The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-04-17
COTTON MARKET REVIEW.
Receipts Very Small aud Exports
Quite Large.
SOME IMPROVEMENT IN FUTURES.
Tho Favorable Features In the Situation.
May Cause Manipulation --spots
In Better Demand.
ofncc OF Tho Post

| There was better feeling In all mar
| kcts today, resulting in II few points I'm
provemcn, In future delivery prices. Spots
| also advanced ut New York and Calves.
| ton, though both of these markets were
already too low. Liverpool futures
| closed TO M. Cad higher than yesterday
| and spots were steady Mt former prices
| An Improvement In spot sales at Liver
| pool was n noticeable feature OF today's
market. Tho spot demand was also re.
| ported good In nearly nll Southern mar
| kets. Now Orleans aiuno having pold
something over 10000 bales In the last two
| days.
Exports were 6S.l6T bales today, making
total OF $4,000 bales shipped from
| United states ports so far this week. Re-
eeipIs for the siN days or this week have
| been only 30.2so bales. thus making ex.
| ports about six times ns large. Such n
one sided movement us this Is hardly
| calculated to reassnrc the bears In fact,
the rapidly decreasing supply of American
| cotton IL Il menace TO the short interests
| Vmt can not be disrogardod. THIS checks
, iellIng, and 1t is the general opinion that
mould trade conditions show an improve.
N"iil soon. much higher prices for cotton
Mould quickly follow.
New YORK futures opened steady. about
llponi up. There was u further improve.
lncnt on the second cal and the ciosiup
WAS TO . points higher than Yesterday.
May opened AT az and fuctuatcd be-
tween hi-Ni,s.1 FOR several hours though
advancing 10 IA during the afternoon
August ranged iron ,.,s 10 i.70, closing at
i.i6ui.J6,
New orleans futures opened auiet md
steady with an advancing tendency, but
on.y blight Improvement wus made In
QUOTATIONS. Final iRutos were | TO 3
points TIP. with Tho exception ot Novcm
hcr pecepher ana january, which worc
unchanged. May spld at 1o9it7.G0 and
October AT G.ai1G.e6.
New York, April ls.-1'he cotton mnrle,
opened AT an advance OF lM2 points on
better cables than bad been expected.
Thcrc was a further advance OF "a points
partly du" to huving by q. large operator
rcvcn,lN returned after long absence,
small receipts cHhsnl ndlsrosilion to sell
without stimulating demand Tho small
receipts, rs compared with daily exports
are gradually cntiiug down stocks. I'll"
advance of LID IN sp4t cotton. making up-
land l1-iG. Is more To conform with the
advance in futures thau 10 amy hgsincss
IN SPOT cotton. the latter being ncousii-
cradle at any figure win unNatlsfaetory
'fhc close Was quiet hrt steady at the adj
vance.
for stanlc aud grny cotton. with consider.
nhle dolng in the former ana much morr
IN the prospective. WINS n feature In the
marlc, today Tho large cpriallmcni of
production by the Coiored goods mills
~ becoming 10 lac iit In the scarcity Of
Hvian s,ylcs There was an Improved re-
quest for purely summer etuffs such nv
organizes, lawns oropons. surens md
prinls The general reflection OF tiie mar
N,' SLOWS i"cri.d improvements Printing
New York, Aprll io.--Hnbhnrd Pros &
co. = cotton letter The feature of on,
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