The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-06-15

After h%esltAting early in the day. owing to somewhat
Ssmsll local demand. cotton prices weakoned and
slowly declined. closing at about the lowest nEures OF
the South where needed, the precipitation Including
a,oo inches at Mansfield, La; go at Fcrl Deposit
Ci / at Savannah. Ga; % Of an inoh At Amarillo,
IIS.' az ;SS =, at 6, VISSs6GrE; hIsc'' az 80 At A MGn,so% ps1
jss at # ,rlaiS T !. TsT;. 20 at Augusta ca 4, 20 IT,t r.
R Reapn Hr.. .' and d, % at at 6 As:snsn; SS.' Tenn a. More:
over. the signal Service predicted Sccssi0nal
thundorstorms in South Carolina and Georgia; partly
cloudy with occasional showers IN Eastern Florida
shower: I'm and T sSan%s1s,o a1s:li in Fsnn sns LV sho%er:
In Northern Alabama, ArtSnsas. oklAhoma; Indian
and the south sold. and the break in wheat. Il is
s, ate forced some local and Western h Snn to
the spot markets In this country were quiet. Still
1SS dfSlins SS %S' slight cap. especially Ias y,i n To- the e. need needed STG X
the Atlantic and Eastern Gulf states. while in the
Of late have prevented the proper cultivation of
the plant II, indeed, actual injury has not re-:
wsre liberal and the spot markets at the South were
nrm; while there was q general indisposLtion to sell
Ca, June StSP ranged very high past
week, At times over 100 In the shade. Country badly
In need OF general rain; vegetation suffering greatly.
Present conditions not unlike same time last year
Hra IsyH; and while plant Is mai ana ,OSEs %a.
BILE: Fields are clean and we'll cultivated: the growth
downward rather than upward. the tSp;root
reaching for moisture" Augusta, Ca. June
~ AcrehR0 IN georgia anu bOutn OhToLnA u
came as last year, and use OF fertilizers about
10 ' cent. lesa. Cotton has . good stand. free from
hr1Hs, but quite small. Rain very badly needed. and
DO done to cotton. Crop about two weeks lator than
last year." Columbia, S. c., June TO-" Crop In
upper tier of counties OF this state looks vey well,
conAlderinR length OF time without rain. 1t 10 per-
fectly clean and growing. II we have usual June
rains, II is now in condition to spring up rapidly.
Don't think crop injured by the dry weather.; In fact,
consider dry May alwaysdesIrabie: Wehaye prom.
ise OF . full average crop. Weather here 10
dry and hot" Raleigh, n. c." Rain badly
needed" Atlanta, Ga Cotton crop this SEQ
tion not doing well; stands in acme places rather
poor; rain needed. though no serious damage done a.
yet" Little Rock. Ark.-"The floods. original reduc:
ton OF acreage. and repIanting in corn instead Of
cotton. VIII amount to a reduction OF acreage In
from now until October as to final yield. A. pre-
as We had last year would be unprecedented Il oo.
Cotton plant very small and backward owing to
lack of rain. So far we do not think tho crop has
suffered materially from the drought"
CoFFEE-hio on the spot vas dull; No. 2. CSC. Tho
sales werc 5000 bags Maracaibo at sl9c: Futures hero
wero unchanged to 10 points lowor. The close was
barely steady attcr SaleA of Is. $50 bags. Havre de-
clinod AZ. Hamburg was L pig. higher to 2 pig.
lower. Rio was barely steady with prices and OK.
change unchanged; receipts for two days, 1000;
stock, 24S. 900. Santos was quiet at 100 reis decline;
receipts. 1000; stock. 329. 900. The future trading
hara n N aa fnln~a.