Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-19
Opening. Highest Lowest. Closing

Cash quotations were as follows; No.
yellow corn. 354c. Flour dull. No;
spring wheat, e6lzq6sc.; No; so,l 1 sPpine
wheat 62lzq67c.; No 2 req, % 9stiLl,S7c
No . white. 2siZq29a.c. No. white, %.sg
80 30 NJ o rye &c No. barley, 424
z zsc No No ! daxseed. sllS. Mess pork;
per per barrel. SsS7Qsss2la. Lard; pei, da aeo
pounds. s5.521.gSo.5S, d 4noI'-i Shoulders
b I0Use Si95a ASH: short-clear sides, box
"a e. ,oSS5 Is. Whiskey, distillers nm
ished goods. per gallon, sly. suga arr
Cut-loaf unchanged. Butter easy, s crS arm.
erv lSfilSc.; dairy, 1ldl6c. Eggs H H,1a'
srsss,h t$LIisc. Cheese-Creams, slgg nc'
THE COTTON MARKETS.
liverpool. January lS.-Cotton-
snot. good business done; prices steany'
Smerican middling 3lsc. The sales OF tne
dav were 1900 bales. OF when S'Vp W.
for speculation and export, ana liic c ,n-
IA. 200 American. Receipts INV JANIS 49,
Guiding 1900 American. 80 .souo,a
futures opened quiet, with moderate
demand. and closed firm; American nru-
ding. low middling clause anueiy'
2 6-sld3 7-s4d.. sellers; January ana rep,
ruary' 8 6-6td3 7-6id., sellers; tepFualS
and March S-S Stgs sSid Buyers buyers April
and Nav 3 s-6iG3 9-6id., buyers; May anu
Imne q 9-s4G3 10-6id., buyers; June ana
July' 3 lO-6ia3 ll-6id., buyers; july anu
August. II -64Q3 12-6id., buyers; August
and September. R-6id; buyers osP yes.
October and November. l2-6in5 lS-oia''
buvers: November and December lS-oid.'
sellers. 90 ,rto market
for cotton futures seems 10 nav uoii
| tracted some OF the bullish 1eVer pleFa "a
| ing in the stock market, prices to-uay au
vancing IL points, with trading on a larger
| scale than has been noted Tor some tiIi,e,
| The bulls were energeue thtou nias ems
| day. being supported by Duiilsn new
from nearly ali quarters, and Liverpool
| In particular. The start was al ABOUT
lost nights prices, but bull supremacy
soon asserted itself, and by midday rIss
| OF to points had been scored w III
shorts displaying great uneasiness. Inc
latter phases of the market were sun
,nora bullish. although at times there
were reactionary periods, under cohcet'su
| efforts by a few OF the leading peals ~
! start uauidation. The market was nnai,y
| irr at n net gain OF 7 TO ii points. FuDilc
and nrivate cables alike Indicated a pun
| turn Of sentiment In the English market
| tho better feeling abroad resulting dlrect-
| lv from reduced crop estimates ana gen
| orally buIlish news from TINS sice. ru-
| lures advanced all day in that market,
while the sales OF spot cotton were the
| largest in some time. Soutnern as
| matches were practically reiteraton OF
| reports earlier in the week, 1ndlcauhS
| declining receipts, small vstock IN plant.
era hands. hardening markets Tor spo'
cotton. more brisk demand. from New
England spinners. and bad weather loi
| Gathering the staple still In the neids
Perhaps the most encouraging feature OF
the DAYS Developments was the marked
increa Sc in speculative interest on the
part OF the outside public. An acvanee
| - 4 in spot cotton and TO SIS Tor mic
Ji,ns the highest touched thus far this
season. was a factor Of no small impor
lance in sustaining the late market.
Cotton-Firm: middling. SIC; net re
CENTS 2sl bales; gross receipts. 56S bales
sales. $40 bales; stock. ss,bsl psles' ex
norris 10 the Continent. Gil bales.
pTo,als to-day: Net receipts 2i.o69 bales
exports to Great Britain. sos bales; Z
the Continent. 1o.es5 bales; stock l'ieh
$50 bales. 49, aoo s.,n.
Consolidated: Net receipts. l5I,se pales
| exports to Great Britain, tS.ioS oaies' "