The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-09
in THE COTTON MARKETS
Statistical Information from the Exchanges
Of United States and Europe.
THE ADVANCE ON THIS SIDE UNEXPECTED
Liverpool Was Dormant. but Amer
icnn Markets Were Active and De-
livcrics All Closed Higher.
nface Of The Post,

Office OF The Post,
IIouston. Thursday, December 3.
Cotton Is a Chinese puzzle. Nobody seems
! to know what IL will 40, and one prediction
Is as good as another. Yesterday the trad'
sener,iiv nxncc,ed !, slight decline today
=, -, - -. -, II, ,,,,tr ,n IN,
cut when The battle enaeu lhe pu''' ~.
American markets had the better oil I'M
| crpavcmanf Inst what brought about tht
- 49, -. 49, ..,,.a J.iv.
advance Is difficult to analyze. because L'N'
crpool, which was looked upon as the leauef
closed about MT Yesterdays figures.
weather cron cstim,tfs and splnnors' de
e'ithoT, crop cstiip" "t aus. sp'sts
mand arc all factors. but the uh2APeu'Se
Is at ali times liable TO happen, and today
,,,,,, t,,,. .jdo ,.aa unexpectsd.
New York closed from 10 anu .>e" =.
leans from TO 10 points higher than yes
te,.d,,v
teruay. ~.
In spots there was good demand ana ne"
York advanced all goods isc
port rccci,.s wero 5s,o5s, against 1851
,.., ~, ,.aan .ee snS = ,Ss n ISL, '
Houston expects tomorrow 24,2o0 to 25oov.
o,,.,,,a, ,,.aIc Las, v.ar and ,a. ISL in 1884.
- -. non =, =, onn ,g,ins.
NOW orleans expects i''VV' 70 i'''V'' "s-''|
$3.50 last year, and i5.2i4 in 1891.
cvnrassion @h,-,rd ovcrv night now around the
cotton n,cbonpes This question was uni.
yersally answered last niaht: About IL to
do,vn rhev fooled us Ali and this Is not
the arst ,ime nj Iate Thot market was I'M
,,,,s, aoa "a " I'm whom ,,c oneped. and we
started with bull market IN consequence
low local shorts were tne nrse pasetS
,sbc,t Z, 'Nr,v yor. hcgan n,yIng rely
Tnis was followed by Idc bidding, supposed
for MeFaaden, and Rocky Mohr and if tGAo
so,,ib aas ,Srar,icaiiy na"hiny oitbonrb Nav
Orleans was reported as a moderate seller ut
the advance. Estimates for tomorrow at
i'an, Msre mYy, puI NV O,ieaIs VIZ ras
-, 49, ,,h, %, Us ~, ~ A., go ~, ,,.as
reap,S were asns asaln' ana .nc MeiStner M,S
Iupoileu coiu aiu Wcl ai oFtI leA'f, Wii'
ssninneyr. ''e hnt f nv ~ arn, nors
ior spous, pHt tne demand shoulu iIipfo w
January .a, IN New orh was the feature OF tne
NY NY, eiossus AZ 9oi, same prize US 1ISacn.
ms Is uue 10 buying by u ureeh noust'
VIC Wno arn saio 10 hMEe u niue squeeze IN
view. Cotton acts ike some unseen power
that h be hnsa .ne ep Mon nIt rs pfopaoe
buying and advising purchases so heavily
OF late, are still Inducing their clients 10
take hola. Last night further decline
vance Is confidently expected. So may it be.
Cargill & Richardson.
, -,
maflet; Tho bright weather of Yesterday
,,nd,r,,,, 80, ei " .oa'e'uas
,hi. r mem ueu,uea enanse last n'sht and
tied ever the entire cotton holt Thus ,,,,,
a. g, often In no 800 ..,.a - -. "ss'n
40 ~ o''en III lhe past Two weeks the weather
has done its part to rescue a weak cotton
market for tba ,r,,l,,, vcs,srda,, ,r,,rro,,
"t's uoo''
was Huite SICK. inc change III the weather
-,
" ~ iu' oust"s oNueis' oue
nad the sun shone, the market would baye
gone UP. There we're good buying orders
sent last night from this side to liverpool
and one of the largest houses In the trade
pool. ' Tbe result result wa s'a'Y nayer IN liver
that market. where d decline Of 2-s4 nad been
a. nprfad Iiya,,nnt ,,,,d ~. -,