The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-03-16

Liverpool, March 13.-12:30 p. M
Cotton demand moderate; prices 1-32d
higher; American middling 3 31-32d;
sales 1000: American 6,1OO; speculation
and exports 500; receipts 5000; Ameri-
a $500. Futures opened steady; de-
mand moderate.
American middling, low middling
clause: March 3 5S-64d: March and
April, April and May 3 57-64d; May and
June, June and July, July and August
8 57-64d, 3 5S-64d; September and Octo-
Der 3 50-64d; October and November 3
44-64d, 8 45-64d. Futures quiet at the
advance.
Spot prices: American middling fair
4 1920; good middling~ 3-32d; low
middling 3 25-32d; good ordinary 3 81
32d; ordinary 3 15-32d.
1 p. m.-American middling 3 31-32d:
March, March and April 8 5s-64d sell
lers; April and May 8 5S-64d values;
May and June 8 58-64d, 8 59-64d sellers:
June and July, July and August 3 S.
Cad, 8 59-64d buyers; August and Sep
TENDER 3 5S-64d buyers; September and
October 8 50-64d, 8 51-64d buyers: Octo-
Der and November 8 46-64d, 3 47-64d sell
lers; November and December, Decem-
Der and January 3 45-64d sellers. Flu
lures closed firm.
New York. March 13.-Cotton steady:
Middling TIC; net and gross receipts
1,52O; forwarded CAB; sales 96S; spinners
1856; stock 243, 1872.
Total today: Net receipts II, e04; ex-
ports to Great Britain 5,139; continent
9,0S9: stock 7S8, 944.
Total since September LIST: Net re-
ceipts 6,O65,383: exports to Great Brit
ain 2.636, 091; France $50, 352; continent
1,611,421; channel 5,4s1.
Futures closed quiet and steady;
sales 1900 bales: March SOS: April
sos; May 7.02; June 7.07: July I'll; Au-
gust 7.12; September 6.87; October s.75;
November GIT; December 6.s1; January
6.85.
PORT RECEIPTS.
Galveston-Quiet at Z Lice; net re-
ceipts 381; gross receipts 4,1O1.
Norfolk-Firm at &c; net receipts
S46.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. at nc.
Boston-Quiet at TIC; net receipts
I'll; gross receipts 1922.
Wilmington-Steady at &c: net re-
ceipts IS.
Philadelphia-Firm at TIC; net re-
ceipts 13s.
Savannah-steady at 6 13-16c; net re-
ceipts 1,709.
ceipts 1852; gross receipts 3,sss.
Mobile-Quiet at 6Ac; net receipts
268.
Memphis-Quiet at s 15-1sc; net re-
ceipts 220; gross receipts 307.
Augusta-Steady at TIC; net receipts
207.
Charleston-Steady at 6 15-16c; net
receipts SO.
Cincinnati-Quiet at TIC; net receipts
TAG.
Louisville-Firm =. 7hc.
St. Louis-Steady at &c; net receipts
40I: gross receipts APO.
Houston-0uiet at &c; net receipts
1,731.
GRAINS. PROVISIONS. ETC.
Chicago, March 13.-The leading flu
lures were as follows: Opening, high
est, lowest and closing.
Wheat-March 71kI71Ac, 72Ac. 711zc,
72&c; May 72kI72Ac. 73kc. 7215c, 73A1
1880; July 70SG71c. 72c. 70%c. 712.c;
September 6s@c. 69AGs9Ac, 6SAc, s9Ikc.
Corn-March 23@c, 23%c. 23&c. 232c;
May 24%c, 24A G2412c. 24Ac, 24Ac: July
25kc. 25ka25%c, 25%c, 251kc; September
26A d267sc, 2sNc. 2ssc. 2sAc.
Oats-March 16kc. 1910, 1s1Lc. 1s1zc:
May 17hG17Ac, 17Ac, 17kc. 17hG17Ac;
July l3Ac, 1sAc, 18kc. 1skG1sAc.
Pork-May 1855. 1856, ss.52k, $3.50;
July s8.67h, 1915, ss.67h. ss.72k.
Lard-May s4.25. s4.27h. s425, s425:
July s4.35. s4.37k. s4.321k, s4.35.
Ribs-May $3.50, s465. s4.60. s4.s2k;
July s4.s7k, $40. s4.s5, s4.s5.
Cash quotations Were as follows:
Flour steady. unchanged. No. 2 spring
wheat 1kG72hc; No. 2 red s2k9sskc;
I No. 2 corn 23Sc; No. 2 oats 1skc: mess