The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-05-15
COTTON MARKET REVIEW.
liverpool Spots and Futures Arc
Both Lower.
HE SITUATION SOMEWHAT MINED.
traders Are Inclined To lie Very eau
ti.ua-unccrtN,nty ~ Weather Com
ditions Causes ltes'tation.


Houston, Thursday. May H.
II Was very tame market :odny and no
features of Importance were developed
Liverpool continues TO take n bearish
View OF tho situation, and futures IN that
market closed al q decline OF a-Gid Spots
were also OFF l-S.d but this decline caused
some increase Ia purchases, sales amount
'ns to 1000 bales. New York ruturos
We're weak at the opening. but showed
mere strength toward the close. and nnal
figures for July. August and october We're
l point higher than yesterday. New Or
leans futures also developed considerable
activity during the afternoon and close !.
to roints up.
The situation is stun very uncertain ana
SPECTATORS are exercising great caution
IN all transactions. They rcalisc that
manipulation ia quite likely to CAUSE II
further sharp advance In the old crop OF
any time. while the certainty that the big
Sew York hun had Withdrawn Ms support
would cause prices to hreak On the
other hhnd tho now crop has Just hegun
its growth and The uncertainty II weather
conditions during tnr noNt three 81 tour
month"; makes the distant positions also
subject to violent fluctuations. rue tthie
at present undoubtedly takes Il pcursh
View of the IAN and winter months. MS is
seen by the fact thai, prices thereon are
nearly cont lower than the summer
monius. As the bud weather period
J"nA july and Nusua' rs set TO cone
how Yer. IT ia easy To sec that THIS Wow
ir',l aug DAY nc shahEtd 10 Nn extremely
rNiiish on, Ncntlicr aud manipulation
are hotn very uncertain factors TO count
iron
New York futures opened wiih August
sealing at NnS. or about Tic s,tiuc as yes
ler3''N's plosV, l'ticvs iluotunted hctwecn
so, mud SOS for Il short while. ,h,n ad-
NdHraa to Nil, dropped back to- Sp..
lunI,ci I, Sli4S l. by ESQ y. IA ard clos.i
ut 7.s, f,r tho hirhest and closed al ..60.
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Figures op.n.a In Now orleans mac
tieaiiy AT Yesterdays ptices July nuuui-
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Ncw ofh; May III hc cotton market
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re pni4's, WIN tfadli9 slack ana feainre-
itss ana 'hloNy on local account f9vor-
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uinytloh' 70 lnr situation. aeiiins was
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