The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-19
|. \ accept HIS CONCLUSIONS
80 ridiculous Guesses
~ s'what wenther
.ataons May Do.
III, 4, Commerce.

s..iai Of ll,Vvvi""V
srus seen yesterday TAKE
Nv !. Mr.. Neill's estimate.
..,,ve Of a prominent cotton
y Until quite recently the ad'
,,,r. the growing crop were
M ana the recent complaints
nav be due mostly to the
=, s,,.re in throwing off the sur
v,s may consider the alarm
\. !, damage by drouth as ex,
4, "a TIA. prospects to date poin'
v,ald as last year, depending
~, ,,,tlug season. Manufacturers
md the United States want
.,,,,,ter Of white cotton as quick
I'M. As the visible supply in the
.,,t.,s is largely composed of the
Ia. and off colors. Mr. Neiil's
,s,ats a tendency of the crops
an An accurate estimate
y, -s, ri adyices," said another
I. sSvsrpment reduction of 8 per
.,s,,y we'll confirmed, and, ac-
!, XIX ne August report. the condi-
80 poorer than they were
u Since that report, from all
! ~ mere has been a deterioration
3 sntlre cotton belt except Mem
l,SrIIug TO the government con-
"a n the area is correctly given.
=. mini to crop of from $500 :
,,aNaO00 bales. In New Orleans
4. traders evidently do not place
rasdspce in Mr.. Neill's estimate,
NH market recovered much more
Am the New York market. In
,S.; Mr.. Neill came out with a
M that the crop would be about
n bales that year. Toward the
ssvtember his estimate dropped to
Niles, and the actual crop proved
n, year 100000 bales. The visible
Il American cotton at the end of
IN will probably be about 1850, 600
.tnown cotton firm in the cotton
d building said that the idea of
IN estimate Of the crop now was
as no really accurate estimate
made before November. Wealth
|.H!ous between now and October
We much to do with the result. II
host comes It will cause considerable
and will lessen the crop. The
true Of excessive rain. Good wealth
y give crop of 10000, 600 bales.
III, Mr. Neill is probably 1000, 900
at Of the way II all advices received
ne accurate."
atr vell-known house said: I'VE
no cf the most important, If not
81 important, month in the whole
Mad Of US, that is, from the pres
y until about the first of October.
hoe idle In view of uncertain
cndlions to predict the result.
siss favorable weather all through
moi We will no doubt have fully as
uop as last year, and it may even
1@,VoV bales. But bad weather,
w y The dry weather continues,
uai heavy falling off in the yield"
naa Of leading Wall street firm
s'rday that Mr.. NeilPs estimate
coming crop was both partisan and
as AT this time of the sea-
Continued, THE estimate would
\! amusing We're it not taken Sc
y many parties. thereby affecting
M- Private advices received al
mere from all the cotton sections
y auch damage has already been
@,on. In the light OF such RE-
,lsa certainly could net differ
uom those received by Mr..
~ we same sections, it is hard to
AZ Neill can logically arrive at
NC coclusions in his latest esti-
wv savlces indicate that from 15
eul damage have have caused
s's'slve heat Of the last few
~ y continues the entire Texas
y reduced one-half. 1t is absurd
wa. luture weather conditions
.',erlaily affect the crop. Such
~, = not borne out by experience
'..s, Mr.. Neill's estimates in
II Ears nave fallen wide OF the
4. " one can foretell now with
" certainty what the crop will
M '. g lot their opinion on the
.s,n, another house believed the
!. r.n 700 high and figure The
I M ,s, a. lo,25O,OOO bales, provided
'OIaole weather for the next
N ,ss.,. ne Showed the following
n ,n cate, received from par
Inspection tour in Northern
ro.nNea here about two weeks
! my, V - were simply perfect, and
II, :. ue taken into consideration
ii M. 'ne damage; it is not as
Y. Ma excessive heat and hot
d nm, working on a weak. sickly
i, r ssa was perfect. The dam
IA peen principally on tha
N N, ~ me more or less sandy
hpa,s,,yy,,nla ck lands having suf-
Nj larm,aely little. In fact, SONG
b NH say that they do not
\ vsatbsra ' all yet, as they fear
|siIcS 4 less than they do the
! course A.y say, would come with
|hld ~ mere are all sorts Of The
u, "a reports; cotton is literally
\, ba,s wv not get one-third OF a
ErHs w iasse reports mostly come
|ssrs.,F ao live in town and WHOSE
Ma !, y cotton ia limited 10 a
~ bssr iulure. While there has
I'm tSI,,a great amount OF dam
|s,,pt a. lhere has also been a
klisys : exaggeration, and can
/ I'm INV 'nat the right sort OF
istiliinr ~, "a would 6 a long way
~ siyss "a me greater part OF the
VI see, W an excellent crop all
Al hons.oh although we have
|'1 ii two ol the record breaker,
.O weeks ago promised"
y 1srs Santy Old settlers.
y Ola .s,., august 1s.-The third
~ sus s''slers' picnic from point