The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-10-03

nlQnCTs
New Orleans, 8 to points higher.
Spots
Liverpool. t-32d up
American side, unchanged.
Theoretically the bull could not have
asked for more In yesterdays session oil
the cotton market Practically there was
much room for Improvement in his side OF
the case. The bear trcmbled as he gazed
over the dropping cotton fields that so
many accounts held up to View ana TO-
days government. report was all that con
tancd ray of hope FOR him on TINS score
II the document proves as valuable Us
last months issue, he may be benchteu
temporarily, but other considerations make
the bureau statement of less Importance
The 1ourishing portion Of the crop Is most
subject to the havoc Of an early frost ana
here Is whore great fear Hes The de-
partments document showed an average
of ia for September and % for last
October II VIII he seen that the govern
mcnt must report large deterioration to
bring the figures down to last yenr's, ana
If the late accounts are sustained this
will be done while the probabilities are
Tor lower estimate BE this as It may,
the signs OF short crop are plentiful
srougb 70 shake the confidence in oroduc.
tlon II Is tho wovs Of tho consumer of
,bo nroduct ,h,t have bccn decreasing. and
vcstrrdov thc bul boord ruubllnrs across
the mighty deep that gave promise ~
n new spirit impaired by the heretofore
listlcss spinner. Liverpool cahicd: spin.
ncrs show signs Of uneasiness, owing to
small supplies. Expect spinncrs to buy
freely soon The demand appeared better
on prices that had stood well through
. month If hard trIol ON tbc trade It
ui',''" ""' -,
looked ms though IN" 'nti' FARMER had
played as skilfuly IN a game Of maneuvcr-
inc MS his .blr adversary" across the
'"s 90 Nc US
water ana was about 10 win the stakc''
Whether the signs he deceptive or not they
80 an trt,,s T., ,b. b,lis brt tho ncnd-
Ing Of the governments statement caused
operators to delay and contract values mar
rowly advanced
The market Is confronted by coudi-
ton to he confirmed after which We VIII
consider further prospects.
Liverpool offered an Imposing front.
Sales on the snot reached t5OOO haics
80 a,,,,a,,.. ,,,, oo1 ,i,,or mo
deliveries closed 26i OF on near and 3-6i
m on far months
Now York oncncd / ohcnd on near mud
80. ~. nit 49,.
10 up on instant Hl""'h'' in'H va.
the level for the hrst moments. followed
by a galn Of few points when the high
est was reached. me range continued
epont me same as lhe opening M III IN,
nncmrroS uhich vas r"c"y"red an thc lns
cali. In the net result October was un
changed ana the lNt'r positions went
nn9 Pntihts nlEuei, ooo . ooi,,s ohor
.N'M u i."h' "us"' q 80, t"''t 49, w.,
tne previous GlnS"' p"'ut knin VIZ
Inuc' "1 r Wnrrn Mi S' W.,
. tb | netrG Nm drno to
points t9nh, place IN the hel result oClo
ntI Euln"'u w y pul"tH, N"SVH" -" ~
me inrt.Hr uelNTtleS VIII % 10 % ,u 0lrt
hlshef' SnicS on inc Aintlltuh sun "iuPuH'
ed 10 Unlb bales spot quotations dld no
vary.
Tho movement was the llchtcst OF tn
week. Receipts at all ports for the da,
80 10 go ,,,,,,.,,,i ,,.,,,, ~ 80 ro,. IN.
corresponding day OF last year. Since Fri
d,, tbc,, have hocr 1,s gsn b,lns con,nnrr,
u,. ''' os ~" r"' ,, 80 ,,
win "o,H" loi the sumo llu" oI lHH
week and 2O0,Ql4 for the corresponding
time of last year thus far In the scusol
they hayc been 80 36l bales compare,
Viii liz 40o fo, tLr same line Of ms
season Since Friday cNports have bccl
14e.S94 bales. con,pared with 81 ,37s 70
for inc rorrrsuondiur time Of Inst yrar
Stool nj TnIted Stains nnrts for IN. IA
N'os az 30 boics cnn,pnrpG win 5uS ~
tor tho son,c Az az IaIt Vol, ana 40 IN
for he "orrcsnnndin, doy " 1os, ,'u roa.
''' '"e Wy VI '"'' ''"'
Uov,-o.d 6 40 , ,,tt,,, A., 49,
''"' WV" We N'tloh hrm "i Liver
pool, have removed the veil that stl
hangs over the face of some Of tbcir peigr
hors and have corght , ,ltr,ns, 80 .,I,,.
Nu 49, '""h"' s""pSe VI tuihs
across the Instant waters. In circu a
from Liverpool they say:
THE feature OF the past season I'm cotto
has been the determination of consumer
Of cotton OF warm OF goods md of MI m
allied products of such goods. not to M
cumulatc any stock, hut to reduce a
stocks to their lowest point.
10 the bureau was raised on an area Z
o2.JOpuOO acres In that year we Shove
how that IL was folly to assume that Will
there had heen extensions OF acrear
throughout America In an produce yenr Il
year. cotton alone should be al "A stan,
eth. ana we also showed that the acrSap
under cultivation for cotton was not il,
than 26,OoOOOO acres. We also stated thi
as the census would he published in Nv
would endeavor to cqnalize Its its cstjm ATE
that Of the new census. This we hcIleS
has been done by making two successi,
increases. each of S per cent. consequent
we can not make our comparisons OF Vie
compare with last year by adding s u
cent TO that area. There is thus a vel
wide margin indeed for error. and we te
sure that the public again will he mlsle
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