The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-03
FUTURES AGAIN HIGHER.
Slight Advance at All Markets, Though
Business Is Small.
SPOTS UP At LIVERPOOL ONLY
Movement Does Not Exhaust cotton's
Relative Value OF the Home
PRODUCTS.

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The cottcn market yesterday did not dis.
play the vitality 81 the previous day aud
reverted 70 condition OF du,nesN. Like
she now OF a river cioggcd In It's ecawnrd
Journey or stlicd BY the opposing direc
slons az. It's trlbutaries, the market now
soems disposed to llnEer between counter
Influences and await the appearance Of a
force that win intuse Us HE with an AMI.
mated spirit. The government bureau re
port g como Monday was one o. the pro,
erastinating features Affecting the onep'
atcra yesterday The ilyefpnol exchange
viii be closed to-day and Monday and was
another matter calculated TO weaken the
trade, That the departmental report Will
materially relieve the uncertain state of
ulAlrs Is quite doubtful. settled basis
viii not likely come nntil the crop II nearer
It's maturity, when the Yield can he com
character OF the worlds needs viii be bet,
ter IN evidence. Conditions In the mean,
sime make Il good market 70 let alone,
Liverpool exhibited some Improvement
Sales on the spot amounted TO 1000 tales
nj quotations tlQd higher Deliveries In
creased ~ the tnhl call from 20 abithS
yanced points ON August and gained from
. 90 points GU the rest Of the list. New
orleana went 3 points heEter on August, IN
the net result higher ON January and
tF'iAiNN - fN'NNN w Wv NNAfN'iitNt
me movement slows NO alackenlnk inten
ticn Not rceelpta al all ports Tor the
day were 90l0 bales, against 2TSa for tho
corresponding day Of last year For the
week they have been 22O2i bales, against
al,bl0 last week and 1880 for the same
week OF last year. For the SSG days OF
the season they have been 7.AiS.Os5 bales,
against d.Aat,0lo Tor the corresponding time
of last season. Foreign exports for the
week have been S9ISJ bales, against -
cf last year, stock az United states ports
this day SHl, lhI bales. this day last week
N0l n91 anu the same day of last year ti2
i2f bales,
statistics OF the department Of agrlcul.
turc issued for the last nsca year give cot
ton fourth place Ia point OF total value OF
the domestic crops. Gown keeps its usuNl
standing at the head OF the list hay comes
second, wheat third. with coAton near
rival a. fourth, and oats ranking NTH.
This scale Is the ordinary relative positions
OF these products Ia their Importance Ia
the home markets The wheat crop has
surpassed the hay crop six Years since ioip,
waite the cotton crop exceeded the vaiuc
period. In other Years the order has gen
elAlly hCen Simllar 20 the enc recently end
ed la estimating the sum these staples have
brought,
In foreign commerce however, far dif
fertnt comparison Will he seen In the same
oeinmoditlcS cotton always changes &
the most promipent staple and Tor the ave
years passed has had an average eNpcr
value az S2st ONN0sN annually, The faru
value OF the leading plants Tor she yea
ending lpae so, 1901, ranged as follows
Corn ,Si6i S9O,clo bushels =, los, Zoe 90
HAY 80. 4t5,NSsOO0 Tops -, 60lio,eN
Wheat gaSSTa,OoO bushels 49, IN, go
gOttOne. SOa. All 40 Naies 49,. ti.lSa,ON
oats ,ss. .0S,VtiNooo bushels Ssehl2a,Ni
The cotton goods situation has anderson
q period OF marked Inactivity IN volume {
business, The tone ~ the market has stoo
hrm. notwithstanding, aud the sellers hay
seemed 20 have no fear &C What the ned
future would bring. The coming t0setht
OF the parties concerned Is soon auttclpate
and great activity IN expected In the trAn
actions thar VIII occur In tails e0une
ilen the following Was sent out trom a
EngliSh apineerA;
Manchester O'clock p. m Little disp,
sltion 20 buy cloths; yarns dull but STEADY
The weather bureau forecastcd
Fer Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama
Fair Friday aud SATURDAY. cNcep, shower
on SATURDAY la southern portion
Fer Arkansas aud Georgia Fair Frida
and SATURDAY, except showers along coas
FOR Tennessee, Fair Friday aud satur
day.
The range o. prices at New York au
New orleans ter tho active months wa
as follows;
Ns,y Nerk Oman Etteh INU .,tn.aa