The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-03-13
THE COTTON MARKETS..

NEW YORK, March 12.-Cotton quiet:
mlddling gulf, ;. mddling, ~ sales loo
bales. all spinncrs. stock. 1921 bales
Total to-day-Net receipts. s,2'- bales
| exports TO Great Britain. BIS bales
Continent. $500 bales; stock. i52."9i bees.
Total so far this wcek-Net receipts
-. $50 bales; exports 10 Great Britain
53,i1l bales. France, 17,sol bales Cohu-
nent. 2i,172 bales.
Total since September lst-Net receipts,
500. 205 bales. exports to Great Britain
i.G5O.8l7 bales: France, 41J,g97 bales; Con-
tinont. 1,33J.14O bales.
Cotton futures closed steady: sales.
1856 300 bales: March. 7.&G. April. ';'o;
May, ~. June. 80; July. 49, August
To-. September. 80; october ~ No
vember ZIG, December, us. January
725
NEW YORK. March 12.-The Suns cot
ton review says
Cotton declined to points. recovered
this, and advanced 1 10 . points lost
THIS. and declined S 20 il points closing
weak and 5 10 10 points lower for the
day, with sales OF 1876 700 bales.
To-day's features. There was nothing
stimulating I'm the speculative Liverpool
news and this fact, together with the
failure 10 rcadjust the differences between
the grades at the meeting Of the Revision
with the early decline here. The pri-
yatc adyices from Liverpool are bullish.
and SO arc those from Manchester, what
ever the public dispatches may say. The
receipts at the ports to-day were light
and they promise 10 be very small FOR
the week. in fact. not much over 1OON
bales. whereas few days ago they were
estimated at 1900 bales, if not more.
Thus we have 10000 bales this week
against 1900 bales for the same week
last year.
This afternoon the market was nm
quosuon3bly weak Dizziness Of specula-
ton, dullncss of cotton goods. stop orders.
and more or less short selling. drove u
rapidly downward. and 1T closed weak
at about the lowest price OF the day.
NEW ORLEANS. LA. March Got
ton futures steady; sales. 1900 bales
March. 7.3i. April. 1856 May, lbs. june
73S July. 73S. August. 7.3o. September
7Ol. October, G95, November, Os3, De
cember, 095.
LIVERPOOL. March 12.-l2:30 7. NJ
Cotton i1 good demand and prices UNI
changed. American middling 1892;
sales. 1900 bales. American. 1890 bales;
speculation and export, 1000 bales re-
ccipts. 1900 bales. American, 1890
bales Futures opened steady and de-
mand moderate. March and April, 4 1861.
May and June. 4 lG-Ginl 17-Gl. June ami
July. 4 15-Gl0i 1864 July and August.
4 l5G40I 1864. August and september,
( 1864. September and October, RIGA;
October and November. G2-G4: November
and December. . G1-Gf03 G2-Gf: December
and January, g G1-GiN3 G2-G4. Futures
quiet
12.i5 =. M.-Amorican spot grades un-
changed. American middling. fair &'-o2,
good middlng. 15-32. middling. 1882,
low middling. 4 DIG good ordinary
SIG. ordinary. /. The sales OF The day
now reported as 1900 bales
q p. M.-American middlng. low mid
ding clause. March 4 206i. buyers;
March and April. 4 1861 sellers; Apri
and May. 1851. sellers May and June,
4 17-G4. buyers. june and July, 11-G4,
buyers July and August l56iNi lott
buyers. August and September. 1861
sellers: September and October, 4-Gl'
buyers: october and November, Gi-64.
sellers. December and January, . 62-6l,
sellers. Futures closed steady.