Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-09-01


| ing we're the prices on the lst day Of Feb
ruary:
1 Ordinary s...,....... :. .,s,s.l Italst =
Good Ordinary .......s... ....20z
Low Middling. ...............21
Strict Low Middling ....2l&
February was month Of some fuctna-
tons. Onthe 9th We end strict low mid
ding up TO 2Iy, aud on the 14th down to
20a. Three days afterward it had ad-
Ginning steadily until the last day, when 202
tons March l, 1872, as follows:
INFERIOR. ...........,......1S ala
Ordinary. .lI4alSt
GOOD ordinary. .l94aze
Low middiing. ..z0z
Strict low midGling. .........203
During March prices were upward, open
ing at 2OR and closing at 2l4. We quote
April i, 1872, as follows:
INFERIOR. .s................ sa1S
Oroln2ry.... ..............l.o aIoa
Good ordinary ........ ....Zl
Low middling. ...2l5
Strict low middling. .........2ls
There was considerable bouyancy
ShIOutstiBub 1tfkl al llpIOfCu Ou
the 7th 2lac was the outside figure, and on
the 18th prices had advanced to pc. Dur
log the remainder of the month prices
were steady on basis OF &c for strict low
middling. We quote May, as follows:
Inferior .....,...,......,lS OLA
Ordinary. .................. lS40zO4
Good Ordinary ............. 81 t6213
Low Middling. .............zl4 ~
Strict Low Middling. ........22
May opened weak, and continued steady
in price until after the 10th, when there
was a sudden appreciation, going up as
high as 23c on the 18th for the best grades,
and closing at 23ac. We give the prices,
June /, as follows:
Inferior. .............s. 133616
Ordinary. ................2l 6214
Good Ordinary. ....22 022f
Low MiddllDg. .............ZS Ozos
Strict Low Middling. .......23s
The highest prices of the season were OBJ |
tanned in June, and most of the time the |
market was very much excited. On the |
Sd, prices had advanced to 24c for strict, |
and two days afterward 24sc was freely |
paid, buyers willing TO 60 25c for selections |
rather than miss trade. On the 10th, !
prices were again down to "a, and at these |
figures the market remained steady during |
the bslance of the month. We quote July |
l, as follows:
Inferior. IA al0
Ordinary. ...............s.. III 5azz9
Good ordinary. .......224a239 |
Low mlddllng. .Z53aZoS
Strict low middling. .23aa24 |
The decline in July was as rapid as was |
the advance in June. On the 8th, taking |
strict middling as a basis, we find it at %, |
on the 9th 223, on the 10Th %, on the lth |
22tt, on the 10Th 21s, on the 18th 213 and |
on the 10Th zoe, st which figure it re-
manned nominally until the close of the |
month. We quote Aug. l, as follows
Inferior. ......s.. 9alz
ordinary. ................' .'.1oaIo
Good Ordinary. ITa1o
Low Middling... .......... l9al9a
Strict Low Middling. ......... 19sa2O |
The month of August was stale, fiat and
Improbable, quotations being entirely NOM
inal as above until near the close of the |
month, when the market gave way in New |
York, aud our market being 10 sympathy
with the decline.
By comparison instituted between the
business Of the year just closed, and that
of last year, we find that there hes been q
considerable falling of in receipts, thereby |
reducing the sales and shipments. We
give as follows summary Of our last an
nual cotton statement to-wit:
Stock on hand Sept. l. 1870. 2,201
Receipts TO Aug. 9, 1871. 1898
= Total. "a, IA
Shipments TO Aug. 81, 1871. ....... 1884
Leaving stock on hand Sept l, 1871
OF. .ssss.s...ss ...s.ss.s.ss..s OoO
A summary of the statement for the
year just closed is as follows:
Stock on hand Sept. l, 1S71........ $50
Receipts to Aug. 81, 1S72..........55,936
TOTAL sOO,4oO
Shipments to Aug. 81, 1872. .56,2S1
Leaving stock carried over to-day of POS