The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-04-03
THE COTTON MARKETS.

NEW YORK, April cotton q"lel dn'
steady; middling gulf, SIS; middlihs' IS.
net receipts. bales, gross receipts, l,'0'
bales: exports 10 Great Britain. 2G4 bales
Continent, 434 bales; forwarded - Bales
sales. 2Of bales; stock. l5l,OiO bales.
Total to-day-Not receipts, GOO bales
exports to Great Britain, 22.251 bales,
Continent, 1880 bales; STOCK Sol'olS
bales
Total so far this week-Net receipts
512f2 bales. exports 10 Great bil'ahl'
SG.403 bales; France. 40 bales Conu-
nent. $1,000 bales.
Total since September 1st-Net receipts
am .G05 bales: exports 10 Great Britain
J .s76.144 bales: France, 426,7Fl bales CON
tinent 1469.146 bales.
The New York Cotton Exchange VIII
De closed on Friday and saturday.
Futures closed quiet and steady sales
Al 900 bales: April. 7G0. May It6; june
7G6. July, 76s. August, 1dS' septem-
her. 724. October 72f; November Us
December. 72O;' Janua ". 20
NEW YORK. April 1.-The suns cot
ton review says:
Cotton advanced to 3 points. but lost
part of the rise, closing / 10 points
higher for the day. with the tone steady
and sales OF 1900 bales.
To-dav's features: Dizziness most dense
was the principal feature OF to-day mar
ket The fluctuations IN prices were lie"
and slight. The spot business in Liver
pool did not show the increase that had
been expected The exports To-Day were
large. being. i'm fact, nearly seven times
as large as the receipts. The estimated
receipts at New Orleans tomorrow were
light one firm says:
'The crop outlook will be narrowly
watched from day TO day, ana It's vary
Ing phases viii be promptly rejected
i'm the course of prices The market
was never i'm more sensitive conan
ton. While the bears claim that a de-
cline of az least q cent a pound Is
certainty. the bulls insist mat prices
are at least cent pound 100 10"
already. The bears point 10 the wretch
cd condition Of trade and 10 the Dig crop
which the bulls are straiuing every nerve
TO make The bulls pin their faith TO
the statistical position Of cotton and 10
the chances of whole chapter OF ac-
cidents TO the new crop, any one OF
which would cause q scare among the
shorts and q rush to buy
NEW ORLEANS, La April Cot
ton futures duh; sales. 1000 bales
April. 75G. May. 7G3. June, 16o; july
80. August ~. September, 40; Oc-
tober. G.97. November, G.HJ; December
COG January. 100
LIVERPOOL. April 2.-l2:3o =. NJ
Cotton market quiet and prices steady.
American middling. 1882: sales. SO"
bales: American. 1000 bales; speculation
and export 500 bales; receipts t'W
bales. an American. Futures opened
quiet and demand poor, May ana June.
1864: june and July. 1861. July ana
August, 1861; August and september
3 1904: September and October J-o4'
October and November, d2-O4; NoVem-
Der and December, 61-ol. futuies
quiet
12:45 r. M-American spot grades un-
changed: American middling' ialr'
4 1922: good middling. 15-.2: midolhs'
. 1892. low middling, 4 DO good oral
nary. 4 $40; ordinary I.
u. M-April. 4 lSGiq4 1864; Aprii
and May. i7-Gf. sellers, May and June
4 1864. sellers: June and July, l4-0f'
sellers: July and August, 1861, sellers
AUGUST and Septcmhcr, 1864 sellers;
sontemher and october A64 1854; Octo-
Der and December, 3 6l-6la8 6--0i' NO
vcmber and December 5J-Gi45 Vo-o4'
Futures closed steady
Weekly Cotton Statstics- Sales Of the
week. $1,000 bales American, 36,ojo bales
forwarded from ships side TO spinners'
e4OOO bales: actual export, 5000 bales
total. impor1. $1,000 bales American.
"a OOO bales: total stock, 1,l2l,o" bales
American 0Gl,0oo bales; toial eh0at
1G4O0O bales: American. l4o.um bales
speculators took 100 bales ana exporters
took 200 bales