The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-02-08

Bad weather, higher Liverpool prices, light receipts
OTHER words. there was, strictly speaking. nothing
new in tho situation; old Influences still dominated
be nshting for the bulls, Down on terra nrms IL e
the same or mora s),nRain was reported IN North
Atlanta had ] 20 inches. Montgomery i.9o and Au-
s sSsw S 3 a. ro, sa no T was : rePSr tna IN sie psr iS N Mi sshEnpIi.
temperatures we're very low, being q At Atlanta and
in Mississippi. iG at Memphis. Tenn, and at Little
Rock. Ark, where there was also snoTi 20
4 below at Amarillo, Tex. which is of interest al;
though no cotton ia raised so far to the northwest OF
and the river is probably frozen over there, though
ten days ago II was not frozen over below Hannibal.
any Immediate iet:Sp in the cold weather, for the
temperature was the iSweS,tn ~ Of the season Riv at b bss
o%yertiowed its banks In word. the news was dis;
, rnsi, ina and eSu smp y r11c,i6n S S%i5ishi the sui eIos sne L l5s@al
pool-"rhe most striking fact has been the wey IN
IisHa7.iaisD crop have been absorbed. with the, creep.
ton OF Ruasia, Continental spinners had little
and ne Soy S = l Isft II Many t9o Gont %5!ln IN .S S9i 3
dealers and even agents were induced to sell short.
low the figures i re- ever reached in the open market.
Consumption IL everywhere at it's highest; Opinions
crop authorities are a blessing or a curse to the trade.
Last summer, at q time when a reliable estimate was
the market for the spinners' production, and later on
continued bear reports made the spinner miss the
caught on both Sides The European short inter
est here ts,r estimate a., at fully ny ,5oo;ooS r, oa thst
there will he a considerable reduction in the acreage.
on this talk. Here in New York print cloths are less
active but very firm at 21po. Prints are in better de-
MaHq the ~' CAPACITY Sr'Hs Of @'t the mills is taxed to TIE utmost
to meet the demand for white goods and woven
attracting wide ~attention in the dry goods trade; the
demand is brisk. Knights cambrics are hc:lhigher
Hill 80 6leached and half bleached cottons to sac.
Prices advanced for Merrimack indigo blue prints to
Alnr and rpllmh ia rhanhrava tn dAp IawrnnCp.
TAYLOR a Co. have advanced Ionsdale a. bleaehed
S SGttoa ,.s to 81, &C. and Gdnt have marked n I 4, u RRni on Fi SS1e
ADVANCED the price Of Fruit q the Loom a. and
net net G Tespeetivei S1''I Bliss. 10 Fn 9ssi Z? { C sna have ave
advanced American, gray and BLACK and white
price will remain as at present until Fob. Il, when
1t will be advanced to 3Ac. net. Wheelwright, FL.
Glendale. 4,yard brown s]heettnss He,; orow:indian
A bleached cottons &c. and Masonyii A. bleaehed
yarns selling more readily. American cotton is
Indian and Egyptian: A very conservative New
York ,Mfs house says T,o c OF raw cotton IN h mT6 HIs , Is a g good 3Sa
South for a long time. past and the fact. that cotton
rsfent asia in a sh fse ilSlaf that ns' i. not se Sssn R,ep pTet to s Sny
fTsl that ft sRe 2F9p 91&E" R %es SfsSef DAD ID 'S Sn9 fTee eaiss."
Saturday. temperature 2oe. Cotton in helds almost
frolen hard Mason. Ca, FEB. e.%"Been raining III
twcnty-four hours; heaviest this season; excos.
sir s,T ,9,s ss a in aa AnSus So farm T TsPi and and p Ra adv sSsms
made. No new mules sold and light fertilizer move;
ment.' Galveston. Tex. Feb. q" Many colored
renters are abandoning their places, country mer-
chants being unwilling or unable to sgpply
them. Cotton acreage will be greatly reduced
and more corn planted. No ploughs have
been started. owing to much rain lately
Macon, Ga, Feb. g Weather simply awful.
Farmers have done nothing toward a new
crop; very little fertilizers being shipped: acreage in
this state will be largely cut" Pine Bluff. Ark. Feb.
.3.-"Thirtyf Z. cent. OF the crop along the river and
in the bottoms remains unpicked; have never known
gins and railroad platforms to be 80 bare of cotton,
Most fields filed with water. and the stalk is filled
with weather beaten stuff. not half of which will be
gathered. If present weather continues two weekR
longer it will put planters four to six weeks behind
in planting preparations"
CoFFEE-Rio on the spot was quiet at 6"sc. for No.
Z. Sales of l 100 bags Maracaibo. Futures declined
+ to 10 points and closed barely steady. Sales of
l3. $50 bags. Hayre declined III. to Af. Hamburg
declined 4 pfg. American warehouse deliveries.
II, l48 bags. Rio was weak with prices and exchange
unchanged; receipts for two days, 10000: stock.
100000. Santos was unchanged: receipts for two
days. %. 900; stock. 500, 900. The future trading
here WAS as follows: