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Newspaper
Houston Daily Post
Location
Houston, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1900
Page
14
New York May 26 report describes a sharp market break after long inactivity on the New York cotton exchange. Bulls struggle to liquidate amid Wheeler’s collapse and McCormick & Co failure signals.
The market reports show Liverpool spot activity limited with American sales around 200, while New York futures push higher on speculation and improved demand. Grain and commodity notes indicate general weakness in wheat and corn with mixed futures, and a broad listing of prices across meats, produce, and dry goods reflecting a busy trading day.
Cotton prices strengthened with Liverpool support lifting futures in New York to gains. Traders faced nervous selling and thin business as week panics eased, with New Orleans and Houston price activity mixed and overall declines limited by late session improvements.
Reports from New York say refined sugar price advances spark rumors of a trade settlement denied by Havemeyer and Howell et al. Local jobbers focus on Texan vegetables and small fruit amid strong demand and rising sugar costs. Continental Tobacco lifts prices while tomato shipments arrive. lemons quote up to 8 50.
Kansas City cattle receipts show steady to easier trading with mixed price shifts for feeders and butchers, weakness in some beef grades, and weekly totals around 7000 cattle. Hogs trade steady with varied loads, while sheep receipts small and prices largely unchanged. Chicago cattle and hog receipts mirror Kansas City trends with limited activity and mixed quotes across weights.
Fragmentary OCR text references Chicago and New York items with scattered phrases about eggs prices and receipts. Details are unreadable. no coherent event or identifiable entities beyond cities and generic product mentions.
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