The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-01-20

Strength characterized the cotton market from first
selling and better weather at the South. Wall street
was a heavy buyer for outside account. one house
purchasing freely. Local shorts covered to some
extent, but there is believed 10 be still a large short
York account. Liverpool stock IS close TO ] 900, 200
SslGs s s9H 4 .r, Il sti, Sosh d By , RRs1 oy , ,Ss I GSdS YORK haze AZ.
change. Meantime Liverpool is active aud advancing
csipts at the ports and the Interior towns are so
small that some think that the present excess Of
today y r SesfSS% less : 5 than hS nf sslf ft he total dn 81 a E week RG srS
s s%f lsGSG for lei is.m anan a y YEA. S SSiy h hsa s ss ls 1FlSf faT
the same day, last year and the interior receipts are
tt otaI interior GSsinG arrivals iHG;' for or the 'S Ssot 's sg: c ah'
R 3 s'so5 At i.s so, 2sS2 s nssiG is,o, gs; 0o Stoc ls't At v cSs, 6 Sns
fESin;s !, 81 .Ie.sIn : Te Eek, ago gOr and nd n,s 700 20 last A.. yea, ear
terror stocks Of 5000 bales. To-day. while the
port receipts were less than 10000. the exports we're
spot markets. the upward tendency OF cotton goods.
and the extraordinary activity at the New York
disposition to, reduce tho estimates of the crop.
Regular print CLOTHS are in better demand
A. to the Augusta strLe. the hands are
Chance sfna to to sS go T sc ao . NEXT M ThSST VII Fr nnT fiv %n9snsF
The trade has full order books and orders will be
e opsl fas!9 %is.. iG 5Sn. is'l @f hSys h faI S Soa s IF a MSisS Of
steady rain, with only three days OF clear weather;
IN nam a miserable RtsSiG,ss state. '" It 4 claimed Ein@i' that s seed IN n many %1E
places Is rotten and gins cannot we'll separate it
has been heavy, owine to late rise, expect, port
receipts this and next week to be quite liberal.
Receipts from plantations. have been exceedingly
t s%nll; In with soms m,rS Sitspis'' ub bid roads o,bs in;
particularly south of this place exhaustion is the
true reason for curtailment of receipts. Demand for
greatly n AIDED srS By i ES&' freight ffSS! 4 rates sT to fnrop ah'' We e
have an offer for room to Bremen from Savannah
equal to roc. from Opelika. Freight to Eastern mills
at e6c. p 100 lbs. With such rates Europe will con-
tinue 70 be = large purchaser; Low grades arc being
shipped. No preparations for tho new crop as yet.
Banks are very slow in promising assistance; adj
vancing merchants only carry what they are Obliged
to. Sales of fertilizers about 20 per cont. of last
year" Augusta, Ga, Jan. 10 - Our receipts are very
light, due in a measure to continuous rains
for the past ten days, We are beginning for
drop in receipts in the near future even II the
weather should improve. as we do not hear of any
stocks Of consequence. Quality coming in Ia the
poorest ever seen at this time Of the year. averaging
hardly better than Liverpool fully low middling."
Sales of mules and fertilizers mt tho South are re
ported unusually small. Banks and merchants are
freedom. From Te1Arkana, Ark.-"Thcy have not
been able to pick any cotton in this section for
fourteen days; We have had more rain in Arkansas.
Texas. Louisiana and Mississippi in the last eight
number of years; several Of the rivers are ont OF
their banks. and still rising, which will overflow
md, Of acres r. nnp Pic cotton; There ere, has las
the planters. This time last year the Red Planting
Company of this city. had on hand over 800 bales.
To-day they have lees thnn 20. This time last year
To-day there are less than 100 bales. The
acreage will be reduced in this comfy
CoFFEE-Rio on the spot was steady at 6Ssc. for No.
Of 1880 bags. HSvre declined a. Hamburg
unchanged. American warehouse deliveries, |
1882 bags. Rio was steady at unchanged prices;
rise of 1-32d. Santos was hrn: receipts. II, 900: |
bb3, 900. Tho future trading WAS as follows: