Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-08-11
THE COTTON MARKETS.


Butter. unchanged. Eggs. unchanged.
THE COTTON MARKETS
LIVERPOOL. August 1O.-Cotton-Spot
In fair demand; prices 1-32d. higher;
American middling, fair, 3l-32d.; good
middling, 23-32d. middling 17-32d.; low
mlddling, S-sd. good ordinary, 7-32d.;
ordinary. l-32d. The sales of the day
were 10000 bales of which 800 bales were
for speculation and export, and Included
$500 bales American; receipts, 1900 bales,
including 1000 bales American.
Futures opened quiet but steady. with
n moderate demand and closed barely
steady; American middling, low mid
ding clause, August. 26-64q3 T-6id.,
buyers; August and September, 23-6flD
8 24-6id.. buyers; September and October,
24-6id., sellers; october and November,
3 22-6flp3 23-64d., value; November and
December S2l-6iQ3 22-64d., buyers; De-
cember and January 3A-6iQ3 22-eid.,
buyers; January and February. 2l-6tp
3 22-64d.. buyers; February and March,
3 22-6ifi3 23-64d., sellers; March and April,
3 2S-64d.. buyers April and May 2i-6id.,
sellers; May and June, J2i-64g3 2o-oAd.,
buyers.
NEW YORK, August 10.--There was an
advance in cotton of 2d3 points developed
on call this morning. Later business In
creased the advance to net improve
ment of 4Q5 points. The firmness was
the result of covering and outside buying
orders. following an unsatisfactory ave-
rage Of weather news. while English
cables were much better than expected.
Philadelphia house bought freely. Buy
ing orders from Liverpool and the south
were also numerous. Locally sentiment
was rather disposed 10 hesitate, and
when the government report was Issued
there was a break Of IL points. with
selling quite general, as the official state
ment was quite bearish, giving the gene
raj average as 9l.2 per cent, against popu-
lar estimates of IS per cent Inc mar.
ket closed barely steady at net loss OF
sac points.
GENTS none: gross receipts, Sl5 bales;
exports-to the Continent, 800 bales; Tor
warded 60 bales; sales. 2,763 bales: SPIN
ners. lbs bales; stock. S2,4lS bales.
Totals to-day: Net receipts, $50 Daies;
exnorts-to the Continent us bales; stock,
230, SS7 bales. n roo X,,o..
axnorts--to Great Britain, 5Sf bales; 10
the Continent, 1906 bales, .,.,.
Totals since September list: Net receipts
s52l OPP bales; exports-to Great BRIAN,
s4sS 6i5 bales: TO France, olo'SS Daies' l"
the Continent. 2,9Sl 81 bales.
Cotton futures opened steady at the
ADVANCE. August. $592; September, $40;
Oc,oher q 90: November, 1902; December,
805: January s6.O9; FEBRUARY. so'h;
March sS.15; April, $sls; May. 500.
Futures closed barely steapy S e.. No,
vember $3.50; December, 1894; January
s5W. February, $500: March, B.1; April
Snot steady: middllng gulf, 5-lsc; mid
ding uplands, l-l6c.; sales, 21oS paies'
NEW ORLEANS. August l0.Cotton-
Futures steady: August so,sSase'eG; 2e Z.
November s5.5SdS59; December, $3.50
* "a. January. s567nS5.6s: February, S.IOg
s5.72; March, s574gs576.
NAVAL STORE MARKETS.
SAVANNAH, GA. August l0.-Splrits OF
Turnentine-26 lie. bid; sales, 46I casks;
receipts 1,l94 casks.
Rosin-The market was hrm at the
onsnine AZ a decline OF &c. on G, u, and
"a orades with sales OF 70s barrels. With
he last call there was an advance OF B
80 ,oc on the SAINT grades. The sales
a,are . So barrels, at the following quo
,atio,s. b. C., and ID. $lnSl.05: T., N.06;
= sl.l5: q. $50; X and ]. $40; X, us;
VI 81. so; n, H.75; window-glass. wv;
water-white, Woo
CHARLESTON. S. c., August 10
Spirits OF Turpentlne-Marhet nrm at
% p 5,- and unchanged; sales.
none.
c,,,rits Of Turpentine-Steady at Is lag
o. a-4c,: receipts. 10i casks
Rosln-Firm at Nasl.S: receipts. 500
barrels. ~, $1,000,
ceipts, Is barrels.
Tar-Firm at N.l5; receipts. ~ barrels.
pvrrRsBURG TOBACCO MARKET
pETERsBURG, August 10.--tSpecial.)-
,,arrst quiet with light offerings: ship
ning grades very scarce. Quotations.;
pms 10 medium Tugs. s3dsi; good TO
an i,es S4Q$550: poor short leaf, $tQ&:
H sair 10 good short leaf, S.5o4N.5o me-
a aHu 10 good wrappers, sS4si3; good 10
fine wrappers AS@sso; s medium lS to good
shipping, Tass; good 10 me shipping. sio9
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