The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-07-16
IN THE COTTON MARKETS
Statistical Information Of the Leading Ex'
CHANGES Of the United States
FUTURES SHOWED A DOWNWARD TENDENCY
Spots Were Unchanged with n Quiet
Tonc-Thc Demand Was
Small.
ofnce o, The Post.


otnce o. ne rost,
| - houston. SATURDAY july To-
slight changes downward were made In
prices of cotton futures ,osay Speculation
was ,uoo,,.a o.. -. s,,s -, ..,-
from scalpng transactions regular operators
were not disposed to trade. as with prices
on their present low basis pnd about two
months for the crop TO 20 through before a
full yield is assured. they are not disposed
TO sell tho market, Notwithstanding the fact
| that thus far oron nrospects have bcen en-
| ,o,r..,. nj, 80, 49, -
| 80, as ia.'er iaet' howo'e'' toke'Hsf
with the full supplies now in sight Is holding
| the buyers In check and the trade as a rule
are disnosas ., -, - ,,,, ,,,,.
,no.,,a, ~ W 'oen .oi eu'e' ,.,.
market Tor some time to come. Foreign
markets also showed n tendency to weaken,
I.iyerpool renor,inp hide min, below yes.
| .N., ''Ss ~. -
teroays quotations. The demand Tor SPOT
| cotton was light only 6000 bales being sold
| IN I.ivernoo, apaips, 70 ooo Yesterday
| tn. - a., - 80. r,,r,o,
inefe was no enanke III tne spy. n' hn,,'a
saies botn at Liverpooi ana az the nou nom
niui he.s peing very iisnt ine 'o"' ""' a'>
| and but little demand. 49,
Liverpool FUTURES opened uuie. at VI
enahse1 prlc.s ana crossed uui' "i'nou' en'"ee
from Yesterday ngures. ,.,a no.
new orleans opeheu uuiet at unsnau aug, ne
uIes, 10 point down anu sivscu NY. 49, -
steady. with an advance of to : points.
ma Tue ciose Tue sa..ie W p'in' "'o'e
'ns auo NaI Oh s.stet to, ro,n,s down
Sew loIk opened oule,. 70 p o'u,S ,,n ,
anu closea s.eaus, uhsnaukeu W pS So,r W TO-.
point loWeI pelng 10 poin's os'0"
'ast hsures OF yesterday
"a, :, ,,.,s,,er
Ne" orleahs' Ld.' July 10 ~
G. Co. It'd. saw OF cotton and gram
ne uo"nwa,u a-,,. ss,,,, ,ho mn
200 DNA 80. =, -, sra,,,,ative sun
""i - '"' :. .-t,a,a :, tho ,pvesti
pa,tny pmhiic to take mold for the moment.
The only check the declining tendency mas
met with has unuuestionaply beea proht-tdk-
ing purchases by conservative shorts. Liver
pool was UNCHANGED today, with sales OF VoVu
bales. first prices here were uncnanged at
opening. The government map report con-
tinuance of lair weather excepting along the
Texas coast Private advices report cotton
duing well generally. but in few districts
In the Atlantic states and along the gulf ram
would proye beneficial. The worlds visible
while tho annual consumption has increased
enormously aud considering the &. eat advance
in manufactured soo1s tue lhu,ca''o ,n az. az
cnn,,nr ,enr WY
Chicago sky reports from France and Rus
STA were again IN order, reporting weather
M auu,.,oaiai We i neT t ahea, torri
vas W nueu ia.n ~ sp.tS -, ,,a,o
49, ~ WI 'he ""'ie e''' eon'''S
!" 80 .,As s,oaa, =. urcb,npad nr,ces
ator ,r;oes easoS ~, an sailinc ssainst Ijh
Laiel proes easeu ol gu seii'ns asS s,.a,I
elai country aefep.ah . atiu iith ,ons ~,
e,,e,i ~ 49,, i,,,nar,ad heller telling
With nrices rsineteted 10 he opening level
VIZ ~, VI 49,. tnsdx e,d usher cron pros
,oots ,,oro,sa "a aonn.rr oeer,nps liberal
PROVISIONS were easier from tne start race
CTS '"e oi'ne'' 80
New York July 15.-S. Num-, Sons Co
saw of tho cotton market:
Cotton opened l to points dov n on fea-
tuIeless cables futures II points lower SPOT
ated wjtIip no,nts and closed steady, ia
han,ad ,ro,, ,estardaw rbe weekly Thyon-
icla renort wac not as favorable as the bcprs
.n,id lilo nh sxTont M fnmage in rexas
fs VII, ,,n,,ronm hnpns, seems IN be fairly
,SaiJ iiouidated rna .hsenca of rain In the
Atlant,c states for the next two weeks is apt
to give the market Upward torn ana we
sentative buying on a decline
w" 5000"
New YORK. July lo'-Ihe COTTON market was
narrow and featureless in the absence OF stiff
r,ra ,ew, ~ oonsonu.nce Cables vera dis
" ..ios ord Tho
future list Of quotations. the former showing
n total of but 5000 bales aud the latter de-
cline OF. is-6ith.. Weather news was generally
IaNola1,e; saya Henn over disconnyes
and selling for short ~, account was on very
CHANGED to point owsr puaed , po loca Or Lwo
ering. August liquidation was a feature of
,ba ear,v trsdipg The marke, closed steady
at to points net lower
Bee County's First Bale.
Beeyille Texas. July 15,-Bee county's FIRST
,,Ia =, oo,ton was MARKETED here vesterday
paio VI eo.'on ""e w
evening" was RAISED pS W. o. nan. VINO
lives about seven miles from town. II classed
as middling and sold to the highest bidder for
cents The bale weighed 1923 pounds and
was bought by ". s. Brown & Co. and
shinned nv eypress this morning TO W. ID
CO. . Be Be- solo Ivsi
stes bs srs se SR he s%sn CT 81 q