The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-09


Tone of the market firm. with Jew excep-
lions and the general indications are in ia
vor of higher prices on leading lines Print
cloths strong and some odd goods rather
dearer. Wooden goods without change In
price. but demand fair in volume.
--''i $500 toffee.
New York, December S-Coffee options
opened steady at points decline; ruled
more active under European selling and
unfavorable Havre and Hamburg cables
selling arrested by continued small re-
celpts; steady to firm markets at Rio and
Santos and liberal warehouse deliveries in
this country. Closed steady with near
months unchanged and far months points
lower. Sales 22,550 bags, including Deem
Der, 5.s5; January, $40; March. $50; May,
30; July, $50; September $50; October.
9,soo9.9o; November, 5.95@6o0; spot coffee,
RIO, steady; No. 7 invoice 6as No job
elng, So; mild quiet and steady: Cordova,
S@14c; Sales fair jobblng demand and i'm
proved call for invoice lots.
New WV Cotton Mn~ta.
New York. December S-Cotton firm:
sales. 1850 bales: ordinary 35s; good prd'n-
airy, BIG; low middling, ole; middling
5; good middling. 55s; middling fair, SIS
receipts 1885; stock, 412 725
Consolidated statement: Receipts, net
S27S65; exports to Great Britain, 142, 355
to France, 1887; continent, 105,699; stock
1,293,210.
4 Cotton futures: December. 500 bid; jan
uary. 507G5.0S; February, 512@5.14; March,
51Sa5.19; April, 52s65.25; May 52Sd5. 20;
June, 5.33a5.S5; July. 5.3Sd5.39; August,
5s1@5SS; September, $50 bid; October, 5.32
bid
New York. December Section steady;
middling, So net receipts, 1,429; gross, 2.2Ss;
sales, 244; stock los, sos; exports to CONT
nent, 500.
Total today; Net receipts, So, O5S: exports
to Great Britain, 29669; to France. 16,77S to
the continent, S2253; stock, 1923, 210.
Consolidated: Net receipts. 1921, 965; ex-
ports to Great Britain 142, 1856; to France
1862; to the continent. los, 799
Total since September 1: Net receipts
4,694,2S6; exports to Great Britain, 1,672 $685.
to France, 343, 331; to the continent, 1,1S0, 421
Now Orleans Cotton Market
New Orleans, December S.-Speculation
in cotton futures broadened appreciably to-
day. At times the market was very active.
News was somewhat conflicting but in the
main it was bulish. The English cables
We're much better than had been looked for
in view of the weakness developed here yes
terday. Reports from American spinning
districts were favorable; dry goods mar
kets in all directions were said to be in bet
ter shape than for some time past; holders
of spot cotton were Indifferent about sell
ing, while demand at all points of accumu-
lation was reported as extremely good.
Southern spot markets were generally
higher, according to private accounts, al
though official reports as a rule failed to
reach any advance. Spot prices in the To-
cal market were marked up Il. The fu-
ture market opened here steady with prices
1 to points higher and further advanced
to points. The trading during the fore
noon was chiefly local, but in the afternoon
speculation became more general. Invest
ment buying was n feature, but covering
was the rule. Diminished receipts at
ports and interior points were predicted
in volume from what remained large. Flu
lures closed firm at a net gain of to 10
points.