The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-05-05

Nrv ToHb. Nays Nessrs. Hubbard. Price
s. Go. say. lle Liverpool market this morn
ine Was ---i iN -ti better Tor futures and sales
un tle spot were reported o. be 5000 bales.
arms I Sian. chester wero called very strong.
Wllo cloth. were JOB moderate demand. Our
private ca0.es attributed the improvement TO
ID rlm0r That % compromise of the lockout
next week was not Improbable and said that
hl impor'an; meeting upon the subject, mas
ters and eill Iuyees. would be held tomorrow.
lu tle NeN Ofk market. Notwithstanding
tie more favorable advces from abroad
opening prices We're slightly below last
4 nights figures. a gradual recovery, however.
tet il and DF 1880 an advance of from five
8 rih points bad been established This was
4 followed ly recession by 1880 10 IA for
4 August Tho improvement seems % have
Deem the result II "a covering OF the short in-
Forest. lad reaction that followed Is attri-
tuuhle 90 realizing sales on the part of the
weaker and more timld long interest. The semi
weekly interior movement as made up by the
new Orleans cotton exchange ls az follows
Iteceipts THIS week OOOO bales last week
lJ bales last year. IL 600 bales. Ship
Lr-ts This week. $1,000 bales last week
5000 bales last year ~ 600 bales. During
lie afternoon au easier feeling continued 10
prevail. resulting 10 loss of nearly the whole
oi he early Improvement. Final prices were
tale.y steady about point below last even.
iigs figures. For the present the market
toems % have discounted the unfayorable
crop news. and continuous buying Is required
o. import H. Receipts at the interior towns
Of Memphis. Augusta and st. LOUIS $40
tales. against 90 last year
Cotton futures steady. Receipts at the
ports. owing 20 5000 bales against 200 last
week and b ODO last year. The spot market IL
quiet 40 former quotations. Mddllng up
lauls. 5-l0. Sales. 332 bales Transactions
STD futures 81 600 bales May. 7l3aII4.
luIv
tiIe18l September. 7.4sQL49 October,
....o ta5 November. 7.09 December. lilo
iit January. 7.s7o7.sg.
PRODUCE
Flour closed quiet but steady: fine grades
g spring S2lO0Z25. do. winter G.. 2Od-
superine spring. 81 l002G5 do winter
S+olq 5. extra No. spring s250a32O. DO.
water. SAoOo3.25 extra No. l spring. $50
a'' DO. winter. -3N4.5O city mill extras 81 rs
IL West Indies Southern flour closed quiet
usle and family extras, S3.5004.50.
wheat Options opened firm on unfavOr-
ale weather aud hrmer cables and prices
advanced slightly, but as the local crowd was
a.9ft Tie advance was vigorously opposed
Ne market iluctuated within narrow range
curing the greater part Of the day on a
moderate trading. and closed 5Sa4c. higher.
Spot lots closed firm aud slightly higher.
Npot sales No. red winter SIZE: No. 2 red
".Aief May, sOIc; June. gO5sc.; July, 9O3sc.;
August. 9J4c.
COMPETITIONS were dull and unsettled and
.o'ed unchanged. Spot lots closed rim and
,nef Spot sales; No. 2 mixed. Sc: do.
alay. 50Ic. DO. June. 47c.; do July.
CT DO August, 471c.
oats Options were fairly active and
siohg' closing 1@&c. higher Spot lots
S.o'ed firm. Spot sales No. 2 white. SIC;
- "hite. SOC; No 2 mixed 34m34fc.:
90 mixed, 80 &C.; No. mixed, May,
C.. June, 5i'4o.; July, SOC.
ork duu, new mess. go 5OaIl.
faro auii and lower; May. SG4l; July, s6.52
sugar Raw fairly active and firm s9-test
hhuss'osado, 2Sc.; sC-test centrifugal. 8 l,l6c.
ioat and crushed. 5Q51c.: POWDERED 4sIGS
'"e'' graduated, 6-l0@i 9-ICc.; cubes,