The age-herald., 1899-03-18
COTTON MARKET
 SHOWED WEAKNESS Declined 3 Points Under Heavy
 Selling Pressure. THE DAYS WEATHER REPORT Showed Improved Conditions Through out the Cotton Belt and Larger
 Crop Movement Looked For.
 Acreage Gossip Bearish.
THE DAYS WEATHER REPORT

New York, March 1.-The cotton market, after opening steady at unchanged prices to a decline of points, developed weakness under considerable selling pressure in good part the result of orders from Europe and the south.
 The former according to cables, resulted from expectations of a much larger move ment in this country to follow the better weather in the south which would mean making field work possible and hastening the planting season.
 Todays weather reports already show better conditions, and there were plenty of private advices in circulation here to the effect that general field work would begin in earnest in the more favored localities next week. There was some talk, however, of floods in the Tennessee river localities as the resul tof recent rains, with the dan ger line at Chattanooga already passed. As rule the acreage gossip was more bearish than 1t has been for some time past. Public cables were unsatifactory, and also con tributed materially to the weaker feeling here. Actual and prospective receipts showed a much larger movement than had been looked for. At the lowest point of the day. prices showed a net loss of 546 points.
 The close was steady at to points net lower.
 New York, March 1.-Cotton easy; mid ding, 51sc; net receipts, 227 bales; gross, 2,093 bales; sales, 300 bales; stock, 131 265 bales; exports to Great Britain, 25O bales; exports to the continent, 655 bales
 Total today-Net receipts, 20,236 bales; exports to Great Britain, S2S bales; exports to the continent, 5,S13 bales; stock, 754, ,130 bales.
 Consolidated-Net receipts, 9s,67S bales; exports to Great Britain, 16,996 bales;i eX- ports to France, 10. .491 bales exports to the continent, 34 79S bales. Total since September Met receipts, L. 37S,ST bales; exports to Great Britain, B. 04S6T bales; exports to France 646,94 bales; exports to the continent, 2,S12,6SS bales.
 New Orleans Cotton Market
 New Orleans, March 17.-Cotton dull and easy; sales, 1850 bales. Ordinary, 4bc: good ordinary, 11-16c; low middlng, 51sc mid ding, 13-16c; good middling, 7-16c mid ding fair, 15-16c; receipts, 6,4S6 bales; stock 362, SIP bales. -
 Consolidated-Net receipts, sS,67S bales. exports to Great Britain. 16996 bales; exports to France, ,491 bales; exports to the continent 34,79S bales; stock. 754,13o bales.
 New Orleans, March 17.-Cotton futures steady. March, 5.75QD5. .76; April, 5.74@575; May, 5.7S@5.79; June, 5.SSQ5,S4; July, 5.SS@5.- S4; August, 5.79dD5.SO; September, 5.75@576; October, 573d5.74; November, 5.73Q574; De- cember, 5.74Q5.75.
 Daily Statement
 Galveston-Quiet middling, e&c; sales, 46; receipts, 4,596; stock, 92,32S.
 Mobile-Quiet; middng, 5Bc; sales, 400; receipts 169; stock, 19,300.
 Savannah-Easy; middlng, 15-16c: sales, 2; receipts, 30S0; stock, 37,557.
 Charleston-Steady; middling, 5%c bid; receipts. 1,059; stock, 15,S75.
 Wilmington-Firm middling, 6c; receipts, 139; stock 11.717.
 Norfolk-Quiet; middling, 6c sales, 2O2; receipts 1,525; stock, 5O,S67. :
 Baltimore-Nomnal; middling. 6Rc; re- ceipts, 97S; stock, 22, ,19S.
 Boston-Steady; middling, 67sc; receipts, net, 1246; gross, 1.459.
 Philadelphia-Quiet; middling, 69sc; re- ceipts, 50; stock, 9,239.
 Memphis-Steady; midding, 6c; sales, 1,050; receipts, 1928; stock, 91S45.
 Augusta-Quiet; mddling, 7-16c; sales, 327; receipts, 1,S1S; stock, actual, 932.
 Cotton Letter
 By Private Wire to T. G. Hewlett, Agent.
 Birmingham, March 1.-The Liverpool market again showed weakness today. and our market eased off in sympathy. The opening here were the highest prices of the session. Reports from the spinning centers were not very favorable for a de- 'mand, while the port receipts were quite liberal, as compared with year ago. The general belief, expressed by a number of leading traders. is that prices will work considerably lower within the next few weeks. Trading today was very small, DrinciOally of a local nature. -..,.