The morning news., 1894-02-03


New Orleans, Feb. 2.-The following is the
New Orleans cotton crop statement from
Sept. to Feb. 2, inclusive: Port receipts
4,S96,9T6 bales, against 4032 IA bales last year
and 5,495, ,469 bales the year before last. Over
land to mills and Canada 593, ,708 bales against
639 4l2 bales for the same time last year,
and 9i9 3s6 bales the year before last. Inte-
rior stocks in excess OF Sept. |: 3I6 Q06 bales
against 1858 bales for the same time last
year, and boz 403 bales the year before last.
southern mill takings, exclusive of consump-
uon at southern out-ports, 4l6i60 bales this
year, against 39S 0i2 bales last year and 1858 534
bales the year before last Crop brought into
sight during 1856 days to date, 6,224,070
bales, against $500 ,456 bales for the same
time last year, and Z $50 702 bales the year be-
fore last Crop brought into sight for the
week, i35,257 bales, against l2s, ,s52 bales for
the seven days ended Feb. 2 last year and
1888 $50 bales for the same time the year before
last. Crop brought into sight for the lrst
two days of February 2942l bales,
against 36,2i9 bales last year, and 72, ,S67
bales the year before last Comparisons in
these reports ART made UP to the correspond
Ing date last year and year before last and
not to the close OF the corresponding week.
Comparisons by weeks would take In 1853
OF the year before last, against only 1855 days
this year
Grain, Provisions. Etc.
New York, Feb 2.-Flour more active ana
held steadier; winter wheat, low grades 81 90
@2 45; patents % 25GDsS so Minnesota clear
81 50Q2 90; patents IS so6e4 IS; low extras
S2 050S2 ab; southern -four quiet and steady;
good to choice 50 106Ds4 90 common to fair
extras g. 00lb53 co. Wheat firm and dull; No.
red in store and elevator BD6614c; afloat
e7hc options opened weak: fell no, rallied
Se and closed arm and unchanged from yes
terday, trading dull No. red February 60h;
March 67Ac; May 695lc. Corn firm, moder-
ately active; No. 2, 42hc elevator 43hc
weak and declined HQAe, rallied A0%c,
closed steady at hc over yesterday, trading
dull February 42Mc; March 43hc; May 44Hc.
Oats dull and steady; February 94c; March
white February 80 l-16c; March 36hc; No. 2
white 36086Ac; mixed western 3bG035Ho;
white western S6d40c. Hay dull and steady;
quiet and firm; family ell 001e13 90; extra
mess - 009SS 80; family 81 004s13 90. Beef
hams dull and firm at $40 50Dsl7 90. Tieroed
beef inactive; city extra India mess $40 001D
$40 90. Cut meats quiet and firm; picked
bellies 7Ac; picked shoulders 6AGl7c; picked
hams 9hc; middles nominal Lard quiet
and lower western steam 81 20; city 81 80;
futures nominal; refined quiet and steady:
continent So 30; South American o. 20; com
pound 90 50d1e 62h. Pork. moderate demand
and steady; mess Sl4 251p814 rs. Butter, fine
creamery hrm and fairly active; state dairy
1eD22c; state creamery 17D21c; western dairy
l3M0I7c; western creamery i8ll27c; Elgins
&c. Molasses-foreign, nominal; New Orleans
open kettle, good to choice 30QD3So, quiet and
steady. Peanuts quiet; fancy hand-picked
3Ac Cofee-options steady and unchanged
TO s points up; February 16 80Dl645; May
Is 65GDi5 70; September IA 659ll 20: spot Rio
dull and steady; No. Z, 7hc. Sugar. raw,
hrmer with moderate demand; fair refining
2Ac; refined active and firm; No. 8, $40
l3-l6c; standard A. ll6141lc; cut loaf
l3.l6CQ5c; crushed l3-16n5c; granulated
4 1-l6D4%c. Freights to Liverpool, quiet and
easy; cotton, by steam, 9-64d bid, 532d asked;
grain. bV steam. 21ad bid, 2Ad asked
Chicago, Feb. 2.-Wheat was very weak
during the greater portion ofthe session, al.
though there was no sensational decline &C
companying the feeling. There was some very
slow selling by prominent operators, usually
indentifed with the short side, as well as
quite considerable unloading Of long wheat
Within ths last hour hardening Of prices
took place from no apparent cause,
tSS 4eyond mart Of eViden' tS saGy desire sesr on
TO buy back their wheat May opened 4c6b%c
lower, closing a fraction under yesterday.
Corn was weak on account Of the continued
free arrivals. reaction occurred shortly
before the close, which was due to the recov-
cry In wheat. The market opened at about
yesterdays close, sold down Nc, rallied We,
as yesterday at the same time.
Oats were in sympathy with the
action of wheat and corn. Receipts
were ia cars. The market closed with gain
OF NC over yesterday for May. Provisions
weak, in tribute to a depressed feeling and
decline in prices for live hogs. Perhaps some
OF the easy feeling was tmhtbed from grain,
but business was so very light that selling
from any cause whatever, forced a decline.
Stocks Of provisions were a little less OF
pork and ribs and q little more Of lard than
was expected. May pork closed 15c lower;
May lard 10c lower and May ribs 21se lower
Chicago, Feb Cash quotations were as
follows: Flour was quiet with prices easy
but unchanged. Wheat-No. 2 spring e0llc;
No. red 60Ac. Corn-No. 2, 35c. Oats-No.
2, 2s1lQ12876c. Mess pork per barrel. 8l2 72H
QlSl2 rs. Lard. per 100 pounds, 81 400S7 As.
Short RIB sides SO 57H. Dry salted shoulders
50 251S6 80. Short clear sides SO s71SG1S7 %.
Whisky Al H.