The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-10
4 PEoAlNs LOSS.
,r,,rs,y vss Equal to FIJI
Y Tvs Decline
u,tutsl SOMEWHAT BEAR'SH
.,.,.,. supply Rapidly :, In
u v'. ..o.. Of Bureau to be
I..sed Monday
E..s . higher ssssans.a.
~, s.old down.

office OF Inc ros"a
saturday, December ..
bssa0'' ns,kets opened at about
~ s''s'a azure, this morning and
sl0sp. Ia weak and listless as
Y .. sns s, su,tn cables from Liver
s' 's..nes Of any new features.
. ., liable. buying was commenced
s''''' ~, the opening and after
: gradually gained strength
s'' -. .sIch was practically at the
". ~ !. The day. New York O 81 8
~ 9, . and New Orleans TO :
w. !. Liverpool was about what ia,
efn' rrtures we're 1A-eid to 2-6io
\: -. we're i.lsd lower than yes.
y s.mspd for spots was Limited
\. - 's,sr prices sales were only 1OoO
. w reported in many days.
! y ID. continued to show evidence
s.sr,h which has been SO sFati'sin u
n during the struggle. All
49, markets ranged from Arm TO
~. .,o,.s at unchanged prices The
\ 40. however was au''e Sina'' "
,,..p. was the feature on which
!. su,r their hopes for the day. anu
sa~ "a u. figures were larger than
80 -, ,or ,one time past, relatively
<. ..p,lsmen who had sold paper
/. \. 4, !. ..em able to benefit themselves
AZ, The weekly statement OF tne
N ,,t,,lor towns showed receipts
! ~, than last week, 4e,74i larger
4 ~ nd only e7,2s7 smaller than las. !.
I'M, 1. these towns increased zs'oi'
!, Houston were 1929. against
n. ~, while for Monday the es-
n ,,.r 1000 to 5000. against 14.5s2 IN
n, f.Y. In 1896 New Orleans expects
a HON 1900 to 1900 Monday. as
M VIII 1880 in 1898 and ll's4 three
1 n Port receipts we're s4,lsl' against
! /, lns and 1875 in 1895
|, ,,lpls supply figures show a dehc'.
{, NJ ,.ss Of $3.50, or an increase OF
| /, A. week. The loss during the past
|. nj, has now reached l.57s.0so. The
|, \. u follows: Present visible sup
~ n. same time last year, 4'e6s'siz'
n lxiIsi; In 1898, s,ssS.7ls. 1t will be
,st,, to note that in 1895, when the
i, but s,7s7,ssa, the visible supply at
"A II ths first week in December was
\ r,s,ter than II Is at present.
,,r,tlon was received at the exchange
4 a. d.y to the effect that the oureau
Y Z X Issued Monday would incluoe tne
M acreage this year, by States To-
IN the indicated yield OF lint. Inc
Rturs On the acreage and production
y. i, elyen elsewhere In The Post.
q h New Orleans opened at 7.l6-l7 ana
= Il 7.D.A after selling high at 7.2S
Rstf.ll 10 New York January opened
m ,old high at TAI, low at 7.30 and
4 n 1904. March in this marker
4 Il 1910 and closed at 7.5o-5l. the
"a low selling being done at 7.ol ano
respectively.
ming Of the situation In. general, an
lsirs operator said:
, be beginning Of the cotton season the
, rpply was $4,000 bales of Ameri-
b which add to receipts from this crop
n bales, 70 December /, a total OF o.
y bales We now have on hand in the
tnli $500 0o bales OF American, show
bat sp!nners' takings have been 1881, 0o(
b three months. or at the rate of H.
bales per annum Of American cotton.
Will argue that Southern mills have
Gnore freely than usual, and that TINS
Ilts !nf the rapidly diminishing supply
! y matter Of fact. the Southern mills
.ssy taken about $1,000 bales more thar
I!lf and Il Is we'll known that many OF
avs not bought as much as last veal
cate J predict that by January g.
lt Visible supply OF American cotton
y lae'oN less than the corresponding
~ year. When We remember that we
" receive as much cotton for the re-
~ q me season. either in this coun-
~ ron India, and estimating the spin
All buy as much for the balance Of tbs
I. Eissn as last year, 1t looks to mt
w were would not be cotton enough