The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-30
Futures here declined 9 to 4 points, closing steady
after sales of 90, 500 bales. The future trading was as

The trading in cotton to-day was quiet and in the
Liverpool led to local selling and prices declined.
There was no great pressure to sell. however. and the
the week. 1t is estimated. viii be on q somewhat
smaller scale than last week. though stIl larger than
10000 ta a%s against si I ! .s sas Pf %st ws sss S und $500 %
i nbo assG $40 nd Sdo the aa. nti, z, 70 oo come m int into 81. sight at
year. The continued liberal receipts. however,
G Gstets so 5easet are a in ''f better m dssssa a no s tenGins
upward. Preparations for cotton planting are in
bbensre sse sp eef1 mHse " sSSaeeri Fa sts''0 states Se the the. f0 sheg
usually begin in Texas by Jan. Is; in Florida. Jan.
Fe66. /; Astansa.. Feb. Is; North car @IH Feb. IS;
Tennessee. Mart l. and South Carolina. March o..
with a year ago. are reported In some parts OF tho
South. and It Is also Insisted that the acreage will be
hlga price Of wheat. while the wheat acreage in the
South. II is stated. is likely to be considerably in.
G%orrG Z on the spot was dull: No. 2; e.c.
Sales. Highest. Losest. Closing.
Dsssm,66e:r. ESQ sSS S S.M &c &c sS.IISSs 1895
sales OF l.7oo bags; Havre ADVANCED i4f. Hamburg
TS, 1s gs0 6ssI;eS. to qs = Rfs. 1IS Sac. ., RlS wa, stead, "oS! = at
change: es9;asd:. an advance Of 3 ssd; santos wa.
a 3 S.o &c u1 Hne9issn P %s1sSos ssse!aR sIive aG;sG ys.. s1eSt;
were lI,9ss bags. American visible supply Of Brazil
European cables e asa'edit the Slight advance adsa sss In f rIfmes
here to-day. The receipts at Rio and Santos we're
DltiItT
METAIs-were nominally unchanged.
NAVAL SToREs-Were unchanged. Spirits OF tur-
8l.i2LGr 81. AS.
PRovisroSs-Lard was steady. Prime SIS. 10: city.
PORK eIs wa, Stead steady. fe Mess. So a S.7s@ ~ cO cut meats n'; Were @sTc
duh. Picked hams. T4c. do. shoulders. 4Nc. do. bel
lies. oisg5lac. Dressed hogs. 4L@6 isc. Tnllow, 3Ssc.
Bulter-Creamery. Western. extras. 20c.; frsts.
ls6Slsc.: seconds. 15@ &c: thirds. 14@l5c.; State,
l8c: Cheess-statc. fun cream. large. fancy. she
choice. s&s'4c.; fair to good. 7l.GSc.: common,
6Idfc.; small. colored and white fancy, S@04c.;
choice, stGSt2c.; common to good. 72@sc.
Egss-pcnnsyivan,a. fresh gathered. fancy. zoe;
Western do, nrsts, 18c. Chicago. Jan. 90
"Prorislons held firm. nOtwithstan ding liberal hog
receipts and weakness in the grain markets, and closed
steady about the same as Yesterday. The volume OF
trade was far for Saturday, and mostly for outside
account. The cash demand was moderate. Forty thou
next week. Provisions have a strong UNDERGONE
WooL-Current quotations of carpet woods. based
upon Wool Exchange Official classihcat!ons. are as
follows: Carpet-Aleppo. l3l2NlIc.: Angorn. LAG
2lc.; Bagdad. white. 22S 23c. Bokhsra, colors. I8ia6s
lac. Bonhara. W hite. loo lBc. Camel's hair. Russian,
l3@l32c.: China. ordinary. ll@14c.; China. comb
Ing. LOG l7c: ;Cordova, ii@l 4i2c. Donskoi. autumns,
ltc,; Donskoi. combing. 23tG 2bc. Donskoi. colors,
0 @28c. Donskoi. lamis, 1910 lsc. Scotch, 1901 7c. ;
Valparaiso. l3Gl4c. East India and Asiatic-East
India. Jorla and Eicanere. 2i@ 27c. East India. Kan
dahar, 22tg25c:; East India, carpet filling, choice. II
Glsc.; East India. carpet filling. low. l2 Gl5c.; GeOr-
glen. II. o., l6G l7c.; Georgian. b., lao lBc.; Geor-
d.. ordinary, l5tGl7c.; KhorRtsan. cOlors, lIl2c.;
Khorassan, white. lSGt l9c.: mohsir, Turkish. 400
4Sc.; Mossul. washed. l7Gl9c; Mossul. unwashed,
lac; oporto. lie. ;Salonica, l2@l3c.
SUGAR-Raw was dull; So test, 8 81 &c.: 06a teat.
4 1'l6c. Refined was quiet.
CHICAGO, Jan. 2g.-These were to-day's prices.