Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-03-29

LIVERPOOL March 8.-lZ;SO L. NJ
CottOn-Demand limited American mid.
ding, $50. Sales, 5000 bales; American
500 bales; speculation and export, ~.
bales. Receipts, H,lOo bales, all Ameri-
can.
Futures opened quiet; demand poor
March and April, l6-6id.; April and May.
4 l5-64d.; May and June, 4 l4-e4d.; July
and August, 4 Esd. August and Septem-
ber 4 s-G4d. November and December
59-6id.; December and January. 59-6id
Futures quiet.
l p. M.-American middling, SD.
March, 1G-eilpi ibid, sellers; March
and April, 4 l5-64d., sellers; April and
May. He'd, sellers; May and June
4 l3-6ld.; June and July. 4 ll-6fq4 Esd,
buyers; July and August, lid; August
and September. 7-ei24 Esd, sellers
September and October, I'd, value; Oc-
tober and November, 3 59-64q3 60-64d.
sellers; November and December, 3 6S-Gid.,
sellers; December and January, 5S-6ld.,
sellers.
Futures closed quiet.
A recount OF the stock of cotton here
shows a reduction OF 1852 bales In the
total stock. and reduction in the stock
stock as now reported is l,l26,33S bales, OF
which 964. 623 bales are American.
NEW YORK, March 2S-Cotton quiet
and steady; middlng Gulf, 1-Sc.; mid
ding, Z Use.
Net receipts. none: gross, 2,34 bales; ex-
IOiIS 10 CONTINENT, L,ltt Ddless
S97 bales; sales, $50 bales. all spinners
stock, l6S, 26s bales.
Totals to-day and so far this week: Net
receipts, 6,156 bales; exports TO Great
Britain 81, so bales; Continent. 6.lT bales;
stock, IS. 600 bales.
Totals since September 1st: Net receipts,
4727.lf9 bales; exports TO Great Britain,
] 1891 bales; France, 1856 bales: Cont
nent, 1884 bales.
Futures closed steady: sales, $500 bales,
and tnrll 81 May 81 III lime
s62; July. NG4; August, $685. September,
Tl6; October, TN; November, 81. 10; De-
cember. Sis; January, S3.
Total visible supply OF cotton for the
word, 3,39f740 bales OF which 2,e36,Jo
bales are American; against i.5H, go and
424e.095 bales, respectively, last year.
Receipts OF cotton this week at all tr-
terror towns, 81 SIS bales. Receipts from
the plantations, 6S,34o bales. crop In sight,
6,342S82 bales.
Suns cotton report: Cotton closed / 70
points higher, with the tone steady, and
the sales $500 bales. The receipts at the
ports to-day were 6,6SS bales, against $3.50
bales last week.
To-day's features: The Liverpool new.
put prices down a the start, but they did
not stay down long In fact, the closing
prices were the best OF the day. This
Showed a small net improvement over last
nights closing quotations.. The specuia-
ton was very small anair, however
and the fluctuations were unimportant
and the total for the coming week IL es-
tlmated at 5000 bales, against 1874
bales during the same week last year
The estimated receipts at New orleans
and Houston on. Monday are not large.
The southern advices, though somewhat
more favorable. are not fiattering, and
while extensive crop preparations are be-
ing made they do not insure an enor-
nous Weld Texas advices say that plant
ers are two weeks behind.
s. & Mum & Co. said: The statistical
nosftion IS in many respects undoubtedly
Strong. and there is no doubt that New
England and English spinners hold small
stocks of raw cotton. The New York
stock is the smallest In four years. More
over Manchester has recently been IA
yored with a rise In silver and higher rates
Tor East India exchange. The port re-
while there has been a, better demand
here and at the South for expert, Besides,
nnmntry. even IL an immense acreage is
planted as there is syery reason to be-
isve there will be. There Is also a ten
dency TO oversell the market. a fact
which should not be lost sight OF. and