The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-22

continent 22i@ bales: forwarded, 1872
bales, sales, 0.5,l bales, splineTs' <'hl
Dalcs.
iolnl ~to-day-Not receipts, 1.Ssi bales
exports TO Great Britain. 600 bales, con-
uncnL. 20 bales, stock, lo-,1-D Dales.
Iotal 30 far this vcck-Net tccelpus'
sc-s,5 bales. exports TO Great Britain
400 bales; france. 20 bales; continent
Io,u stuce september is,-Net receipts,
s2l1lsO bales. exports TO Great brlLaln'
22C4.92i bales. France, i0i,S4S bales, con-
Lncnt l.iss,-ls bales.
n.turrs closed irregular and barely
sfoaay. August. S44, september. S.34. Oc-
tolysr, So. November. s.31; December,
S4I. January. S.4s. February. s.4s, March.
So: April. $50. May, SCI, sales, ~e'SO
bales.
NEW ORLEANS. la, Aug. 2l.-0otton
futures barely steady. sales, $500 bales
August, $50. September, sV4, October
S.us. November. $40; December, sl3,
January. SO. February. S24. March. SD.
NEW YORK. Aug. 2i.-The suns cot
ton review says.
Cotton closed barely steady at a net
advance or 10 TO - points, with safes
Of 2Si.soO bales.
To-aays features. Again prices shot
upward like a rocket today. The ad-
Was 20 have another siege OF dry ana
vance IN Liverpool was Unexpectedly
sharp, and ID looks as though the Sou'n
hot weather. Shorts covered freely, anu
there was also considerable buying IoI
long account. as we'll as new buying ior
Out-Of-tOwn operators. Bad reports coh-
unue TO pour IN. and to make matters
worse. The signal service predicted con
tinucd fair and warm weather iof ths
next t%hirty-siN hours. The South ana
Liverpool bought to-day, and the spot
markets were more active. Inc recelpts
at the ports and interior towns wcte
liberal. bat they were not a factor IN
the speculation. il Is entirely a weather
market II the dry weather continues
many predict much higher prices.
LIVERPOOL. Aug 2l.-l2.5O IL NJ
Cotton demand limited and prices harden
ing. American mIdcling, 4 li-5-, sales'
1000 bales. American. O,lOO bales, specu-
lauon and exports. 500 bales. Futures
opened arm and demand good; Angus
4 35-6f0f 36-64. August ana sepleinoer'
4 3i-G4I4 32-6f. September. 4 0-O4' sep
tcmber and October. I 25-Un4 20-o4, DC
tobor and November. 4 E-Gl04 Dbl
November ami December, 4 22-6i04 2i-pf'
December and January. A 2l-Gtq4 24-D4
January and February, 4 22-6igf 2fOi'
February and March. 4 2264m4 24-5f;
March and April. I G-C104 21-Oi; May
and June. 4 2j-Ci. Futures steady at the
advance. Tenders. 200 bales new d0ckets.
I2.45 f.. M-Amercan spot grades, =
higher. American middilne, lhli, - 49,
low middine. : GIG, good ordinary, = 10
good middlng. 4 25-82: middling, 4 2l-32;
ordinary. AZ.
4P. M.-August. 4 H-9494 42-Ci, sellers;
August ard September. 4 3s-0i, sellers
September ard October. 4 22-04. sellers
October and November. 4 3O-o@; November
ANA Deccrtbor. December and January,
and January and February, 4 Ze-"f,t
a 2Q-G4 buyers. February and March.
4 2a-64. buyers. March and April, 4 Gl-Oi
"a 3O-G4. buyers: April and May, 4 .oo4'
BUYERS. May and June. 4 3Nd4u4 "l-'4.
Weekly Cotton Staustics-Total sales on
the week. $1,000 bales: American. H'uol
bales. trade takinrs. including forwarded
from ship's.side. 10000 bales: actual OK
rort. mn bales. total import. 1900 bales.
American. 1900 bales, total stock o4'Vo,,
baioe. American. 100000 bales: total
aNoat $4,000 bales: American @0.c00 halos;
epocuiators took 1900 bales and exporters
took 1000 bales.