The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-04-16
COMMERCIAL REPORT.

SPOT COTTON AcTIyE-FUTUREs CLOSED l-32c.
LowER-FLoUR EAsIER-wHEAT STEADY
CORN LowER-oATs FIRM-BARLEx NEG
LEcTED-RyE FRM-PoRK FIRMER AND
LARD NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. LowER-NAvAL
STORES FIRM-wHIsKEY FIRMER-GRocERIEs
ACTIVE AND HIGHER.
THURSDAY, April 1916 p. M.
Business was moderate and the markets for
most commodities rather irregular to-day. ON
'Chsnge hour was steady. WneaI not very active,
but steadier with a fair shipping demand for
prime spring. Corn was dun and easier. Oats
were firm. Barley duh. Rye quiet Whiskey
frmer. Pork and lard irregular and lower.
Petroleum attracted very little attention and
values ruled lower Naval stores were quite
freely dealtia ana better prices we're realized.
Groceries were very firm in value, with quite
a movement in Rio coffee at &c. advance. spot
cotton active, with tree sales on foreign account
Contracts l-S2c lower. with fair business
CoFFEE was in good demand at &c. advance, with n
good the closing market Sales included 40o2
bags a. y. Cove fully fair good at s4c 500 bags
Ontario, and 800 bags Havana, on private terms
At Baltimore 4523 bags by the Philothea brought l7c
fair in quality Stock of Rio IN first hands April Is in
cluded 80 994 bags in New York; 25liL Baltimore 5000
Galveston; 1900 Mobile, and 1905 New orleans total
1903 bags loading for New York 2S4oo bags
other ports l9600 making visible supply of ll6 64s
bags The stock OF mild grades embraces 1858 bags
rous and 1900 mats Java. The movement in these
grades during the week included 44jO Java. ex
Iametar. on private terms; 4429 bags Singapore,
Ring Dove private terms 5000 bags Maracaibo 797
bags Laguayra 7s9 do Costa Rica 1859 do Mexican 46
do. 81. Domingo and rs do. savanla, at prices
within the range we uote;-oruinary cargoes. i6'4c.
a l6Ilc; fair do l7l4c IKE DO, good lSc lsl4c.
prime do 1870. l94c. extreme range for lots,
l6c i9c Java, government bags 25c. 26c. do
mats, 25c &c Singapore, Gle go; Ceyon 1870.
Gle. Maracaibo, lsc 2l5c, Lag1ayra, lie 1876. ia
maca l6lsc lsc.; St Domingo. l6c Porto Rico Tic.
Angostura lTsc. 9c Savanila, Ike 2Oc Curacao
l7c. a lSlsc., gold, 60 and % days
CorToN the spot in demand for export. In ad-
diton the sales below reported there were sold after
iChange 800 bales, including least 200 bales
for export. also. from Gnlt port $40 bales transit
We were unable to ascertain the prices which OF
Change business was done, Tut line OF some
thing like bales below reDorted sold from dock
at 3a,c quality vari0usy relorted good ordt
nary fully strict good ordinary and good style strict
good ordinary. The export demand was from both Ger
man and creek buyers, but the purchases day
manly the former Holders manifested disposition
10 demand freely Futures the first sold down
&c ia consequence of the disappointment occasloned
sui reaction caused chiefly by the better
Tor pot cotton, but in part owing 70 light receipts
RED prices up 10 within about 52c 81 last nights clos
ing figures will be seen by the following quoations:-
April 10 5l6. rs ll3-c May, 10 l2e i6sc. june,
III 2.3lc l6 IL ;juy, 10 SS2c August l75Sc.; sep
tember Is 27-32c. 1890. October l6}sc. 10 1899
I6Lc.; January. lo5sc Quotations based standard
al classification in force september |, 1874 anu
upland cotton in store running in quality not
Ordinary l4ssc; good ordinary, l51sc.; strict good
ordinary Ice low middling, lb14c; mddling, 165fc ;
good middhng &c., Quotations based on American