The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-07-22
COTTON MARKETS

NEW YORK. July 21.-COTTON-The
market for cotton futures opened quiet,
with prices unchanged to } points lower,
and new speculation totally lacking. The
end settlements, the South sold the tar
months; Liverpool purchased the summer
and early fall deliveries. Following the
call demand from shorts and scarcity Of
sellers caused prices to advance quite
sharply, though business continued to
hang fire. The cables from Liverpool
We're no better nor worse than looked for.
The crop accounts from the eastern and
western sections Of the belt We're fully
as good as the average for some years
past, while accounts from the central
division were satisfactory in the long
run. Warm local showers were said to
be bene1iting the crop over the larger
portion Of the belt The political news
was the main incentive of the room
traders i'll their endeaVor to reduce obi
cation as a matter of precaution over
Sunday interval OF adjournment. Spot
cotton closed quiet and unchanged; fu-
lures closed steady at 8 to Il points adj
vance, the tirnaness being entirely due to
local covering on q small scale.
COTTON-Futures opened quiet: July,
9.70; august, 9.1i; September, s.36: Octo-.
Der, ST.; November, S.15; December, s.1o;
January, Sill; February, S.13; March,
SIG; April, sir; May, sri
Spot cotton closed quiet; n1iddling up
lands. 10; middiing gulf. 10A; sales, l34
bales.
Futures closed steady; July, o.s1; Au-
gust, 9:26; September, ST.; October, S.$9:
November, SD; December SCI; January,
SCI; February, SD; March, S.2J; April,
S.27; May, $50.
CoTTo on middling, 10; net re
ceipts. 200 bales; gross. 93S bales; sales,
134 bales; stock. 81, S13 bales.
Total to-day and consolidated-Net re-
ceipts, Gilt bales; stock, 149, 507 bales.
Total since September 1st-Net receipts,
6,lo3,24i bales: exports to Great Britain.
2:4s59o bales; to France Go302o bales;
to the Continent. 2.GGs,11O bales.
LIVERPOOL, July 21-1 p. Moot
American middlng, fair Gh; good mid
ding. '1-:s2: middling. ) 25-32; low mid
ding. 1872; good ordinary, 5 1872; or
binary 11-32 The sales of the day were
1000 bales, of which 200 We're for specu-
lation and export. and included LOCO
American. Receipts, zoe bales, all
American.
Futures opened quiet and closed steady:
American midding, |. m. C., July, ) 3S-G4,
value; July and August, 5 :4-G4. sellers;
August and September, 12-64m5 1851,
value; September and October. 4 '4-64@
4 55-64, value; October and November,
4O-640i4 41-G4, sellers; November and De-
cember, 4 34-641l4 :5-64 sellers; Decem
Der and January. 3164a4 32-G4. BUYERS;
January and February, 29-6l14 1864.
buyers; February and March, A 27-e4a
4 "S-GI buyers; March and April, 2G-64
"a 27-64 buyers.
NEW ORLEANS, July 21.-COTTON-
Futures steady; July, 10.1SG10.20; August,
9.55mo57; September, S,Go9S.61; October,
s. 1SmS.1o: November, S.OSdS.o9: Deem
Der, S.0o6S.06; January, S.o30SoG; Feb
ruary, S.O7mS.N9; March. S.096S.11; April,
April, S11@S.13; May, s.14@S.13-
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET.
NEW YORK, July 21.-FLOUR-IInac
tive but steady; winter patents, 94a4oo;
Minnesota patents. $i.2o44I5.
RYE E'LOUR-Quiet.
COkNM1aAL-steauy yellow western,
G5c.
BARLEY-Dull
BARLEY MALT-Nominal.
NHEAT-Spot steady; NO. = red, S5lsc.
Options displayed tirmness pretty much
all day, in spite OF a small trade. Besides
higher cables and reports of hot weather
in Germany and France, there was Eng
ish buying and renewal OF good crop
estimates IN the West. Closed &c. net
lower. September, S2asc.; December,
S3?sc.
tons were steady but dull, influenced by
higher cables, q, little covering and the
strength i'll wheat. Closed steady at I'M
changed prices. July closed at 447sc.;
September, 443sc.; December, 4l3sc.
OATS-Spot dull; No. >, 2Sc. Options
quiet but steady.
BEEF-Dull; mess, S9@o5o; beef hams,
$2O121.
CUT N1EATs-Quiet; picked bellies,
Ss.25@1o; do. shoulders, 500; do. hams,
$1O01O.75.
LARD-Firr; western steamed, sr1211a;;
July, S7.1212. Refined firm; Continent,
$7.4O; South America, SIS; compound, $50
06.371a
PoRN-Dull; short clear. s13@15; mess,
So. 15Q1350.
BUTTER-Firm; creamery, 161aG111ac.
State dairy, 1o1aQ1Sc.
CHEESE-Neak; large white and coll
ored, 919l4c.; small do, 92s091sc.
EGGS-Firm; State and Pennsylvania,
14@11c.; western, 11@13Ec.
TALLOW-Steady.
PETROLEUM-Quiet
ROsIN-Steady; strained, common to
good. SLIGO.
TURPENTINE-Easy at 4G1&@47c.
RICE-Firna.
CoFFEE-Rio easy; No I invoice, eAc.;
opened barely steady at 5 to IS points
lower, and showed a weak undertone all
for both accounts. Weak European mar
ket advices. large Brazilian receipts, fail,
ing off in the spot demand, lower rate of
exchange in Rio and selling orders from
ish average, with speculative public hold
ing aloof. Closed steady 5 to 80 points
lower. Total sales, $1,000 bags, includ
ing August, SS.20@S25: September, $S.2o9
S.35; October, SS.30dS.35.
SUGAR--Raw strong; fair refining,
4&c.; centrifugal, SO degrees test, Use;
molasses sugar. 41sc. Refined firm:
standard A. 500; confectioners' A, s. 3d.
$3.50; powdered, S6.1O; graduated, SG1O;
cubes, Sc. %.
PoTArOEs-ste Chilli, s1@1. 1.11a;;
southern, S1.l00125.
PEANU1S-Steady; fancy hand-picked,
4@4Ac; other domestic. 3@3Ac
CABBAGEs-Quiet; Long Island. per
IF TR :i5itiii TO L1vERpooL-ouiet;
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