The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-04-04
COTTON MARKET REVIEW.
No Business Transacted In the
Worlds Markets.
THE LIVERPOOL WEEKLY STATEMENT
stocks Decreased Over Forty Thousand
Bales During the Wsok--wcathcr
Kcports Are unfavOrab!c.
Office o, The Post.

Good Friday was observed as d holiday
| in all the cotton markets of the world.
| No reports We're received at any point
and no business transacted on the curb.
| The Liverpool weekly statement was re-
| ceived last night and posted on the local
boards this morning. together with the
Houston daily and weekly statements.
| Liverpool's stock OF cotton was decreased
| $3.50 bales during the week and Is now
| LEI. ooo bales. ngainst l,73l.N1 ut the Same
/ time last year. Sales for the six days
We're quite small. amounting to only 80
900 bales against SIS, 100 for seven days hast
year
| Weather reports continue rather un-
/ favorable in tho cotton belt of Texas
Speaking of this today Mr. William r..
Robertson said at seems AS If the men
who have been hguting out IL $500 O)e-bale
crop for Texas the coming season are al
ready being shown that the weather has
about As much to do with a big crop as
the acreage. Reports received here dur
| Ing tho last few days indicate TINT ram
is badly needle! in several sections. and
It " further stated that unless The ground
| Is moisicued soon the scod Planted may
not germnhte. Rain IS prcdictcd for to-
night however and II II is prevalent
helped materially hu, should the present
unfaVorabie % .ook continue tor few
days longer look for a considerable
change in the temper OF the market. We
have beard nothing but big crop talk from
NV York aud elsewhere for the past
! Two months and this racket has been
worked by tbs hears fer adj II IL worth.
Tho public is tired OF the constant repe-
tiiiou of these crop gunssos, ana IL we
begin 10 hear reliable reports of backward
planting aud an unfaNorahc SEASON, |
look for an immediate reaction Naturally
thus VIII give The shorts II scare and as
they haNr comparatWeN little cotton left
OF last years yield With which to pro-
iect themselves. a substantial advance IN
prices would ensuc
Tho New York Tribune of March % says
that SO far US the tui>nes of raw material
by tho worlds spinncrs 20 to show it,
there is nothing very wrong about the
condition of the cotton trade In general
at present, Tho withdrawals Tor trade
purposes in the connmcrc!al week ending
Frluay night reduced the visible supply
of cotton of all kinds IN the world sO,oO1
bales against a reduction in the CORE
spending week last year of 5000 bales.
lhe entire tsihIe supply is now $50 0lo
bales The visible supply of American
cotton in the world according to he
weekly compilation oil the Chronicle. was
reduced hoo ha.es 10 2.ajatDo bales. ON
Il week when the receipts We're swollen
SO greatly by the eieaTanccs at the va
rtou$" ports. as they were last week that
there should he such shrinkare Of the
available supplies of cotton in tho world
was reg rded as siguitic,n, and striking
proof thnt cotton mills throughout the
and require alld are taking tho present
scnhly supplies OF the pruiuc, IN AZ great
volume as over. thus heavy loss In thu
worlds visible supply WIS shown in the
face not only Of III" staggering receipts
for he week but q mhrked falling of
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