The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-04-07
TILE COTTON MARKETS.

NEW YORK, April 6.-Cotton quiet;
middlnR gulf SIS. middlng, Is; gross
receipts. 1865 bales; exports 10 GREAT
Britain. SPAS bales; France, $40 bales.
Continent. 4.210 bales; forwarded. c1
bales: sales, 1903 bales; spinners, .'0
bales: stock. 40. So bales.
Total to-day-Net receipts. lib bales;
exports TO Great Britain. 5,249 .aies;
France. so bales; Continent, 7.Os1 bales;
stock. 52s. 23s bales.
Total so far this week-Net receipts,
1871 bales: exports TO Great Britaln'
5,2i9 bales: France, 800 bales; Continent
1917 bales
Total since September 1st-Net receipts,
4. TlO 2G0 bales: exports 10 Great Britain
/. 500 90 bales; France, 1885 bales;
Continent. l4s4.s52 bales.
Futures closed steady; saSs, 3,sOO bales'
April. T63: May, 7G7: June, 76I; july
7.69. August. 7G9 September, H34: DC
tober, 1924 November. us; December,
100: January, 7.25.
NEW YORK, April 6.-The suns cot
ton review says:
cotton advaucod z points. but lost II.
ard closed steady and unchanged, with
sales OF $4,000 bales
To-day's features: whatever begins
also ends" said the sage of old. The
dullness of cotton goods began n good
began a while ago. but IT must end some
time. Stu. the trade would Ike TO know
when Cotton goods are down TO al
most the lowest prices on record. New
England and the South, in this respect,
are in the same boat. In the land OF
the pilgrims, rs in the land south CT
Mason and DiXons line, manufacturers
complain OF very dun trade and say un-
less IL brightons up before long they
will either have 10 adopt short time or
else, in some cases at least, shut down.
altogether. The statistical position is
In many respects strong, but demand
enters into the question or prices as Wen
as supply, and If manufacturers cannot
sell their goods they are certainly not
going TO buy raw material freely one
favorable feature of late has been the
liberal exports. But this, after all, IS
very little to set off against the dullness
Of speculation the stagnatiOn in the spot
trade. and the paralysis Of the dry goods
business To-day II was a small, sca'p-
ing market, in the absence or LlVerpoOl
news. The fluctuations, such as they
were possessed little or no significance
Many operators were averse 10 trading
but a few wanted TO cover, and TINS put
up the price slightly.
NEW ORLEANS. LA. April Got
ton futures duh: sales. 1900 bales. April
2 20. Nav. 7.G4. June. 7.G1: July. 7.G0; Au-
gust. 74s, September, no. October Go''
November, Cos; December 6.96; January
100.
NEW YORK, April 3.-cotton-Hoii-
day-Net receipts, 4GG bales gross re-
oeipts, 776 bales; forwarded. 2.9'4 bales
stock, 15j.052 bales
WeeklyGNet receipts, 2.2T2 bales; gross
receipts, 1639S bales; exports to Great
Britain. 1851 bales; France, 40 bales,
Continent 9072 bales; forwarded. 2.0O
bales sales, 5,G3J bales, spinners, l'ooS
bales.
Total to-day-Net receipts, SAB bales
exports TO Great Britain. S6l' bales
France s.4G2 bales; Continent 3's9
bales: stock. 54l .906 bales.
Total so far this week-Net receipts
50G9f bales exports 10 Great Britain
5000 bales: France, sG07 bales Cont
nent. 30. 75s bales
Total since September 1st-Net receipts
47sO.OS4 bales; exports TO Great Britain
1884. 7Gl bales; France, 435203 bales Con-
tinent. 1,472,935 bales.
NEW YORK, April 4.-Cotton-HoIi-
day-Gross receipts. ZIG bales forwarded
I16 bales stock. 155Oj2 bales.
Total to-day and so far this week-Net
receipts 7,4lS bales: exports TO COnu-
nent. 1885 bales; stock, 539.sS} bales.
Total since September lst-Net receipts
A. ISL. $50 bales; exports TO Great britain
!. Ss4. 7G1 bales: France, 43J,28 bales, Con
tinent, 1,477,771 bales.