The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-11-22

or transportation facilities means that
there has been an unprecedented call for
immediate delivery Of cotton goods and
thb. fact eugurs well for the vindication
OF those who look for new high record In
the way OF consumption during the pEes-
ent season.
The conditions enumerated caueed Liver.
pool to again take the lead OF the bulllsh
forces Sales on the spot amounted 70
1000 bales at quotations marked 8 points
higher on all grades, except middiing fair,
which was raised 10 points. At the close
there was a 6po!nt advance ON all con
tracts. According 10 private information
thu English market was also Influenced by
favorable advices from Manchester.
New York opened 3 points up on Ncvem-
Der and practically unchanged on later
months There was a slow decline through
the hrst half Of the morning. which caused
bottom prices 20 be reached This level
continued until near midday, when q
steady movement began and caused re-
eovery Of the loss With a further advance
TO top prices, before the noon call. A re-
cession prevailed through the next hour,
other small gain followed and a loss OF
some made the only changes during the
rest Of the call In the net result No
veuiber gained / point. February went I'M
changed and other months lost 70 8
New Orleans started to points below
the previous close. There was a slight
bulge al once, followed by decline 10 bot.
ing. The loss was steadily regained and
with high mark reached In the latter part
OF the morning the scale 1uctuated very
narrowly for a short while beyond the noon
call A declining wave then set In and
continued untn initial prices were touched
and made the range that prevailed to the
cloee. In the net result November dropped
points and later options went TO 6
points lower. Sales at the four American
markets amounted TO 5205 bales. Spot
quotations were raised 1.16c at Galveston
and elsewhere left unaltered.
There was small shrinknge in the sea-
ward movement. Receipts at an ports for
the day were AZ .o90 bales, compared with
$3.50 for the corresponding day OF last
year. For the week they have been 3d.
$40 bales. compared with 344,B5O for last
week and sl5,ss5 for the corresponding
time OF last year Thus far in the season
they have been 3.255.2TO bales, compared
with 1890 4s4 for the corresponding time
Of last season. Exports for the week have
been 2lo.390 bales, compared with lSi5f5
for last week aud 235 65T for the CORE.
spending time of last year. Stock at
United States ports for the day was g25 455
bales compared with S2H,se6 for the same
day " last week and SCOPES for the CORE.
spending day of last year.
wisner d Co., Shanghai. China say; a
fair inquiry has existed for standard, 2so
yard makes Of drills and eheetngs but
business has been very restricted owing
to the paucity OF stocks The heavy stock
sheetings Is almost exclusively composed
Of light makes, for which demand con.
tinues very slack, at no advance on pre-.
yious unremunerative prices. The approach
Of the closed season at the North has had,
as yet no appreciate erect on the mar.
kets, the stocks Of light fabrics being III
suited to the trade there. Renewed strin.
gency IN the Tiep Tsin money market ano
a most nhnormally adverse exchange has
also restricted business Some indent orders
for spring delivery have been In the mar
ket but We do not learn that business hns
resulted.
The fnnlly arranged specific tarin on i'm
ports on the basis OF 3 per cent nd valoren
| will come into force on 31st instant. The
schedule on American cottons is not ma
1 terially changed from the rates which have
been current during the past year