The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-04-01
COTTON MARKET REVIEW.
Futures Scored an Advance OF Four
to Six Points.
FALL MONTHS WERE QUITE ACTIVE.
Continental stocks of Cotton Are
Less Thnn ut This Time Inst
Ycnr-Snles of Fertilizers.
Office of The Post.

a1.a..e Ia. NJ n r1h
Hous'o"' N'
"hen co"pareu WV" '"e "'aaS
sessions that nave oseh experienced
Gently this nis"' We aS a"
day IN the cotton ma'hee' L'NVIioV' 'e',
over an advance OIL l-o'a on iu'.ieS' "4'.
reported spot safes OF i""V' odieS' WV"
prices l-SZd hisher' me Improvement
abroad was consderen an ackno"lelR
ny the Nisstssipni river floods. and caused
...,,., "a .hnr. wore o,.
ire american markets. ~ sHo" "'oie
probation of the condltlors prevailing in
hat sect;on of The cotton belt. New
-, tn. 81 NJ. ~.
Nork ADVANCED 10 po'"'S' ''''u .'e" W.
leans showed gain OF to points.
rho fan months wern especiallv active
-, Wi, ,',, ,,aa, ,h,, ,,r,,,ost ,-,i,
at New YORK ana maue ,'c s!''''s, ''.'"
thus slightly reducing the discount that
has prevailed or the distant positions.
,,,. nth, ss,i,..r,,, 4, N,,, No,.k ara
INC "is"eSl io'' x Nv ~,
August and the low october. inc ar
ference. he.ng &c points. According TO the
rsuaI nar,ty or legitimate differences for
"S""' P'''H VI 70 V.''a'' var e'ees i''
carrying cotton. october should be about
IL points above August. instead OF Sc he
low so,,ea,e ~, ,be s,,,,,ner ,,ei,,,e-;.,.
however or strong indioatio'ts of 10
Too 0C) bale crop tho coming season. might
mare "'e NisVoui'' o'' '''o i'''i mon IA
twice or three times as great as at pres
ent. In New Orleans July Is the highest
,,o,,h ,,,.,, 49,, .ba h,,,.,, ,h,, ,hor,
'' 80" upoN '''o 'NA '',''
Will be plenty OF new cotton on thA mar
k,at In August August deliveries are !
noin,s lower than Juiv while Octoha,
49, 49, ~ ~. 80.
lUlnres are 80 points lower IMAM august
opened steady. with May selling at 7c
though the first bid was only 69S. Only
one sale was recorded below &c. and the
majority of transactions were at 7.0l
against s. ssa6 90 yesterday. August sold
at 7i0 for the lowest and 7.l3 highest
closing at 7.l2u7.l3.
bid, though the first SSle Vas at s.sl. The
highest actual was a. and the closing
figures were 69l0692. against q. Ss1g So
yesterday. July showed very few trars-
higher than on Nav deliveries.
The usual bearish kilograms as 10 sales
of fertllizers in the Atlantic states have
been coming 10 the surface recently. Here
is one from Savannah. Ga 'Fertili2er
te rtilzers tbs year that have ever been
known. The consumption in Georgia las,
year was 325.ooO tons, which was 2o.Oo,
tons larger than the year before. This
year II will go to 10000 tons. the largest
part of which has been shipped.'
While ldyerpool's stock of cotton Is
about 1900 bales larger than at this time
last year, uhe continental stocks are con.
siderably less Bremen has only 1919. ON
bales against $3.50 last year and a,5, 90
on this date in 1895. Havre has 22s. 900
against 2g9 Ooo last year and 10000 tn,
wear before. The total continental stock,
of American cotton are 172,00O bales les.
than last year.
Houston expects 500 to 1000 bales to
morrow. against 1855 on the same day las
year. The estimate at New orleans IS 70
James Beckett of Austin and ]. Geth
ard of san Antonio were visitors at tn
Houston Cotton Exchange today.
New York March 31.-As usual to tn
closing day OF the month there were larg
totals OF sales of dry goods as the result
o: the new purchases. d,llveries on for
mer ones and the charging up of man,
goods on memoranda including wool. cot
ton and silk. The month of March ha