The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-07
ION DULL AND EASY.
ic Was In Any Of The Markets
Yesterday.
led RECEIPTS AT HOUSTON BEARISn
by BuIlish EST
for New orienns-A Lower
Crop Estimate.
les 2 to points lower.
dull and easter.
pool unchanged TO 1-tid
oface 81 The Post

ofnce Of The Post
<i# Houston, Saturday. January 8.
H&1nXs cotton markets were dull and
N6lIdtSss The range OF fluctuations in
lf2S3 Was very narrow and values went
tpm a sheer lack OF support. there
( Ml1k heen but little trading done at any
u, H&t turing the day.
Mxe4ppol was no worse than expected,
tn& Unchanged to l-64d lower through
!. Mhut there was nothing to encourage
~ markets. on this side and they opened
deciine. There was no Improvement
p@n md the close was within one or
t4polnts OF the lowest OF the day, New
= bfk being 3 to 5 points down and New
laS9ns to 5 lower than yesterday.
AlIiycrpool spots were dull and prices
I'LL down lid. There was practically
2AN,shing doing in spots on this side and.the
A,trGSr markets ranged from dull to quiet,
plsa, however, unchanged prices with the
ign deception OF Galveston which declined
Isc.
Al feature OF the day which added to
d easiness in evidence everywhere was
AN ia esttnate for Mondays receipts at
custom which was $500 to $500. against
So last year and 5i0a three years ago
lie besrs made capital out of this. OF
ursc. hot the effect OF the figures was TO
extcxk connteracted by tho estimate for
reirts ~ New Orleans. which was only
30 TO eoOo as compared with 1f.i55 in
81 ana 11 1914 in 1897. Receipts at Hous-
for The day were 1888 against 1895
4s4s Port receipts we're 21,i59.
ainft "a. 1853 last week. 2e, III last year
\ d7n,f34 three wears ago Receipts at tn.
irty-one counted town for the week were
1 4.2sS. against 1S4o4I last week lss los
/ this corresponding week in 1899 and
ViS7 IN 1897 Stocks at these towns,
= nile they show decrease OF 5000 for
week. are 5000 larger than last year
IA 10000 larger than In 1897.
Fhe ,defcit In the visible supply has now
&ched soss14, an increase over tho
Apit 81 last week of eo,2ao, The figures
owing the visible supply, with compari
ri ar4 as follows; Present supply, g.
p029 last year, 5,17seO2: 1898, 1892, 7S9.
l.a2c, 1888.
k4qh in New Orleans opened at 7.11-l2
u cIesed at 7.12-ls after selling high at
II ~ low at ITO. The same month
oned ~ 1885 in New York. sold high
A7.36. low at 100 and closed at 7.S1-32.
kyflu this market opened at 7.37-3S and
NOD q 4 .s5-36, the high and low selling
A nc done at 7.sS and 7.34 respectively.
Tho New Orleans exchange will be closed
Monady in observance OF the annlver-
~ Of the battle OF New Orleans.
Georgian writes to the New York Com
rcial as follows:
Scarcely mill in the South has cotton
run beyond March l. Many of the mills
We In addition to cotton now on hand
attracted with responsible cotton dealers
large quantities which may run them
10 the early summer months but in
any cases these dealers have simply
Edged BIZ buying contracts in New York.
have yet to buy the actual cotton.
as Will have a tendency to keep all in
'ior markets in the Atlantic States rela-
ely very big. / still look for scramble
bug cotton as soon as the Manchester
iupetsk realize that the crop will bs
rho following telegram is self explana-
\ Johnston. Editor Post Houston.
Y New York. January 6.-Latham Alexan-
leo. are Just out With crop estimate:
b0,000 They are not falsirs.
III J. J. Chew
The carly estimate OF the firm men
= med. ~ will be remembered, was $780,
a ~ Di The house has always been recog-
IA ~ conservative and reliable and its
tA1oA will carry no little weight.
Tbs Nov York warehouse stock is $4,000
les, including $1,000 certifcated. There
shsen no change for month. A year
d tho stock was 10000; two years ago.
,0oos three years ago, Of 900, and at this
A "a Ii 1885. the year OF the s75S,0o0 crop.
.W was Ire 900.
The weekly statement for thirty-one
adipE Interior towns shows;
Receipts Shipment Stock.
IS N4ek. 1914 93S t0q nSi SI57