The age-herald., 1897-12-16
Dry Goods.


 New York. Dec. 15.-The market for dry goods shows no improvement. Store trad ing and shipping are very light and judging from appearances in the dry goods district the market is very unfnteresting one. Madl orders do not help out. much in any line. Spring buying has not set in yet to any appreciabie extent. Jolbers report an intermittent call for actual necessities, and the on'y department which shows anything like a fair degree of activity is that of holi- day goods, which are bought with cou- siderable activity although questions are favorable to the buyers
 In staple crttons the first of the prom ised reductions in bleached cottons appeared and is liable to be followed in various quar- ters by further slumps in prices.
 In print cloths there has been no market of extras at 2N
 Boston, Dec. 15-The American Wool and Cotton Reporter will say tomorrow of the wool trade: The market the past week has been excessively dull. The wool market is not likely to develop any enw features until the dry goods market is opened. Conces- sions on good wools are not in order.
 The sales of the wek amount to 942,OOO pounds domestic and 1572,5 800 pounds for eign making a total of 2,514.5OO pounds.
 New York Cotton Market.
 New York. Dec. 15-The cotton market made a quiet start at l point lower to an advance of 1 point, subsequently, increasing the advance to 102 points, but ruled gener- ally featureess and lower. news being either scarce or of indifferent purport The market in the afternoon was lower under local liquidation following rl~-ors of easier southern spot markets and i,ports that prices in the dry goods market would be further reduced
 Futures closed dull at a net loss of 1GD3 points. The Liverpool cables were not par ticularly encouraging. although prvat accounts were rather better than the pub lie reports. They indicated a firm under tone and more disposition on the part of English spinners to anticipate wants While trading was not very active it was of very good class representing investment rather than speculative operations. There was some demand from shorts.
 Cotton quiet; niddling, 5%; receipts, S,933 gross, 1901; Great Britain, 1893; continent, 455; forwarded, 2,S3S; sales. 107, all spinners stock, 94 132
 Tota' today: Net receipts, 7O,492; Great Britain, 31.2O4; continent, 24.697; stock, 1,120,o4S.
 Consolidated: Net receipts, 274,29s Great Britain, 62,974; France. 12,T5; continent, 1o1, ,669.
 Total since September l: Net receipts,
 
 432, ,342; continent, 1,20S,036. Cotton futures opened steady sales. $500 bales. January, 571; February, STA; March, 5.79; April, 5.S2; May, 5.S7; June, 5.92; July, 5.95; August, 6.01; September. 5.99; October 6.01; December 570. Close dull; sales, $500 bales. January 5.69; February, 572; March. 5.76; April. 5.SO May, 5.S5; June, 590; July, 5.9; August 5.9S; September. 5.97; October, 5OO Decem- Der, 567.
 Spot closed quiet. Middling uplands, 5B middling gulf, SIS. Sales, 107 bales. New Orleans Cotton Market New Orleans, Dec. 15.-Cotton futures dull; sales 14,S00 bales December nominal; January, 5.S2@5.39 February, 5.S7@59S; March, 5.4275 43; April 5.47l5.4S; May 5.52GD 5.53; June, 5.57; July, 5,62@5.63; August 5.64@D 5.66; September, 5.69d5n.