The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-04-18
IN The COTTON MARKETS
Statistical Information Of the Leading tx
changes Of the United States.
CONSIDERABLE IMPROVEMENT IN PRICES
spots Higher In Liverpool. New York
and New Orleans Futures q TO
Points Higher.
oric. Of The Post.

Houston. MONDAY Aprll IL
There was favorable reaction in cottor
to-day. aud the question now is VIII the az
vance hold? Certainly sta.istically and from
crop point Of view. prices should at lsas.
hold Liverpool was credited With undolns
stfaddlcs and Southern speculstors were send
ing in buying orders to New York
Snots we're better IN sympathy with deliy-
eries. LIVERPOOL put prices up l-s2. New York
s-l6 and New Orleans lis the other markets
closing unchanged
LIVERPOOL futures were 1854 10 at the open
ing and Mt the close another point was added
the close showing an advance Of 2e4 over
Saturday
New York opened at an advance Of to :
noints, which continued to grow throughout
the session. the close being s 10 points up.
N New Orleans followed the course Of New
YORK opening at to 3 points advance and
closing to points better than SATURDAY..
Receipts at ports were 1872 AGAINST 1885
last wear and 2o.6o5 in 1895
New Orleans expects 1000 TO 400 tomorrow.
against 1913 last wear and 1895 In 1895
Houston expects $500 to $500. against 1881
last year and 1874 in 1895.
CsrEill and Richardson say of todavs mar.
ket Liverpool tied bunch Of fire crackers
on the New York bears tails this morning
and the explosion could be heard all over
the south One after another they rsu With a
good leader In Hagadorn, The Southern bulls
helped the race along by buying a few thous-
and bags. replacing some that they threw
over in their fright last week, Liverpool did
not coniine bull tactics to their home market
entirely. as brokers with foreign connections
were conspicuous BUYERS during the early
trading. About the only thing to- cause the
strength was the continued bad weather in the
old states for Texas needed all the rain IL
got. and nothing In the movement was bull
Ism. but rather the opposite. Memphis and
Augusta received 1892! against 207S last year.
The ports were liberal. and Houstons esti-
mate was considerable, considering that this
state has been telling the trade that eXhaus-
ton was nearer the fact than ever before.
This large movement in Texas does not have
the effect 1t might II the cotton better
stun being even too low to deliver on New
Orleans contracts.
The future will depend a great deal upon
the amount Of speculation that can be devei-
oped. as the short interest is probably well
eliminated now. and continuous buving will
be necessary to advance prices further.
New York. April IFS. Mum. Son & Co.
saw Cotton opened higher on an advance in
cables for both futures and sp9ts.
The tone was generally strong throughout
the day and covering by shorts further ad-
vanced prices.
Spots here advanced Sic on Improvement
In demand.
From the reports we continue to receive
that are authentic. showing late start. 200
condition OF seed small sales of fertilizers
bilitv to make a full crop this season. and We
look to the market sell much higher
The market encourages short selling. and Is
therefore an excellent purchase.