The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-10-27
CONTRACT VALUES WENT UP.

binary. on the last call deliveries stood
2-64 lower on near and unchanged TO 1-64
lower on far positions.
New York opened 3 to : down on near
and 2 to 4 up on later months. The scale
gained 1 10 . points Immediately, then de-
clined to the first level. after which the
course was gradually higher and ranged
around the best of the day through the
balance of the session, with n / point drop
on the last call. In the net result the
four nearest options gained 4 to 5 points
and the further ones advanced I and 8
points.
New Orleans started / up on current and
2 to . better on distant positions. The
level declined slightly In the first half
hour, followed by a slow improvement of
. to 3 points, which formed the range
throughout the balance of the sesalon. In
the net result October. December and Jan
uary went 3 points higher and the others
advanced 4 points. Sales on the American
side amounted to 1885 bales and spot quo
tations did not change.
The movement started with a good-sized
volume. Receipts at ell ports for the day
were 55,S45 bales. compared with 69.3G3
for the same day OF last week and 40,S03
for the corresponding day Of last year.
Thus far in the season they have been
] ,695. $50 bales, compared with 1.s71.9O0 for
the same time OF last season. Exports for
the day were s4.066 bales, compared with
10l,612 for the same day Of last week and
3S,452 for the corresponding day Of last
year. Stock at United States ports for the
day was 500, 1877 bales. compared with 5O7,-
400 for the same day Of last week and 6B1.-
400 for the corresponding day Of last year.
Following is the weeks movement at tho
principal interior towns. with comparisons:
T TS5i w LaSt 1900. 1899.
Receipts $50 5l6 $25 7o7 32G.eo7 259ll7
stock .473, 1893 3o7,47s 452.262 61o,slO
Interior stocks Increased 75.715 bales for
me seven days, while port stocks increased
l2l, 1853.
Writing on the textile situation, Thurs
days New York Commercial has the fol-
lowing:
"one Of the most conspicuous features
Of the textile situation at the moment is
The healthful tone that distinguishes the
trade in dry goods. There Is an active de
mand for staple %cottons, with liberal con
tracts placed for forward delivery to cover
50 'A-hAF thE W. 1Af - AAft AA'fil
unhrldled speculation. A confident feeling
marks the domestic trade especially, and a
belief in the stability Of current prices Is
extending throughout all lines into which
tine cotton fiber enters.
The export trade, however, seems to be
Is natural, with ntten-
ton fastened alone upon affairs abroad
European competitors may have unwieldly
stocks ana the Oriental markets may mp.
pear unwilling, for the moment, at current
prices. but there can he little doubt that
the China and Red Sea markets will display
an improved appetite in the near future,
especially when they realize the advance
made In the American markets during the
past few weeks.
THE situation now Is just the reverse
from what IL was last June, when the home
trade came into the market to cover fall
contracts ON brown shectings aud drills.
Last summer the domestic trade was sur
prised on entering the market TO ind that
exporters had hccn there before them and
that II was n question of deliveries, not OF
price. Evidently they then determined to
sleep no longer with the dwarfs, and they
have now carried that resolution into ef-