The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-04-03
IN THE COTTON MARKETS.
Prices Continue to Follow the Course
of Stock Fluctuations.
THE RANGE OF PRICES is NARROW
Values Have Brcn Well sustained
During the War cnrc--Nlovcmcnt
Fniitng On--srots Unchanged.
once Of The Post,
Houston, saturday, April ..

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( Cotton il stil II ert,,ic as ever. II cons
iinrcs tosdo whatever the stock market does,
curFtdt,I,g the war rumori, talks OF block
aicd ports and iuercase in var riska. prices
l:ave hocr remarkably wei sustained
rlluso,op is excessive, bu; Win al,.much
below thu hi.,h mark SCI rs tho pears las, De-
r,snhcii lis lie movement il daily iallins hu-
inN hat Al tic sfs crop year sud ycmpsta,
lively little irma'Iis 10 be marketed,
TITO rurt movement totay WAS only SIN,
against '.uo last YEAR and sc,US0 in iS5.
iiycrpuol WAS anwh lsGlsJs.itd ut trn close.
New York, I'll ttN ether itind. closed TO
ana New orlcans Ioint an Speculation wis
livht,
All TIC spat markets closcl unchanged. with
rrltcs IL faSar OF buyers " Liverpool
NpN Orleans cSnrc,s on MuHday idg0 to SoOO,
asainst iias last year ai'ii la.l in 1855,
houston expects si0Q to iG1N, against liza
last year ana 1916 IN 1925
rhr New urlnnts cScnange will close on
Wednesday day
u. W. Hunter ~ Co.'s Cotton Letter.
l.ircrpool took Il peaceful View OF the sitra-
ton morniag and dropped the gain OF
s-tm registered yesterday. oar markets sold
points on In the carly trading In sympathy.
with the weakness In stocks, but whcn SC
q, r.tioS hcgaI to climb up, hnally closing At
gains OF per ccat from carly low prices, cot
ton became firm and steadily advanced, clos
ing | to points M fruul yesterday. IRON
the action az the market some good news
must be coming, and u1d,ra in cotton ,yl~
dcntly tnko the Wow that II peaceful settle
mcnl OF our political dithcultos Will bring
ahc;it higher prices for cotton, temporarily,
anyway. The situation Is sun somewhat
mixed, and, while today wap one OF .,nticipa-
tory peace Monday may be quito dlncrcn,,
aul this sec saw Keep un fur scyeTNi u6ya stt.
afnrdine regular gold niino to tho soalpors,
whp are getting ricn during this excitement
by slWting their eyes sud buying everything
on breaks and selling 1t on the puigcs. A no
markets are now dancing TO the music of the
'dtuS temps" ana nicrrlly the game swings
alonr.-two days oi pVaUe and two days OF
war. Each day nfforas fluctuations aud Sufn
cient range OF prices to make scalping exceed
mgy profitable, and really we sec no rouson
why the Spectator should not he in his glory
an take III his protts capl, day. or two nays,
and go home at night to sound sleep and
happy dreams, undsturbed by the wraise ne
tween diplomats, politicians, capitalists aud
wniriore. These markets arr n regular picnic,
hat they will lot last elw>ys, and summer
nu!nesS drpNs near.
Speculation IN cotton continues OH a mude.
alr stalc and tru ieis ON both sides hesitate
rn,il tir Spanish question clears w. Port re-
ccpls were very 'ight--S,Ju, against 2s,hpa III
500. Cotton and stocks are sympathetic
that VIC quote from Il strong Wall street
house stock letter, received ty private wire
thiS aitoinoun: Big people are huy'hk Sio,Fs,
war or no war. The question with Spain DOES
not seem to be as dscuHraElnE as tnc papers
stem to portray IT. Spain hae sishi,d n-i
WILLINGNESS 10 DO everything IN her power 10
relieve tie sufrsiihep 81 the reeoneouiradGs.
and. What is NOR importan', they are VIKING
10 neat with the insurgetts for AN afinistivo,
th,r,bs acknowledging .or the hrst time tho
cause OF the insu, gents mis- is strong
point and great come down Tor spain. now
the fact TINT they have yielded 80 much makes
II od'te possible, In our opinion, that they
viii yield still more and the ai'uation that
locks SO blue To most people may experience
Il uust decided change WITHIN the ncst fofty-
eight hours. The bank statement was Roud,
showing good increase In reserve. The con
tinLol iniiux OF enld has avercd n scare On
money! witch would have been brought nhoGt
If Iiurope had not owed us 30 much On trade
hu.aiicc. In Two years and eight months NE
ban nee OF tranc has been In our favor by
over 81 100, 00O, 600 n total that no other eoun-
try IN the world can compare WITH