advance yesterday. New York AMI New
orleans evidenced ~ slight ten1ency To-
" ard higher prices today, but soon easei
eff, closing practically at last nights H.
nal figures. Liverpool spots were 1-32d
lower on all grades below middling. bmt
uuch inged on middllng and the higher
grades. Southern spot marIets were re-
ported steady. at unchanged figures.
All markets will be cosei Friday and
Saturday. and business VIII not be re-
stunned again until Monday morning. Dur
ing next week II is hardly expected thai
prices will change much one way or the
other. Rcce.irts promise to continue on a
large scale until the new year is under
way. but present prices are based on
this belief 1t in not likely TINT they will
have any bcarsh effect. Whenever the
prophesiod perpendicular drop" begins
tIlc bulIS Will nave the IuNdfNNhSt, pro-
vidcd it doesn't puc off the beginning too
long. Should the movement continue
heavy the rest of this and all of next
month, Il would not he possible to adj
vance the market and with the talk now
STARTED of a monster crop for lsg7-aS, 1T is
very probable that such contingency
would develop lower prices.
At today's session New YORK futures,
"a 4 ct. yy,. 4, a on
but the first sale was made at GS3. BY
noon the market had advanced to 6S6.
which proved the highest prir~ of the day.
The closing WAS at 6.S}H6.Si. against 6. 5.
eiG.3 yesterday. March sold at 6.aS early
IN the sess .on, but advanced to 7.Oi clos
ing at 7oou7ol, The slme as yesterdays fl
nal figures
In New Orleans January opened Mt 60,
sold at 60 by 1880. but soon cesod off.
closing at G.5jpG 4, against $500. - ycs-
terday March sold at 6.7l for the lowest,
and GU highest closing at C.7306.7i.
Houston expects 5000 to a505 bales tomor.
row, against j2il ON the samc day last year.
Tho estimate at New orleans is for lC.o0l
to ll.Vlc, against isis.
Members of The Houston Cotton Tx.
u.
money today and presented it TO AIcssrs
c'H mon operators who attend to telc-
graphic matters for the exchange On 1.r
houhs ana his assistant ar. courteous and
oi!-S ne repre- SCltai.vcS of tthc le!,.rr min {.
brotherhood. and this thrstnuu uttcrinr
was intended az AN indication of the -.
,' IN which they are held by many
prominent cotton men of houston
li'sh r. NJ Elroy of New Orleans
writes During the past few days We
nave seen considerable louidatioiI IN ,ho
shori size. To-Day there mas ai.o bcen
rather libcral covering OF long cotton. me
m.orsSt IN the market has mus been re-.
rm ' 10 a minimum, ana freed from any
u ,, ,n ,I liaSslNs weight on either side. thc
rnarkct ~ now IN pos ton TO promptly
,', TO any new Influence. At the
present level OF values ii is hardly possi-
BILE Tor anything to turn M to flrihI1r 10.
press prices. while any new bulIish eIo
mont INTRODUCED would be followed by nc
Lullish possibilities, i, looks tis il orN ~ !
least, W., smaller rec. hts af.er Ncty
Year Is almost certainly.
New, New York. December 2i.-The cotton
market was slow and feltufe.css toiov
MIN me httent on of tho traders DIVIDED
~ "ovm ,eNenlhE up Their owl accounts,
I nr execution OF a very few outside or
ucis ana the usual chr stmas clpers The
Hiutkel Workt wNhin a range of Il points
opening ! point lower to | r5int bilrher
and advancing to points on art We nosi
tons cables being ass GOOD as o yr poSii
ana me Hlrkei sSghtly overso!d on local
account Later The a ivance was lost ana
.hc market gu. cd quiet and steady with
the net results unchanged to noint
higher. fo''i'
New York. December 2i.-The Common
cal and Financial Chronicles tc'cgr,nhic
adVices from the South tonight inlic,fo
that the weather has been generally ra-
'orable the past week for marke,.l1. TN.
crop Who're rain has fallen the prec,p'-
ta'l0n mas been light, but at many POINTS
airy weather has prevailed. Thu ,etnner-
AZURE has been II little lower than nor
nal ''' 'o'
New York, December 2i.-At Tho h.,t
any demand in the dry goods market was
of 9ny ,'EsS nS nr ana Tor rr2ierate quauiuos
thIouEh deliveries on former purch ros
Were hlrGc, The market Is very All SO
usual IN ths period of Tho rr9n,h 90
az, tnonEn m tact The months sales 1ys
mo IN last year ''''P'"HliF
frllt!ns cloths dun at A-l6 and M ,.,,,,
ren XXI Of Off goods, there being salos az
Ne" York. December 2i.-Hubharl r,ros
q 20 4dy of cottca: A slight 'mnrn,,,'
nciit ~ values represents the renentfou "a,
I'm, HIp1,tay irade. ana the informat'-n
from he continent, Receipts arc no,,p1
Us lS on RAPIDLY at the int.sr or to,,. - "
NM there Is yet no Indication in ib,, ~o, 40;
m,,,Ncl1emt 81 a7y dm.nuticn In the Vol.
COTTON.
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