The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-10-08
COTTON MARKET REVIEW.
Several Bullish Features Were De-
yeloped Yesterday.
PRICES REMAINED IN THE OLD Rur
Predictions OF n Rapid improvement,
Although tho Nov emeut Continues
On an Enormous Scale.
Office of The Post.

houston, wednesday. OCTOBER L.
About the most favorable feature IN cot
ton today was the big spot business done
at Liverpool. Sales there this morning
were iio0o bales. making the total pur-
chases In the past four days amount to
1900. Spot prces werc also steadicr
abroad and there was no further decline.
Liverpool futures opened higher. but soon
cascd on and closed 1-6id to lis-6ld lower
than yesterday. In the Anglican markets
the sentiment was still bearlsh. and oper-
atcfs generally seemed to think that the
bottom had not been reached. Even the
most bull!sh traders admitted that the
enormous receipts made the recent de-
cline iustfablc. although confident that
prices would soon improve. New orleans
showed slightly better prices at the close
this afternoon.
This promises TO he the banner week
fer lSa6 In the line Of cotton movement 1t
is generally believes that tho amount com.
Ing into sight will he In the neghhorhooi
of 10000 bales. Tho ports navc already
received 81. 900 bales moro than for the four
corresponding days last week. and the
total fer the week promises fully ss5.oeo
bales. The interior towns are also cclips-
Us 80, F' -. oon -, =.
son .io"S''h mas '','''r" S'''s' V'''s ~
io"' "''H' ".u io' Wv "erN W.
VS. "''N' '''"' MANY '''o"t,'' .''.,
"'N','F "a W w.,
merchants 20 ""'' ',' a,',''' Wv
r','' "'o.S - ''' W. Wv
W w 9'o .
V''''' "e"' ms
"'o ''' 'op o''' ''i"' '''' wv 80
"'"'n'' NO." p'9u'''e", "''' a. N."''h '''s'
prooup'n'E III any ''n'c' II WV, "e seo''
are tread.ng. They made a II. 900 Gao bale
crop on paper last June and IN less than
one month had to cut down thcr estl-
!, ate 900 bales. They have lately
added 100000 bale, TO tho Isesent small
Weld on The prospect of a top crop and
NAV amy dnV havo their hopcs crushed
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49, J." Wv
Al To-Day SESSION New YORK luihrcA
opened steady, with prices showing an
ndv,rctn. tcraonc,. D,ccr,bor SOLD "A,
i'No on the opening, advanced 10 '''' ana
then steadily declined until Isl was
r.,.bcd uov,r1s tina ,ln.n a rc,,,ton
- -,
oc'uIIN anu Ht'al hSEsua were 'eot'ho'-
only one point lower ,han last night. Jam
nary enld "A. \ 40 oariv in tho snaston rb.u
dropped TO $50. and closed at 7HbalP6,
against f96I7g7 yesterday.
"a 40" W '.'i' V''''e' tp'''Vi "' 49,
1's'',''.' " ''V' "''' -, Vl'i'o' ~" W sou
W. .t'.s '"' '.oH'".' wa, at
''', "e'''-'.. '"' "a"
vary scid al '''j Tor the highest ana ',6J
Lowest. closing at 1.6f.
,,,h A,,o..,..,,,, ono, ,,,,.,,.,, NOR, ,.,,,o,
''.'4 W 'i'o' ''''' ms "e's '"''''
W"ik, with lower values at some points
Now York closed &c decline ana Houston
lost Lin.
Nt""oo >ioiett 20 OF NoW YORK say
J." '''V'' N'7hIS nh"'ho' 'e'''l' nave
hau u" information th"' Mou'o 'e"l w u
neheNe 'hat this crop VIII rea'ze S'oV'oO'
! bales particularly as 50 much Of 1t was
rnarkctsl d,rIn,, Aueust and therefore
'H 49,
Sttai''d 10 inc PreSedils cotton year
any hinf IKE normal trade conditions N
1'nn n. tn vn a,, The ,nnr1c' snom,5 md
v,,iid d. h',t thn ,,'rcrt.tn,tos nopri'
caliv. may continue To- nct as A ddInner
ON The market 10 some extent and, ne
haps. make speculation smui.cr. for Z few
weeks more than otherwise Il would be.
Speculation, however is largely matter
Of sentiment, ana develops al uheNpec. =!
times ana m uhcApet 'eu Noiuiilv, 90 IA IA
a rush OF orders rhhet Way coin,ns smut
me present inhctNity 70 o''e i"'tc t"V
''N'''s' n.y." ''''' iN''
Nc,y work. octohnr 7 --,rhe cotton mar.
Nv" io,"' w
kct opHed with prices points rover ana
closed points higher Cables were bet
to: than expected carly ard an advance OF
| 3iflO points followed the frst call. Later
the market weakened undeg rumors OF a
5000 coz bale crop estimate by Neill and
ma 'atons OF iafser roS.lpss ~ ~, i ~.
| Ihc Wuikiess Mtls increases ny 'cPV 70 %
o. uhSst,leu ' Ne, ni i LINZ ar liz
'losr VIDA e""'' a. " '' "' "
po'h's'
Nav, York Octobsr 7-Business has been
,,,,.iora,o ..,,,,, nra nItho,,,,t
on " very '''' ~' ""'
/ number OF man ORDERS We're on manu-
I they called for such quantities as were
= necessary for urgent requirement. The
! sider,blc business. Printing cloths