The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-02-18
| .dar,s Of Interest We're In Evil
d.uc. Yesterday.
L,,K STILL BUYING NEAR MONTHS
counted Interior Towns
y ..v,aI OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
,ent Is stiii Free.
=, 0 to 4 down.
~, spots quiet.
a '.ol 8 to 8 1-2-0ad lower
Office of The Post.

=, another quiet u"'
IN, period of material weakness
~ ,,er the opening the American
IA steady all during the day. The
!, sue.uaton was a narrow one and
absence OF speculation at all
/, gain disappointed the bulls. That
e1 ,,pected to show some improve
- instead of which it declined, the
80 10 sn-64d lower than yesterday.
.,.s. was limited and at prices 1-32d
=. those OF yesterday only 5000 bales
nv the condition Of affairs on
n, ida and the absence of active
IAN here, the American future mar
IA lover and for the first half hour
An,tsd considerable weakness. Then
,.,,ovsmept was shown and after that
.soved but little change until the
Ain was at a decline Of to 4 points
vcrk and unchanged to 3 higher In
,,,,s. AdyIces from New York we're
s,ct that houses with foreign connec-
..arvat 10 buy the near months, al
/, no means as freely as before.
N, situation was not changed In
lnp,rtant detail. Prices at all of the
n,rssts remslned the same as yester-
i, there was very little business in
n. anywhere. The interior. judging by
!, i, not at all averse to selling, but
~, The highest prices. and these. with
s,r,uon as 1t is at present, the people
4. other side do not seem disposed to
n, bulls say that in time the active
l,-,sd which was apparent during near
!, rbols Of last week will again be seen,
al when 1t does prices will go still
u However, with the movement as free
M, With speculation lacking and prac-
ID 10 demand for the actual staple, it
Z Unlikely that any material improve
nay be safely expected in the near
N some new features are necessary to
,sqat any change Of note, and, con-
mda operators think, this change is as
10 bs for the worse as for the better,
slh they do not believe that any ma
lj loEer scale OF prices can be perma-
n maintained The situation is still
bill With considerable degree of uncer-
b md those VINO are in the business for
Enus Is In II are now more cautious than
who're.
ls,is practically no change in the move
,ihough II is thought in some quarters
D. cold weather may have the effect Of
|aEhs receipts to some extent. In the
ftans the cotton continues to come in
freely and unless reports received from
aiasor earlier In the season are radically
F;t there Is no doubt that after three or
sssks, at the most, the movement will
10 practically nothing. The English
.ifS are, perhaps, relying on the con-
n heavy movement to give them lower
Y Aui i is difficult to see, according to
fsw entertained by the bulls, how this
h brought about.
n snclt in the visible supply at present
asM, against 1885, 19S last week. The
VI visible supply is S,t6s,9O1, against
laN year. 4,il4,7H in 1898 and $685.
ssekly interior statement shows Ie-
Ai'SSs, against 57,922 last year and
llee years ago. Stocks eli the thirty
~sM decreased 60, 900 during the week.
,.%o receipts for the day we're 53C2,
~ ~ iast year, while for Monday the
M ! Ivy TO i50O, against 3126 in 1879
sM u iSI fne estimate for New Orleans
'"@ IVV as compared with G140 ard
iasss Of prices in the future markets
orl.,,,- Open High. Low, Close.
H., s,..,o..s.a-4e S.57 s.4s s.ts-57
..,"",es.5a-55 $50 s.54 SIS 50
Y" ,".rs.A-i2 SAT Sal s.46-A7
.u,enny Co., New Orleans, say under
q February Is:
AA Of much change is especially in.
= ~ siew of the fact that two evenings
Ne were Indications of some concert OF
s0lon to depress the market. The
~ ~ anu Liverpool reported the receipt
h s va. caules the next day and bear teie-
h Yo,ns simultaneously received here from
fsi y, canning that the market was
I'm, reaction. The curb mere tv o
T.,s -" was also suddenly lower. aul
tas s., olner Indications of an actelnp,
Nh a., go next day, which some In ths
n syspinsu . 70 oe also acquainted with.
Ntrtlv tnat the bear missionary work
4 a. Iistsan Liverpool though loser
II ~ prices of that day. had
p,eed nlsnest closing figures OF this
b 10 ln,sSason. The net result s that
IN, IISgeryening day OF un,ioubteI ner-
4a liverpool closes at a loss OF only
y ks,rsa from the day before yesterday.
tsht ~ port receipts and consequently
i,samsn.aments have been the principal
=. N imrs which have unquestionably
hrhsr liant part in restraining many
s'ilcus sc, Pputeaases and imparting more
hhsslSs ~ 10 those bsarishly inclined.
~ genesot a..si however having attract
4, trom 4. Sliehuon, have restrained the
9stdInvi, lnlhg more than it has done.
Y besn "a heavy demand for actual cot
hnta IL Sasanesng all spot markets with.
4h ~ .nauonality. II is believed that
lnnns n,sua'ry are taking advantage of
thy Ma the prizes around cents,
t,ssn. ns sa been looking forward to.
led stoss "a OF replenishment of the
Mt ana moving cotton rapidly to
seystnen, ehe influence that is swelling
2 isatn,s y the most distinctly sup =
dis WA, maj is known. Tho loss in
Hrtnr y at the counted interior towns
sssernsut pear out expectations thai
n ihoss s abnormal and at the ex-
seady ,. s,oeks and further strengthens
q tayless ing belief. based upon our
nt:s ss mat the uncounted towns are
w barar still, while the farms are
y, cold VI cotton. Last year bad
'Tsneat wy ~ and snow. lnterfered with
~ This cotton in the country in
slnula,ss rsoruary the movement has
ssar, n oy the unusual demaud.
ssumed narph and April the move
rkis Aremely heavy comparative
sag q ,s AeIeh and April we expect a
snDosl,e movement to assume as ex-
IA Proportions s
~. market, altar .. ...oa.. 80 "a
n, snow some rnaot,onsrx, tandencg
Az possible. Tha, hnli $500 NAV
IN ean ,ssy have happened in other
es most ~; be contradicted, but W.
7io Is n important item now to be
~ sep, whi.tp 'eporuons Of the last hall
y lnsdsa.na, Y we are correctly in
scnsunn,ise 10 the requirements OF
~1hstiop'' and statistical position
4'srlor statement was as fol.
MI Recsfnts cLt.. c,ost