The age-herald., 1900-07-26
BRILLIANT ARRAY :,
 OF CROP REPORTS. Cause a Decline of Prices in the
 Cotton Market. FEELING FINALLY QUIET There Was Customary Struggle of Room Bulls and Bears For Su- premacy at Close But General
 Ruling Was Undisturbed
FEELING FINALLY QUIET

New York July 25-The cotton market opened easy, y,~with prices down to 10 points in sympathy with heaviness in the English market. The local trade was influenced by brilliant array of crop reports from all quarters of the belt and a weather map that was well nigh perfect. Light showers in the South Atlantic states were reported as timely, while the forecast for tonight that section, as well as Texas, where mois- ture would not prove beneficial.
 As late cables from Liverpool displayed a somewhat steadier feeling abroad, shorts here covered partially, on which support the market rallied almost to the closing level of yesterday only to subsequently sink back under neglect the part of the bulls and scattering short sales by scalpers. Early in the afternoon there was a fresh advance on furry of buying from the short side. but the market at best showed q feeble recuperative energy and soon became apathetic.
 There was the customary struggle of room bulls and bears for supremacy at the close, but the general ruling of the mar ket was disturbed but little. The feeling finally was quiet with prices net to 15 points lower, about the bottom for the day. New York, July 25.-Cotton dull; mid ding, 101sc; gross receipts, 409 bales; sales, 155 bales; stock, 35,953 bales; exports to the continent, 158 bales.
 Total Today-Net receipts, 5,671 bales; ex- ports to the continent, 55S bales; stock, 14729S bales.
 Consolida ted-Net receipts, 19,323 bales; exports to Great Britain, 6,034 bales; to continent, 4,334 bales
 Total Since September Met receipts G. 466 390 bales; exports to Great Britain, D. 254624 bales; to France, 693,o29 bales; to continent, 2,67S,104 bales.
 New Orleans Cotton Market New Orleans, July 25-Cotton, quiet; sales, 325. Ordinary, lis; good ordinary, S%; low middling, 9& middling, 1OA; good midding, 101s; middling fair, 10a4; receipts, 2,S07; stock, 64, 353.
 Consolidated statement: Net receipts, 19,- 329; exports to Great Britain, 6,0S4; Conti- 'nent, 4,334; stock, 147,39S.
 New Orleans, 25.-Cotton futures, quiet and steady. July, 10.13@1O15; August, 9520D 953; September, S.55@S.56; October, S14@S15; November, s.O20S.03; December, SO1@SO2;
 
 March, S.O5QS.O7; April, S.O7@S.09.
 iiailv statemen Galveston-Quiet; middling 91a; sales, 4; receipts 60; stock S,2O5.
 Mobile-Nominal; middling, 9A; receipts, 1,36e; stock, 4,423.
 Savannah-Quiet; middling, 9A; receipts, GOT; stock, 14,745.
 Chareston-Nominal; middling, 92; sales, 6; receipts, 2S4; stock, BPS.
 Wilmington-Nominal; middling, 9%; re- ceipts, 3,S60.
 Norfolk-Steady; mddling, 10; sales, IT; receipts 1,146; stock, 4,1OO.
 Baltimore-Nominal; middling, 10; re- cepts, 1,200; stock, 3,4S2.
 Boston-Quiet; middling, 10h: net re- celpts, 763; gross, 1,4S4.
 Philadelphia-Quiet; middling, 103s; stock, S.145. St. Louis-Quiet middling, 9%; receipts, 3SS: stock, 19,49S.
 Memphis-Steady; middling, 9A; receipts. IA; sales, 150; shipments, 954; stock 10,OS6.
 Liverpool Cotton Market
 Liverpool, July 25.A D. m.-Cotton: Spot, limited demand; prices hardening; Ameri- can middling, N-32d. The sales of the. day were 4,O00 bales, of which 400 were for speculation and export, and included 3,30O American. Receipts 6,2OO bales, all Ameri- can.
 Futures opened steady and closed quiet; American middling, L. M. G.: July, 5.39 value; July-August, 5.34s; August-Septem- Der, 5.15b; September October 4.60s Octo- ber-November, AT sellers; November-D De- cember, Alb; December-January, 436s: January-February, 4.36s; February March. 4.S4s; March-April, 43Ss.
 Dry Goods
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 not shown any change of moment There has been a fair demand for bleached cot tons and some makes are firmer, an occa- slonal ticket being advanced to price from which it was reduced Monday. Brown cot tons are dull and irregular for spot goods. NO change in coarse colored goods Prints dull print cloths firm. Mems wear woolens quiet; woolens and worsted goods gsaer- ally slow and easy to buy.
 Murphy Companys Cotton Letter
 New York,fi July 25.-Cotton advices from Liverpool proved disappointing to the bulls; closed shade under yesterday on old crop and 1-64th to 2-64ths up on new crop This market ruled feyerish, opened Il points lcwer on August and to points on late positions. Improved during early forenoon on moderate buying for Liverpool and local account. The trading is not active or gen. eraI Private advices from the cotton belt do not yet report unfavorable conditions as. indicated by the weekly bureau, and the South continues sending selling orders to the market: hence little credit is given to bureau report.
 Cotton Letter Fairchild & Hobsons Cotton Letter to H D. CothTan & Co.
 New Orleans, July 25.-Cotton ruled slow and featureless today; cables from Liver pool were disappointing, futures remaining unchanged for old crop and only advanc- ing one sixty-fourth on new deliveries and sales of 4,000 bales. American middling, 27-32. The failure of Liverpool to re- respond fully to our advance of yesterday