The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-05-12
COTTON MARKET REVIEW.
Bureaus Acreage Report Caused
No Excitement.
AMERICAN FUTURES WERE ADVANCED,
Ooubttess Due to tho ManipuiNtors--Iiv
erpUoi Sp"ts and Futures show
Drottnc--C Comparisons.
AMERICAN FUTURES WERE ADVANCE
Office of The Post.

tho government bureaus acreage re-
por, was issued at noon today. but had
N''! "'''e erect upon the market one
way or tho other. Tho trade generally
had anticIpntca n material addition ia
tho co,,o, n,.,,,,,.. 81. ,,.,,, a,,a 49,, .,,
'"e 0o''VH e'ie'se WIS Near' ana no sur
prise was felt at the bureaus estimate
of las pc, cen, Increase TIN, npriru,n,,.ol
,..,,,,., ..,.,., Nv az q "''"' ~
"''at'"'oh' estimator last years pointing
at Nl@.6sb acres and the increase hdi-
Gated today would mako tina ucrrnrc rn,
,vo. a., ~, - ,~ ,so,
'S'o lus' .S'i'nsl'' III 1871 when the Weld
was 100000 bales, the acreage estimated
by the bureau was ~ sS7.nsn
,,,. -
'"o oNf'i'S raw oc'" pro"ieuhE hh
These ,,e.r.s merely snrvo ,o ,nna No. , %""
be,,,f nh. hu,,s s,c ,,,o ,,,,r'.,,,,. 49,,
lies ara NO, n, m oa,,,,",.., s'' ~"
mo lorrs ,r1 g., fna, ,,,"
t,e,r s1t, ~, ,,',' .., N'''''e y,
w ''' ''NS'' lucy 'oh'rh'
mat III the expectations of an acreage
the Same as year before last should hc
fnluu.a n,,t ,.,,h ,,,.. - we
"''" "''' '"' p"'hpihHnhl season
thn' prevailed then. the yield can not
possibly lac rrna,er ibar an a,, ns, la,
,vt,n ,,.n.,,,n
. "',N "' s"''''H s'"VNs on tue
consume this amount OF American cotton.
sn,,,r ,mS H,iuiloeks lroiesS believe TIA,
a. ~ tY 30 4, AAe a.
According Ia m. bgr,nn. ,s,t,,,, :,
becn planted ON thn NJ, MAJ, a. ,,,,i
thia Is ah al per cenl more than laa,
HrIi pHuVuH At ihat date II tx about
" i,,I , 'nr 'h' ils' Yen yours
. .l'n SHuni,iaN ~ .'ie closg OF toihN's
New yorl ana New S,icnus onon.lt IA a
decline, but soon took an upward turn
"''u w ' n a ~" p",n,N "
snonsihle FOR tnday's decline p3n,V he
ncvr tiAi ne maNrulaturs mVe started
, .,,,',,I T.''v 'n'N inHtv 'i"- hs,h
n,,n',, un.v ,ii,,,,.,,, ,,, ~ ,'5 ~ NJ
n ,,',,,y ~ ,,,,.t,to IL MIMI, ~ ,, ~ ~ W.
'H '''''''f' '"'N''
rtord., & ,- ~ IA, WI I'D. L.
,,,,,t,. 49,, 'N ,''' ~
'hor rP'''"i SEM out last SATURDAY
Tho two conflicting theories thni nov
prevail are nlst that th, advance Inns
ai....,,,. .,,,,,,,,.,, IN
,n,,1,,.NS,,., ,,' '''', t,' 'liuh "'' WI
.'',, /" ~, a., N'lIN s'tnilA ~ o."
,,f, H. ~, l'a'"'' t'l,f th'ii iN'.i"R
niun,lot,na ,,,,,t a., nti,n e,o,,t ~, I;,',.
WIN virw or tu,,.t,,,r r.i,,s ni-,,'r
INN ,,.,., IN. tl,in,. t ., ~ ,, .
inr hun ontratnr A. no, nov s,lnuoi.; I'M,
tha ,,a,l.i at,I sn,,,,s =, ,,,r,,d H. a.
POSITION TO st}l >,iii ,nif,,rt eentla envy 3,
we
1lonstan o,t,,,,ts ,,,o ,o 80, bole. ,,po,
rou a,,i,s, en- on ~, .n,,, i,,, lac,
N'siI N'W 'fflNHiS 'S'l'liatf IL ipV "rNi
to $50 nsainsi lS2p,
H. samuels OF Marlin NJ bn1n"snav Ct
Now ORLEANS and NJ j. Mciiamurl of
'll r,', ',,fp.. i"'io, ~ wy
washington. MAY u Ih' cotton report
OF the Department ol hpr'cuitur" TOR MAY
r'intnh TO tue pr0errss al painting "nd
The proposed or contemplated acreage.
The proportion OF tho contemplated area
ni,.t t,,,, m NJ, ,,.s - a ,,r
"'' e''' Pt"i'''u y" ""S VIC ',' ~
cent which approNimates very closely the
average usually planted Mt INIT dal",
"stimate for the several Ststes are. Nir-
ginln 20. North Calolna 50. south curp-
Ina g0 Georgia 80, Iorda i0o, Mississippi
~ louini.lua w. r.AN- 81 Afkau4aa S.
T.uurs..r Sg Tho rniiirus Oh crop cor
reppondcnta in regard to me contem-
thc stnfrs arc p,i follows Virginm ~
%n,,h rt,,nsna IN sonh rargllna iii
Georgia ll8 Nlnnnnlu IN. ArhnnAns lg3
t,ln,ita IA Ni..l ..s,,fl nd T',..,p' iii T,.u-
,,'.i. , ~ i,,dls, rnrrj,t,,. Ia Nn.snpi1
IN mo n.rf.f,,,,. for ina rouutrv tee tlt
Iiantins has b.cn Dntliri Than usual Ia
num 81 tic Cotton states bui much CON
H. Na,,i, n',d .,,,,,, ,,.,r'iirI, ,;.nrot, o.rt
Alth,n, ,,tar,ib,e Tn. e..rmination OF
tl,g e,sfle
In :, fow no,utIaa IA 'rsxns the Mexican
wcryn 4. reported ms doing ,onsidorADin
sntI 10 he in e6od eSndttion VIII ' favor,
XIX XII , w ~, ~ '"'' ''"'''''"' WIN
N.y. yn,l, Nav n .rhc buren, rc,o,,
,r ,.,,.'. a,
Zen Nat on 'chaliE" TO-DAY. aitnouBh
platrd acreage ac'unng planted May to
yea- IN. ofnc,nl 0,,iros uro not re-