The age-herald., 1898-12-30
,.DAILY MARKET REPORT.
At Home and Abroad.

from the bank today Returns show that
 the market borrowed $S,0000o0. Dry Goods
 New York December 29.-Dry goods: The l market has shown little material change | today. The general demand for staple cot | ton goods has been of moderate proportions | and in most lines of prints and ginghams | and it is apparent -that any changes of | prices to be recorded for some time to come will be in upward direction. Print I cloths are strong in tone, although current | demand is quiet for regular and for mar | row and wide odd goods. In other depart ments covering worsted goods, silks, hos iery, underwear, etc., the market has pre- | sented no new feature. Coffee. New York, December -Coffee-Options l opened steady at 5 points advance, ruled | fairly active covering following favora- l ble European cables buying checked by I lower receipts Santos cables and large | Brazilian receipts. Closed steady at 5q10 | points. Sales 30,205 bags, including Deeem- Der, S5.45; January, s6.45&5.50; March, S5. 70 | q5.7 .75 April, $5.75; May, $5.806D5.90; July $5.90; September, s5.g5@6.05. Spot coffee-Rio | steady; No invoice. 6%c No. jobbing. | 7l4c. Mild, steady, Cordova, 7Aq15e. New York Cotton Market. | New York, December 29.-After opening steady on an advance of 2d4 points, cotton | futures showed a still further improvement | of 2p3 points, English cables being of fa- vorable purport advices from New England
 mills and from the dry goods market being | encouraging, and reports from southern | spot markets being also of a bullish char | acter.
 | Later phases of the market were less energetic, buying being checked by favor | able weather accounts. The recent bull movement in the stock market extended to | cotton and the market showed broader | speculative interest than usual for a holi- | day week. The increase in spot sales at 1 Liverpool to 10000 bales received special at- | tcntion in connection with advices from the | spinning districts of increased demand for ! cotton goods.N
 | The market closed steady at about the | best figures of the day, a net gain of to 1 5 points.
 | Cotton quiet; middling, 57s; net, s1O; gross, 3,S1O; sales. $50; stock SS,Sl3; continent, 1Oo; | France, 800.
 Total today: Net 4S,75S; exports to Great | Britain, 4S, ,221; to France, 800; to the conti- | nent, Il JAS; stock, 1310,722. l Consolidated Net, 256 ,6O2; exports to Great Britain, 254,9Q4; to France, 5,624; to the con- | tinent, 72,SS4.
 Total since September 1: Net, 5,7o2, ,O96; ex- | ports to Great Britain, 2,122 ,S68; to France, | 407 ,2l3; to the continent, 1,479.3S0. Now Orleans Cotton Market | New Orleans, December 29.-Cotton, firm; 1 sales 13,400; ordinary, 8 13-16c; good ordi-
 nary, 4asc; low middling, 4a4c; m!ddling, l 3-16c; good middling, 13-16c; middling | fair, 6 5-16c; receipts. 10S53; stock, 51s,s0S. | Consolidated statement: Receipts, net, | 256 602; exports: To Great Britain, 54,9Oi;
 France, 25,6A; continent, 7s,SS4; stock. | 1,310, 722
 Daily Statement | New Orleans, December 29.-Cotton fu- | lures quiet. December, DOT bid; January, | 5O8@9; February, 5.14@15; March, 5H41S; | April, 5.22Q24 May, 5.27Q9; June, 5.33Qi;
 July, 5.S7@8; August, 537q9; October, l 5.35@6.
 l Galveston-Quiet; middling, 53s; sales, | 1S2; receipts, 2,109; stock, 325,575.
 Mobile-Easy; middling, 3-16; sales, 2,Ooo;
 receipts, 1,O33; stock, S9,775. Savannah-Quiet and easy; middling | 1-16; sales, 934; receipts, 3,252; stock, 143,- | 172
 | Chareston-Quiet; middling, 51s receipts, l 48S stock, 42,930.
 | Wilmington-Firm; middling, 5as re- | ceipts, PAS; stock, 15,915. 1 Norfolk-Steady; middling, 5as; sales, l. l OPS; receipts, 3,265; stock 69,7S7. | Baltimore-Nominal; middling, 5A; re- ! ceipts, 1429; stock, 21S9S. 1 Boston-Steady; middling, 57s; receipts, | net, 2,660; gross, 12 173. | Philadelphia-Firm; middling, 6B; re- | ceipts, AS; stock, 8456. | Memphis-Quiet; middling, 5ss; sales, D. l 600 receipts, 3,796; stock, 151755. Augusta-Quiet and steady; middling | 5& sales, 53S; receipts, 1,O04; stock, 53821 r-hicaeo Change Chicago, December 29-On the hard spots | wheat and corn were for sale today in con- | siderable quantities. The result was a de- | cline of Bo in wheat and R cent in corn. | Oats closed unchanged, provisions showed strength throughout and closed 5c@1oc higher.
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