Birmingham state herald., 1896-05-24
Liverpool Cotton Market.

Liverpool. May 23.-12:30 D. m-Cotton was can spot grades were 1-32d lower; American mddling fair, 19-S2d; good middling, 4asd; middling, 9-s2d; low mldding, s-1Sc; geod god ordinary, 1-16d; ordinary, 47sd; sales, 6oOO bales. of which 54OO were American; for speculation and export 800 bales; receipts, sGe oaes deand a My % l3-64d; May and June, 12-64a4 13-64d; June and July 11-64d; July and August, O9-64ap @ 6iap G7-6id; September and October, Oo-64d October and November, 3 60-64d; November and Deeember and ahpayy and March 59-6id. Futures were quiet.
 Liverpool, May 2S.-1 p. m.-Cotton futures GGasa Gng qSssd ssad 0Sf May s'elo ss4d buyers May and and june, i2-64a4 i3-64d buyers; June and July, 1O-6444 11-64d buyers; July and Au7 September, 1 07-64d buyers September and october, 4 OO-64d seller; october and No yember 59-64aS see4d buyers NHvemper faeapy lers; February and March, 5s-64@S 59-64d sellers Tenders at today's clearlngs, 4oO bales new dockets and 600 bales old dockets.
 New Orleans.
 New Orleans, La, May 23-Sugar was quiet; open kettle, according to grade, go 3Bc. Centrifugal, white, 4$s@i12c; yellow 4q4ssc; seconds, 29sM37se.
 Refined sugar was strong; powdered and cut-loaf. 5l4c; standard granulated, 51sc;
 Molasses-Centrifugal, according to grade 4415c.
 ., Rice was quiet; prime, 4A@41Ac; fair, 24@
 Flour-Patents, s3.soa4OO; extra fancy, $365m3.70.
 Qats-No. ? western, 271Ac; choice, 2sc.
 Hay2Prme, sl6.OOa19OO; choice, s22OO
 Pork, $S.50mS.75.
 Dry salted meats-Shoplders long clear, l-l.. ..l.H .s.l [.
 Bacon-Shoulders s5.25155O; long clear, nominal; short clear, $4.S71sd5.0o; short rib
 Lard Compound, s4s7lA@A5O; pure, s5.25@ $50.
 Hams, s9O0a1O5O
 Coffee-Rio fair 17e; good ordinary 15Ae;
 Cotton seed oil- Strictly prime, crude in bulk, 17G19c; strictly prime crude, in bar rels, 20q2Olac Refined, Ad25c.
 New York.
 New York, May 23-Flour was dull weak and unchanged. Southern flour was quiet
 Wheat-Spots dull, steady and unchanged. Options were dull and unchanged, closing steady with only a light local trade and ab- sence of outside news; No. 2 red. May, 67%c; July, 671ac; September, 67asc.
 Corn-Spots dull and steady and Bc low CT; No. 2, 347sc in elevator; 353sc afioat. Op- tions were dull and steady at 1sc decline, and on local realizing; May, 3I7sc; July, oO7Sc, pepleInDtl, 5o1Bc. Oats-Spots fairly active and steady. Op- tions dull and nominal; May and June, 24c: July, 241sc. Spot prices-No. 2 24Ac; No. white, 25l2c; mixed western, 25426c; white western, 260,28c.
 Hay was steady and unchanged. Wool was quiet, steady and unchanged. Beef hams were quiet at $14.50M M15.00.
 Tierced beef was dull; city extra India mess, $1300a15.00.
 Cut meats were dull; pickled bellies, s412la GAPS; pickled shoulders, $4.250450 Hams $9.00@9.50.
 Lard was dull and unsettled; western steam, $460@4621s; city, $i.15; May, $4.60. Refined was slow; continent, $5.00 South American, S540; compound, &12laM4.25. Pork was steady, quiet and unchanged. Eggs were firm and unchanged. Butter was quiet and unchanged. Cotton seed oil was dull; crude, 21c; yellow prime, 24l2c; yellow prime off grade, 241sc. Resin was quiet and steady; strained common to good $1.SGu1S5. Turpentine was steady at 26c. Rice was steady and unchanged. Molasses was firm and unchanged. Peanuts were quiet; fancy hand-picked, 4%d5c.
 Coffee options were steady at 1O615 points down; May, $1275M12.S0: July, $11.75M11. so September, $1075@10.S5; December, S10.256i 103O. Spot Rio was dull and steady; No. q 14c. ..-. Sugar-Raw was quiet and steady fair refining, 3Ac. Refined was 1-16c higher and quiet.
 Freights to Liverpool were unchanged