Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-03-10
TIE COTTON MARKETS.

LIVERPOOL March 9.-12:3o p. NJ
CottOn-Demand fair; prices firm: Ameri-
can middling. / 5-l6d.;. sales, 1000 bales
American, $500 bales; speculation and ex-
port, 900 bales. Receipts. $4,000 bales;
Futures opened steady demand mode
rate; March. 4 Ibid; March and April;
: l2-Gtai 13-6lqi ltGid.; April and
May, 13-6iaf ll-Gid. May and
June, n-GlQ4 i2-Gid4 l3-6ld: June and
July. 4 n-6lQ4 l2-6tii l3-s4d.; July
and August, 9-6iui lO-6f4t li-6t
ici 12-Gd.; August and 5 September.
s-6fi4 lO-Gid.; September and october
2-Giui Std; October and November.
3 GO-6tli3 Gl-6ifl3 62-GiG3 63-Gld.; November
and December, G2-6id.
Futures firm. Tenders at to-day's clear
iugs, none.
1916 l.. M.-American spot grades. 1-32d.
higher; American middling, fair. 4 2l-32d. I,
good middllng. l3-32d.: middllng, ll-32d. ;
low middlng, 1 lid; good ordinary,
i-Sd-; ordinary. 3 i5-lsd IL -
and May. 1 lj-6ld., buyers; March and
April, l5-64d:, buyers May and June.
Z l3-6iui l4-6id., buyers. June and July.
I l3-Gid., buyers; July and August, 1854
ltf l3-Cld; August and September, 4 1861
I ltd. value; October and November.
4 l3-Gld., sellers; November and December.
62-6ld., buyers; December and January,
3 62-6id., buyers.
Futures closed firm.
NEW YORK, March Cultures closed
firm; sales, 225.O00 bales March, N.3I
April, Ni9; May, S.55: June. N.51: July,
S.jS: August. SIS: September, s137: Oc-
;ober. E26; November, S22; December,
T.25; January, 1873.
Cotton steady; middling Gulf l5-lsc.;
Net receipts, none: gross. 2,S72 bales
exports to Great Britain. 1871 bales; Con-
tnent, 553 bales; forwarded, BIZ bales;
sa-es. 4,5si bales; spinners. Z3G bales;
Totals to-day: Net receipts. 1881 bales
exports 10 Great Britain, 97S2 bales; Con-
tinent. 2,1a bales; stock, 1905 bales.
Totals 50 far this week: Net receipts,
1886 bales; exports TO Great Britain,
81 .G36 bales; France, l77I bales; Contl-
nent, l5.472 bales.
Totals since September LIST: Net receipts
i.Jls,750 bales; exports TO Great Britain.
l,63i,5l2 bales; France, 4i5,ST bales; Con-
tinent, 1,329. i46 bales.
SUMS cotton report: Cotton advanced II
points on this crop, and points on the
next. September rose y points. The
close was very firm, at about the best
price Of the day, with sales OF 2j5.c01
bales.
To-day's features: Light receipts at the
ports and interior towns, large exports Of
cloths from Great Britain, smallness OF
the worlds stock OF raw cotton, and buy
ing BY New York. New Orleans, Liver
pool. and the Continent caused a sharp
advance Spot market was higher. Man
chester was cheerful, Liverpool was de-
cidedly higher, and. In a word, the news
was generally bullish. The smallness OF
the receipts attracted much attention
Bulls are greatly encouraged tn see that
the stocks OF five leading interior towns
have lost in two days 800 bales, and that
the receipts at the ports for two DAYS
have reached a total OF only 1900 bales
They think that this material diminution
In the crop movement had as much as
ANYTHING else 10 do with the strength OF
the worlds cotton markets to-day. though
there IL no doubt that Liverpool bears
were induced 10 cover mainly by the
very favorable exhibit OF British exports
OF cloths during February and thus far
this year.
NEW ORLEANS, March s.-cotton-Fu-
lures steady: sales, $50 bales; March
S.fO April. N.H; May, E,t3; June E4S.
Jrly, Ni9: August. Nt3; September, I'll;
october, 800; November, T.o5; December
Wv NAvAL-sToRE MARKETS.
CHARLESTON, s. c.. March 9.-Tur-
pentine-Firm. at IS l-2c., asked
Rosin-Firm; sales. none; u, lilo; &,