The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-02-02
TIIn COTTON MARKETs.

NEW YORK, Feb 1.-Cotton quiet
middling gull, Sia. middlng 50, splnneis,
2l3 bales, sales, ll5 bales stoch' loo'ilV
Total to-day and so far this week
Net receipts l5.242 bales, exports 10
Great Britain, 9,lOs bales. France, ,,yoJ
bales. Continent. 1879 bales, STOCK, 3Ji'-
Total since September 1st-Net receipts.
40O6s27 bales. exports TO Great britain,
.2S3. G70 bales France. 3JV.1CJ bales, Con
Cotton futures closed quiet but steady:
February. 7g4. March, 49,. April o.3,
May, 500 June, $40 july Sl-i Aus es''
$40. Seupteft~er, 40. October 30 No
vember 1.54. December 100, sales, 3l,vVO
bales.
The total visible supply of cotton for
the world rs 3.s49,2Js bales. OF wIicn
@.ips Ojs bales are American against
1852 SO bales and 4G2S,6i9 bales, rcsptc-
tiVciy. last year. receiL,a 81 cotton ms
week AT an interior towns J5,">V bales,
receipts from the plantations 9''VJ-
bales. crop IA sight. J,1;9,Jbf bales.
NEW ORLEANS, LA, Feb Cotton
futures qmct and steady. sales, lo'5Vo
bales February ~. March, 80 April
7.gl. May. 19S June. SOl July, soii
August 192. September 90 october
~. November. 40. December 7.jl
LIVERPOOL, Feb. 1.-l2.jO i. M.-Cot-
ton. Demand poor. American. ialr
: 15-10 good middiing, il-l6, middiins
4 1892. low mio--rdg. III. good ordinary
American. 100 bales, speculation ana
export 40 bales. receipts, 5000 bales
American. 400 bales. Futures opened
steady and demand moderate. February,
;D-G4. February and March, 29-"
March and AprT 4 2S-64, April and May,
4 2G-G4. May ana June, 4 1904, June ana
july. = 25-G4. july and August, 29-o4
August and September Sl-O4af %--o4'
September and october, ll-64i oct0per
and November, a 17-Gi. Futures STEADY.
H. M.-American midding, ! l3-l3,
March. Gi-0A buyers, March ana April,
4 2s-64Q4 Z9-G4, buyers. April and May,
4 27-04, buyers: May and June, 26-tfH
1854. sellers, June and July, 26-b4'
sellers. July and August 4 2j-U4, buyers.
August and September lit buyers
September 4 ii-6444 i2-A. buyers Vc-
tODer ana November, 4 1l-O4N4 Jh-b4
NEW YORK. Feb. THE Suns cot
ton review says;
Cotton advanced - TO points. but lost
the Improvement and closed point high
er Go 1 point lower. The close was
steady with sales of 3l,6D bales. Liver
pool declined i-1?d. in the spot, win
] To . points on this crop and y pom
on next crop month. The port receipts
were 1922 bales, against 1893 bales
last Saturday. Spot cotton here was
unchanged. The port exports were 22,e3'
To-day's features: 1t is still in the main
"a waiting market. This crop deliveries
are at considerable premium over those
of the next crop. and bears say they see
little reason TO buy this crop. The sta
tstical position rs considered strong, but
ON the other hand big preparations seem
20 hoe making for another crop. and the
trade rs 10y no means as active as IL
might be- To-day. contrary 10 eXpecta-
tons Liverpool advanced and New York
followed for a time, but when the demand
from the shorts fell off prices saeged,
and they wound up at about the closing
figures of yesterday, with the tone
steady The statistical position of cot
ton is steadily increasing I'M strength.
The visible supply is one million bales
smaller than "a year ago, and though
the receipts during February may ~
liberal. h looks as though the cotton
WI all be needed.
The consumption of southern mills
seems TO be increasing. and with easier
money markets. Improvements which
mag confidently be expected within
short time. there seems TO be no reason
why New England should not Increase
its purchases OF raw cotton at the South.
The reports 90 TO show that farm work
is In progress in various sections OF the
cotton belt but extensive preparations
for "a crop do not necessarily mean the
actual gathering of an eXtenNVe crop.
The weather viii have much 10 do
with the acreage and the crop as well.