New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-01-16
MARKETS.


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Money easy at 495. Sterling quiet a
81 IS. Gold 1928 a ll3. Governments az
tive but strong; new fves ll75s. Stat
bonds quiet and steady.
At the Cotton Exchange. on the spot tn
market has been dull and lower. The posi-
ton has been much depressed by a dull an,
declining market in Liverpool, the declin
in gold and exchange here, and the exces
sive receipts both at the ports and interior
towns.
The Agricultural Bureau report fel
fiat on the trade. No attention wal
paid to it, in which there were NJ
| significant points. The crop is now esti
mated by many at 4, 250, 900 bales.
For future delivery there has been almos,
| a steady decline for the week; it is an i'm
| pOrtant reduction. At one time there was
some animation created by shorts covering
on contracts put out at higher figures, and
by some speculative demand from the
South. but this soon died out, and at the
close is dull and depressed
Cotton closed weak and irregular; IL a
Is 3l6c; sales 300 bales; net receipts 1909;
gross 2209.
Futures closed quiet and steady; sales
5000 bales, as follows: January II IL l6
012 27-32c; February - l-l6c; March
- 5-l6c; April ID l7-32c; May l3a4 a 10 2s-32c;
June - 3l-32 lac; July I4ls ola Bloc;
August l4xc.
Flcur-Lmited demand; 81 9005 80.
Wheat q shade tirmer, very quiet, little de-
mand; 81 % for winter red Western; 81 As
for No. l white Michigan. Corn a shade
firmer, moderate inquiry; 650'2l2c. Oats
dull; A 052c. Pork dull; new mess $50 -
02l. Lard firmer; prime steam IL 1860
l2Mc. Coffee firm. demand better. Sugar
quiet and firm. Rice dull. Molasses quiet
and unchanged. Turpentine SIC. kosin
+. N Il, oi,rh< rhar
cotton, sail, V 09-32d.
ST. LOUIS, January l5-Flour quiet and
unchanged. Wheat irregular, No. red
winter 81 SIN. Corn inactive. No. ?
mixed 1870. Oats dull, No. 2 3llc. Barley
scarce and firm, strictly prime to fancy
northern 81 l50l 35. Rye-No transac.
tions. Pork unchanged. Lard dull at lie.
Bulk meats closed tirmer, shoulders ~, a
7 lac. clear rib and clear sides lOA lO17c
clear sides II " 0llAc. Whisky steady and
Hogs, the weather being very
warm, packers are out of the market: some
shipping demand. Cattle, demand fair,
steady and unchanged.
CHICAGO. January l5.--Flour quiet and
unchanged. Wheat active and higher,
closed with continued upward tendency;
No. spring 81 09ls, No. 2 do 81 0l1a. No.
do 81 lsc. Corn quiet and firm. Nc. .
mixed 43asc. Oats quiet and steady, No
Bose Barley easier, not quotably lower,
fair; Ss0S Is. Pork, demand fair. Sl9 40.
Lard firm and steady, 12.271 2 1890. Bulk
meats steady and firm. Whisky 81 Os.
CINCINNATI, January l5.-Flour quiet
md unchanged. Wheat bouyant, 81 80 q
80. Corn steady: demand moderate, 45 d
l6c. Oats dull, 35042c. Barley steady;
,hoice, 81 IS al 70. Rye quiet and steady,
ga Doc. Pork quiet, $50 %. Lard
irm; demand fair; steam, l2kc; kettle.
3hc. Bulk meats firm; shoulders, IA q
Nc; clear rib. and clear sides, l0A q
Osc. Bacon quiet and unchanged. Green
meats quiet and firm. Live hogs steady
md firm. Receipts, 297O; shipments. CPS.
Whisky steady and firm, 81 o.. Butter
hoice scarce, Csc; other qualities dull and
lominal.
Foreign Markets.
LIVERPOOL, January Is. - The cotton
market has experienced a severe pressure
o lse!l, and the tone has been much de-
PRESSED and much irregularity continued.
ppear 10 have led to increased crop esti-
mates, and induced merchants to place
.reat part of recent imports on the mar
let. Tie demand for the trade has
'een small, and the week has been one
# much disapI ointment to holders. 1t
loses without any relief to the feel
ng of depression which prevailed,
the total stock of all |
descriptions is 134, 900 bales less than last |
rear, and American $4,000 less. Egyptian
staples were pressed for sale at I'D reduc.
ion in price. Brazilian was in good de. |
nand at from led to I'D decline, but at |
he close of the week suffered from fall |
n Egyptian, the spinne1s preterring the
after at such q decline. A revival expe-
fenced some depression which character
zed the spot market. Prices have elowly |
md steadily given way with the Increasing |
pressure to sell, and the market closes at |
he lowest prices Of the week.