The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-08
daily MARKET REPORT.
At Home land Abroad.


New York December 1.-THE bull crowd
scored an advance of 4 to points In the
early part of todays cotton market, but
the Improvement was later entirely wiped
out and slight decline placed to the credit
of the bear element Speculation from OPP
ening to close was of a hand to mouth char
acter, bulls and bears alike finding little in
news at hand on. which to base new ven
lures. Cable news was quite satisfactory
In average as to the Liverpool market for
futures and the longs found some encour-
agement In the fact that the spot sales In
the English market reached 1900 bales.
Selling was arrested by the claim that the
commission houses hold buying orders large
in the aggregate. 80 AZ ~ ...
Reports from leading southern spot mar
kets indicated well sustained interest on
the part of exporters with buyers for
American mills also on the alert. Man.
chester and Fall River advices were gen.
orally faboravle. Indicating continued ac-
tivity in the demand for cloths and more
or less for cotton goods generally. These
reports led to great caution on the part
of the shorts. But the public outside takers
were not aggressive and the market re-
fected a disposition to wait for further de-
velopments regarding the comparative vol
ume of export purchases and receipts. In
the afternoon hesitation was particularly
marked while the undertone was weak.
At the close the market was officially
to points net lower
New York, December 7.--Cotton quiet:
mdding, 55s; net receipts. 1861 bales; gross,
$3.50 sales. 391; stock, 107,599; coastwise,
1,002.
Total today: Net receipts, 57.1Ss; exports
to France, $500: continent, 1929; stock,
1.S21,s45.
Consolidated. Net receipts 272, BOT; exports
to Great Britain. 1126S6; to France 2S, $40;
continent, 27,346
Total since September 1: Net receipts,
1853, 22S; exports to Great Britain, 1,642 657;
to France, 32655S: continent, 1,14S,16S.
New Orleans Cotton Market
New Orleans. December 7.-Cotton steady;
Sales 5000; ordinary, 35sh good ordinary,
3-16; low middling, 9-16; middling s; good
middllng. 5ss middling fair, 6M; receipts.
20,429; stock, 408,s51.
Consolidated Receipts. net. 272307 ex-
ports to Great Britain, 112. 6S6; to France,
2S,a9 continent, 7s,546; stock, 1,S2l,s45.
Cotton futures steady. December, 4.93
bid; January. 49S@499; February, 5O365. O5;
March, 5.0S65.09; April. 5.1965 IS; May, $40
.@52O; June. 524@5.25; July, 5.29@5.SO; Au-
gust, 5.2S@5.29; September, 5.25@5.27; Octo-
Der, 528 asked.
caiIv State-ne,. 90.
Galveston-steady; middling 81; sales,
l4o3; receipts lZ,Sf5; Stock 344,23I.
Moblle-Steady middlng, s. sales 500
bales; receipts, 3,1S4; stock. 1881.
Savannah-Steady: mddling 415-16; sales,
46 bales; receipts, 6567; stock I7S,143 +.
Charleston-Frm; middling, 5; receipts,
937 bales; stock, 1884 -
Wilmington-Firm; middling. s; receipts.
y2,40S bales; stock. A,3O1 ifs
Norfolk-Steady; middling. 5 5-1e; sales.
AIS bales; receipts. 1920; stock. S51o1.
" Baltimore-Nominal; m,ddling,I 5h; re-
cepts 2,444 bales; stock, 2S,293
Boston-Quiet and firm; middling 55s:
receipts. net 4,S50 bales; gross 11,479
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.; middling; ,5M; re-
ceipts, 2S5 bales; stock. 5,o5S. s.. 49, &
Memphis-Steady; mitdlsng 81 J; sales. d.
500 bales receipts, 4.944; stock 159Ss1. 1872
i. Augusta Steady rnddling. 5S7l1e@5Js;
'saesi 176 bales5recefpts 4, es9; stock, a5,59fs
q ss5gss. - sfsbicaqo ,T.hsne4 so -
Chicago, December 7-Weak cables and
heavy receipts were the factors today in
the wheat pit. May wheat shows a loss
of B@Ac and December sc. Coarse grains
were weak early but rallied and closed n
@Ac higher for corn and Nose for oats
Provisions declined 2tzQ715c
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