Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-15


yellow corn. 351zQ36c Flour quiet ana I'M
changed. No spring wheat ga ,lt2c;
No spring wheat 6jnlc.; No. req, '5g
lac. No. corn. 5l4a5944c. no. oats
ZSac.: No. white, 3l45ll2c.; NO. White,
3QiJG3lc. No. rye, 55l2c. No. barley, 4lH
! 5ii5c No. / haXseed, Sill; new, N2OAg
81 LJlb. Prime timothy seed, $Zig Mess
pork, per barrel 50 1880. Lard, per IVO
pounds, S547l2a5JO; short rip sides
| Coose1( 81. 7OGSASJ: dry-salted shoulders
6oxedS sl.25GSL3lla; short clear sides
0OxeD S-.QJ0S51O Whisky. distillers'
finished goods. per gallon, Sl.2o. sugar
cut-loaf unchanged. Butter firm; cream
erv. lld22c.; dairy. 1l12QlSc. Eggs firm;
fresh zoa26c. Cneese sleauy, c,rai,i9' '40'
THE COTTON MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL, February III +. NJ
steady: American middling, 7-l6d. The
sales Of the day were 10000 bales, OF which
600 bales were for speculation and eX-
port. and included 9'OV pales american
receipts. $1,000 bales-al American.
Futures opened steady, with FAIR de-
mand and closed quiet put STEADY ;
American middlug. loW-mlddlng cause
February. ) 23-6ld., value; February ana
March, 3-6id., value; March ana Apt,Ll,
256ld buyers; April ana VI ay ~, 5o ga
3 2i-6id; May and June, 324-6iq5 Zo-oid.,
BUYERS: June and July, 22-6ld, buyers I;
July and August, 2j-6443 Zo-64d., buyers
AUGUST and September, 25-Siq3 26-6id.,
buyers; September and october and Octo,
Der and November ana november anu
December, 3 26-6id., buyers
NEW YORK, February H-Cotton a.
Quiet; middling 6sle' s gS baIeg sa ieso
.266 bales: stock. 1883 bales; exports
to France 163 bales. ~ ,oo,o 49,,
Totals to-day: Net recelp's, lS,-55 Ddles |;
exports-to Great bri tsn continent oao 19S
France 1853 bales; 70 the CONTINENT -'A'o
l,a los. etook Sq4Nl9 Ddlc1.
ConsoIidated: Net receipts, 4i,O26 bales;
a,,norts-to Great Britain, 2OSll bales 10
france 1913 bales; 70 the Continent, IS'oOo
'3 Totals since September LIST: Net re-
CENTS 697.ll7 bales; exports-to Great
bales: 10 the Continent, 2,O99.i96 bales
The market for cotton fulures opened
firm. with initial SAFES 10 n poii ~
hove the final figures OF Saturday. All
fbrouch the session the feeling was IA
'Iorable 10 the staple, and with The ex-
ception OF occasional spurts OF plSht-
taking, under which prices went on
noint or two, prices held well up TO the
drnening figures. and speculation was on
erneroIis lines and general. During the
sarlv norton az the session Liverpool
and Continental houses We're heavy Duy-
ers giving special attention TO the nearer
INC OF old short accounts. Commission
honses were identified closely with the
huving movement as were local shorts.
southern representatives had compara-
lively few orders, but these Tor the most
mart were for purchase or May and Au-
gust options The close was steady. at
a net rise OF 80 points. The domi-
mating influences of the day We're strong
English cables. small receipts at the in
terror towns and ports, and bad weather
news from the cotton region Even The
more confident bulls were surprised by
the marked strength 81 the Liverpool
market. and had not calculated on such
receipts rs official dispatches Indicated.
Futures I'm the English market had moved
4 10 points over our holiday and spot
cotton had advanced 1892, with a brisk
trade in progress at tie better figures.
private cables attributed the improve
ment I'm that market 10 heavy covering
az shorts. on the American storm news,
and the failure OF prominent Liverpool
snot cotton firm, which pretty much all
the season had been persistenty sticking
TO the bear side.
Cotton futures opened firm; February.
S.3i: March. s6.33: April. s6.SJ; May, 800: