Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-09-03

easy. No. 2 yellow corn. 81 1898 S-4c
No spring wheat, 65c.; No. spring
wheat, 6Od62c. No. red, 66. No corn,
81 l-4e. No oats, 20 S-ie.; No; 2 N white
No. 2 rye, AZ l-2Q4Sc. No. 2 barley $40
i2c. No. | faxseed, SEC. Prime timothy
seed, s2.52 IL. Mess pork, per barrel, $3.50
$3.50. Lard, per 100 pounds, s0.W l-29|9.Oo.
sailed shoulders boxed, SL5GqA75; short
clear sides (boxed), $5.7CltS5.S0. Sugar. cut
loaf. unchanged Butter. market steady;
creamery. l3qlSc.; dairy, l2al5c. Esgs'
fresh. u l-2c.
The COTTON MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL, Sept. a. Z. M.-Cotton-
Spot In moderate demand; prices higher.
American middling, fair, 33-4d.; good
middling LID; middling, ll-32d., low
middiinS' $3.50; good ordinary. 1920.
ordinary, 27-32d. The sales OF the day
were 8 900 bales OF which 800 bales were
for speculation and export, and included
$500 bales OF American; receipts, o'VO
bales. including 800 bales American.
Futures opened steady with mode
rate demand, and closed quiet; Ameri-
can middling. low middllng clause. sep,
TENDER, lf-6id., buyers; September ana
October, n-bin5 l2-otd., DuyeIs OctOper
and November, l0-6ld, sellers; November
and December, 9-6ld., buyers. December
and January, Sid, buyers; January
and February Std, buyers; February
and March, l0-64d., sellers; March and
April, l0-6in3 ltd, buyers; April and
May ll-6i03 Esd. sellers; May ana
June. 12-64d., buyers; June and july
. IHSE SEW YORK, September 2.-Cotton-
Easy; middling, 5 l3-l6c.; net receipts
none; gross receipts, Sls bales; Nv Wa t
So bal,s; 50 -, 5li bales; sto.A, $3.50 bales
Weekly: Net receipts, 2,p2 bales; ex-
ports-to Great Britain, l,16O bales 70
France, III bales; 20 the Continent w
bales; forwarded. 43s bales; sales, 1901
bales; spinners, 1852 bales, ...o,
Totals to-day; Net receipts, 6,65S Daies;
exports-to Great Britain. 1855 bales;
stock, 172.l26 bales.
Consolidated: Net receipts, $3.50 bales;
exports-to Great Britain, 2oIi bales 10
France. IN bales; to the Continent Z'o'z
Totals since September LIST: Net re-
ceipts. II, 1886 bales eXports-to Great Bril-
tain, 1895 bales.
Opening steady, with prices ! point
lower to l point higher, and with very
few orders in sight, the cotton market
soon turned quite weak, under renewed
selling pressure, chiefly from English and
southern sources. Local snorts were
somewhat disposed 10 cover. in view OF
the unsatisfactory puipoct Oh Lne ,as
news regarding cotton crop condltlons
and the effect OF recent abnormal ram
falls in the Atlantic sections.
Following the opening call. the market
ruled barely steady, and by II Nj. showed
a loss OF 3n4 points. subsequently the
market ruled quiet and without parucu-
lar feature, receiving some support; now
ever. from buying by commission houses
and renewed coverings, caution belhs
noticed by the continued light move
ment AT the weakest point or the day
the market showed a net loss OF 5q6
noints. At the close the decline was 800
points with the market finally quiet In
Cation futures opened steady; october,
e. 81. November 1874; December. S.6s,
JANUARY. s5.72; February. $50; March'
IS 10; April, $50; May, So;eo June, s9;s.
Futures closed quiet: September. &.D;
octoher S5: November. y5.5s: Deem
her SEQ: January, 500; February. $50;
March. S5.74; April. s5.7S; May, S.s; June,
S' snot closed easy; middling uplands,
isrisc.; middling gulf, l-l6c.; sales. 5ii
The following are the total net receipts
OF cotton at all ports since September j,
1885. Galveston, 7.l64 bales, New Orleans,
IRA bales; Mobile. 80 bales; savannah. 20il
81 haies. Norfolk, GIG bales; Boston. al
bales: Philadelphia. So bales. Total. u.2@
bales
NEW ORLEANS. September 2-Cot-
ton-pull: September. s5.l9; october. so
December, s5.2sefs5,2s; January. Ss$qS.St
FEBRUARY. S. Sflx.s7: March, S.+odt.A;
April. S. 43Qs5.4t; May. S.isQS.F
Secretary Hester's statement Of the
worlds visible supply OF cotton shows
decrease for the week just closed OF fz.OS
bales against a decrease or b2.39 bales
last year. and a decrease OF 80 palet
in ise, The total visible as ls6Si, al bales.