The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-04
COTTON MARKET DULL.
Liverpool Closed, aud Trade Is Wait
ing for Bureau Report.
INTERIOR AND PORT STOCKS DECREASE
Cotton Leads in Exports with an In
creased Tetal--GaNeston Gets
Twenty-three New Bales.

The cotton market was duh IN Its pro
eeedings Of yesterday. Pending the gov
ernuent ieport for Motday and the clos
Ing OF the Liverpool exchange for two |
days, the short session pursued The as /
eventful course SO noticeable In the recent |
operations 10 these quarters.
New York was points lower on the Au
gust option az the Quail call and lost from
2 to points ON the now crop month de
iiveries. New orleans was | point NJ ON
August. declined points ON the November
delivery, and want points down on al'
she other positions. Spots we're revised at
0nlycston, aud elsewhere We're unoltered
from thursdays agures one Thousand
one hundred and seycntv.two bates sold at
ahe leading American markets.
The movement was Of very good dlmen
siops. Net receipts al an ports FOR the day
were 2SI6 bales. against G05s for the sltme
Hay OF last week aud 5l2 for the CORE
spending day OF last year For 335 days
this season they have been 5,il50G3 bales,
against 013i ,Gl0 Tor the corresponding time
of last season. Fotelgn cNpwls the nrst
lay OF the week we're 1851 hdlcs, against
sSUN Tor the same day 90 last week AMI
a2,Glt for The same time Ot last ycar, stock
~ United States ports Tor the day wa4
BIZ iSS bales. agalust 3aSoSi FOR the same
day OF last week aud 100 23i tor the sainc
h"s " ''''N NN"'"
Following table shows the movement at
principal Interior towns week ending Fri
day and comparisons;
Rcccipts shipments Stock.
pels week '...,. Ma ~ SisGs l9 g6 s95
This wecl, 1900 l. los s,lM in,+Ia
bhis week lSaa 500 ll,i33 2aUGla
The interior stocks have been reduced
14.36S bales ia seven days ana the port
stocks lcssrncd 3a,iOi bales in like period.
Sgus OF hcuter spot demand are im
mtnept. AdVlcos point to more favorable
trade outlook, aud the condition OF the
crop viii nov hold the attention Of eager
eyes until sound calculation can be made.
What knowledge che Departments ducu
plcnt VIII disclose remains 70 be srcn, hut
there Is much ume yet in which the plant
will have Its ups ana downs and these
variations VIII play prominent part in the
EirelcS OF the uAdr.
Cotton again took Hrst rank In United
States exports of domestic products for the
last isca year, ana leads the list with
gratifying gain over the record of The pre-
cedfng twelve mouths
The value OF the prOiucts foreign ship
mepts. according to- the bureau o' statistics
amounted 60 Nil3 2AS,5tS lhis exceeds rs
closest competitors brradsWnS. Toy NlitVG
SaN I'm the relative value of tnc portion OF
each which has gone go foreign lnnd- this
closing Win Juue l!Nv, OF N'lVl',llS Foi
loving statement shows u comparison OF
Nhe exports for tue Two Ncnis.
Ending Ending
june EWl. june, l!NN
Cotton hales bGu,93n NV6u'V'@
Nottop, pounds 1871 .N,01- o'tiS,Sl o'oua
Cotton, value S3E1'Zea,o ~ S@ll gov le'
II VII be seen thnl not onN 10 me amp,
n,ents abroad surpgss thpso OF iht next
previous wear ~ volume, hut mat t9c a..
ase gNpo, p,aIV o. tts or tbr t"n
n,nntr ,,,,i}nr ,yitt 1Wun to,n ths miro
sSSo9Ee I' ,a n ,,,G tr " INV sa,n 9
sndlnr June. foi thc average VAS 9lG
thus placing thr ycar's exports ~ a gain
St neor ~ pep poehu IN '' "W'U"t lo'
N9l'n ivy Wt'N SNW ,, o., t.-.i
~ NnlN '"hh'N''lN Ut H'''l'" .'' ''N''l"'' y "
thbl cur eH"N yt ,''bN N,t' n't} tnH
terloiQ lesseucd IN J9tpn ia Che last year
due q that geunlrl 5 over hnyin ~ M
seL'Gn Pugeaa5e , ft"n i4y ,nig9 so,gs I3'
s N l' S,Ii,l-,G ~, i'us' & ~, WV, ~,