The age-herald., 1899-08-04
L 't - " -E ~ Y a-+. '-A-s --- A NO GREAT GAIN E IN COTTON MARKET Surprising Stability Was Shown
 Throughout Session. SHORTS TRIED TO COVER UP Number of Wire Buying Orders Put in an Appearance Though Specula-
 ton Was Uneventful-The
 Close Was Steady.
SHORTS TRIED TO COVER UP

New York, August 3.-The cotton mar keI did not finish the day with any great gain to its credit but showed surprising stability throughout the session, consider ing the fact that crop news and the regu- lation factors in general were adverse to a bull movement. Shorts, led by oVersoid August traders, endeavored to cover up' but found sellers unaccountably scarce with the result that prices at one time showed a gain of Sa7 points, the latter being for the current month.
 A number of wire-buying orders put in an appearance before midday, which rumor claimed were sent by prominent Phila- delphia export house. But, in it's entirety the day in cotton speculation was most uneventful one The close was steady with prices showing a net gain of 2q3 points, the latter figure being for August.
 New York, August 3.-Cotton steady. middling 6h; gross 214 sales 7S6; stock 144,- s55; continent 576; France 11s.
 Total today: Net receipts 1,SS9 exports, Great Britain 6,OO7; France 1lS; continent 5f6; stock 36S,04 Consolidated: Net receipts, 6OiS; Great Britain 10,964; France S16S; continent Il 1852. Total since September 1: Net receipts S,310 ,5l5; Great Britain 3,4S265j; France 797 .019; continent 2S1S,3S.
 New Orleans Cotton Market
 New Orleans, August 3.-Cotton, quiet: sales, 500; ordinary, 3 11-16; good ordinary, 13-16; low middling, 4 15-16; middling, 5a4; good middling, 6 7-16; middling fair, 13-16; receipts, 521; stock, Al, 46O.
 Consolidated statement: Net receipts, G. 01S; exports to Great Britain, 1O,96i France, S,16S; Continent, Il 1852; stock 96S,0i1.
 Cotton futures dull. August, 5.42 bid; September 540d5.41; October, 5.41@5.42; No vember, 5.45q54 46; December, 5.50d5.51; January. 5.54@5.55 February, 5.5745.5S; March, 561@5.6S; April, 564a5.66
 Dai,v Statement
 Galveston-Quiet; mlddling, 57s sales, 1; receipts, POS; stock, 9,201. t. Mobile-Nominal; middling, 511-16; re- ceipts 3; stock, 554S
 Savannah-Steady; middling 59s; stock, 7.5S5.
 Charleston-Quiet; middling, 55s; receipts, 1 stock 009.
 wflmington-Steady; middling, 57s; stock. 9,171. rt Norfolk-stoady; midding, 515-16 receipts, 149; stock, 27, 1903.
 Baltimore-Nominal: middling, 6as; re-. ceiptS S25: stock, S,lH.
 Boston-Quiet; middling .&hs; receipts, 457. Philadelphia-Quiet; middling 6ss; stock, 5,495.
 St. Louis-Steady; middling 5&; sales, 4O' receipts 210; stock, 69,6I. Memphis-steady; middling 5%; receipts 27; sales, 600; shipments, 1,612 stock, 6S,s55 '-
 Dry Goods
 New York August 3.-Average demand
 
 orders. Business in brown and bleached -cottons checked somewhat by scarcity or leading makes. Prices very firm Tn these. Prints in moderate demand in fancies at steady prices. Other prints steady "ltn fair sales Ginghams are firm throughout. Fine dress ginghams well sold for spring Woolens and worsteds for mems wear Tn good demand at fair prices
 Cotton Letter By leased wire to T. G. Hewlett, Agt- New York. August S-The trade in cotton today was very light and prices had but very slight fuctuation. Liverpool market opened about F point higher for futures with spots unchanged at 3ss, and sales 10 coo. The close there, however, was at an advance ranging from 1 to l19 points higher than last night. The market here opened unchanged to 1 point lower at S.S2 for January contracts, sold al o.ol, alter- which 1t rallied to 5.S5 and closed steady at 5.S4 The port movement continues hght, req ching only 300 bales today, against 1.5OO for the same date last year. The reports received today from Texas and Mississippi were of a very btllsh nature and this had some strengthening effect on the market. Reports however, from other points in the cotton belt are more favorable, tIere hsv- ing been plenty of moisture during the past week where mostly needed.
 
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