The morning news., 1889-03-16


total import Sc, 900 bales-American $1,000 bales;
total stock $4,000 bales - American 5So,000
coo bales
600 p. m.-sales of the day included $500
bales of American.
American middling 11-l6d.
Futures-American middliug, low middling
clause, March delivery 41-64d, buyers March
and April 4l-64d, buyers; April and May
June and July 8 4s-64d, sellers; July and Au-
| gust 44-64d, sellers; August and September
5 l64d, sellers; September and October
2S-64i, value; September 41-6ad sellers Mar
400 p. m.-Futures: American middling,
| low middling clause, March delivery 41-o4d,
value; Marc and April 5 41-o4d value; April
sellers; June and July 43-64d, sellers; July and
AUGUST 5 43-6id, buyers; August and September
; n,64d. sellers; september and October
Market closed dull but steady.
New York, March 15 noon-Cottou quiet;
sales sos bales; middling uplands 1o4c; mid
Futures market opened dull, with
sales as follows: March delivery 10c; April de-
livery 10 O4c; May delivery 10 l3c; June delivery
10 33c.
500 p. m.-Cotton closed easy; middling
| upands l0Lc middling Orleans 1012c; sales to-
day 404 bales; net receipts 40 bales gross
Futures Market closed barely steady; sales
q, 400 bales, as follows: March delivery 97GD
csc, April delivery 10 02A10 03c, May de-
livery 10 iO@l0 lie, jun delivery 10 17110 1Sc,
July delivery 10 24610 25c, August 10 32lD10 33c,
| September 91@9 92c, October 71Gr9 nc,
November 9 81 90 63c December 62@9 64c.
January 97l@9 73c.
The Suns cotton review says: Futures
! were dull and unchanged during the morning
hours; in fact, the main features of the market
we're much as observation-disclosures Liverpool
| and pretty full crop movement neutralizing
each other. Business was as nearly at a stand
still as it could be and leave any business Re
ceipts at the ports reported to-day were swollen
| by large figures for the week at Brunswick
| $500 bales Interior receipts were 21 ,37S bales
and stocks at interior towns were reduced to
20S,075 bales. Receipts at the ports for the
week were 9,S43 bales"
Weekly net recei It's at New York S25s
bales gross 90,S12; exports, to Great Britain
| 20, I99 bales, to France G39, to the continent
1921, forwarded 3,G99 bales sales 5000 bales,
| spinners 2,311 bales.
GALVESTON, March 15.-Cotton steady; mid
NORFOLK, March 15.-Cotton steady; middling
| 10c.
BALTIMORE March 15.-Cotton quiet; middling
| 10Ac
BosToN, March 15.-Cotton quiet and flrmer;
| middling 109Sc.
w1LMrNaToN, March 15.-Cotton firm; middling
| 95sc.
| PHILADELPHIA, March 15.--Cotton firm; mid
| ding l033c.
NEW ORLEANS, March 15.-Cotton easy; mid
| ding 93sc.
MOBILE, March 15.-Cotton steady; middling
MEMPHIS March 15-Cotton dull; middlng
97sc.
| 10 1l6c.
CHARLESTON. March 15.-Cotton firm; mid
| ding 101sc.
MONTGOMERY, March 15-Cotton firm; mid
Macon-no quotations.
COLUMBUS, March 15.-Cotton quiet but steady;
| middlinS 9I9c.
NASHVILLE March 15-Cotton steady; middlng
| 934c.
SELMA, March 15.-Cotton steady; middling
| 9Ac.
| ROME. March 15.-Cotton steady; midding 1Oc
| New YoRK, March 1h--Consolidated net receipts
| for all cotton ports -dav - bales; exp rtS,
| to Great Britain q, 1884 bales, to the Continent
| 10,S61 to France 10 bales; stock at all American
| ports 657, ,730 bales.
| PROVISIONS. GROCERIES. ETC.
L1vERP 5o1 March Is. noon.-wheat quiet
| demand poor; holders offer freely. Re-
ceipts past three days $4,000 centals, of which
900 were American. Corn easy; demand
| fair; receipts American past three days 1856 400
| centalS. Weather clear and fine
NEW YORK, March l5 noon.-Flour quiet and
| weak. Wheat active but heavy. Corn dull and
| easy. Pork dull and unchanged at S12 750113 So
Lard quiet and weak at S. 35. Freights steady
500 p. m.--Flour, Southern dull and heavy
! Wheat-spot heavy and quiet; No. red 91569
| 9314c in elevator; options freely offered, the
close being 1A6l34c under last night; No. = red
March delivery 9f55c; April delivery 929sc, May
| delivery 935ac June delivery 94l6c Corn-spot
duh and l6nlc lower and weak; No 9, 42l5lQ
| &c in elevator; options dull and 1s07sc lower
| but steady; March delivery 1876, April delivery
| 425sQ43c. May delivery 43ssM43l5c. Oats on
| spot dull and lower: options moderately active
and firm; April delivery 303s6D301Sc, May de-
| livery closed at 303sc June delivery 3016c; No
| spot 3lG3l94c mixed western 296D33c. Hops
firm aud quiet Coifee-options closed steady,
| 20Qo30 points below yesterday; March delivery
| IL S0Gl6 S5c April delivery 16 S0@16 9yc. May
| delivery 16 S5D16 Csc, June delivery g 300
16 95c; spot Rio easer-fair cargoes &c. Sugar
| raw strong; fair refining 3-1Gc; centrifugal,
| SO test 1516c; refined active and &c higher
| c 5160534c, extra 64c, VIII te extra G 64n
5-16c, off A 7-l6@69sc, mould A 1Isc.
standard 65ac, confectioners A csc cut loaf
| size, crushed S1sc, powdered 13sc, graduated
| 71sc, cub IS 14c. Molasses-Foregn strong; So
| test 2312c; New Orleans quiet open kettle, good
| to fancy 2S0142c Petroleum steady. Cotton
seed oil strong; crude 42c, yellow 4sc. Tallow
| irregular; city 48s0416c. Eggs quiet and
weaker; Southern 1219Ola34c. Hides quiet but
| firm Wool weak. Pork strong; old mess Sl2 rs;
new S13 30. Beef quiet extra mess So 75Gl7 90.
Beef hams quiet at $l3 00013 so. Tierced beef
dull; city extra India mess S14 0OG14 so. Cut
| mea steady. Lard a trifie lower aud dull;
Western steam s. 2219, closing 81 30; options
Narch and April delivery s. 266o7 2S; May de-
livery 81 29; refined moderately active, to the
continent 81 4OG7 60 Freiehts closed steady;
| CHICAGO, March 15.-There was quite good
| trade in wheat to-day. Outside news was scarce
/ ana OuJSlOe business llgnt. Inc IeelnE de-
| veloped was weaker. The opening was 3SAs6c
| lower than yesterdays closing. There was but
| little interest manifested in corn, fluctuations
| being within narrow limits and trading almost
| exclusively local. The feeling on the whole
was somewhat easier. fair volume Of bust
| ness transpred oats, The opening was weak
and rather unsettled. Offerings were fair, but
| buying by large house produced cha lgc in
sentiment. stronger feeling developed and
| prices advanced 15c. A recession OF Nc fol-
| lowed The market closed steady at a net gain
| of AQsSc over yesterdays last sales. Hog pro-
| ducts attracted very little attention. Trading
was light. Prices declined slightly on all lead
| ing articles. Later the market showed more
steadness, and prices rallied again. The market
closed quiet at outside figures.
Casn quotations were as follows: Flour
steady and unchanged. Wheat-No. 2 spring
93L4c; No. red, 9314c. Corn-No. 2, 34I4c
Oats-No. 2, 2l14c. Mess pork SIP IS Lard
S6 S716 Short ribs SO IS. Shoulders S. So Short
clear 50 6211 Whisky 81 03.
Leading futures ranged as follows:
Opening. Highest. Closing
No. WHEAT
Nav delivery. 96M 9656 q57k
June delivery. 92H 924 9i9l
July delivery =. S6A 81 S656
Corn, No. ,
May delivery. 35M .... 49,
June delivery. 3i8 .... 80.
July delivery. 36A .... -.