The age-herald., 1898-08-20
New York Cotton Market.

g New YorE, Aug. 1g--Cotton easy, nfbddlng e ga; net recsipts, none; gross, T bales, for iwarded, 77;1 sales, 1,132; spinners, 142; stock, 66,SS0.
 Weekly: Net receipts, none; gross, 662 bales; exports to Great Britain, 5,7S6 to France, 3S4; to the continent, 2,476;. forward ed 42S; sales, 9,418 spinners, 1 ,951
 Total today: Net receipts, 1,556 bales; ex- ports to Great Britain, TOP; to France, none; to the continent. 1,49S; stock, 197,3SS.
 Consolidated: Net, SS57 bales; exports to Great Britain, 8,e15 to France, 3s4; to the continent, 14,391.
 fs Total since Sept 1: Net receipts, S,531 ,256 bales; exports to Great Britain. 9500, ,162; to F. ance, S15 ,692; to the continent 2,9s7,72S
 Hester's Weekly Stateme
 New Orleans, Aug. 19-Secretary Hesters statement of the worlds visible supply of cotton made up from special cable and tele- graphic advices compares the figures of last week with this year and in 1895, the latter the 99O5 GOO crop year. It shows decrease during the week just closed of 113,926 ba.es against decrease of 67,5e5 bales last year and a decrease of 112,551 bales in 1895.
 The total visible is 1,753,561 bales against 1887 4S7 bales last week, 1.O94 295 last year and 2.492.279 in 1895. Of this the total of American cotton is 1,557 561 bales against i .s39. .4s7 last week, s51 ,O96 bales last year and 2.fss.0 .079 bales in 1895; and of all other kinds. including Egypt, Brazil, India, etc., 196,OOO bales against 228,OOO bales last week. s243. POO bales last year and %92oo pales III 1895, . The total worlds visible supply or cotton shows A decrease compared with last week of 1t9 aoe bales. an increase compared with last year of 659 265 bales and decrease cohh- nared with 1895 of 73S,71S bales Ca :5. s4hm hm hm hm hm hm nm nm HI
 New Orleans Cotton Market New orleans, Aug. 19.-Cotton, quiet; soles 0O. ordinary, 1-16; god ordinary, A 7-16: low middling, 1a; good middllng' 1S-16: middling fair 6A; receipts, Is; stock' 69 222. , ,,o. Consolidated statement: Receipts-Net, S,S52; exports to Great britaii' ,o o'Sio' oe France. 3S4; continent, 14,S91; stock, 197,3
 Daily Statement
 New Orleans, Aug. 19.-Coton futures, barely steady August, $5.9Od5.33; Septem- her. $5 2S05.29; October, $5.29@5.30; Novem- Der. $5. .33d5.35; December, $5.3Sq5.S9; Janu- ary, s5.42@543; February, s5.45@546; March, $549q5.5O. Galveston-Steady; middling, 5k saies' 1345: receipts, S97; stock, 16,336.
 Mobile-Quiet; middling, 5%; sales, D; receipts, Il; stock, 2SS2.
 Savannah-Easy; middling, 51a; sales, 3l; receipts, 12; stock, S,244.
 Charleston-Easy; no price; receipts, 33s; stock, 3,729.
 Wilmington-Quiet; middl1ng, en' re- ceipts, |; stock. 5,947.
 Norfolk-Quet; middling, 5%; sales, 19; receipts, fl; stock, 6,523.
 Baitimore-Nominal middling, 6A; re- ceipts, 21S; stock, 6.244. Boston-Easy; middling, 5%; receipts, net, 65; stock, 291.
 Philadelphia-Stea mddling, SIS; re- ceipts, 6S; stock, 11,S79
 Memphis-Quiet; middling, 5h; sales, 600; receipts 29 stock, 20,722
 Augusta-Dul; middlfng, 6; sales, 55S; receipts, 194; stock, 3,33S.
 The Iron Market.
 Birmingham, Aug. 19.-The following are the present quotations in iron:
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