The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-11-25
GENERAL WEATHER CONDITIONS
WAS cAugE FOR ALARM.
Bulls Confidently Pressed the Issue
Strong Spot Demand Developed.
Believed Top Crop Is Lost.

AT THE CLOSE;
Liverpool, 7 70 8 points higher.
New York, ~ to 20 points higher
New Orleans, 10 to 10 points higher
stoTs:
LiVsrpeei revised,
New York, 10 points higher.
New Orleans, 1-Sc higher
Il Houston, revised
/ Galveston, revised.
ESTIMATES FOR TO-DAY:
Houston, 1900 to $4,000 against
23,359 last year
New Orleans, $4,000 to 25ooo against
25,St3 last year.
The week opened IN the cotton market
with the bulls In absolute control Of the
situation, In fact, the trading was so firm
ut times al to border on excitement The
weather conditions over the best produc-
Ing sections Of the entire belt furnished
the fears that agltated the shorts and the
stimulus under which bulls went out for
big things. The tone Of tho adylces which
came before the trade had the marks ut
pessimism too well drawn 10 60 unheedel
the wagon movement practically ended and
the roads were reported TO be SO impossible
shore the commodity Is available aa 10
Temporarily end ir at these points But
greater Than the effect upon the market
ing u The crop was tie general belief that
In such circumstances the Second growth
Will prove Il delusion aud snare Those
who had calculated that the coming Of
frost would open 70 maturity what has
been growing through the summerHke
weather Of September and October would
not restrain the fear that the heavy rain
fan IF the past ten. days will destroy It,
The foreign market came very near to
ferceness as a result OF these reports and
the spirit of speculation on this side " the
water quickly caught the enc
AS Is usual when the trade takes de-.
cisiye turn the course NJ real cotton was
ore n the elements Of largest influence
The demand was strong and an advance
Of 1895 10 official quotations was gen
erdl, with spinners actively IN the market
The approach Of the Tine for issuing the
bureaus statement giving the story II the
crop In dgures was also noticeable M n
feature Of strength, Thrre are operators
vac have already started the guessing nud
there are not a few who believe that the
difference when compared to Mr.. Buston
viii approach a million. The current move
ment was not radically changed, due, ac.
cordinE 10 mnuy operators. to the fact that
tho end NJ the mouth is so near that much
activity must occur iu order that Noycm
hef engaE emepts he met. There we're MI.
mcFtus ruHorB that "a deaf IN some of
the most remote options Is still to be reck.
oned with. A New York authority has
given II out that certain important spot
houses are buying the near positions very
randiy, and not n few operators believe
thar some " tho near positions are iu
self-coruered shape IN rhc matter Of
consumption there was nothing disnppoint
ing IN spite Of adyersltlcs that many hay,
anticipated There Is O decided Expansion
~ the demand Tor higher wages ana th'
Indications pointed tn maXimuW require
ueuts all along Tie lino. The uuetuatlopi
we're Wide enough 30 chow that the gen
ergl mind Is not uncertain and the under
tone was too stou, FOR frxlhilty.
Liverpool was the forrruIuer Of hnlllsh