The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-29
Houston Prices Were Reduced An
other One.sixteenth.
FUTURES CLOSED At A DECLINE
The AuEust Option Was nm Excep-
tion at New York. Advancing
Fourteen Poiats--Notes.
ofnco Of The Post.

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fious'.'r aru GaiVes'on 'pots were asa'"
reduced l-16c. There has been a fair In
aulry FOR cotton throughout tho South
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".1h'S 'ne 'a'' WIN " ~ a''u vas Sa'
ply has been absorbed nearly as fast US
il came from the fields. Tho demand has
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peeH p'fhc'paiiy i'oii h.as'erh sphners'
VINO are enjoying an eNceilent trade, with
higher prices for their goods. and who are
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""'e W 10y $50 p.es NpS f'.'
in order to Keep their mills running. The
foreigners however. ara still waiting fSr
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spo's W se' Y" '"e 'a''' y. ~ .s"'e -
the South, and are puyins little or hoth-
ing
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80 ann
gust VIII proDaniy pe loWV pales, an"
yet the total stocks at all ports and 81
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bales Al this Time last year 'he interior
towns alone reported that amount, while
ina nor, s,acra ,varc o0e oon : The ,ntlre
'"e p''' 'NNA' -,
supply In THIS country tneh was 'hroo
times larger than now. If Texas had not
furnished n b,r August movement this
year the EASTERN mus "o"iu navy 'Vc''
confronted with a cotton famine ere now.
Az today,s session New York futures
ononad firm with % hid for September.
The price fell to TSo, then advanced 10
7 az hut gradually dropped back TO T21,
80. . - IA ~ mo ,,ns, ne,
eam,her so,d ~ 81 carly IN the session.
fell 10 g 10 and closed at g. 79si6. so, against
. so,e 3, yosteraay The August shorts
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are stu paying dearly ior tne.r coN'r'hH'
That position advanced Il points In the
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at o'oouo.oi' asa'"s. ',o-nu''s 80 =. %,
peee'"pe' so'o y" wy
tober.
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A prominent New Orleans firm thus re-
views the cotton situation. writing under
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'a'e y. ,iw, 800,
Another sharp decline mas peM es'ap-
Iished IN our market since Tuq%day, ow-
In, nrI,c,n,i,v IN tho small semand for
a., ,,.,o, ,,h,,, tasH,o, heon
sufficient TO sustain prices, as trade con
tinucs bad on the continent and In Man
chester. Other important factors occa'
soning apathy in Liverpool are the STEADY
decline IN silver and Interpretation OF o
good cotton crop In India, well as IN
| America. which restricts speculation aud
| investment buying Recent rains, when
have prevailed throughout the belt, have
Vices a large crop now seems assured,
| We desire to CAL attention 10 me .ae'
, ,nes y, nl.cn m,,ar 10 tbls wear ara tina,
| the outturns OF those crops were the heav