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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-02-01
Speculation Was Light.

cargill & Richardson OF Houston say:
With over $4,000 at the ports, an Indifferent
Liverpool and clear weather over the entire
belt, 1t is rather surprising that cotton held
so steady today Speculation was light with
operations in our markets of local char
aoier. Some new buying comes in on every
point decline, which prohibits any weakness
even II conditions apparently warrant a de-
cline. Some Texas towns Wired New York
s san a REDUCTION IN cotton acreage was alb
sure MS State with our growth must in
crease. Sales Of fertilizers were reported
s Wnri c 70 last year In South Carolina. New
70 down. Liverpool Il to I-6td down. Whent
, nm I cents for May aud ~ for July today
parently doing nothing Ii is rcnsonnh,e
smSust to suppose that decline is Just what
snits MN as Il rids the market OF the tailers
giving him n chance TO scoop for anntbcr hui;
son u he Is so inclined. Stocks. the basis
uon an so.salled prosperity, continue to adj
Vince. good gains being scored In nearly she
er',re list y looks like the bull movement emit
feac ton should be duc ''' WIN
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STOCKS MORE ACTIVE
SOME OF THE PROMINENT STOCKS
SHOW Net DECLINES.
Preferred Were the Leaders.
Tone of Grnngcrs Henvy.

| New York. january 81 .--Today's stock mar
| kct was moro active and broader than Mt an,
| time since the present upward movement be-
gan, but 1t was exceedingly uneven and some
| prominent stocks in the list show net de-
| clincs. The market ignored the hcaviness Of
some OF last weeks speculative favorites and
other stocks were taken up and pushed. There
was obvious realizing In New York Central,
Lake Shore, Rock Island and Sugar.
Tho leaders OF tndays advance were Louis
vilo and Northern Pacific preferred Other
properties shared to a less extent In the
strength. Northern Pacific preferred contin-
ued its remarkable advance, touching 90 dur
ing the day. Confident assertions that an
additional dividend was imminent accom-
panied the advance,
Strength In d number OF the Industrial
spccatlcs notably tobacco and leather pre-
feifed. and the advances OF some of the high
priced Investment stocks and the strength of
thc conlers, due to the prevalent cold weather.
HELPED to sustain the market and continued
large absorption OF railway bonds was an
additional factor.
Louisville continued to enjoy the advantage
Of inc reports OF a refunding plan, nearing
completion. Tho strength was said to be due
TO operations of Il pool which are based on
the assumption that the stock has not en-
loyed I; result commensurate with that Of
otmer ines which are no better situated.
The tone of the grangors was heavy with
inc exception of Burlington which rose at
uilo ,iiho over u point ana OF Northwest and
omaha, which moved In sympathy with the
Vandcrbilts.
There were. several haits during the day
owing TO q taking of quick profits and trad
ihs closed with II very general movement to |
that end which embraced all the strongest |
anu most active stocks. cutting down their
oMtfemo gains In oil cases Sugar lost nearly |
nv OF It's early advance, London was both Il |
buyer and seller In this market and Union |
Pacific and St. Paul felt the adverse effect |
Dt tbs selling. Commission house business |
WAS on n very large scale
b'lsincss IN bonds was on Il very large SCALE |
Kansas Pacific consols of the Union and AT
'hison issues aud the Texas and Pacific sec
,nds being in special demand Prices arc |
lighei all around. Total sales s6.6i000o
CLOSING quotations OIL bonds ut New York
today:
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REACTION IN ALL GRAIN.
A Slump Of Four Ccats BushcI IN
Price Of January.
MAY OPTIONS DECLINED TWO CENTS.
Corn, Oats ana Provisions In SYM
patty with wheat = Liverpool
Was weak and News nearish.

Chicago, January 3i.--Ths was another da.
OF reaction In all grain and provision markets
May wheat declined &c under tho infIucnc,
OF weak Liverpool and bcarish statistical news
ana a slump Of over &c IN the prince OF Jan
uary. Corn was weak, with liberal Iiquida,
lion, and closed sc lower. Oats declined X
0Mc and provisions 2MGil0c.
i IN wheat conditions were favorable for q
decline at tho opening. Aside from the dcprcs-
slon caused by many heavy holders Of last
weeks bulge, the Influence Of which was stiil
apparent, the news WINS decidedly favorable To
thu decline which took place. May. which
closcd Saturday at se7s, opened today at from
obG to 90. For moment or two the price
recovered to seH. then declined slowly TO
osss. There was not much selling pressure,
but on the other hand there was an almost
totnl lack OF demand and the market sank
from It's own weight
Liverpool was very weak and this had more
Influence than anything else. tho 1880 p. M.
quotations from that market showing a de-
cline Of I'D. and London was reported equal
~ weak. Some reason was shown for this In
tho larger estimated shipments by Argentine
and favorable harvesting reports from that
country. ss
bushels; Russia showing good irlcroasc,
md the Increases on passage were reported
~ Loo, 900 buslies. The visible supply report
showed decrease OF but sol 900, and was
'llsu n disappointment.
Minneapolis and Duluth receipts amounted
10 49, today, against 1926 last week and 40 Il
year ago Chicago received GO cars.
Tho market was Steadicd about noon by
tho libethi clearanccs $4,000 bushels. May
advarred 10 9h&. but aftor that the market |
rghd heavy Later In the session some sell |
ing pressure was nut on January aud the |
price OF that delivery. which had been nom |
inllly sLosM, dropped very quiclsly to Log |
on the selling OF not moro than $4,000 bushels. !
rms, wenknoss was reflected IN May May |
wa. bringing BIZ nj the close. July sold as
SolS and as low rs SO, and closed mt S5dnS5ls.
Corn was weak at the opening and re-
manned 30 throughout Considerable long corn |
was offered during tho morning, presumably
on account OF tho Increased country offerings,
and this aud the weakness OF wheat caused
u decline Prices sank still further In the
afternoon on heavy estimated receipts tomor-
row, the market closing weak at the bottom
Onts, Though showing some sympafheicl
wcnknuss with corn aud wheat did not de-
sine n,'ioh. Tho market weakened toward
me c'dso on the liberal estimated receipts for
TOMORROW.
Not much interest WIS shown IN the market
Tor provisions, tho close beug easier May
oofk closed Zoe, lard sc and ribs ere lower
Estimated rcceirts TUESDAY: Wheat 100.
'cin W. cats $50 ears and hogs 3iUo0 head
U nc leading futures ranged IN foIowb,
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WnrIds snSi,r Crop al ts97-DS.
y Mi LIGHT, tho wcli known t;crmai sugar
sta'isticlan, IN compiling tbs latest data. now
estimates tho sugar crop OF 'w-os. In tons.
as follows:
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COTTON IN sLJIppnAl,u

Cotton on shipboard. not cleared. At a.
ton. today:
For Great Notwithstanding Rio d
1920 bales; SIS Rita 1884: SIS Bernard
SET: So Telesfora, 1874; SIS Hemie phere,
Total. 1892. III 1. IA
For France: SIS Khio. 5505 bales; SIS tn
5466: Ss Breckfeld. 1l90; SIS Netherfield,
Fol- the continent: SIS Coniscliffe, 81 n
256S: SIS Avona. 1878; SIS GIenroil' iHE
Glepyeck. s7i; IS Acacia. 1903; SIS Maryiau
lI6i Ss Otterspool 6S1G; SIS Feliciana,
Fer Japan: SIS Kilburn, 2058 bales.
For New York; Mallory line. 1888 q
Lone Star line. 1855. Total, 539i.
Total on shipboard $685.
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GALVESTON STATEMENT.
LIVE STOCK.
HOUSTON.
r. r. Hall, 1.-Two stock commission
chant, reports MS follows: "

HOUSTON.
r. r. Hall, 1.-Two stock commissionl
chant. reports MS follows: 3s
Choice. Corr
Cows and hcifers.... .2A@3 m
1 caves ......................3 isGD4 ~
| earrings ..3A@3M W
| Shet1 ........,.............. IA G3h VA
tiogs' corhIed ...............S l3M ~
| All classes OF cattle continue In acdN|
mand. Mastfed hogs are not wanted; Il
| led hogs in fair supply; calves arc q
and bring good prices.
Chicago, January 31.-There was a goo1I
mand for cattle today and prices ~
higher than last weeks close. saIos
on a basis OF S.S5Q4.25 for Common
dressed beef steers up to 5.25G5.5o for n
choice to fancy shipping cattle. The r.
the offerings went for 4.40g5.l0 and en-
were pretty good buyers at 4.75G5. IS, q
firm. 6.25070O for the best grades; ~
and feeders. 3.5O@+50. Hogs were
sales at an advance OF about s; the
range OF prices for the poorest to o.
lois OF hogs was 3.65Gi3.05. Hogs sold
at 5.s2iaM3.9o and pigs at 3.65GD3, 20.
neavy hogs were scarce and sold at!
MUM. Choice sheep and lambs were =
quoted at 3.00Q3.50 for Inferior TO
up to 4.50@4.60 for choice fiocks, fe1
ern fetching 3.75fli.60. Lambs sold a
l.zoup-bS ana ycarlings sold at 4.606t<
600,
st. Louis, January a1.-Cattle-
sluo; shipments. 1900; market strong
natives. steady on others; Texans steG
70 fancy native shipping and exp0F(
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New York Money.

New York. January n Money ON call easy
a. A.. i'asis per cent, last loan iss per cent.
rri,he mercantile paper aut per cent. Stcr-
,ing eNchangc steady. with actual business in
bapkere' bilis at 4.si% for demand and 4. Sa,s
iSr ssxty days Posted rates iSadfis for 4. S5is
Wi.M, Commercial bills 4.SIiAel4. 50, Silver
ceitilicates htAT57ss. Bar silver 56is; MexI-
can dollars i5A. Government and railroad
bonds strong; State bonds dull - .N''N',.-
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NEW YoRK EXCHANGE.


New York. January 81 The Evening Post a
London financial cahlesram says: The stock
markets here We're generally quiet today but
Americans arc booming Prices for tho latter
closing strong 'Nss'
Morey Is tight at the end OF the month
NM there were largo borrowings from the
Bank OF England. 49,.
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Finn nclnI No,e,.

Lendon-- consols for money ne a-is: for The
account III 1915; Mexican ordinary piic.
Mcsi.an Central new Is 20, Bar silver quiet
~ ~. S-isd per ounce. Money a1is per cent
l'ihcnunt " onen market for short and throe
irsnths bills aN@sk per cent.
y S Ne York cicarings s7s,S7a.siC; balance.
Tendon Tho market for American sccurl-
US advanced at tho opening and remninea
ssssdy slt day. The strength was due To N.
general widening OF interest among the o M
s sl'.s punlic. The close was firm and III.
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GALVESTON GRAIN RECEIPTS.
BY Gulf. Colorado ami Santa Fe ran
nineteen cars corn. one car wheat, two1
oats. by International and Great MOI!
twelve cars corn, ten cars wheat; by;|
weston, Houston and Henderson railway
cars wheat, twenty-five cars corn; by,]
souri,, Kansas and Texas, nineteen cars NJ
one car rye; by Galveston, La Porto
Houston. four cars corn. Total, nineH1
cars l
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,orrcctcd BY carsill ( Richardson:
MONEY AND nANKISG.

Houston, January 3i.--The local banks arc
Nell supplied with money for all purposes.
Thore IL. however. no great activity In the
loan market. the deposits generally showing
an increase.
Exchange Is quoted ms follows: New York
buying Sl.50Ga0o: selling. soc discount To par
Now Orleans. buying Il to par; selling Il to
par. 20 -
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GALVESTON COTTON RECEIPTss
BY Gulf. Colorado and Santa Fe, 442i r
by International and Great Northern,
by Galveston. Houston and Henderson.sl
by Missouri. Kansas and Texas, $3.50;
Galveston, La Porte and Houston, ms:
barge II. A. Jones, 115s; by barge JuleL
by barge Boots, COL. Total, 1A,756 bales
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S. Netherfield, renartn, January 10.
SIS NTH, Brown, Manchester. DecembefI
SIS Nueoes. Risk, New York, January Z
SIS Pembrldge. Miilett. Malta, JanuaryI
S. flympton, Page. Bremen, Januaryr
IS R.ta, Cenlga, Liverpool, January ~
i IS Star Cross. Partridge. Cnrdln. ~
Der 16. n
IS Nesta. Mooney Liverpool, january
Sch Thomas G. Smith. AuAns. at Fh1nI
phia December 90.
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SAII,ED

IS Avcna. Frostad Bremen.
rs Bernard Hall. Bartlett. Liverpool.
SIS Treasury. Roberts. Hsvre.
IS Otterspool. Walt, Bremen.
Sch Jerome b. Look. Hodskins, Pascagou
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Grand total ........,.,...............7,geI


-.
Rcvlewing the cnred fruit situation on The
coast the california Fruit Grower'' says
In It's latcst issue; 'For this season of tho
year the demand is exceptionally good from
the smaller nearby markets. Tho East ia not
buying extensively Mt tho moment. but n
better feeling exists nnd stocks In the largo
markets are reported rapidly going into con.
sumption. This forctella a better wholesale
armRnd IN the near future, Stocks or nil
klnus. excepting peaches and aprirats arc
ABOUT exhanstrh. There y quito puantity
o. small, dark. low grade apricots ofier,,d.
but brlRht, choice stock IL scarce and nrmiv
hcld. The quotation In a Los Angeles miner
q strictly choice nprlcots selling at d 10
PC - largely misleading, as that grade i,
wanted here ut a much higher prirp' ses
called choice Southern California apfieots viii
got Grade better thnn primo Northern, rho
ss sM.na ss ins slinS Is more or less speru-
!suvc. ucncraity thcre IL II healthy rondi-
uon o. trade for this season OF the year
Trade Notes.
*, Apples are scarce. Owing To high prices
enu INFERIOR slse demand is limited.
Jobhing houses received notices Tint ro,o.
reao3 hour had been advanced 10 cents.
Speculative markets showed hoy nroa,.,.
Jins weak. but not sufficiently so 10 affect
Rscsipts Of ears were rather heavy Tor Mon.
S.wss ~. t..eEs y sood demand Tho tono.
7he market for creamery butter h steaay
atsllSuosAslons. while oioomargarInc Ii arm.
&1lnI ~ advancing tendency, '''' -
slsenas arc n GOOD request. pcdlier.
s 1ScSse = Y LOT q full rlpe stock to-day.
80 ohass ess'e Ss;o g s q and easer de-
sess. neNsser, Ar arnly held ''ss' =
- euglnese ~ ~ Houston Packing con,.
~ erorn = RAPIDLY that Mr. NJ III
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hides, WOOL AND nEnswAx.
prlceo paid b. Houston aeslers:


New Nnrk, January 81 suenr-- Rau s,,,a..
kriiuet steady SO - w. ~
Msm Orleans i.nuary si.~ sugar upsr
S,ic ycilowe b -ii,5i isis. xcgcn Ts' ~
n NJ Mcsasses~ Steady oicn kettle Id n
.r,s.,,.triiural atrtl, syrup STEADY. iSs' 81
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EXpORTS-FoREIcN

Iiarrc. Per S. Bernard Hall, 25.7!t bushels
OF corn, Weighing l,4i0,000 pounds and valued
az Sfli; 1913 bales cotton, weighing 216l $50
pounds and valued at siIS, Sos =
Bremen: Per SIS 0tterspool, 734o bales cot
ton, weighing s,Soa.2oo pounds. and valued at
1874 1910; 1917 sacks cotton seed oil cake
weighing $4,000 pounds and valued at S39ns:
4ise sacks cotton seed meal, weighing 41s. 0oo
poinds and valued at $4,000 '0s'
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SIS Bernard Hall. Roberts Liverpool with
cotton by James Sawyers e. Sons
. Sc Ottcrspool. Walt, Bremen with cotton
by VIM. Parr e. Co.
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BUSINESS.
~ CoudIsIsas u Trade
\! 4 |' 4 CsssrsIly.
toOD EFFECT Of SETTLED WEATHER


fiuubt0Hs a1Vuudts JhHuhfy Ole
The week opened with bright. sunshln
weather and tho roads and streets rapid
g. dfyine ups This gave trade considerable i'm
retus. Ordcrs from tho interior were satls
factory. and there was notable improvement
< Dn city trade.
For the first time In weeks, the pcddicr
~crr ahio 10 navigate through tho unpavct
utrrcts. which arc just beginning 10 track
& and their trade In the way OF fruits and pro
duce relieved the congcsted condition consid
( erably.
Retail trndc was brisk and shoppers were
numerous. thu streets presenting busy ap.
pcarnucc, which fuyorably impressed num-
Der Of strangers who are in tho city
with continuance OF fair weather a gen.
x srsl revival Is looked for In MI branches
Mr.. DOId's Visit.
Among those who cnmc down from Kansas
City on the Port Arthur excursion was Mr..
D. G. Dold OF tho Dold Packing company
which has establishments Mt Kansas city,
Buffalo, N. r.. Wichita. Kan, and Harris
burg Pa. In conversation with n represents
atiyo OF Tho Post. Mr.. bold said:
7 am simply down here looking over tho
I field. and from what have so fur seen, am
more than ploascd. Houston is much larger
city than expected 10 lind II, aud besides
there 10 an air OF business activity that few
cities OF It's size possess. What you should
have. however. Is deep water. That SPLEEN
did harbor at Galveston should be extended
right on up to Houston, without further de-
\ lny 1t is n matter In which not only Toxas
but the entire Northwest Is Interested.
Do YOU contemplate the establishment
hero OF a branrh?" was asked.
well, that can not say ] havo not had
sufficient time To thoroughly Inform myself
Wo must first ascertain how much you people
IN this section are devoted Il cotton raising.
s II requires live stock men to raise live stock
and you must have tho people TO raise the
stock. as well as tho stock To raiae Ono
thing that surprised me was the number OF
fat cattle have seen In Texas The lin
precision is general that Texas cattle arc too
thin for direct export, but have seen some
really good stock.
we always count ourselves as being in the |
full line of development IN our business. we |
manage to keep up with our competitors and |
generally 20 them ono better. III ws. should |
conclude that business az this point woul1 |
justify packing house, why we'd put ono un |
hcre, but tho future must determine that.
~. II 't4.-.
Worlds SnGnr Crop al fs97-DS.
Mi, LIGHT, tho wcli known lcrman sugar
statlsticlan, in compiling ths latest data. now
estimates tho sugar crop OF 'N-os. In toua
Ms foliows. II
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IMpoRTs-CoASTWIsE.
VESSELS IN poRr.

NeMPort News: Per Sch j. r. Teei. 1901
Co. N'oou "
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Dry Gand. Mnrlsa4

New York. January 3f.--Thc uucomfor,.b,,
weather conditions had a dlshcartenipr eooc,
on trade in the local stores In the drv goods
market today The mail orders we're NJ fo,r
size. however Tho demand for cotton Is ali,
restricted In all grades. The price tone. how.
ever, e well sustained owing to print clot,.
s.renstn ana strike conditions In wooisns
,ne business passing Is of n fair t,imensia,'
9opeefs report fair dny in ali lines =,
soous' although not many buyer, are rcnor, "a
20 ne "a inc market. In staple cottons thsrs
y noted further hardening In brown goods
sneetinSs ana drill being obtainable oniv ~;
quoted prices. Print cloths continue Arm ~
raii hiver, Bids for extras al ? Nil; NJ ~
sieadily refused. Odd goods arc firm on h,s,s
o. extras or little better Prints made mo
New York Cotton Mnrkc,.
New York. January sl,-There was noth,,.
IN the early news 10 inspire coincidence on the
part OF the bulls or bears throushout tho a.y
speculation was largely OF local nro,ss.
sionai character The market onenea ou,..
and steady at unchanged prices ~ ! a eas
lower and further eased on isf3 no,,tp u'ns
sympathy with less favorable urcnun,s -. ~
me English markets than looked for E sau'a
estimates Of 00.0o0 bales for tho dav n, ,.nr.
Was thought TO be large This nr,,r. ~ 49,
later rnised to $1,000 bales owing 10 h ~as
movement at New Orleans Other news %
mere InvorAple Particularly that fron, sha
sousn, The close was duh hut steady ~ n es
unchanged prices TO points decline. -
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MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
Port of Galveston. January 81
ARRIyEn.

ARRIyEE.
SIS Eastlands McEwan, Savona, Italy, in
ballast to Fowler 4 Mcvitie.
SIS Cumberland. Minot, Corpus Christi with
cotton to d. Markowitz.
Eark Colin Archer, Theisen, Barbados, In
ballast to j. Moller & Co.
= Sch j. Il. Teel, Hansen, Newport News,
with coal to e. o. Flood & Co.
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- IUuIs Drain and ProyixInn..

ch ~, LOUIS ;y January a. Flour--ouict: I'M
Saturday for May and Is for JUN os Now
closed Win buyers x above the bottom: spo s
S s.sy 70, red, cash. elevator. 81: track
SS,,,ngySi january, 97A; May, OK asked: July
~; No : hard. cash, ooIaOis. Corn IN.
Su n closed , EXCEPTIONALLY lower; spot lower;
81 sn ms, vash ~; january, 2G9s: May, 2css1
~, Juiy s,M Oats Futures weaker. snot
steady; No; cash, elevator and track sp q,
sMs, M IN My, ei,s bid: July. aa,sm2eM:
seed LII Timothy seed--primc. se5 corn-
new meai ~, hfan-suong, 90 hid, east track,
Ivy rntonuy, timothy, 6hndpio00 Cotton tics
anu nasRing unchanged. Pork--steady: stand
ara mess jobb'ns. as7is. Lari--Iowcr; prime
s cl~ seis ehel o isa Boxed lots,
a'ea.s@S3o, Dry salt mcats--Boxed shon,da,s'
aoa@a@; extra short clear, 4.sigs6e5 .oo ribs
n AUG. IN; shorts. Si2isdl5,2S. Receipts
r,uur' SoVl barrels. wheat ~ 900 bushela,
s s sos,uoo bushels. oats. 7S,eOO bushels
snlpmcnts-~Flour. 5000 barrels. wlent ~ oSn
h hmshn,s; corn, 5000 bushels; oats. io.ooS
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Hunters Daily Cotton Letter.

Hunters Daily Cotton Letter.
Liverpool was about 1-6i lower and our
markets sold down a point or two. but rail-
lied from the lowest, and closed with little
chnnge from Saturday. Trading very slow,
and brokers had few ORDERS either way.
Shorts generally took profits, and there was
some fairly good buying for an upward turn,
whicn is due in the next day or two. Clear
weather reported all over the cotton belt, and
reports are coming In that there will be no
REDUCTION REDUCTION IN acreage. and that sales of fer
tii'zers arc heavy. These reports come thick
est on sucn market as today's. and hereto
erS nave seen the market advance ON them
and been run In. We hardly think that to-
DAY market will prove an exception to this
rule Port receipts comparatively heavy hut
estimates for tomorrow were light The lat
Ter about oifsetting the former For the
present there seems nothing to either mate
rally advance or break prices. February is
usually very dun month In the cotton
trade, ard yet It will be remembered that II
was IN February of the last big crop wear
Ihat the bull movement started which ran
prices up S22 per bale. Still scalping mar
het next turn Will be upwards, but Il time
IS coming when the breaks to buy on will
be less frequent II you trade In 1000 bales.
~ might be well to stay long 500, and scalp
tho other 800, selling out on the buiges and
buying again on breaks. Don't be the least
AFRAID that days of heavy receipts are going
20 alter the attitude OF the market. Just
smut your eyes and buy on such DAYS for
posted. 80 'ne'a
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HOUSTON pANK cI.pAp1Nc,

Tho following arc the cIearings of tbs
Houston banks for the week thus far and for
the corresponding time last year together
with the increase or decrease:
rms Last In
year. year. crensa
Saturday .,..... s976,9It $685. 2ci eSS.7ls
Monday 1,2lS.S7S 1,0ll.6ls 206, 800