The age-herald., 1898-10-11
New York Cotton MarKei.

New York, October 10--There was lar ger degree of activity in cotton today. The market opened steady, with but little change in prces. The first call deve.oped an advance of 1 point in some positions. Otherwise the list opened the same as it closed Saturday. As the government re- port was to make it's appearance at noon, trading before that hour was conducted up on a very conservative scale. Early in the session the temper of the market was tol- erably steady, because good many of the traders were claiming that the report from Washington would show a condition of Il per cent, and no better. But everyone knew that this was mere guess-work, and when receipts began to loom up at the ports there was a prompt increase in the estimated movement for the day. Parties who had figured on I5,000 bales at the ports revised their figures, some increasing the estimate to LOGO bales. The actual figures proved to be 76,S27 bales, against S5,O66 bales last week and 60025 last year. Thus receipts soon more than offset~the bullish views of some of the traders regarding the probable purport of the bureau report, and the mar ket began to weaken. Covering just be- fore noon, however, caused a return to about the closing prces of Saturday.
 The bureau report was read on the noon call and an immediaate decline Of to 6 points followed.
 The bureau stated that the decline during September though by no means uniform, affected the entire cotton-producng re- gions, being points In South Carolina, Texas and Tennessee; in Alabama, in Georgia and Arkansas, in Miss ssippi, ' in Virginia and Florida, 8 in North Carolina, g in Louisiana, and 22 in Indian Territory.
 The market at the weakest interval showed a net loss of to ' points. The de- cline was arrested by covering following claims that yellow fever was spreading in Louisiana and Mississippi The market was finally barely steady at net decline of to points.
 Net receipts, 76271 bales; exports to Great Britain S,6s9 bales; exports to France, Ao bales; exports to the continent 2S,511 bales; stock 59S,905 bales; exports to France, No bales.
 Consolidated statement: Net receipts, 137, ,12S bales; exports to Great Britain, 19,6I9 bales; exports to France, 21o bales; exports to the continent, 40,S51 bales.
 Total since September 1: Net receipts, 1. .164, ,253 bales; exports to Great Britain, 3O4, ,357 bales exports to France, 47,999 bales; exports to the continent, 2O7, ,469 bales.
 New Orleans Cotton Market ; New Orleans, October 10.-Cotton was quiet; sales, 1850 bales; ordinary, 31ac good ordinary, 3-16c: low middling, 9-16c; md ding, 15-16c; good middling, SAC; mid
 
 sales 1S4, S04 bales
 Consolidated statement: Net receipts, 1S7, ,12S bales; exports to Great Britain. 1s,- 679 bales; to France, 21O bales; to the con- tinent. 4O,S51 bales; stock, 695,9O6 bales.
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 New Orleans, October 10.-Cotton futures were steady; October, 4S0 bid; November, 4S4@4S5; December 4.S9@490; January 4.99@ BOO; February, 505q5.06; April, 510q5.1; May, 5.15@516; June, 52Od5.21 < Gaalveston-Steady; middl ng, Dc; sales, 644 bales; receipts, 30780 bales; stock, 242- 2SO bales.
 Mobile-Quet; middling. 4%c; sales, 300 bales; receipts, 2,577 bales; stock, 35,739 bales
 Savannah-Quiet and steady; middling, 4%c; sales, 11n bales; receipts, 11142 bales; stock. 1892 bales.
 Charleston-Steady mddling. 4 19-16c; re- ceipts 4,4S9 bales; stock, 40,S29 bales.
 Wilmington-Firm; middling, 5c; receipts, ATS bales; stock, 44530 bales.
 Norfolk-Quiet; middling, 5Ac; sales, 4O2 bales; receipts 3,270 bales; stock. 2S.066 bales.
 Baltimore-Nominal middling, 5ssc; re- ceipts 26S bales; stock, 3,S36 bales
 Boston-Dull; middling 7-16c; net re- ceipt.. 91 bales; gross. 6,O04 bales.
 Philadelphiaa-Qu.et middling, 55sc; re- ceipts, 800 bales; stock, 4,35S bales
 Memphis-Quiet; middling, 5c; sales, L750 bales; receipts. S.363 bales; stock, 46l69 bales
 Augusta-Steady; middling, 1-16c; sales, 1.176 bales; receipts, 2739 bales; stock, 23,- 377 bales.