The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-17
IN The COTTON MARKETS
Statistical Information from the exchanges
Of United States and Europe.
LIQUIDATION ADVERSE TO ANY ADVANCE,
Had Weather and Light Receipts
should Have Affected Prices but
Did Not-WeekIy stutistics.
ofnce Of the POST


Office OF The Post.
Houston, Friday. December TO-
Lieuidation In Liverpool, followed ny se''-
in,. In New York was the depressing factor
tosa, A. ~ ,,,a,,., .,.oa q, voa,orday,s
~ VIZ me- ~. s'oou -. $500. veg
ccso, under ordinary circumstances Liverpool
should have been up 1-6id today. Bad wealth
or M, over tho hoi, ,,ph, rcco,nta and modcr
49, .n0 ~ ''sn. .'oas'
utc eslnlatcs. with goOu ucnanu anu hru'
tone to the dry goods market should have
| been bull f2atures-but--. That little word
-, 49, s 80, 49,. -,
SUITES u " docs not explain inc situatoh.
Influential spectators took d notion into their
/ heads 10 sell they sold: ana urices decIIned
Il ~ ,S. 80. 80 -. -. $500 s'''~
~ lace OF favorable conditions.
New Orleans futures at the cloee were I'M
~ : ~ any, .o'ip'teu J" i,h i's. : - y
/ q, ~ , points uoM''.
ctunY Cd WITH svcoL w ,pri W ~, w
| 3 W. -7s'st.l !. ~ g. ~,
me day - port receipts were 1858. against
i o.soss iast year and 4s,s2l IN ISL For the
i WEEK the port movement was 326,S4S, against
| oeyVoz last year and 3i2. In 1871,
i Spots IN Liverpool were on ls32d and un-
| ch1,ngea IN olner h'irkeis. ,,s IA,
"hSns. 49, "asv lhst ychI ann ~ an'it' IN lsvL
81 III. y, U,cns expects li;vov 70 iooo, against
VII iaSe year ana i',geo III isoi.
,,,,, ,,,s,a,
| earsiA a. hchardson say OF cotton; Livor-
| POOLS early market was q bad one. consider
| ing our closc yestordny nj . n m be,np :, s,s0
| ~ ga -, 10. -, a. H., - e 80
= VA" uo"li' WIN sPots l-osu lower. uuT
| markets did not respond to their weakness,
| and Liverpool soon rcgainod n parf of the
LOGS the close being barely ,s-6id lower New
York had a quiet session Win early nrincs
| tending higher ON bad weather buvinr from
the South Liycrpool sold n little hit the
pi int pal trade was the buying of March ami
selling of August by Siedcihcrg and Ida nre-
srnably for McFadden There seems To- 10 /,
general desire upon the part OF Inc shorts 10
pet ont OF tho near months in New Yor,,
fearing "A repetition of The January denl rb,
| cotton markets seem to have lost cons,Jer
| able of the speculative support we have sea,
OF late and are assuming more of n holiday
character. Prices are we'll maintained now.
ever, and there is little chance of NOR, man
temporary eas,ncss we prefer n,,rrhascs on
the dcprossions.
Hunter ~ Co.'s Cotton Letter.
u w Hunter A. 10 say ~ ,,,a,,. -.
,,,.,,., -, s'' VI 'ouas COTTON
h"ihet' L'Puiuatioh OF gigantic straddles con-
tinues and the selling in Liverpool and buy-
ing In New York undoinr ,hc ahoyo n,or
toned very popular methnG of makint, = sen
points donresses Tho Enrijsb ,unrIa, 81 na
yanres prices on this siar the mar.ei u ~
back to their natural Marty when thjs ,,ndnimS
of straadles Il tinished one fr,da do ~ ,o MA
bales Is rcported To have bcen ,,rdo,n hv tI
small operator who failed In Iivernnni vss, cue
cred IN Iivcrnool anJ r yy T.; ~ S %i usHv
York wires that local Investors are rood bi,y