The age-herald., 1900-10-21
BETTER FEELING . IN COTTON MARKET Prices Stiffened on Support of
 Room Traders. THE NEWS WAS CONFLICTING Favored Bulls, However, and Gave Firm Tone to the Market-Close Was Steady at from to
 l3 Points Higher
THE NEWS WAS CONFLICTING

New York, October 20.-The cotton mar ket opened barely steady, with prices point higher to 2 points lower, but soon turned firm on room support and light for eign buying with the demand from the South something of a feature. News was too conflicting to permit of definite opin- ions being formed, but the later informa- ton favored the bulls and led to moderate general buying. The English cables aver aged up against the bears, while the bulls had to contend with liberal receipts at the ports and interior towns and generally fine weather reports. The crop news was of a bearish tenor, but this had been thoroughly discounted. After the close of the first hour the market had stiffened considerably on covering coupled with firmness in New Orleans and rumors of another cold wave having appeared in the Northwest. Later private wires stated that Southern opera tors were placing no faith in the big crop estimates in circulation and were disposed to look for another scramble of the export contingent for spot cotton. The market closed steady, with prices to 13 points higher.
 New York, October 20. - Cotton steady, quiet; middling sac, gross receipts 5l2 bales, sales 196 stock S3,33O exports 10 Great Britain 414S, to the continent none.
 Total net receipts today 54,OS6 bales, ex- ports to Great Britain 22,205, to France 614O, to the continent 1276, stock 6S2,032
 Consolidated statement: Net recelpts o4,- OS6. exports to Great Britain 22,405, France GAO, to the continent 1276.
 Total since September l: Net receipts l. GAS, ,27e, exports to Great Britain 55O,435 to France 9692S, to the continent 366,S2l
 New Orleans Cotton Market
 New Orleans, October 20.-Cotton steady; sales 475O; ordinary Slice; good ordinary 8 3-16c; low middling 8 13-16c; middling g 3-16c; good middling 9ssc; middling falr Sac; receipts 16, ,654; stock 212533.
 Consolidated statement: Net receipts 5i,- 0S6; exports to Great Britain 22,405; exports to France 6,140; exports to the continent 1276; stock 632 032.
 New Orleans, October 20.-Cotton futres steady; October g. .O309 04; November S.s9Y 800; December S.9SQS 99; January S.9Sg8s sg; February 9.01@9 03; March 9.03Q9.W; Aprn 9.O3@9. .O4; May 9.O449 ,O5; June 9.06q9.o6'
 ''arlv Staten,t-
 Galveston-Quiet; middlng 1-16c; sales 27S2; receipts 12,45O; stock 15O3O1.
 Mobile-Quiet; middling Sc; sales 6O; re- ceipts 59O: stock 25,S63.
 SaVannah-Quiet and steady; middhnSs 9hc sales 1296; receipts 9724; stock 1O5, ll6. y CharIeston-Steady; middling 3-16g9Ac; sales 200; receipts 1131; stock 26,49S.
 Wilmington-Firm middling SAC; receipts 2511; stock 32,142
 Norfolk-Steady; middling 9ssc; sales 514; receipts 3170: stock 3S,9SS.
 Baltimore-Nominal; middling 9%c; stock 326S.
 Boston-Quiet; middling 94c; receipts net GOO; gross 329S
 lphia-Firm; middling 1Oc; re- ceipts 695: stock 45S1.
 St. Louis-Quiet middlng 94c sales 25; receipts 5071: stock N, ,454.
 Memphis-Steady; mddling 91sc; receipts 6474 shipments 2lOO; sales 25O0; stock 6S,- PIP.