The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-06-03
TIE COTTON MARKETS.

NEW YORK. June cotton quiet
midd'lng gulf. 81. middling ~. net re-
Ccipts. 400 bales, gross receipts. 4'as
bales. exports to Great Britain. S3i8
bales: Continent. los bales. forwarded
40l bales. sales. 2ll5 bales. spinners'
2l5 bales: stock (actuaD. 12o@0 bales.
Total tO-day-Nct receipts 1850 haleF
osrCits TO Great Britain s.6)l bales Con-
fucnt. LOS bales. stock. p III bales.
Total so far this weck-Net receipts.
0.2gg bales. exports TO Great Britain.
l110 bales. France. 3.O5l bales; Con-
tinent. 1872 bales.
Total since September lst-Net receipts
5.Os9 3s4 bales; exports 20 Great Britain
2.134 GIG bales; France, l5s,0Jl bales Con-
tn,nt. l674O3S bales
Futures closed barely steady; sales.
$4,000 bales: June. 7.5S. July. 100. Au-
gust. 75C1757; September G.95. October
q SS. November. G.s2. December. 6.s3. Jau-
rary csc: February. ESQ. March, 0.96.
NEW ORLEANS. LA. June cotton
futures quiet and steady sales 41.lvu
bales: June. us. July. lis; August. III;
September. 6G2. October csc. November
C.Ji. December, G.5s. January. ego; Feb
ruary. 663
NEW YORK. June 2.-The Suns cot
ton review says.
Cotton advanced . 20 points but lost
This and fcll IA points Oh lhis crop and
IL ON the next. closing l3 points lower
for The day ON this crop and 9 10 II points
on the next. with the tone barely steady
and the sales 10000 bales.
To-day's features: The bulls did not
have a primrose oath 10 tread to-day.
bat rather a rocky road. trying 10 The
nerves. The early quotations were slight
ly higher. in sympathy with a rise in
Liverpool but it was soon cfaced. and
then came a. precipitale decline. owing
partly 10 some reaction in Liverpool but
more to an interruption TO telegraph SER
vice in Texas which gave rise 10 rumors
of general rains in that State. The
signal service predicted showers during
the next thirty-six hours in south Caro-
lina North Carolina. Alabama. and
Louisiana. The receipts at the ports We're
larger. The spot markets at New YORK,
Mobile. Charleston. Norfolk. and New or
leans We're easier. Futures ia Now or
leans were quite depressed and stop orders
were reached in this market. a fact which
sent prices down. Of course all the more
huruedly. IL IS understood that the South
SIS beginning TO pluck up renewed courage
and TO Doe again selling the next crop
months. as well as "a little Of this crop.
Prominent bulls here were reported 20 bee
small extent. Prices closed at very
near the lowest figures of the day.
LIVERPOOL. June 2-12:3O r. M.-Cot-
ton market quiet and prices steadier;
American middlng. 8 1-1i. sales. 1000
bales. American $500 bales; speculation
and export 500 bales; receipts. 1000
bales. American GSOO bales. Futures
opened steady and demand moderate;
June. : 1864. June and July. G3-GiHl 4,
July and August 1; August and Septem-
Der. Gl-6fr3 G2-Gi: September and Oc-
tobcr. g J7-6l; October and November
53-G; December and January and Janu-
any and February. . OLGA: March and
April 53-G4 Futures quiet
12.45 - M.-Americap .g3e Fahdes. l-@2
higher. American middiing ldir, 4 13-5-.
good middiing. 1 3-lG; middhng. $50.
low middlne. 4; good ordinary, 35s; ordi-
nary. 1l-1G.
T.. M-American miidlng. low mid
ding clause. June. 9 G}-Gf0f. buyers,
june and July g Gj-Gf sellers. July and
August % G2-GlN3 Ga-G1 buyers. August
and September. o 6l-GIbycrs: September
and October @ -5-Gi buyers. october and
November 8 5.-G4. sellers; November and
December ami December and January,
5N-6l. sellers. January and February,
5O-Gl. buyers. February and March.
% 5l-Gl. buyers March and April. 3 J2-Gi.
buyers. Futures closed quiet