Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-12
New Orleans cotton Market.

Liverpool March 1l.-f2:sO p. m.-cotton
was in good demand prices Were i f5 noa
bales, of which 10000 were American; for
speculation and export. 1000 receipts, 700e,
of which $500 were American. Futures
opened firm, demand fair. American mid,
ding and low middling clause: March and
April. 2o-64da4 l9z64d; April and May,
4 1s-s4d@4 ls-s4d; May and June 4 l7sstd ,g
July and August, 4 16-64d@4 17-64d; August
and September. 14-64d; September and DC
tober, 4 05-64d; October and November, 4dG
4 o1-64d; November and December, 4dp
8 6S-64d; December and January. 3 6S-64d@4d.
Futures We're steady at the advance Ten
lures closed steady; March, ia-64dai 2o-6id
seller; March and April, ls-s4d value
June, 1s-64d buyer: June and July. 15-64d
@4 16-64d value; July and August, 15-64d
seller; August and September, 12-sad@
Bid seller: September and October,
4 0S-64dq4d seller; October and November,
62,64da$ 6 s, s. seller s Nevember and De
and January, 61-64d43 62-64d seller.
New York.
New York, March 11.-Flour was dull and
unchanged. southern flour was unchanged
and steady. Wheat-Spot market was mod
erately active and trmer: No. red store
and elevator, 791ad7s%c; afioat, s1@S1Ac; op-
tions were Ss, more active and irregular de-
izing and bearish government report adj
vanced SOY with the west and on better
at unchanged prices to &c advance; No. 2
red March, 731ac; April, 73sc; May, 7fssc,
June. 7lgc: July; 7l%c a., ,oz, :
elevator; 40ssc ahoat; options were more
active and firm, closing unchanged; No. s,
S6Sc; June ss5se; July, Sc
steady but dull; March, 259sc; spot No. =
25Ac;. No. white, 1Ac; mixed western,
Hay was quiet and easy; shipping, 75d
TIC; good to choice, 90@1.0O :
Wool was quiet, firm and unchanged =
Beef was quiet, steady and unchanged. -
Beef hams We're dull at $l4.50dl5.00.
Tierced beef was dull; city extra India
mess. $15.00@16.50. 4
Cut meats were firm; picked bellies, 45sa
&c. shoulders, 4l2c; hams, SlaGS$4c. y
Lard was quiet, but steady western
s5.75. Refined refine W Was dull Continent $500:
South American, $6.15; compound, $462lseg
' Pork was firm and moderately active;
sales, 300 barrels; mess, $1O.0O@105O.
Butter was steady, in fair demand and
unchanged.
Cotton seed oil was firm and in better de-
mand: crude, 21c.
Rosin was dull, but steady; strained com
mon to good sl.70d175.
Turpentine was quiet, but steady, at 2aq
Rice was fairly active and unchanged:
Peanuts We're quiet; fancy hand-picked
Coffee options opened barely steady, 10
to 10 points lower, and closed quiet, ~ TO
Is points down. March, s13. l0a13.15; April,
$12.75: May s1255Q12.60; July, $ll.S5; Sep
tember 81 .05n11.10 December, $40. S0d 0S5
Spot Rio was steady but quiet; No. Z, 137sc
Sugar-Raw was dull, but steady; fair re-
filming, 39sc centrifugals, 96c; test. i94isc
Refined sugar was quiet.
Freights to Liverpool-Grain was weak
and quiet; cotton, by steam, Sgd; grain,
I'D
New Orleans, March 11.-Semi- weekly
movement at thirteen leading interior
towns:
For 1S96-Receipts, HOP bales; shipments
70 097 bales; stock, 295, 1874 bales.
For 1S95-Receipts, 1851 bales; shipments,
"A 44o bales; stock, 64S bales.
For 18s49-Receipts, 14,41 bales; ship
ments q ,421 bales stock, 249,0o6 bales