The age-herald., 1898-02-11
New York Cotton Market.

New York, Feb 1O.-Today's cotton mar ket was at different times steady active and irregular, with encouraging indications of broadening speculation. As the early cables reported an advance of 5-64d at Liv- eTpool and latter cables a further advance of 1-64d, our market on tine first call started at an advance of 4d7 points. but the inn provement tapered off as the later months were received and the opening call finished with the advance erduced to 102 points on the more remote delieveries. This reaction was the result of numerous later cables from the English market. Before noon all the advance was lost. Still later the Liver pool market showed renewed signs of great strength and activity with the market firm and 8 net gain of 51-64d. Our market re- sponded, but not without frequent and cratic fluctuations in prices. The break at Liverpool after the opening advance in the market was the result of an effort to weaken the markets in this country Tn or der to make a bstter buying basis. Meet ing with stubborn opposition the foreigners changed front and bought heavily in their own markets and throughout this country as well, causing exceptional activity and creating a very nervous feenng.
 Total today: Net receipts 39,439; exports to Great Britain 1909; France 50OO; conti- nent 14.703: stock 1,23O,1S7.
 Consolidated: Net receipts 1870 ex- ports to Great Britain S5,714; France S. 093 continent 5S630.
 Total since Sept. l. Net receipts 6,S99,511; exports to Great Britain 2,37O.9O to France 626 927; to the continent 1,194,154 .s q Cotton futures opened steady; sales 2b- 300 bales; Feb. 606; March COS; April 6.13; May 615; June 616; July 6.19; Aug. and Sept. and Oct. 6.22; Nov. 6.23.
 Spot cotton opened quiet and steady at unchanged prices. Closed steady; mid ding uplands 6Ac; middling gulf 6Ac; sales 221 bales.
 Cotton futures closed steady; sales SO6,- 400 bales: Feb. 596; March 5.99; April 602; May 6.O6;. June 609: July 6.19; Aug. 616; Sept. 6.15; Oct. GIG; Nov. 6.16.
 New Orleans Cotton Market
 New Orleans, Feb. 10.-Cotton futures steady: sales. 5,7OO. February nominal; March, 5595d5 60; April. 5.64@5.65 May, 5 e96l5. 70: June, 5.74G5.75; July, 5.7S45.So August. 5.S1d5. S2; September, 5.S3Q5S5; De- tober, 5.S7G5.S9
 Daily Statement
 New Orleans-Cotton steady; sales, 6l5 ordinary 9-16c; good ordinary 15-l6c low midding, 4Ac; middling, 9-l6c; good middling 5%c; middling fair, 5-16c; sales, 16,9OO; stock 55o,S41.
 Galveston-Firm; middling, 11-16c; sales 45O; receipts 7675; stock, 2O3,5n
 Mobile-Steady; middling, 5H2; sales' 4oo receipts, 8S4; stock, 44,42S.
 Savannah-Steady; middling, TIC; sales, 4O3; receipts, 319O; stock, 1o5.7S2.
 Charleston-F'irm; middling, 5lsc bid; receipts, 30; stock, 37 ,339.
 Wilmington-Firm middling, 512c; re- ceipts, 757 stock, 65,S01.
 Baltimore-Nominal; middling, 6c re- ceipts, 1892; stock, 36,218.
 Norfolk--Firm; midding, 5Sc; sales, 520; receipts, 1.921 stock, 64,S01.
 Boston-Quiet; middling, 6hc; receipts, C1S; stock, 1,618. t Philadelphia--Quiet; middling, 6lac; re- cepts, 1o55; stock, 13,547.
 Memphis-Firm; niddling, 9-16c; re- cepts, 2,394; stock, S,5SL
 Augusta-Firm; middling, 5bc; sales, 19;. receipts. 300; stock, 5S 7S0.
 Louisville-Cotton,s mfddling, 5hc.
 Houston-Cotton steady; middling 11-16; sales, none; receipts. 4.7s6; stock, 6O5S7;- ex- pected tomorrow, 4500. M si Consolidated statement: Net receipts, 167, exports to Great Britain. S5,174; to France. S,O93; to the continent, 5S63o; stock 1,230187. .FSi 'tff .'
 Cotton Letter
 By Private Wire to T. G. Hewlett Agent New York, Feb. 1O.--Continued firmness. combined with moderate activity, charac- terzed the cotton market Thursday. The principal influence came from abroad. Ldy- erpool advices were especially bullish, .ret porting appreciable advances in both the, spot and future markets, sales of 12N00 bales spot having been accomplished. on a. basis of sgd for middling. Accounts from southern spot markets were also encour- aging, and this and other factors dominant induced some buying and did not prevent. the market from experiencing the usual fluctuations incident to a bull season. Re- ports from various localities in New Eng. land were not especiallyp interesting For; effective. Receipts at the ports were esu-