The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-12-16
MARKETS By TELEGRAPH.
COTTON.

LlVerpool, December 1t u. NJ
Cotton.-Spot quiet. prices unchanged:
American middling 3 5-32d. The sales
Of the day were 5000 bales, OF which
1000 were for speculation and export.
and included 100 American: receipts
1900 bales, including 1900 American.
Futures opened quiet with a moderate
demand and closed steady.
American middlng. Iow middling
clause: December 3 6-64G3 7-64d value:
December and January 3 sid sellers:
January and February 3 6-64d buyers:
February and March 3 7-64d sellers:
March and April 3 1903 S-S4d SELL
ers; April and May 3 s-64G3 std SELL
ers; May and June 3 9-64d buyers:
June and July 3 load sellers: July
and August 3 I0-e4G3 1l-64d buyers.
August and September 3 ll-64d sellers:
September and October 3 11-64d3 l:-64d
buyers: October and November 3 l0-Ci
@3 11-64d value.
NEW YORK MARKET.
New York, December 14.-Cotton
steady; middling 5 l3-l6c: net receipts
122; gross receipts 4,572.
Total today: Net receipts 54.52i: ex-
ports to Great Britain 24.707: TO France
5,113; to the continent 2s,045; stock
1,341. 577.
Consolidated: Net receipts 23O. 537:
exports to Great Britain 5l.579: to
France 32.1S3; to the continent q. 263.
JIG III StDAGllbSI ISL. wet e
ceipts 4,9S9, AIS; exports to Great Bri-
tain 1,751,574 to France 1915. 604. 20 the
continent 1,264, 7O2.
Futures opend steady. December 5.45.
January 5.51, February 5.5l, March 5.54.
April 5.56, May SCI. June 5.63. July
5.64, August 5.71, September SCI, Octo-
Der 5.67.
Futures closed steady. December SIS.
January $50. February SIS, March 5.57.
| a nril \ 81 Nav = Ga JtYna = 81 Jp1,y 2 IN
August 5.T, September 5.6s, October
ST..
Spot cotton closed steady; middling
uplands 5 13-16c: do gulf 6 Lice; sales
sis bales.
Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour easy. No. 2 yellow corn, 33Ac:
No. 3 spring wheat, 61Q63hc; No. 2
red, 66G6Sc: No. 2 corn, $3.50; No. 2
oats, 26A M27c: No. 2 white. 29c; No. 3
white, 2SG2sAc: mess pork. per bbl..
SS.07kGS.10: lard, per 100 lbs, s5.l2hF
$50; short ribs sides. loose. A.55d475;
dry sailed shoulders, boxed, 1880
4.37k; short clear sides. boxed. N.S5Q
4.S7k; whiskey, distillers' finished
goods, per gallon, $l.26.
New York, December H.-Flour nod
erately active n firm, particularly
for spring patents, closing unsettled
with wheat.
Wheat-Spot easy: No. 2 red 7ec. OPP
lions opened firm and for half a day
showed q strong undertone on con-
tinued light spring wheat receipts.
local covering and big clearances. The
subsequent reaction was occasioned by
foreign selling and rumors OF increas-
ing Russian stocks; closed kQhc net
lower. December closed at 71hc:
March closed al re: May closed at
70kc.
Corn-Spot firm: No. 2 41hc. Options
at first firm and higher on a light
movement. covering and strength In
wheat, later gave way TO realizing and
closed Nc net lower. December closed
at 39Ac; May closed at 3ehc.
Oats-Spot firm; No. 2 3fAc. Options
dull.
Eggs-Ffrm: state and Pennsylvania.
26q27c; western fresh 2ec: southern
22@24c.
Cotton Seed oil-steady: prime crude
f7hc; do yellow 21G22r.
Petroleum-Steady.
Cofee-Optfons opened steady at un-
changed prices to S points advance:
ruled generally higher with trading.
active on covering and investment
buying following higher Brazilian
cables, small receipts at Rio and San
tos. good tobbing demand and liberal
warehouse deliveries; liquidation
checked rise. Closed steady. December
10 points higher. other months un-
changed to 5 points higher. sales Is. 600
bags, including December s5.75: Jan
nary $50. Spot cofYee-Rio frmsT:
No. 7 invoice sac; No. 7 jobbing TAG:
mild firm, tending upward: Cordcva
7Z615c.
Sugar-Raw weak and nominal: fair
refining SIC. centrifugal. 50 test, 4sc:
molasses sugar &c; refined easier and
tame; mould A 3Ec; graduated SIC.
NAVAL STORES.
New Y~ork-Rosln steady. T~urpentine
firm at 40hG41c.
Observation-Disclosures market hrrn
at &c asked; sales none. Rosin Tn
changed: sales none.
Savannah-Spirits turpentine markes
Opened firm at 37hc with sales ef y.
Casks: closed firm at Csc with ssies OF
400 asks: receipts $50. Rosin closed
firm: sales 707: receipts 1858. Quote:
A b c d f CSC; F 800: G 3i-lo: H
S1.25; I $l.35; X $50: NJ $50: N $40:
w G $500: w w S2.25.
Let Is hope that there win not be toc