The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-21
COTTON STILL HIGHER.
Both Spots and Futures Take Another
Flight.
DEMAND FOR SPOTS CONTINUES ACTIVE
Prices Arc Vow highest of tho sen
nop--Livcrpooi Also up--Novemepf
Is MISUNDERSTANDING supply.
Futures I TO 10 points mp.
Houston spots f-t1c higher.
Liverpool --U1d M.
oface Of The Post,
Iloustoa. satatday. lanuary %

oifce OF The Post,
Houston. Saturday, January 20.
Cotton surprised even it's best friends today.
Instead OF closing the week at a decline as
was expected In view OF the development OF
lhc past few days II made tho finish by jump
ing even higher thar before. both In spots and
futures
Practically everything on the boards was
hpliish. The day started on with cables from
liverpool showing sttll another advance oveg
there. as a result OF which. and the continued
setivity in spots. ihs future markets here
orencd At an advance and kept on climbing
al during the day, the close showing New
YORK to be l to S points higher and New
Orleans 10 10 up. feature OF Interest was
Afforded by the strength manifested by Janu'
airy cotton In the former market It remaining
points higher than March April, May and
June all closed at the same nguTe, which was
points under the quotation for January
Europe was trec buyer in New York all
during the rour hours the market was in ope-
ration,
The advance IN Liverpool futures was 2-5ld
while spots went stlu another l-i6d higher
at which agurea $4,000 bales were sold. Cables
indicated that splnuers we're very eager to
buy, having al last been brought 20 realize
the seriousness Of their position. aud that
tbe upward trend OF prices wns assisted by
- ....---,t. t...-..- ~ i've ..~ noys from
south An1ca II was q hammer business for
saturday and was. on the whole all that
even the most pcrsistept bul could have
wished tor
The continued good demand for bpots again
bsu its effect on the snot markets on this
side. Houston New York aud Ncw orlcaua
each advancing prices iGc over yesterday
tr,,,cr thps marine ,ntldiinr 9-ieo M these
49, -. .,,,.t.a q, an
places. NVoN hNhi'WaA "ah 'NP"''N" ~ ~
rotuts ana 90 several casos sales at prices
h,n.. ,bau tbor. n,toted c,,to reported
INA ,oyr,ecn, WAS ohopt a. expected-.s
little larger in some cases than last your
ana rlrrc years ago. nut nc larger than was
$3.50 ~. ,,.o s,,., xxx M, ro,cnt
'ootcd tor IN we" OF the ls't 'n'l rae 'NNo"'
advances are haNhs the effect ot hrngu6 on'
copqidsrsllc cotton Houston received i,oi
t, 5000 10, ,.,. ana tqts ia, ts,,
nnlfa' aHalual oa-' laNt year ava '''' W. lo''.
ino estimate FOR Mondar Cor Houston Ia 1900
Ia iooo s1,inrt ASA and etg! and tar Now
n,ieops ooeo IA 10 0oo against qnq9 and ~ eg6
Tho mneemest az 'he ports was moderate.
rie dptemcut for tho tbiuy une towns
to, ,ts Moe, abc,yo5 .oocinta "a ana ,css tban
~, ,sn-
last loa1 aud about 'N"V "or0 NAV I'D le'''
aeo,,
ne ChfohlSleh hsu'ea plR'e Tue pisa'p'
dcnct IN the visible supply at ,9i1, or
90 700 ,,oro tbar ,.st ,,aot 1.ha v,sihlo ann
',,s'V oso ss, ~. 4.
ply 10 non bur j,lln5lh against p,OsHi ~ lhst
year tsSs9 ~ lNh and i.lis,es' IN n.y. ~
view 81 these NtNllAuuf Suo INC 'on'hu'N
Indications q . very smgll erop' thy nIeulD-
t'ons OF ume OF cuuhll''Anl' harrlly hfo
nov oven uore irequcNt tnal, over pei"ir
Magen COTTON w Sow u'ltdhs opehea ~
i-S ~ anG l9s'd ~, S7-"C "l'gg aelllhs
hlgn az - ana low on "tN' le eglt ihpulh
"N, n" at v pnd closed ht ".i nay
@,p S' n, 'bo KILN ,"1 ,pn ',t,,,,"
brinr done al Z II aud 14a respectively.
~, o,t,,rs B,n .,,.
liverproi ~ aust beginning So Geo what the
American spceuMtors sow month ago rat,
V " ''o ''e r,,'h " r,,,o '1D
"'',''" W
M, ,o,,oo ana ,,,' ,,,,y ,,,,n,.,,,, ,,,,,, NV,
d6n unui .ufG,ient amount d., ,5t,an /,
worried there lu the meanwhile ~ has
s'.tn "a" sp'' nn'oe, ~ ,m.rI'o q StMnu op
lWlluurN 'V p"' 'n' ROM 'Au,0t'oht ~
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