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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-01-09
FINANCIAL pRiEFs.

Lcrdcn---consois for money liz 1916; for
the account ii2 ts-fs; Mexican ordinary 1875
Mexican Central new fours cSx; bar silver
unchanged. IS s-isd per ounce: money Ia per
cent Mss M
New York. -cicarings siss,sss.so7; balances
s1rsS.e COS. ~
nerlh,-- business on tho bcurse here and NJ
Frankfort was quietcr today Prices were
well maintained. Mexicaps were In great Ia
vcr or account OF the conversion possibility.
American securities were stcady.
pafis-son the bourse today business was
quiet ane liEhter In tone, spanish fours we're
tavciahly traded In on rumors that the Gu
ban Insurgents had been counscicd TO make
peace with Spain.
Ionaon--Thc market fo- American secufi-
Ties was generally frtn all day. with trading
mostly piofcssicnai The tone was quiet but
steady and the demand moderate.
New ycrk--Totel sales Of stock today were
s2s 400 shares. including: Western Union, u.s.
Ola sugar, iS.ai0s Burlington, ,a.teo.
New york-.Thc exports OF spccla from the
rort OF New York for the week amounted 20
$4,000 In gcld and sI.ios.bis in silver, This
importn were: Gold. $Sl1.SSi; silver, SG,siS,
dry goods. $s.S9c,iSs general merchandise,
S1,sST,lSi,
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New YORK Cotton Market.

Now York. Janunry s-~The COTTON markct
orcned quiet aud stcndy, with prices un-
changed 10 ! point lower ruled quiet with
scarcely hairs breadth variation. and At
IL o'clock was duh az l point net decline.
Sales TO that hour were 1850 bales, Il was
q local market entirely. There was nothing
in English news To stimulate yentureR on
either side OF the account futures at Liver
pool being steady but without important
ohruges in prices, white spot cotton at that
point was slow and fcntnrelngg. Port re-
ccpis promise 70 show y material falling on
this week, today's being estimated at 5000.
As the market drew In close, leading fl-
turer moved up. The market was finally
Quiet and steady at not unchanged prices 10
1 poin. advance with total sales OF 2s,1vO
bales Port receipts estimated for today Mt
$500 bales. against ii.aif last week and co.
1874 last year.
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WHEAT MARKETS.
! Easlcr aud the Rasae
Mas Narrow.
|F1s. SHOWED STRENGTH.
Down Half a Ccnt-rorn
IA Fraction l.owcr-Pro-
Ions Rule strong.

Suary s.--Wheat averaged easier
moderate range. Trading,
kecially heavy. was OF a nervous
sing many quick changes. May
ScIine. Firm cash markets and
demand saved the market from
break. Corn lost u. Oats
ICED and provisions 2lsGl,zc
|of wheat during most OF the
was In line with the early
lin and cold wave predicted by
bureau failed to matcriaiize.
|Srcak,ned those who yesterday
kpculated with the virus OF fear
his crop. Liverpool showed ssd
was hardly UP to expectations.
kntiue news quite bearish as re-
hing surplus OF that country. y
ESTIMATING 1t at 5000. 600 bush
Bradstrcet's report OF the
OF wheat and flour from both
United states and Canada they
II GIG bushels, against 5,A9b, 900
pyious week. The net result OF
pieces of Information was the
Srish feeling at the opening Of
startod at from al% to Dig.
the close yesterday, and IN
hour 1t had gone down to 9lisee
nth market came again to. tho
bulls by advancing cash wheat
TO 9sis In few minutes. IL
ere that the advance could have
kbably was manipulated from
had bullish effect notwith-
fs and Antwerp each quoted a
ince for the day and that was
Xbullish factor that helped the
pyery from 9lism9lH TO 9i9s.
|nneapolis and Duluth were 35l
la the similar day of last ycar.
Ms were forty-eight cars, eleven
act. Primary market receipts
ishels, against 226.00 the year
advices from Argentine put the
hi surplus at 1000 900 tons. or
10 bushels. intimatlng Mt tho
II holders were anxious sellers
lower than American prices.
Estimated tho weeks clearances
TO Europe this week at $780,
A Baltimore reported large
5heat held for export after the
kge yesterday and foreign bids
1 lie over yesterdays bid prices
formation. together with higher
I'm the continent md the At
n caused further brief rally to
n quickly slid of again to 9lH.
kRt poiut ten minutes from the
At ten minutes, however. the
q strong ngain.. and Mt the close
rs offered Mt 9i%.
.the corn pit was duh and prices
unity and within a smaller
lose showed a decline of y.
Twas the absence of selling, the
= contrary doing n little buying
little selling pressure toward the
Il to cause the slight decline
] the close.
Hull and without especial feat
{rket was easy at the opening.
thy with wheat. The slight de-
Sovered later under fairly good
"a. the close showing no change
IN. Cash market was firm at a
we're strong at the start, and at
hg the session did the market
ins of weakness. At the close
tx higher, lard 2iS and ribs Sc
kceipts Monday--Wheat. 60 cars.
! oats, $3.50 cars, and hogs, 10000
futures ranged as follows;v
a
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BAROMETER OF BUSINESS.
An Index to the Condition Of Trade
Generally.
DECIDED IMPROVEMENT NOTICEABLE
Every Branch Reports mn fncrcnss
In the volume --'rhc Tcxns Coal
Ficidr--Notcs About Trnde.
ofnsc Of Tho Post,
lloneten. sNturday. lnnnary 5.

Houbton. Snturday, Jnnuary ;,
In all circles decidedly hotter business Ia
reported aud the impression is goncrally en-
tertainca that tho dullcst poriod has been
PASSED and from now on the volume OF trade
VIII expand "a
stocks held by interior merchants aro about
exhausted, the bnslnoss Of last year has been
balanced and drummers hasc again ftartcd
ont on the road, expecting good trade.
Reports from the Industrial rcntcrs, as
complied by nsadytrect's aud pun arc fattor-
ing. There Ii mn advance In all kinds Of Sc
sufitiss, with money easier and an Inclination
to speculate. Several manufacturing plants
long shut down are rcsumiDg on account OF
short stocks, aud while no boom Is antici-
patcd, thorc Is reason 10 bellows that a grad
the Southwest ia periods OF prosperity or
depression generally commence In tho Fast
aud extend slowly over the entire country s.
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strrey. fairly active: No. 1 hard So: No. Z,
ssI<sisk; No. I red 81: No. =. Sais; No. spring
SiciSs Corn nc lower. cash e; May -. Oats,
No ? white 2sik Rye steady; No. >. ts%.
Hay steady and unchanged.
New York. January S.-whcnt--Rcceipts So
esl. exports 244.a5o; spot easy, No red
1.oi,A: options opened weak. owing to bear
ish Argentine news. declined under small
weekly clcarances and local realizing. ana
closed easy at hfiMc net decline. No rcd,
january ss;s: May 9ssS Hides steady: Gai-
weston 10: Texas dry IL, California l1Wss.
Leather quiet, hemiock sole. Buenos Ayres.
heavy. 2oH Wool steady; fleece 2e@S1: pulls
ed Texas 1Ssfi7. Pig iron dull; Southern 1900
ftH -: Northern fo.6onf2.s5 Copper quiet,
10 ST,a Lead firm. 3.b5. TIN plate quiet.
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Difference -. .ao,42o so,iee 7io.i5s
Havre Market.
A. AND NJ. COLLEGE.
The Winter Term Of the school Has
neguu.

Begun.
College Station. Texas. January s.-Tho
winter term OF the twenty second annual
session OF the Texas Agricultural and Me-
chanicaI college began this morning, with
Professor Il II. Whitlock, NJ. H.. sepior
member OF the faculty. acting president.
Twenty-Five new students have been en-
rolled within tho last four days. which
number has never been exceeded at this
institution at this time OF the year, and
were 81 not for the demise Of tho late
President l.. 8. Ross II could truly be said
that this college never commenced new
year under more auspIcous circumstances.
Although tho sun shines us brightly ns
ever, the birds carol as sweetly as before.
and the bugIe calls In the same familiar
summons 10 the daily routine OF unchanged
duty, yet q great desideratum Us felt and
the sensation that something essential ~
lacking can not be shaken on; the gloom
In everywhere felt, and Il will take College
mDay days To recover from the severe
shock experienced by the sudden and un-
expected loss OF Its noble executive.
Following arc the names and addresses
Of the new matriculates. These twenty
nine new students are in addition 70 tao
large number who entered In September at
the beginning Of the session:
Is. RI. sellsrs, Decatur; G. Il. Hutton.
pilot Point: A. w. 1.awrents. Cameron;
y. n. flint smithyille; D. >. coiwick,
Morse; g. u. Schultz; II. y. Eifod. colnm-
bus, j. O. Tanner, Columbus; =. Reese
ycInkco; II. y Carey, Jr,. WeImar; A.,
Korff shelby. II. r. Stasney. coliege; NJ.
r. Garbade. Whiting; W. Doremu~. bryan:
w, Neaihery. Farmersville; .. b. rkndle-
ton, Farmersville. o. q, Holt Lockhart;
w. Hyde Taylor: NJ D.. Wolfe, Dallas;
X. King, Rockdalc; r, y. 0aruer. VIC,
tcrla; ~ Brifeoe. Foster; w. Bass,
whiteshoro; !. Jamison: Anxissoa I!
lett; a, II. Smith. San Mafcdg}
cartwrlkht. Prairie ~; ", =. Aysxss
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COTTON SEED PRODUCTS.

+. o. b. mi,I Texas interior points. accord
ing TO location:
Per gallon.
Prime crude oil. loose. ........ 1870 10
Prime summer yellow oil. Of
fetec at ......--...,...,....'. !.
Short ton.
Prime cotton seed cakn........sia - Gfl3 10
Prirne cotton seed mcal....... 10 - ala w
Iinnts. per pound,-.,.., ING ri
Fo. local delivery Houston mills quote
meal and cake, sib.oodlv-OO per ton.
New York, January s-cotton seed oil
quiet frm and held higher, prime crude lsik
Gfi9: prime crude o b mills isMfg: prime
summer yellow e2izNe3; on summer yellow
22 butter oil 2oa27 prime winter yellow no
esq
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nry Gnnls MnrI.cl.

New York. January s.--Thc closo Of the
weol. hndn the dry gooda market IN thor
outhiy unsettled state. The saiea IN al cot
ton linca have been unsntisfactory Although
tha woUien goods division IN we'll sustained,
the general market shows poor results on
the whole. Jobbera have attempted little and
haze not been surprised at the result, They
anticipate heavier trading In new spring lines
ppst week and base their belief on the plans
Of tho retailers to make trips to metropolitan
mariets.
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nilrTEn AND EG0s.

I<ansas City. January SHUTTER weak.
creamery iGffis; dairy i3Ila. ER.s-ise-
cc,,ts heavy: feeling weak,
~ Louis January S--l,uttcr dull cream
cry ia ~. dairy 9siT Eggs firm, ~.
gticaeo. January s--Bnttcr steady cream n
ory 1Eatei; dairy l24ls' chcese pu'e' oeefs'
Eegs steady: fresh %,
New York January s.--Eggs steaay' TO
eclf'ts asl7 packages; state aud Pennsylvania
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pranch At Tyler.

\. II, Thompson q Co.. who are perhaps the
latseat dealers IN fruits. produce. meats etc.
IN Texas. have found their business incrcasing
40 rapidly that tho home house had more than
4, could well do To handle the large territory
thoy cover MIR. Thompson, snnior member of
he has complicated arrangements 10 open a
large branch establishment, which viii supply
the contiguous territory with Everything car
rird by the Houston house.
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l'ro,Iucc.

There attn continues 10 he good demand
for seed potatoes aud seed onions. Receipts
OF poultry have boon moderate, whIo the de-
mand IS csceilont aud prices have stiiienod
up. Tho market is stili very lightly sup
piled and NIL receipts aro quickly dispoara OF
at full prizes. Tho butter market has also
improved and shows an Increased demand.
Largo consigGmcnts OF all grades are Gu
route. 9&
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WccI.Iy Interlor MoYcmcni.
worlds visibic supply,

Tho worlds visible supply Of cotton To-
creased ls2. i06 bales this week. against an In
crease OF 12i1GQ Tor tho same week of last
year. The present supply is 2li,n1S bales more
than on this cate In 1896, ana 6cG,bl5 loss than
IN 1896 Tho following table gi,es The supply
today aud ON this date IN previous years.
1888. .....,...i .3e2sS9 1885, isl, l5b
1897. go 1888 .i,Sstool
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A shnoting Kept secret.

Rogers. Texas. January six miles
northeast OF this place, near Cyclone. on
Sunday after Christmas. difficulty arose
in which John Perry was shot with a
double barrel shotgun. The peculiar part
Is II was kept secret until yesterday.
when the wounded MN was thongnt 10
be dying WIN Ezell was arrested.
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hides. WOOL AND BEEswAx,

W. Fer pound.
,,...,l,,,. $40 Z set,etad ........li Wl3
Dry saiied nites. ......s...---''.t.-t nsSN
NJ, .,,rs l.lzselt 1
Tslicw Observation-Disclosures, ". -
Ecsspax ....-...---,.,ts. .-s..-..-.'r''o &-'
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SUGAR.

Now York, January s-asuear--fiaw steady;
fair refining 3A; centrifugal. ~ test. 5-iU:
refined firm: mould 5it; STANDARD A aud
cnrfertioners' A tis; cut ioaf and crushed
sTs powdered and cubes T-iG; graduated
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APPLES--Fancy Bon Davis. N.0oN4.h0.
winesaps and other varieties, S.QeH35o.
BANANAS 81. 5oai15 per bnncif' packed
cRANBERRIES--C Cape Cod. se.75a3.p0
per crate. $S.00as. 30 per Dbl.
LEMONS ess.na and Palermo COM
mon. $275; choice, sS.cog3.2o; extra fancy.
$3.50.
GRAPES Aimeria. sb.5oGl6.oo her barrel.
ORANGES California seedlings. $3.50;
nayeis. S325fI3.60.
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Prescription No. 2sbi. put up BY Elmer
4 Arend. sold by y. r. Schmidt. Houston,
Texas. will relieve those afflicted vito
yhsumstism. III bottle
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loaf 6.1i; granulated 6.bl.


january s,-Flour unchanged.
spot duh but fair; No. 2 red.
80; January 90; May o. asked;
rn unchanged: spot lower; No.
snuary 25is, May a7A: July eSs.
)pot higher; No. 2. cash. ele-
Ack "a; January 23ts; May 24h
ibid; No. 2 white 25G25Ia. Rye
Flax seed Lib. Prime timothy
>rn meal 1.i0. Bran Arm. 90.
Prairie 6.004s.00. timothy 1.b0n
4 10. Cotton ties and basging
Pork higher. standard mess Job
Lard better: prime steam abs;
Bacon Boxed lots. extra short
.31k; ribs 5.a665 30: shorts
Dry salt meats-Boxed shout
J i.7515. 90; extra short clear
shorts 4,Nisfr5 .12ts
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Southwest Tcxns Crop.

Cnrgill a. Richardson OF Houston say: Re.
ports are reaching us thar many points IN
Southwest Texas are turning out nluch
better crop than had heretofore been he.
lieved II IS said that gius are still running
TO full capacity IN many places and that
holdings of farmers are large, This IN prot,
ably the IN that section. and Ike all
seasons IL the case IN many sections, So far
Texas IA n whole Is concerned. however.
every evidence is given that marketing has
been frccr than the average soason. North
Texas. where the excess came from this year,
markoted very freely, and reports from tnero
say that holdings arc very small. iutay
market was dull and uninterostng, with a
little sicadness manifested near the close.
Liverpool closed UNCHANGED and New York
unchanged TO | point up; spots UNCHANGED.
Patience will be the chief requirement. for the
suoeess OF tho waiting bull. Tho bears have
hai their inning, and oven thoso who ale
sti believers In lower prices seem willing to
ws,L Tor an advance before becoming aggres-
slv.,. Holiday IN New orleans today. curb
prices practically unchanged from yesterday.
Weekly Interior Movement
The weekly movement Of cotton ot 81 lead
ins interior towna, according TO the Chronicle
statement. issued this morning, was 10 fol-
lows:
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WIRE AND NAILS.

Quotations are for less than carload lots.
Special prices on car.oads
BARBED WIRE--tiaddon GAL, s2.e5 per
100 lbs: Waukegan SC higher than G.idden.
WIRE NAILS-Race. 500 per keg; adj
vances. I0d i2d and l5d, 5s; sd and 81. Zoe.
75c. $30t fltf
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asked; b bid. II nominal
New York Futures.
Opened quiet and stcndy and closed quiet
and steady, sales, 2S. 700
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Trnde Note..

There is no change 10 note In any Of the
local quotations.
Meats aud lard are frncr, but quotations
nrc not puotably changed.
There Is n good demand for sugar and mo-
lassps.
In groceries business began to improve ON
Tuesday and since then trade has been fairly
active. AZ IS
frcer movement IS noted In all kinds Of
building materials.
Cotton seed products are hrmer. but there
Is no change hi quotations 81
All grains nrc firu with brisk demand.
Fruits arc 10 light supply, With movement
only moderate.
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NEW ORLEANS.

Chicago, January s-There WINS the usual
lack OF Saturday offerings of cattle, receipts
being less than 200 head Sales in all cases
ut yesterdays ruling prices, but quotations
were mostly nominal. Larger receipts are eS-
peeted from now on, but no one looked for
any big supplies Of strictly choice cattle, and
such kinds arc pretty sure to sell well right
along Tho quality Of the cattle now coming
10 market shows some Improvement. but the
receipts OF common 10 fair half fat cattle con-
tinue altogether too large. There was an net
I've demand for hogs al strong to 2iS higher,
being well taken at an early hour. Prime POO
and 2;0-pound hogs sold up 20 S.5TG and the
oopmonest packing 2.S5M3.i5, the bulk OF the
hogs crossing the scale AT s.50h3d0. As fs
usual on Saturday, most of the light run Of
sheep today WAS consigned TO local slaughter
Ing concerns. Prices were steady NJ s.ooefa.bQ
for sheep and 4.0o@4. ~ for lambs. Receipts
Cattle 200; hogs $1,000; sheep. 5000.
st. Louis. January --Cattle--Reccipts 400.
OF which 100 werc Texans: shipments 1000;
port steers 4.s5Gr5. 10, dressed heel and butch
or steers 3 ,S5fi5 90; steers under 1000 POUNDS
y .EhGi.t5: stoekers and feeders 1898 in
cows and hcifers 2.00Gilb. bulk cows :, 500
$50. canning cows 5o@p2. 10. bulls 2. eh@3. dp
Texas and Indian steera 3. i0Grl. %; COWS and
hclfcrs ,50dI3 II. Hoss--RoGeipts 5000, ship
mofts 5000; &c higher on heavy and medium,
Gs.fo. sheep Receipts 200 shipmcnis none:
steady, native muttons A.D0dti.G Ji culls and
bucks 2.1o65s 90: lambs 500Gi690.
Kansas city. January s.-Cattlc-ReoeIpts
100, unchanged. Hogs--Rcceipts 5000: opened
hofyies 3. a0ff3 62G; packers apd mixed 1850
3.60. lights S.3oG3.50; workers. 3 f5U3 90. pigs
3.nC6i3.25 Sheep Receipts 500: strong;
lambs i.00G5.50: muttons 3.OUeJf.3y.
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Fever when other gsmedies fail. No cure.
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HONS were as foliowS:
n; winter patents 4.70G4.So;
fI4. 40: spring specials 3 .25@s.50;
y 4. 4odi.70; straights 4.0oIi.S0;
ESQ.
e spring s7a9ssA; No. 8 spring
J red 92&.
= 26A@27.
e27s; No, . white 70 b 24,s;
10 b 24a2ih.
As.
.. 2slsI40.
10. 1, 1.lsdl 20.
d-Prime. 2.I5.
Per Dbl, 8. 25a9. Sc.
y lbs, i.11hM4.S0.
des-Loose, i.6od4 10.
houlders-Boxed, 4.75d5.00.
ides-Boxed, i.s0d4. 80.
Killers finished goods, per GAL.
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HOUSTON wHoLEsALE PRICES.
Quotations for Round Lots of staple
Commodities.

These quotations are revised daily aud
their correctness can he relied upon. The
prices are those ruling in the Houston
wholesale markets.
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: Al classcs OF cattle are IN small supply aud
active demand. Hogs are wanted and bring
top prices. Calves are very scarce and are
in demand at quotations.
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GRAIN AND HAY.


Carload lots. job cars, from mills deal
ers charge from store 5al0c. more per 100
lbs on bran, 20Sc per bnshel on oats and
corn, and l0Gii5c per 100 lbs on hay.
RRAN--73d7tc; corn bran soc per 100 lbs
CHOPPED CORN--lSQsGc per 100 lbs.
CoRN-No. 2 sacked. io4ilc: off corn.
3sc
oATs-Texas. ZINC per bushel; Kansas.
&c
WHEAT SHoRTS--sl0o per 100 lbs.
WHEAT SCREENINofS-7ocp per bushel.
HAY-Alfa!fa, sl1.50lil2 90 per tom iim-
othy. SlS.75Gi4.00: South Texas prairie hay.
4.5065.50; North Texas sg.0olil00o.
COTToNSEED PRoDLETS-Mea and
cake. si7.oo per ton; hulls. si50gs.co per
ton.
SORGHUM SEED per bushel.
RYE SEED-S5c per bushel.
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DULL And UNINTERESTlNC.
Very Little Mas Doing In Any Of tho
Markets.
HOLIDAY OBSERVED IN NEW ORLEANS
spot aud Future Markets Remain
unchanEcd--rhc Movcmcnt 70
Ports Heavy.
Once ct Tho rout.
Houston. saturday. January 5.

Houston, Saturday. January s.
Practically nothing was doing in cotton to-
day. 1t was hnlf holiday In the full sense
OF tho word. New orleans was closed on ac-
count OF jackson Day.
AT the oroning there WINS slight tendency
to sag, but the market recovered and Liver
pooi closed unchanged and Now York up
point on near and unchanged on far posi-
tons.
All the spot markets closed steady and nm
changed.
rho chrcnscio's weekly report states that
uniavorablc weather has somewhat intericrcd
With tho movement OF tho crop, INC tc.a'
Visible supply Ia nov put Mt 4lle,uW oelvs
against 4,lS2 900 IN 1896 and a.lss,vVo IN 1879.
Total plantation receipts siuce September
arc s.ses.ooc, against e,sei.ooo In 1875 anu
Z, 9ee, GOO In 1S9a. -
Fort rccotp,s today were TO- es. against co.
lSi last year aud sS,o7i IN 1921.
New orleans expects 2a,vVo TO s,,Vou Mon-
day, against II 1894 last year md 20 ssi IN ls'N
Eouston's estimate is u, $40 20 is,uuo, conf
pared with bi69 and 4i5d last year aud IN lsVs
respectively.
hunters weekly Cotton Letter.
Liverpool closed unchanged on contracts
ara spots and did good business in the
latter. Holiday in New orleans, q trade or
two made on curb nj last nights prices. New
NoIi closed n point up on near mouths AMI
unchanged ON distant, low on March, a.s2;
high. 5S0, Interest now centcfs IN next
weeks movement. Ports probably show 2Oo,e
00l, against $4,000 last week and si0,oVo IN
big crap year. Expected Interior stocks via
tail of. Decrease In come into aitht OF yv'VVV
ool ed for from past week. which would sta
leave ngures $4,000 above 1895, owing 70 IN
tranely had weather In that year. Tho move
ment NH compare with 2oN,oo0 for the week
ending January %. 1895, $4,000 week enains
February L. li6,0op week ending February Y,
a MN x...tl ..t..llt
week erdinE February ~. Thero seems littln
to Influence values for some time, aud what
changes occur viii be caused by the receipts,
and after awhile by talk of preparations t0r
tho next crop. II Is to he expected that thern
will be days OF heavy receipts which vii, be
used TO depross values. but on such hfeaks
the bulls. II they are smart, Will buy. IL
tfcie u any interest OF any amount IN the
natEe; on tho long side, 1t has hrcn clearly
demonstrated that tho holdings are IN auoag
hards, aud buyers for turn med have lao
app hcnsions OF slump. from liquidation.
for such is very Improbable. stil a scalpshs
market
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-01-09
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