Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-10-01

Dec ......-. 2yl4s3s 29Ia 29a 2ess /
May........ aiNaS 3llsaSs 81 AaS BIZ
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ssept..."... 2lAa% ely siA slss
Doc......... 2Ook 2OtR 2Oes Zut4 /
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oct....... ss 90 ss.05 $500 $500
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LARD-Per !OOlp.
oct........s47s s477ls s472x a.77,s
Dec......... 4.S0 ASIA $50 $50
Jan......... 400 4.a5 49o 4.eS
SHORT RIBs-Per 100 lbs.
Oct..........s5.22Is s5.27S s5.22Is s5.27h
Dec ...... 472ss 4.77,S 4.72N ATM
Cash quotations were as follows: No;
yellow corn, 29Isd29 3-4c Flour steady.
No. spring wheat, 6lq63 3-4c. No. red,
6ia6Sc. No. corn, % 9-sc. No. oats,
No. white, (. o. b., % 1-iQ2S S-ic. No. 2
rye, i6c No. 2 barley, 2slp44c. No. l
fiaxseed, Ole. Prime timothy seed. s2.42is.
Mess pork, per barrel, sSQsS.l0. Lard. per
100 pounds, AS2]sas4.S. short-rib sides
boxed, s45Oat475; short-clear sides, boxed,
%.4Oas5.5O. Whiskey, distillers finished
goods, per gallon, S.3. Sugars-Cut-
loaf unchanged. Butter steady; creamery,
l3al9c. dairy, l2al7c,. Cheese steady at
THE COTTON MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL. September S0.-Cotton-
Spot; Good business done; prices favor
buyers; American middling, l-Sd. The
sales of the day were 1900 bales, OF which
1000 bales were for speculation and ex-
port, and included II, 400 bales Of Ameri-
can: receipts, 600 bales, all American.
Futures opened quiet, with a moderate
demand, and closed barely steady: Ameri-
can middling, low middling clause. Octo-
Der, 2 Sid; sellersi October and No,
December, 262-64a2 63-64d., sellers; De
comber and January, 2 6l-6iQ2 62-64d., sell
ers; January and February, 26l-64D
62-6id.. buyers; February and March,
62-f4n2 63-64d., buyers; March and April,
Sa3 Ltd, values; May and June, 1870
3 2-64d, sellers; June and July, 32-5ig
8 3-64d, sellers.
NEW YORK, September SO.-cotton-
Quiet; middling 7-lGc.; net receipts,
none; gross receipts, 2,S37 bales; exports
TO Great Britain, i449 bales to the Con-
tlnent, 2,S6 bales; forwarded, 200 bales;
sales, 65S bales; spinners, l5l bales; stock,
$3.50 bales.
Weekly. Net receipts, 1,2lO bales gross
receipts, 1903 bales; exports-to Great
Britain. 5,OO6 bales; to the Continent, 1916
bales; forwarded, 3lO9 bales, sales. LIZ
bales spinners, 1920 bales.
Totals to-day: Net receipts. 60. 100 bales;
exports-to Great Britain. q 1913 bales; 10
the Continent, 20572 bales; stock, 5lS,S62
bales.
Consolidated: Net receipts. 2,s39 bales:
eXpOrts-to Great Britain, 57,l40 bales;
to the Continent. IS. 9S6 bales.
Totals since September LIST: Net re-
ceipts 6S6.940 bales; exports--to Great
Britain, 157.li6 bales: TO France. 1880
bales TO the Continent, 12O,735 bales.
Cotton futures opened steady at the
decline; October, S.l9: November, 1921;
December, S5.G; January, $3.50; Febru-
| airy, 1874; March, $40; April, S.H; May,
| $3.50; June, 1858; July, 1857; August, 1852.
Futures closed barely steady: October,
| $50; November. S.23; December $.2S;
January, $685. February. s53S; March,
s5.i2; April. s5.47; May. Ssh; June, $3.50;
July, $3.50.
| Gulf ll-l6; middling uplands, 7-l6:
| sales, 65S bales.
The following are the total net receipts
| at all ports since September l, 1895: Cal
weston, 25S ,6I bales: New orleans, l62,73l
bales; Mobile, PISS bales; Savannah,
lis, 1879 bales; Charleston, i3.lB bales; Will
mington, 1874 bales; Norfolk, zS.458 bales;
| Baltimore, 1862 bales; New York l76O bales;
| Boston, 5.4S5 bales; Philadelphia. $50 bales;
Brunswick. 3,769 bales. Total, 6s6 1870 bales
| Fluctuations in cotton futures to-day
| were quite violent at times, with the
| market feverish during the morning and
early afternoon. Trading was spasmodic,
| with aggregate transactions the largest
|
clined 3a4 points, systematically. at the
| opening futures at Liverpool having
shown weakness. Immediately following
| the call our market became unsteady,
| under estimates for heavy movement
| Of cotton at the ports, as well as the more
| important interior towns Liquidation
! set in on a moderate scale, and the more
| confident bears materially increased their
| obligations on the short side, believing
that the downward turn toward Be- cotton
|
| orders were secured from the South and
abroad, which added to the general weak
| ness.
While sales OF 1900 bales spot at UNI
| changed prices In the Liverpool market
were considered LIBERAL decline OF 10
| 3Ih points in futures more than Offset this
| factor Rumors that the Central Gulf
| States had been visited by veritable
| coud-burst during the past twenty-four
| hours later corroborated by official wea-
Their bulletins, led 10 a change Of front,
and by midday the bull crowd had sue
| ceeded In regaining the early loss, and
| In scoring a point or two In addition.
| Shorts covered on an extensive scale.
and for a time even the stronger bears
| showed great uneasiness. According to
| the bulletin on Change, 7.50 inches OF rain
| had fallen within the past twenty-four
hours at Louisiana. Ito In Waynesboro',
| $50 az Forest City and Brlnkley. Ark. ;
la at Memphis, 102 at Cairo. l.80 at
| Vicksburg, and 10 at New Orleans.
| Showers TO moderate rains were also
noted In other sections, from Texas TO
| the Carolinas.
! The market again eased or In the after
/ noon under realizing, the latter being
due to estimates for another heavy move
| ment at all points tomorrow. Trading
| was less active. although the usual squirt
| occurred just at the close. The market
| finished the day barely steady. with
prices I TO points net higher.
NEW ORLEANS. September 3o.--Co,-
ton futures quiet october. A.sSQs4.9l; No
yember, 81 S1a$4.eS; December. $5@s5.0i
January, S.05dS.0S: February, S.l0GS.1l;
March, S.l5q;S.fe April and May, $500
SA.
NAvAL-SToRE MARKETS.
SAVANNAH. GA. September DO
Spirits Of Turpentine-Firm at % lac
bid: sales 3Ss casks; receipts, SIS casks
Rosip-Flrm; sales, 1876 barrels: re-
CENTS. 3.627 barrels. Quote: A. Il. c. and
ID soc II. 81; +. $40; q, siz0; II. ]. and
x p.8: NJ. 40; N. $50; window-glass
so: water-white, sails
| CHARLESTON, s. G.. September 30
Turpentine-Fir at ~ lie; sales. none
Rosin-Quiet and unchanged: sales
none.
WILMINGTON. NJ c., September 3d.
Spirits OF Turpentine-Firm az 2Sa2S lie.
receipts. 50 casks.
Rosin--QuIet and unchanged; receipts
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