The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-10
COTTON MARKETS.

pound. Spanish, S1.o5 bushel. Tone OF
market quiet.
COTTON MARKETS.
NEW YORK, May 9.-COTTON-!The
cotton market was quiet to-day, and at
no time during the session did bulls or
bears have marked advantage. The mar
ket started steady, with the present crop
months to points higher on better
English adyices, the feature Of the latter
being large spot sales at full prices.
The new crop positions opened off l to
2 points under reports of general i'm
provement in affairs in the belt. Up 10
midday there was little further change
in values, but early in the afternoon
good weather predictions and promise of
larger receipts brought out considerable
long cotton and led to fairly active shoi<
selling. Prices gave way sharply to TINS
pressure and failed to fully recover up
to the close. Sentiment was more or less
Mixed The market was finally quiet,
with prices 1 point higher to points net
lower.
CoTToN-spot closed quiet and steady;
middling uplands SIS; middling gulf.
101s; sales, 1,6Sp bales:
Futures opened steady; May, 9.6S; June,
9.53; July. $50; August, 931; September,
SD; October, s.2S; November, SOC; De-
cember SOC: January, SOC; February
(offered), sos; March, $40.
Futures closed quiet; May, 96I; June,
951; July. o.4S; August. 92s; September
SOL; October, S.o6; November, sos; De
cember. sO4; January, sos; February.
S.07: March, $40.
COTTON-Quiet; middling, 93s; gross
receipts. 1866 bales; sales, 1850 bales;
stock, 1856 bales
Total to-day-Net receipts, s,se3 bales;
exports to the Continent, :, LII paieS;
stock, 364 092 bales.
Consolidated-Net receipts, 1855 bales;
exports to Great Britain. $3.50 bales; TO
France, 242 bales; to the Continent, IS
o21 bales.
Total since September 1stcNet receipts
2O61, 367; to France, Ga, 1So bales; to the
Continent, 2,452,3S3 bales.
NEW ORLEANS, May o.-CoTToN--
Futures quiet May, 9.35; June. 934;
July, 9.34G9 30; August, ,9ooae: o6 Us Sep e,
November. 7.S3@T.s4; December. 7.s3@
ISL; January, I.S49I.S5
J LIVERPOOL, May ID P. Moot
TON-Spot in increased demand: prices
firm; American -middling, 57-16d. The
sales of the day We're $4,000 bales, of
which 500 were for speculation and ex-
port, and included 13.400 American. Re.
ceipts, 5000 bales, including 4,6OG bales
American.
Futures opened quiet and closed dull;
American middling, l. m. c., May, 2l-64
@5 22-64, value; May and June, 2O-64,
sellers; June and July, . 11-6493 1874,
August and September, 5 7-64, buyers;
September and October, 4 49-6404 3O-64.
sellers; November and December, 31-64
al 1854. sellers; December and January,
4 29-64g4 3O-G4, sellers; January and
February 27-6444 2S-64, sellers; Feb.
ruary and March, 1854, sellers.
NEW YORK PRoD1!CE MARKET.
NEW YORK, May 9.-FLOUR-There
was a better inquiry for winter straights
and spring patents at old prices with
mills holding firm; choice bakers were
also in good demand.
RYE FLOUR-Steady.
CORNMEAL-Easy.
RYE-Steady.
BARLEY-Quiet.
BARLEY #MALT-Dull.
WHEAT-Spot easy; No. 2 red, 1850
Options opened steady and We're sustained
fears of d bullish Government report, and
moderate covering. Weakness developed
subsequently,, however, on large .deliv-
cries of contract wheat and a small
change in the May option; closed &c. de-
cline; May, 717sc.; July, 727sc.; Septem-
Der, 1850.
coRN-spot weak: No: 2; 441se. Option
market opened sfea 10y win Mneai, ou.
May, owing to free deliveries here and
weakness abroad Closed weak at l46asc.
net decline; May closed at 43Bc.; July,
441Sc.; September, 442sc.
OATS-Spot dull; No. ., 2734c. Options
slow and entirely nominal.
: CUT MEATS-Quiet; picked shoulders,
$500; picked hams, S1O.5oa11.
LARD-Firnl. Refined quiet; Cont
nent, S7.4O; South America, $S.
HORK-Quet.
BUTTER-Firm; western creamery, 16
@20c.; State dairy, 515619c.
CHEESE - Irregular; fancy large,
white, lol2c.; do do. colored, 10ls110Ac.;s
fancy small, white, 9A@919c.; do. do.
colored, 91aG924c.
EGGs-steady; State and Pennsyl-
at market, 1111a@13c.; regular packing, at
market, 12L.0I21ac.
POTATOES-Quiet; new, $1.24@1. 651a;
Florida, S3@3.65; Jersey sweets, $2.5O9-
3.25.
PETRoLEuNI.Wea Refined, New
York, $3.50; philadelphia and Baltimore,
SS.ao;@doz in buns $500.
ROSIN-Steady.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
RICE-Firm.
. CABBAGE-Quiet Florida, per crate,
FREIGHTs5 TO LIvERPooL-Quiet.
COFFEEAFutures opened steady at 3
to 10 points decline under local and for
eign selling stimulated by unfavorable
cables. smaller warehouse deliveries,
slack spot demand and the free receipts
ira ding was fairly active. with the gem
eral trend of the market downward;
closed steady at 8 toto points net lower
Total sales. 90, 500 bags, including May,
s6, 45665 so; July, s6.55 September, S6.70@
6.55. Spot Rio irregular; No. z invoice
7Hsc.; mild market quiet; CordoNa, 9!14@s
sTJGAR-Raw steady; fair refining
8 15-16c; centrifugal, a6 degrees test.
7-16c.; molasses sugar, SIG. Refined
quiet.
GoIToN-sleGD OIL MARKET
NEW. YORK. May 9.-CoTToN-sEED
zOIL-Steady and a trifle morezactiVe for