Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-03-19
THE RICHMOND MISREPRESENTATION MARCH 10. 1898.


$50 1-2asa75; ribs. S.75gB.a i-2; shorts.
5.I1kd&.
Dry-salt Meats-Boxed shoulders. $3.50 q
NL75; extra-shOrt clear. &.12lI4<.5. ribs,
S.25uS.37h; shorts, &a57izGS.50.
THE COTTON MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL, March Isl p. Moot
tOn-Spot in fair demand; prices un-
changed; American middling. 3 1l-3zd.
The sales OF the day were l2,eOo bales, OF
which 800 bales were for speculation and
export, and included 1l,7OO bales Ameri-
can; receipts. 1900 bales, including $500
bales American.
Futures opened quiet. with a poor de-
mand. and closed steady; American mid
ding, low middling clause, March,
8 19-6fd., buyers; March and April.
3 19-64d.. buyers; April and May. 3l9-etn
. 2O-eld., sellers; May and June, 3 l9-6ie
3 20-6id.. buyers; June and July. 3 G-54d.,
buyers; July and August, 3 20-6fd3 H-6id.,
sellers; August and September. 20-6id.,
buyers; September and October, 3 2)-64d..
buyers: October and November. 3 19-6ia
3 2O-6id., buyers; November and December.
3 19-64G3 20-64d., sellers; December and
January, 31s-6iqS 20-6id.. sellers.
Steady; middling, 61-Sc.; net receipts. GO
bales; gross receipts, 2,7si bales; exports
10 Great Britain, 1873 bales; TO France,
as bales; forwarded, AZ bales; sales, 100
bales; spinners, 400 bales; stock, 1892
bales.
Weekly: Net receipts, 3.c?9 bales: gross
receipts, 2O,S25 bales; eXpOrts-to Great
Britain. 1902 bales: to France, SIS bales;
to the Continent, s.4S4 bales; forwarded,
6,9i3 bales; sales. l,6OS bales; s%pinners, 9S
bales.
Totals to-day: Net receipts, 1904 bales;
exports-to Great Britain. 29,SlS bales; TO
France, 52S bales; to the Continent, 1886
bales; stock, 1,092, 73 bales.
Consolidated: Net receipts, 1865 bales;
AyVnRtu . - rrlat nrffUtn 1g lA0 hnlgGs m
France, S,79j bales; TO the Continent, 5j,451
bales.
Totals since September 1st: Net re-
ceipts. 7.71S.i17 bales; expOrts-tO Great
bales; to the Continent. 2.5l0.6iS bales.
Cotton futures opened finn; sales, 1900
bales: March, $3.50; April, 1886: May,
500; June, $3.50; July. 1902; August, $.06;
September. @W; october, SOl; Noyem-
Der. &.0l; December, 1906; January, 1907.
Futures closed quiet and steady, rles,
5000 bales; March, 1894; April, 1874; May,
Sj.9S. June, S5,99; July. S6.O2; August. 500;
September, &.02; October. $6.0Z; Novem-
Der, $500: December. $500: January. $6.O5.
Spot closed steady: middling u%piands.
s l-Sc.; middling gulf, 63-Sc.; sales, 100
bales.
The following are the total net receipts
Of cotton at all ports since September l.
1897: Galveston. 1,S14,765 bales; New Or
leans. 2.3S7, 3S5 bales; Mobile. 1872, 100 bales;
Savannah, 1.l00,37 bales; Charleston, A.
ga bales; Wilmington. 304. 395 bales; Nor
folk, 5l5.O23 bales; Baltimore. 62,5l3 bales:
New York. 125, 1876 bales. Boston, 49, ia
bales: Newport News. 10 1903 bales; Phila-
delphia. 81, 37 bales; Brunswick. 2)6,l8S
bales; Port Arthur. 9.4U bales; Pensa-
cola, lO3, los bales; Port Royal. 65,Sl2 bales.
Total, 7,7lS,4l7 bales.
NEW ORLEANS, March 1s.-Cotton-
Futures quiet; sales. 1880 bales; March,
&.59. bid; April. S.5Sd&.59: May. $5.6lH
S.62; June. S5.6ffS5.G6; July, S.GSHS.69;
August. S.67H$5.6S; September, $3.50 $3.50:
October, &.67HS.69 November, $j.67GSi.69;
December. S.7OGSj.72; January. T.72H$57I
Secretary Hester's statement of the
worlds visible supply of cotton, made up
from special cable and Geographic adj
vices. compares the figures OF this week
with those, of last week, last year, and
1895. the last-named the 9.l0l .0p0-bale
crop year. 1t shows a decrease during
the week just closed OF bis bales,
against a decrease last year of lC3,l37
bales. and a decrease Of O,SOj bales in
1895.
The total visible supply IS 4.17o.27S bales.
against 4.2S3. 1893 bales last week. 3,552,226
bales last year. and and 4.62O,3J3 bales in
1885. OF this the total Of American cot
ton is 3.SS9.27S bales, against 1902, 39i bales
last week. 3,l31 .926 bales last year. and
1902, 1893 bales in 1885, and Of all other
kinds. including Egyptian. Brazilian. and
Indian. 2S1,0O0 bales. against PSI, coo bales
last week. i2),3O) bales last year, and 3lS,-
200 In 1895.
The total worlds visible supply Of cot
ton shows a decrease. compared with
last week. Of 113,l16 bales, an increase,
compared with last year, OF 6lS,O52 bales.
and a decrease, compared with 1895, of
40, lis bales.
N~AVAL-STORE MARKETS.
CHARLESTON, S. c., March lS.-Tur-
pentine-Quiet at SIC; sales, none.
Rosin-Firm and unchanged; sales,
SAVANNAH. GA. March 1~S.-spirits of
Turpentine-Opencd firm at 3Oc., with
sales Of $40 casks. n closed firm at 29c..
with sales of 10G casks; receipts, 2&2
Rosin-Firm; sales. 1855 barrels; re-
ceipts. Loss barrels. Quote: A, h, G.,
and ID. Sl.1jG$l.20; h, S.25ql.D; F., $3.50
$40; G.. $40; II, $l.6O; i, $L6o4SL65; X,
window-glass, LS5!SL.%; water-white'
WILMINGTON, y. c., March 1S-Tur-
pentine-Nothlng doing at opening Of
market; sales later at % l-2pSOc.; receipts,
R~osin-steady at s1.9Oasl.25; receipts, III
crude, Turpentlne-Nothlng doing; re-
none
Tar-steady at 9jc. receipts, 22l barrels.
THE PEANUT MARKET.
NORFOLK. VA, March 1S.-(SepciaL)-
Peanuts-Farmers' market active; fancy,
? 3-fd3c.: strictly prime, N2l-2p2 Sic;
prime, 2l-4c.; common, lac; Spanish,
PETERSBURG PEANUT MARKET.
PETERSBURG, VA, March l8.-(Spe-
ial)-Market firm; Virginias, 2 3-ic. for
good lots: Spanish firm al Sc.
PETERSBURG COTTON MARKET.
PETERSBURG, VA, March 1S.-(Spe-
ial)-Cotton-Firm at 5 i-Sc. for gooo