Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-05

lean, 1900 bales: speculation and export.
1900 bales; receipts. 1000 bales; Ameri-
can, 3.5eo bales.
rate; January ard February, 2; Gid;
February and March. Esd. March ana
April. 1854 a 17-si q 1s-ei n z.-sid
April and May. y5-eigi Ss,s.d.' Ma, May ara ara
Iuly. 4 z7-sid.; July and August, 2s-6id.
Futures quiet and steady at she decline.
y. M.-cotton--American .niddiing,
! ls-S2d.; January and February, : 2l-sMe
/ z-sid.. buyers; March and April.
. 2s-sifs H-sid.. Teiiers: May and June
! sI-sid.. sellers; June and July. 1850
I z5,eilli 27-eid, sellers: August and Sep:
TENDER, 23-6ld.. value; September. and
October. 2i-ead value: October and No
vember, ls-GiVi i9-6id.. value.
Futures closed quiet and steady.
NEW YORK, January 4-Cotton-Easy;
middling Gulf. 9-l6c. middling, 5-l6c.
Net receipts. bales; gross receipts $50
bales; exports-to Great Britain, soy
bales; TO France, 7o0 bales: 10 the CONT
neDt, l,s2l bales; forwarded $50 bales:
bales
Totals to-day: Net receipts. 2s.6Oe bales:
exports-to Great Britain. 1874 bales TO
France. B.1s5 bales; To the Continent.
5.o2l bales: stock. l.0i5.275 bales.
Totals so far this week: Net receipts,
2s6O2 bales: expOrts-tO Great Britain. iJ.-
7s4 bales; TO France. 1875 bales; to the
Continent. 5,02l bales; stock, i.oi5,275
bales
Totals since September list: Net receipts.
1851. iS9 bales, exports-to Great Britain,
1859 636 bales: to France. 3M,ST2 bales; to
the Continent. S29j7 bales.
| Futures closed quiet and steady; Japu-
airy, 1921; February, N.95; March, sS.Oi;
April, $50; MAY. sSl4; June Sis; July,
&.2l; August sS.25; September. SS.c5; DC
| bales.
Total visible supply Of cotton for the
world. 4,093.92O bales, of which 3tz2,i2,
bales are American, against 4,SSi.5'2 and
| 4,535,412 bales, respectively, last year.
Receipts of cotton this week at all IN
| terror towns. 77,0i bales: receipts from
| the plantations. le5 bales; crop In
| sight, 5,0oo,563 bales.
| Cotton declined Z points, then recover
| ed part of the loss, and closed quiet ana
steady at a net decline Of 5 points, with
sales OF 1920 bales. Liverpool declinei
1-32d. on the spot, with sales or lOWo
| bales. Futures there declined 2 points,
closing quiet and steady. The port re-
ceipts to-day were 2s,4is bales, against
/ 40,34I bales last week. The exports from
the ports were 1850 bales
To-days features: Some OF the tired
| bulls-not bulls of the largest dimen-
sions-let go to-day, and that let prices
/ down They were Influenced by uneN-
pectedly large receipts at the ports. ana
| the cOHtlnueu uulurSo VI optSuioeioh
| port receipts were expected TO reach
| larger figures than those Of year ago,
| i'm a season when the crop appropriated
| 950o.0O bales. There are plenty OF Dulls
who keep a stinf upper lip, and do not
! for one moment falter In their adhe-
renee to the cause OF better prices. They
| think that any increase In the receipts
| Just now is merely temporary. that the
| crop is not over 100000 bales at tne
most, and Is likely to be less than this,
and that ultimately materially hlBher
| prices must prevail.
NEW ORLEANS, LA. January 4
| Cotton-Futures steady; sales, 2s,ioO bales
| January, S.S3: February, N.S' March,
| S1.?2; April, S1.9S: May, 81; June, M.Wi
July. SsO7; August, s.; September, N.75i
| October. sit2