The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-01-22
MONEY AND INVESTMENTS.
Doings Of Day With Wall Street
Operators.
STOCK MARKET STRONG AND HIGHER.
Money Easier All Around-T. & N. q.
Bonds brought n Prcmium--Goid Ex-
port Had Little Effect.

New York, january 2i.-(SpeciaD-.Quite
n choery feeling ON the stock market to-
day, the causes being the manner the sen
ate handled the Monroe doctrine rcsoiu-
ton and tho incrcas> offering OF money;
also that Secretary Carlisle was in perfect
accord with the bankers as to keeping
money easy during the loan payments.
The easing mp In money at Chicago and
other points helped, and tho coming for
ward OF prominent concerns to participate
In the loan Is to be Included. The gold
outgo Of tomorrow had littlc effect. The
market was strong and higher but yielded
upon realizing for profits at the close.
Missouri Pacific was among those which
enjoyed a raise.
Sixties Ass; demand 4.S9,
Silver 67A; Mexicans So.
Supply of cotton bills is moderate.
Four thousand Texas and New orleans
railroad first mortgage per cent bonds
sold at auction today at HOS.
Cotton-~I'he better feeling noted In the
late trading yesterday was materially in
creased today and resulted In firmer ana
hlshor markets all around this morning
Liverpool showed a better response than
expected to our firm closing This caused
our market to open firm AMI higher on
the near months. but before the end of
the call the latter months showed only ,
pathy with tho Improvement, and u slight
hesitation In the buying, together with
the receipts coming in little froer than
previous calculations, furnished them with
protoxt for han1mering prices, They
elipr4gtl,l in r,sll no ASH Il, nut
below last nights prices before the end
OF the first half hour but their success
was only temporary. as the smaller shorts
and room traders generally were disposed
to cover and take the long side for a
turn" The demand from this source, to-
gether with fresh buying from the South
and Wall street. some good sized orders
from Liverpool soon absorbed MI the Of
ferings and turned tine market UP against
y general buying movement then set in,
which continued up to O'Clock and estab-
lishcd net advance in prices of 10 points
on top of yesterdays advanced quota
lions The trading was fairly uctNe, and,
in view Of the recent dulincss and de-
clining tendency of values attracted as
much attention from outsiders as yester-
days advance in wheat Free realizing
Sllfs ny lust W'Sh purchasers US u
stlmulant and held the bears In ohecy.
Market closed steady.
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.
New York, January 2l,--A moro cheerful
temper prevailed in Wall street today ana
speculation was In spasmodic spirite The
speculation Was NOT uniform, Confidence
was withheld on TIE hN,ief that toe With
drawal of gold on Saturday viii TIE nom
iual In amount. The impression that the
uropoaad Monroe doctrine resolution OF
senator Davis would be either postponed
or defeated gaVo n feeling of relief IN
financial circles which may or may not
be Justified. The market opened firm aud
advances to the extent " per cent were
soon recorded in some instances. The i'm
proVcment was changed soon after Tie
end OF the first hour. whom n slight rcac-
ton occurred TIE upward movement
was soon resumed. however, ana at the
ton figure gains were scored nj lNlia per
cent In sugar Chicago gas. General l.lec-
trc. Louisville and Nashville and the
Changers The last mentioned recovered
one-half Of the decline; leather preferred
fen lip per cent IN sympathy. Western
Union was pressed for to n comparatively
large extent despite denials of unfnvorI :
ble rum1rs In circulation regarding the
property The market closed quiet and
steady with slight gains general In the
railroad list
Bond operations were on n decreased
scale. the dealings being $1,000; prices
firm.