The age-herald., 1899-01-21
New York Cotton Market.

New York, January 2O.-The cotton mar ket showed pronounced leaning toward the bull side pretty much all day. The most prominent feature of the developments was a sharp turn of New Orleans and Liverpool shorts and a certain well known oversold export house?this buying for the most part being in the January, March and May deiv- cries. Throughout the day these positions showed a relatively much firmer position than the rest of the list, January in fact, reaching a level ten points over the final figure of yesterday. While steady in tone at the start, prices went off 1 to points in sympathy with weakness in Liverpool futures. Reports of continued good weather over the cotton belt and prospects of larger movement at the ports for the day than had been anticipatd added to the reactionary condition of the early market. Shortly after the call, however, winter in vestment orders began to arrive, which led to a turn in the course of the market. Late cables reflected more stable feeling abroad, southern dispatches indicated a firmer spot market dilatory crop prepara- tions and unsettled weather prospect, all of which operated to undermine the position of shorts. Covering became general and for a time the bulls were in control.
 New Orleans Cotton Market
 New Orleans, January 2O.-Cotton frm sales, 4,100 bales. Ordinary, 4-16c. good ordinary, 49s; low middling, 5; middling 5 7-16; good middling, 6 1-f6;-middling fair, 9-16; receipts, S,912 bales; stock, 44S,49
 Consolida ted: Receipts, net, POT ,543 bales; exports to Great Britain, 11O,829 to France, 21 S97; to the continent, 91 ,504 stock, 101 558
 Cotton futures firm. Jan1ary, 5.46 bid; February, 546Q5.47; March, 54SQ5.49; April, 5.53@5.55; May, 5.5705.58; June, 562Q5.63 July, 5.66Q5.67; August, 5.65Q5.66; September 5.6Oq5.62 October, 5.60q5.61.
 A further rise in stocks sentimentally in- fuenced the cotton market, some of the speculative public directing more attention to the staple The late market was rather less active. but displayed well sustained strength. The local trade was also dsap- pointed in the smaller spot sales abroad, but 10000 bales being reported. Reports from New England showed yarns and cloths to be in brish demand at outside prices. The market closed very steady at a loss of 1 point to net gain of 8 points.
 Cotton firm; middling, 6%; net receipts, 5O5; gross. S,Os7; sales. 7O62; stock, 1O4.s23 exports to the Continent, Al.
 Total today: Net receipts, 34,3SS; exports to Great Britain 26.657; to France. S,OS7; Continent, 16.352; stock, 1,1Ol,55
 Consolidated: Net receipts 207,0i3; ex- ports to Great Britain. 110.S29; to France 21 ,S97; Continent, 91504.
 Total since September 1: Net receipts, S. 442, 452; exports to Great Britain, 2,565 ,662 to France, 553,5 ,599; Continent, 1,7S2,1a4.
 @ Visible Supply
 New Orleans. January 20-Secretary Hes- ters statement of the worlds visible supply of cotton, made up from special cable and telegraph advices, compares the figures of this week with last week, last year and in 1895, the latter the 9,901 900 crop year. It shows q decrease for the week just closed of 40 959 bales against an increase of 70 SS1 bales last year and an increase of 51 1885 bales in 1895.
 The total visible is 5,105,oS5 bales against 5.145, ,994 bales last week, 4501940 last year and 4,S96, ,aSS bales in 1895. Of this the total of American cotton is 4,S46,035 bales against 4,s95, ,994 bales last week, ,9i0 bales last year and 4,576,7SS bales in 1895; and of all other kinds, including Egypt. Brazil, India, etc., 259,0O0 bales against 250,OO0 bales last week. 249,OO0 bales last year and 32O,200 bales In 1895.