The age-herald., 1899-01-22
New York Cotton Market.

New York, January 20-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 certain well known oversold export house, this buying for the most part being in the January, March and May deliv- cries. Throughout the day these positions showed relatively much firmer position than the rest of the list, January in fact, reaching level ten points over the final figure of yesterday. While steady in tone at the start, prices went off l to points in sympathy with weakness in Liverpool futures Reports of continued good weather over the cotton belt and prospects of a 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 a 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 firm; sales, 4.fO0 bales. Ordinary, 4-l6c.; good ordinary, 4as; low middling, 5; middling, 5 7-16; good middling, 6 1-16; middling fair, 6 9-16; receipts, s9l2 bales; stock, AS, ,4as
 Consolidated: Receipts, net, POT ,543 bales; exports to Great Britain, 11O,S29; to France, 21 S97; to the continent 91 ,504 stock 101 ,558.
 Cotton futures firm. January. 5.46 bid; February, 5.46Q5.47; March, 5.4SQ549; April 5.53Q5.55; May, 5.57Q5.5S; June, 562Q5.63; July, 566Q5.67; August, 5.65Q5.66; September, 5-60Q5.62 October, 560Q5.61.
 A further rise in stocks sentimentally in- fluenced 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 disap- 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 point to net gain of points.
 Cotton firm; middling, 6B; net receipts, 505; gross, 3,097; sales, 7.O62; stock. 104 ,923; exports to the Continent. Al.
 Total today: Net receipts, 34, ,3Ss; exports to Great Britain, 2e,657 to France, S,OS7; Continent, 16,352; stock. 1,10l, ,55S
 Consolidated. Net receipts 207,043; ex- ports to Great Britain, 11O,S29; to France, 21 S97 Continent, 91 504.
 Total since September 1: Net receipts, S. AZ, ,452; exports to Great Britain, 2,565 662; to France, 553,599; Continent, 1,7S2. .134.
 @ Visible Supply
 New Orleans, January 20.-Secretary Hes- ter's statement of the worlds visible supply of cotton, made up from special cable and telegraphic advices, compares the figures of this week with last week, last year and In 1895, the latter the a901 900 crop year. It shows decrease for the week just closed of o95s bales against an increase of 70 o,SS1 bales last year and an increase of 51, ,S35 bales in 1895
 The total visible Is 5,105,03 bales against 5,145,994 bales last week. 4,5o7.940 last year and 4,S96, ,aSS bales in 1895. Of this the total of American cotton is 6.035 bales against 4,sa5, ,99l bales last week. 4,25s ,940 bales last year and 4576.7SS bales in 1885; and of all other kinds, including Egypt, Brazil, India. etc., 259000 bales against 25o,000 bales last week, 24s. 900 bales last year and a2o2 bales in 1895.