The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-03-05
THE COTTON MARKETS.

| NEW YORK, March 4.-Cotton steady:
| middling gulf. 13-lG; middling. Z 11-lG:
| gross receipts. 4,317 bales: exports 10
| Great Britain. 80 bales; Continent. 2.s93
bales; forwarded. 81 bales; sales. So
bales. spinners, 4S2 bales; stock, 1885
bales.
Total to-day-Net receipts. 13,i50 bales
exports to Great Britain. 1893 bales;
| Continent. 1852 bales. stock. 7s7.4Gj bales.
Total - far this weck-Net receipts,
| 9,f4I bales. exports TO Great Britain,
! 81 7Gi bales: France. 1870 bales, Con-
tinent. 3O.O36 bales
Total since September 1st-Net receipts,
44I9,Ol9 bales; exports TO Great Britain,
1851. GGG bales. France. 39SO G6 bales; Con
tinent. 1868 bales.
Futures weak: sales. 1Gs,oo bales
March, 7.2G. April. 7.3S. May, 742: June
40. July and August. 7.19; September'
126. October, ri. November, ZIG; De
cember. 719: January, 725.
NEW YORK. March 1.-THE suns cot
ton review says:
Cotton advanced G points. but reacted
and closed weak. with prices about I'M
changed from yesterdays closing. The
sales were 10000 bales.
To-day's features: Higher prices pre-
walled for a time. owing TO rise in
Liverpool. light interior receipts. small
New Orleans estimate, and covering OF
shorts but later on the advance was
lost owing % heavy local selling.
good many March notices were circu-
lated. supposed TO be against high-grade
cotton and this caused widening OF
the differences between March and later
months. for good proportion Of the
stock here IS composed OF high-grados,
and IL is feared that the differences be-
tween the grades may shortly be revised.
WHEREBY the value Of high-grades would
be in some degree impaired. It IS To-
|, cal market. and both shorts and longs
realize on moderate turns. The anti
or ton lin is again TO the fore, but no
serious results are anticipated. Bears
are the best buyers i'm sight, they are bet.
ter friends 20 the market to-day than
the New England manufacturers. With
out the Spectator the market would
take the planter by the throat and soon
reduce him to their terms.
NEW ORLEANS LA, March 4.-Cot-
ton futures steady. sales, 4J,lOo bales,
March. IFS April, 10; May 725. June,
80. July. 733; August, 7.25; September.
ESQ. October G.39; November, ESQ; De
ccmber, COZ
cotton Exchange -semi-week-
ly movement at thirteen leading interior
towns:
For 1SoG-Receipts 1913 bales: ship
monts. 25974 bales: stock, 3l2,GS4 bales
For 1886 Receipts, 5000 bales: ship
ments. 47.1C9 bales. stock. 3237i3 bales.
For 1sgi- Receipts. 1872 bales; ship
mcnts. 2l3SG bales: stock. 2G5.2Gl bales
LIVERPOOL. March 4.-l23O J.. NJ
Cotton demand fair and prices unchanged'
American middline. ! 9-32' sales, 10000
bales: American. 300 bales. speculation
and export. 500 bales. Futures opened
quiet and demand fair; March, lo-Ci.
March and April. 4 9-Gla4 1864; April
and May. 4 9-G404 1864; May and June,
4 9-Gi0i 1861 June and July, S-GiN
9-G4. July and August, s-G1QI 9-i4;
August ami September, G-6i04 7-Ci'
October and November. 3 6O-G4, Novem-
Der and December. 596iQ3 COST; De
cember and January. 3 59-G4 Futures
steady. Tenders at to-day's clearings,
10000 bales new dockets
4 T. M.-March I 1l-G404 1854. buyers;
March and April 4 11-G4 buyers: April
and May 1O-6404 11-64, buyers; May
and June. 1O-GlQ4 11-Gf, sellers; June
and July. 4 1864. sellers. July and Au-
gust. 4 9-G4d4 loci sellers. August and
September. 4 1914 s-G4. sellers; Septem-
Der and October. ! 1-G4. buyers. October
and November, 3 G0-6id3 6l-6i. buyers
November and December and December
and January GO-G4 buyers. Futures
closed quiet but steady