The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-02-04
MONEY AND INVESTMENTS.
Doings Of Day With Wall Street
Operators
PROFESSIONALS DID THE TRADING
Nearncss of Bond Attachments and weak
London Held Things Oown-No
Life 10 Cotton.

4NeW horh' reoruars "'--NoPcViai'i hei"
was ratier st"pu-oh stoeh inarhe' w
gay. owing TO inc government pond ai'o'-
mint uay pe'''s SO NEAR A"ea" ""e so''s
proht tahiiis saice III many sSouriues' ""'
7" was NOTEWORTHY loa'u'o ''"' .>
"athes was hrti IL, .ie iace ot TINS ms
81 '''" .o'''"s '.'S ""s se'. SCI LBS
Wv" p'S'eu
were reuuceu III al ceh' ana ac'uai p"s'-
ness quotations TOT oenhanu ana capie o'ns
ieii NC during the DAY Can money was
hrini IN some instances IL went over per
cent.
In the AFTERNOON recovery Missouri IA
enc came In on IL IA
SILVER e'3s; Mexican ooiiars oa'
inc supply Oh COTTON o'lis is pe'ter'
Not'oh coi'fac's s"o"e" uisposiVon W
advance TINS morning III RESPONSE 10
better tone 10 me bNeipoo' u"Nices ."ai.
Expected ana 10 httie pulEns by 'ocai
longs ana inc New orleans Dun interests
me utonns was ia'i'E "otlNe Nv th" oie"'
ing ana an advance was es'aoh7hen' Inc
receipts e"'he III hes'NE' however ana al
thoush tue LNerpooi market crossed better
me sood teeiihs supsiu'a ana the mars"
reialseu mo uul' anu l's''ess sea'e.
harly buyers reversed Their POSITION ana
iried TO sell out ana ns the bulls WITH
drew their support the market turned easy
early improvemsnt and declining Tele.
cram. from, various noirtv 1, mo south
,,o,or,oa 80, ,,,,nra, lr,a,,,,.,. -, ,',
reported more hpsra4 offerings uf spot COT
ton. while the mail brought confirmation
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oI reV1h" r'portS VI 'N'o''''s" Pi'p'i "''''''
to plant large crop. Many esEmhten
the increased purchases of fertilizers Mt
1910 nor cent over last wear and the de-
iiand for mules Is sad 10 be general ana
spreading. The farmers Intention is 10
H., ,,,,,,, ,,,,o, 40 ,,ass,hio rh,,,
punt rs ""ch cotton "s possi"'e' mus
with the prospect of a large Increase In
the acreage this year and continued lib
90, ..,,,, - ,,,i,.. -, o,,,,,s,
wa, 'V'e'''9 wv u 'peou'''4V''
brokers find Il difficult to induce out
Elders No come Into the market. The mar
80, - -, .,.,.,...,,,,,,, ~,
he' rnleu auu anu heaNS 'niohsnout 'no
afternoon session, with prices at about che
lowest range reached this year. The only
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''''"'' VI '".' 'o' y
creased activity in cash cotton here oil the
.uot Sale. of lSin bales were. ,1ported for
-, - 90, -, -. -.
d'r'ot shlpheht TO EUROPE. iVS paies were
sold to splnncrs for home consumption and
1000 bales were delivered on contracts
-,
rvs" inns lhN"Vap'e feature however iaii-
ed to stir up any hullish enthusiasm or
nov s,arulntiva deu,and Tho ,,,,Lo,
-, -, "
'i"sed quiet
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NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.
New York February 8--Hoday's stock
speculation WAS almost entirely profess
sionnl Tho volume of trade showed con
siderable contraction compared with re-
cent records and the business was indif-
fercntly distributed London as had been
expected. came lower for Americans hut
the loss, below New York naiitv did not
reach fun figures, There WAS also some
selling for foreign account in this market
or the passage of-the senate free coinage
amendment 10 tho house bond bin The
same Influence WIS operative In causing
lower range OF prices 1t was also
feared that thr 4iicccss OF the government
bond issue might he ieopardized Foreign
bank, however held conflicting Views
on this po,ni on tho one hand II was
suggested that The largest expected Ger
man substitution for the bonds. amount.
INK to ahnui S25 Op1 900 might bc with
drawn wholly or IN mart while nthor Is
sues made tile noint that n was hsl ne
fully rpcOenfzed abroad ns in this country
that defeat awaited The free silver tnc,s.
iIre either in in. house or nj Inc hania
Of the rrosldent. Domestic subscr' piions
for Tho bonds were very large Bids FAR
SO ono 900 were received by the United
states Trust company In the last fifteon