The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-01-30
COTTON MARKET REVIEW.
Small Transactions and Slight fluc'
tuations 10 Futures.
MAINLY A CASE OF DRY ROT.
A Few Points Lower in All spcculnt-
I've Mnrkcts-New Orleans spots
Declined One-sixteenth.


| io"stol. friday, January -.
me total sales of futures at New YORK
ana New Orleans today werr less than
iNV' bales. This lack OF business makes
inc market very embarrassing one. and
| brokers' state that the receipt of an order
Is no" quite an event. Oay one ,ole-
graphic explanation of the decline was re-
oeNe1' ana mat was from New York.
rms ADVICE said that Liverpool, Weld and
r'cai operators selling, together with
| .io"r : hdfnmerinc, caused the weakn.sss
vas ftdHy case OF dry rot however,
.uu NEEDED no explanation The loss in
.eNah iutures was 10 points. and
az i-4seipooi l'a-eid@l-sid Liverpool spots
"efo i'9zd lower. and New Orleans marked
spots Lice on.
ms Gahy decline of or points has
e'N''e' IN a loss of sdio points on the
GUNNER months at New York since las,
'A"s. WINE the fall positions are down
70 40 points. May and August .on-
'o'S !" new York are 10 points lower
- 81. the hrst of the year. while &C.
'''er SHOWS loss Of 81 points durin., the
month. In New Orleans MAJ T.. nov, -
p''i'S hIGhcr than on the ith of January
ana Is quoted AZ points above oc,o,.,
Local cotton men entertained Themselves
tins afternoon by figuring ON, tho t.,e.,-
crop. having Secretary fIeater.s ngures Of
6''9O5I bales into sight to 1,to a. h.,
sis. with this known II wa cas,iv cal.
cnlated that the first of February Womb
snow aboE 100000 bales brought TO ,.ie,y
ihen taking the movement of ms, v.,,,,
as an exrmp.r. the following re.ul,, ,.grr
figured ont; If 50 per cent OF the cror ts
III AEht by the end of January the ,o,,,
WIZ he s'775ooo bales; II So per cent 4,
W: II Sc per cent. s.iG3.0lo. F,lrh of ,beso
.ottiS mas warm adherents YOU can
'ahe your choio" and put up your mar
gins 70 bay on the minimum igur.s n
sen on The maxinum,' said one broLnr
today. '''"''
Al 'oday's session. New York futures
opened quiet with 7.oi bill for March Tho |
n'shest sale WIS at 7O6. the lowest n,
"'', ana closing figures ware 7ra7 - |
against hoiulo5 yesterday. Nav so,d ~, |
nit early In the session. bu. dronp.d 10
IA by The close. OpEe' ~
In New Orleans March started -. e.-
utoppei TO e,S., and closed al eSe9G So
against Odq6.& yesterday. NAYS bi..h
est was 59S and lowesf e.9i.
The following visitors wrro recfs.oro,
al the Houston cotton exchange to1,,.. :
.aihnris OF Marlin and Richard ol,rl ~
Memphis. VI
houston expects l7Oo to 200 bale. ,,-
morrow, against 1907 on the same ,i,, loo,
year The estimate at New Orleans is fo-
5000 to COO against 5esl.
b, "a liverpool cable STATED that Mr. Ian
, ,1,,'cr hyi roNis''d his figures and his s.
= 49, 49, ior Inc present cron was nn1,
1900 1900, bties. IL estimate OF th~ -otsi
@ @l o'.ai OF American cotton 10 he tn el,"i
~ .ontsImpuon by spinncrs. inct1riirg
'I"rw britain. America. Mexico. Ctn.'ts,
i,.fo.' ingoil 10 Lapan, he places at 500 900
.n't t, OF ms years growth ne aisr Nv, ~
S'ill mates me tonl East Indian ~rn,
$500" haIea, against 100000 balrs ',,ea,t
crop al Z ' iGi os Ne estimates the Egyptian
me Following table shows tho stocks OF
american cotton held at seyen OF tho
principal markets Of the word ,o,,,,. -
DAY last week and for the correypondins
date In 1925. ''-'"s