Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-02-18


UNION sToCK-YARDs, ILL. .Febru-
AIRY 17.-Cattle-Receipts. 1000 head; mar
ket firm: common to extra steers, 800
AG5: stockers and feeders, 2.60Q3:90 30;
cows and bulls, sl.75q$3.5o; Texans, $3.50
&10
Hogs-Receipts. 1000 head; market
weak and 56Dl0c lower: heavy packing
and shipping lots. s3.95l$f.571z; common 10
choice mixed. 3d. 22l2; choice assorted,
A2oaA25; light, s3%Ga25; pigs, S.2of'
Sheep-Receipts, 1900 head: market
steady for choice; weak and loc lover I'VE r, for
lambs, sS.5oqs3.C5.
CINCINNATI.
CINCINNATI, O., February T.-Flour-
Strong; winter patents, S7oaS"; spring
pS Wheat-Steady; No. red, track, 73xc.
Corn-Quiet; No. mixed, SOC.
Oats-Unchanged.
Pork-Active. mess $40.
Iard-Firm; steam leaf and kettle lard,
Bacon-Firm: loose shoulders, s5.25;
short ribs. $50; short clear. $50.
s Use; short clear, 8 $780,; boxed meats,
Whlskey-Steady at sl22.
THE COTTON MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL, February l7.-i2;3o p. NJ
Cotton-Demand moderate; sales, o,yU
bales: American. 1900 bales; speculation
and export, 500 bales; receipts. 1900 bales;
American, $500 bales.
Futures opened weak: demand mode
rate: February, 2i-64d. February end
March, 4 22-6ld. March and April. H.e4q
4 2o-6id. April and May, ls-6id.; May
and June 1ssa9 ySf 1y and lSlo'o August us
4 le-s454 is-64a4 l7-sid.; August and Sep
tember, 4 14-eldDf l5-6iq4 li-64d.; September
aud October. 4 n.g4d.; October and NO
yember 4 i-sid.; November and Decem-
Futures weak at the decline. Tenders,
none.
I2:b p. --cotton-American spot
grades. t-Gid. lower, American middIing.
ding, l5-ssd mlddlng. 4 i5.s2d.; low
midding, A S2-6id.: ordinary Lied.
4 r. M.-Cotton-February; H-s4d.,
buyers February and March; d-sid''
buyers; April and Nay. 4 l7-e4d.. buyers;
NAV and June. 4 l6-6fdi 17-64d..- sellers;
June and July. l6-sid.. sellers. July and
August, l3-e4d. September and october.
vember. 4 1904 2-sid., sellers: November
and December, i-6fd., sellers.
NEW YORK, February H.-Cotton-
Easy: middling Gulf s 1-sc.: middiIng.
I 7-sc.: net receipts. l,lG7 bales: gross, 1851
bales; forwarded ssl bales; sales ale 40 bales;
spinners, l5s bales; stock 1911 $50 bales;
Totals to-day: Net receipts, 40 bales;
exports-to Great Britain. 1851 bales;
stock, SIS, ss9 bales.
Totals so far this week: Net receipts.
40. $50 bales; exports-to Great Britain.
sossl bales; France. 1.5z1 bales; Continent,
Totals since September LIST: Net re-
ceipts. 4.2Ss,sto balss exports-.to Great sir sad
bales: Continent. i,2oo.ls7 BALES.
ISL: April, SIS; May. E;sl: June. E.et:
July. x.o6; August, G.5s; September, Vas;
october, 1874; November. Hzs; December
The Suns cotton review to-day says;
| Cotton declined Is &c ID points on this
cron and 10 points on che next; recovered
part Of the loss and cloSeg - 70 III II p Dra
with the tone quiet and steady. and the
sales .329. 800 bales.
To-dhy's features: Liverpool again sag
ged. Manchester WAS ss dsp r r 1ge as-
kets felt the full force OF floating stocks
| unsupported by speculation. IL was an
| object lesson In what might happen TO
cotton II the anti,opsion LEGISLATION Were
| ~. The cotton-panter or dealer came
| face 10 face with the cotton manufacturer.
| who is now willing TO buy. even at lower
prices. The ones WHO WI bought u,, were t ,hs
| cotton-pIanter, Of the business world. but
| for the covering OF shorts the decline
| would have been much greater. The little
| bulls broke and ran, and they ran hard
Between Liverpool and New Y(rk there
| IA |, difference Of about l06 points. This
| ought to cause better export business
| In fact freight engagements for Europe
| were reported to-day. Tho decline IN
| prices. moreover. may cause some planters
| To think twice before increasing their
1 acreage. II Is said that some orders for
| fertilizers have been cancelleh
| The close was at some ~ Every from
| the lowest prices. due % the buying feF
new ORLEANS. IA. February IL
| Cotton Futures attady: saIee, H9V bnisx;
/ February and March. H.8; April, VII;
| May. 81 -: June. g. %; duly. 3 =: Aug;i*t'
s. s e<ptsmber VIII QctooSr' Nh; 10