The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-01-10
COTTON WAS VERY IRREGULAR

difficulty In securing cpaL which Is In.
creaslng rather thnn Diminishing, IL check
ing avldity to some extent An regards re-
ceipte, ] may say TINT my adylces from
quite Number " aelected correspondents
throughout the south Indicate, taking the
cotton belt ~ whole that there IL now
picked and unplokrd 10 per eent mors got
ton TO come forward than az this time lnet
year The colu weather OF the past alxty
days has made hoid work iupcaslble, aud
has, no doubt, largely reduced the deity.
fftes of cotton from plantations FOr the
nCNt siA weekd We are against relatively
liRht movement last ycnr aud with a dc
Vded lucrenrc ~ the movement " tnpa V
there ", ns NY cprrespuud&nts state, 10 pcr
rcnt more cutton 60 conio forward thnn ut
the Hame tllue lpst year the Indicated crop
viii he between If, 10000 ana ll3n.Oou
theodore II, Price
Liverpool opened hrln with quotations .
to points higher than ON THURSDAY In
nuenccd by better demand IN the Man
oheatcr market aud later by the issue Of
the weekly statement which was buliish aud
aided IN holding prices up The tone he
came quiet aud steady by noon. but prices
had advanced slightly above the opening
toward the close prices difted back to-
ward tho opening nguros aud nt the close
were almost the same, standing M poiuts
higher than the close OF the day before
The spot market had moderate business,
WIN prices steady and at the close 1 points
higher than on thursday
New York opened h,m with quotations
0 to 10 points higher thnu the close ON
Thursday caused by the strength at Lly.
erpool and spirit OF buying among New
England splnncrs. Betoro noou January
reached 8 IS March s72 and May $40. An
easier tone prevailed by noon mud prices
rapidly dropped until near the close, when
the issue OF Secretary Heaters worlds visit
BILE supply statement showing dehcit IN
ar rlp Iul tNtll hal
caused the decline 60 cease, AZ the close
quotations wore unchanged to points
lower than the close on Thursday,
New Orleans opened steady with prices
to 10 points higher than at the close ON
Wednesday, actuated 10y New York aud liv-
orpool reports The strength Increased dur
ing the mornlng until March reached SIS
and May $50 HcNrinh Influences caused
a decline before noon aud prices gradually
trll ol uutll near the CLOSE, when Scvro
lnH tl"Nere report caused Is slight al
vance. Tho close was barely steady with
quotations Z" Z ponts higher than tho
oioac on Wednesday.
There was a slight dcuclt la tho current
movement, Receipts ut an pogtB Tor the
day were i0,2ap bales, compared with
Ap'id for the corresponding day II last
season Receipts tor the week az All ports
we're 2UN no halcs. compared with 25l us
for last week aud 2Ia,0lu fer the cprrc
spending week OF last StRsuul Thus tar IN
tue seHspu receipts have boon 6,2Uu,Oj0
hnlcS, compared with tUH iSi Tor the cor
responding tinc nt Het season, FAporie
toc the week were ~ 3tA bnloa, compared
with "sl,b 29 Tor last week aud 2ls,SAs Tor
Stuok at t1dtod States ports was I .ub5 ~
bales compared With lotu iSp for the same
day rr last wech and Ao3stio fnr thc cor
responding day of last oeNepn,
A. s. JchuFtou OF Metdisn Miss baa
tssucd q crculov OH the cotton situation
from Whlch the following ektracta are
made,
Referring TO different estimates nuw I've
turc the trade, rauElng trUm lo.NoAn tn
| l. ,oUNph bales, and especially tp the one
| from the agricultural department issued
on December g. Indicating to,Jpopp tnc
writer does not hesitate 10 say mat these
reports should command more respect add
confederation than the Wild ana reckless
estimates of SOME who are ue longer gu
! titled To nuy degree OF worthiurss Tor ac.
curacy or reliability IN their Imaginative
PAPER crops, II ls NOW generally believed
/ the United State6 department. ~ agrlcul.
! tpre, and the census bureau, have devised
! o plan and system whereby their heurca eau
| ee accepted as practically sottlhR The slEe
! nf the crop,
should The results obtained by the two
! departments on january . show u Wide va
! rlunce from the actual facts As thcir eS-
/ tlnatc for the crop Of teOl.O2 then there
! win be such a revuislon Of opinions and
! criticisms against them, that demands WITH
| be made asking Tor abolshment " these
! departments so far as crop estimates nre
concerned, as the public wilt Justly feel
I they are not only disgrace 10 the govern
nrut, hnt serious menHce TO tue lrgt
mate trade,
| II has been many years since the size Of
I q crop was such puH6lo 60 the writer 1t
! cam not he recalled when decided opinion
/ wa,, not had on January L. whether correct
on Incorrect, hut UuukueSS makers IL cont
! pulrory To acknowledge there Is vet room
Gov considerable doubt ms to what the hnRl
Z figures win lac Should the crop mot prove
larger than lU, NOOOto bales, II vii ne eou.
/ sldrrtd ono NJ the mnst remarkable tnci-
I dents ou record, from the fact that not iu
many ycars has such wonderful seuson
! hceu witnessed since September L. nov can
many Seasons he recalled when rickiug WAS
iu progrcso Nlmost without Interruption fur
| tour mouths aud Ht tuia hate date IN a
large area there Is shll much 20 hc GATH
cred Texas seems 10 have suffered more
| ihRn the other states, the weather there
having been uutaN orahl0 since November -
Vet Il must not be forgotten that pickiug
Ia TINT state was almost continuous from
August 60 November ~