Birmingham age-herald., 1894-12-21
NEW ORLEANS COTTON MARKET.


 NEW YORK COTTON MARKET. NEW YORK, Dec. 20. Cotton was dull. Middiing ulf........................ Middiing uplands. .............,.............., 5% NEW YORK, Dec. 2O.-Cotton futures closed steady. Sales, IS ,900 bales.
 December delivery 5. 46 January delivery. 0 19 February delivery. 5 53 March delivery s...........,........6.5 .5s May delivery ........,..,............566 66 June delivery, ..................5,7 5,73 August delivery y....................... ...s. e3 September delivery. y..............,..........5S D. S6
 LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. LIVERPOOL, Dec. Mathematician de- mnnd man fair prices stead5y 55o American which If loo were American; for speculation and export. 1000 bales. Receipts, Il o0o bales, of which 1900 were American.
 Futures opened easy at the decline; de. American middling and low middilng clause QuOtaIion>:
 January and February de-
 March and April delivery 3 o1-64d April and May delyery....3 3 02-64d May and June delivery. .....3 0i-64d June and July delivery.....3 3 o5-64d
 LIVERPOOL, Dec. 20.-4 p. Futures close dull at the decline.
 American middling and low mddling clause quotations:
 December and January de-
 January and February de-
 February and March deliv- : ''N'N March and April delivery od-Sidaa ols4d April and May delivery ....3 02-64d* May and June delivery .....3 o3-64d03 o4.64d June June and July delivery ;....3 05 o5-64d. August and September de-
 sellers. tBuyers. Value. "
 CHICAGO CHANCE.
 CHICAGO. Dec. 2o.-Three-ighth of cent vast was the modest range within hin which wheat irregular. May wheat opened at 58%05s4c, sold down to 5sssc and closed at 5sssc Cash wheat was steady and closed unchanged. Corn was lower today, although the weather predictions were adverse to the movement. May corn sold between 49A and 4s7sc. closing at 49lsc. Cash corn was weak at about yes terday's prices.
 Oats changed but little, the business being. dull and without feature. Prices varied only to small extent. May oats closed at 317sc. Cash oats Were unchanged.
 Provisions-Owing 10 an advance in hogs at the yards products were in better demand. The close was 2l2c higher than yesterday for 2l2c higher for January ribs
 Cash quotations were as follows: Flour easy, with prices in buyers favor. Wheat Mo- No: spring 6s4%96ol2c; % No. 3d, red, 53a4c. 4, shcrt rib sides, loose. $6. s505; go. Dry salted shoulders, boxed, $5.00@5 l2l2. Short clear sides, boxed, S6.l2I206. 20. Whisky. $l.23.
 IN WALL STREET.
 NEW YORK. Dec. 2o-Business was more active at the stock exchange today, the sales aggregating 179, ,0o0 shares. The increase, uiation in Sugar, the sale of which alone amounted 10 s2, Too shares. At the start the stoHk was heavy and fell 14s per cent. Then again and closed steady at s9ss. Chicago Gas moved up to 72l2 and for a time displayed great strength. Near the close the stock declined to TIA. Lake Shore moved up2 per cent, to 13e, on light transactions. The rail- way list advanced A to A per cent. Reading Net changes show gains of A to s4 per cent. The bond market was irregular.
 The sales of listed stocks aggregated 93,- GOO shares. unlisted s6 900 shares.
 NEW YORK. Dec. 2o.-Money on call was firm at 1l2G2 per cent; last loan at 1ls Prize mercantile paper, 3@4 per cent. Bar silver. oUs4c.
 sterling exchange quiet, with actual business Tn bankers bills at S4. S7l2 4.s74 for sixty days and $4 sS1aG4 SSA for demand; posted ates. .$4. sSt2@4. S9l2 commercial bills. S4 .s5S4a4 664.
 Treasury balances-Coin $s4 3so 1000; cur- sency, $77 ,044 900.
 Government bonds were lower.
 State bonds were active.
 Railroad bonds were weaker.
 Silver bullion at the board was 5e7sc. Closing bids
 Louisville and Nashville. .......,........... 53A Memphis and Charleston.... .............. 10 Mobile ana ono .:.........: lo Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis.... 65 Richmond Terminal ........................ 16 Tennessee Coal and Iron on................... 15% Tennessee Coal and Iron preferred. t70 western union. *S6 78
 BONDS.
 Alabama, class B. B.......................... t95 Alabama, class o., F; ';...;..;......'... 100 *Ex-dividend. tBid. Asked.
 NEW YORK,
 NEw YonR: Dec Dec. 2oimFlour r. was d9ll. but 2.6U; fair to fancy, S2. 50@2.95; patents, $2, 2,75as.2o; Minnesota clear. s2.so@2.7o; a. 50. Southern flour was dull. but easy; common to fair extra, $2. 1o@3.oo; good to erateiy active and steady: No. red in store and elevator, 59s4 COG; af1oat Gle; options advanced lsa4c, declined A@ssc. closing stendy at unchanged prices; No. red: De- May. e2lsc; June, 62Sss' Corn was dull, but options were dull at lsc decline; December, 5l7sc; January, 517sc May, 527sc. Oats were y ys so and ssady a qGn nH Sa sS Spot prices-No. 2. 34c; mixed western, 34@ 35lac. Hay was unchanged; shipping, .5o@ domestic fleece 17a2oc; pulled 12034c. Beef was quiet; family, ,S1o .o0@1l. 50; extra mess, Tierced beef was dull city extra India mess, $16. 6.00d17.0 .00 Cut meats were dull; pickled bellies. S6. 12l2Q6. 25; shoulders, $5 .oo; hams $e.oOd .50; middes. nominal Lard quiet, but trmer; western steam. $7 15; city steam, s6.7 D; December, s7. l5, nominal Jan
 
 nent, S7 6o; South America, $7. 90; compound $5. 50a 5.75. Pork was quiet, bu6 steady; old mess. $I3.25. Butter was dull and week; state dairy, 10d 2oc; creamery dairy, 17G22c; west ern dairy. 1o@15c: western creamery, lo@24c; gins, 24c. Cotton seed oil was steady; Ae, 24lac; yellow, 2Sl2G2ec. Petroleum
 nominal; Washington. in barrels, S6.00;
 shin gton. in bulk, S3. 70: refined New York,
 30; Philadelphia. $5.55; Philadelphia, in
 S3. .0Od3.O5. Resin was dull, but firm;
 ned. c5mmon to good. $1. 35@1. 40. Tur-
 ne was quiet, but steady, at 27635c
 as firm; domestic. to extra. fair A d6c:
 ese, 4AG4tgc. Moasses-Foreien Fas