The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-10-13
COTTON MARKETS.

NEW YORK, oct 12.-COTTON-To-
day the cotton market was an erratlc
affair throughout. with the bull and bear
factions In control by turns. On the open
ing OF the call buying orders held over
from yesterday and a small movement
at the ports brought an advance OF :
points on the near months, while the dis
tant months developed weakness and
dropped ! 20 3 points. Reports OF weak
ness in Liverpool during the first hour
brought a much lower level of prices,
active liquidation Of investment and pro-
fessional holdings being a feature. Short
ly after midday there was a sudden up
lift on a rush TO cover by shorts, started
By predictions that tO-mOrrow's receipts
would be exceptionally light, but the
better feeling soon petered out, and once
more prices turned downward, Dropping
points in about as many minutes. VAL
street New Orleans and Europe srld
freely. Shorts and American spirners
were the buyers. Early in the session a
wel-known Philadelphia firm purchased
several large lots Of August delivery. The
market closed steady at about the lowest
point Of the day, at a net loss OF 10 TO 10
points.
COTTON-Futures opened steady. 0eto-
Der @ 80. November. COZ. December. 'ol.
January 7O7: February. 7os. March and
April. IA: April. ia. May ana June
Z Il: July and August, u.s. september
G.Sl 40.
Futures closed steady: October, ESQ;
November $50. December, ESQ. Janu-
airy. 693: February. 696; March ~
April. 7O3; MAY 70J; June, 7oi; july
7.OS: August, 100
Spot cotton closed quiet: middling up.
lands. IA mddling gulf, ~; sales 40
bales.
COTTON-Qulet; middling. ~; net re-
ceipts. 4l3 bales: gross. 1.Olj bales safes
476 bales: stock. 127. so bales exports 10
Great Britain. SAB bales; TO the continent
/ 100 bales. 10 France. 97J bales.
Total to-day-Net receipts. 26,23j bales
exports to Great Britain 1928 bales; to
France IL $50 bales. to the Continent
3.sG8 bales: stock, 777,497 bales. ,-o
Consolidated - Net receipts 2So6g0
bales: exports to Great Britain; Z|Vgo
bales: to France, 1,5e6 bales, 10 the Ooh-
tinent. - 272 bales.
Total since September 1st-Net receipts
.23OGJ1 bales; exports 10 Great BrlaIn,
200 9GS bales: 90 France. 1O3.Sb0 Daies'
TO the Continent, 3O2 16S bales.
NEW ORLEANS. oct. 12.-COTToN--
Futures barely steady; october. GO bid,
November GJ4dGJ6; December 800
| & IN. January. GG3d5G4; February 60l4
g Gs: March. G.71G6I2. April. O.foeo''o'
May, 6.7SQ679; June, 6.sl1o.e''
LIVERPOOL oct. 12-CoTToN--sspot
I'm fair demand: prices 1921. higher;
American middling fair. 7-lG good
| middling, 5-32; middiing: l0-iO; low 3g.
| r,id4lfn0 . 3-9g. good ordinary, l9-d-'
| ord.narv' 3a. The sales of the day were
| ~ o0O bales. OF which 1000 were ioI
| snecHlation and export and inciuled IL
| zoo American. Receipts, 1900 bales al
Fntures opened steady and closed barely
steady at the advance. American u',a-
ding ]. IN. c.. october. 53-o4a5 $50
sellers. October and November . 49,
buvers. November and December Jl-p4
a. 5o-G4 sellers: December and January
3 50-Gl. buyers; January and February
3 sO-G4. sellers; February and sae -o y.
| 2 50-Gf. BUYERS: March aud April . .o-o'
az 5l-64. sellers; April and May, : 9d - ~
| sellers. Nav and June, 5l-tlG5 -
eeilers. June and July. 3 5l-6443 32-b4
buvers: July and August 3 52-64' sellers
Auq1tst and September. 3 Jl-O4, seileIs'
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