The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-04
COTTON MARKETS.

NEW YORK, Feb. 3.-COTTON-Th
cotton market opened firm at an advance
of ! TO 6 points, and while not showing
weakness, ruled irregular during the
Sc. soon after the call. but flood of
selling orders carried that option back
. points, after which it gradually worked
higher again. An evident desire of the
unnatural in view of the sheer rise of
&c. per pound since the present bull
movement sent in, served to restrain the
more enthusiastic room bulls. Consider
able difference of opinion existed as to
the cause of the sudden rise of i to .
points in the English market this morn
ing. Some cGbles claimed the advance
abroad grew out Of another scare. Of Con-
tinental> shorts; others attributed the rise
to tirrlness of spot cotton in the South,
while still other adViceS limited at ma
nipulation. engineered by prominent New
York commission-houses. Local parties
exhibited dispatches from the belt which
portrayed great strength and fair activi-
ty in spot cotton centres. The crop
movement was not up to nnticipations.
The market for futures closed Irregular
and easy, with prices net = points higher
to 3 points lower, having gone off at the
close under a squirt of Wall-street real
iZinG.
airy and March, FOG; April. 7.9S; May
and June, 791; July, 7.99; August. 7.M;
September, T.49; October, 49,: November,
7.27: December, TO.
Futures closed irregular and easy;
February, 7.91; Mnrch, April and May,
1913: June and July. 7-95: August, 7.91;
September. 7.43; October, 7.27: November,
7.2o: December, 7.2:::.
Spot cotton closed quiet and steady at
1-1G higher; middling uplands, S SIG;
middling gulf. S GIG: sales so bales.
coTToN-steady: middling. SIG:
On MI -fD H.
ports to the Continent, 4,125 bales
Total to-day and consolidated-Net re-
ceipts. S3.S1l bales; exports to Great Bri-
tnin. 1s,G72 bales; to the Continent, 81
Total since September 1st-Net receipts,
4, 7S3.717 bales; exports to Great Britain,
i $50 963 bales; to France 523,99O bales;
to the Continent, 1.523,II7O bales.
NEW ORLEANS. Feb. s.-corToN-
Steady: March. 7.7s97.7o: April, 7.7s@
no; May. 1:7sG7.79: June: 7:7s@5:79;
July, 7.7sa1.7o: August. 76s@I.64; Sep
vember, 6. 1906 9S; December. 697@G. 9S.
CHARLESTON, S. C.. Feb. GOT
TON-Marl1et steady; sales, SO bales;
mddling, 1916.
LIVERPOOL, Feb. al P. Moot
lTON-Spot-Small business; prices high
er: American middling. fair. 51.: good
EpltlClinE, =, low
middlins, % 80; good ordinary, 4 1882;
#ordinarv $50. The sales of the day
were 5000 bales. OF which 500 were for
speculation and export, and included
800 American. Receipts. 5000 bales, in
Guiding 100 bales American.
Futures opened quiet and closed very
steady at the advance; American mid
ding NJ c.. February,4 44-64, value;
Febr,,urv and March, 4 41-64, sellers:
March and April. 4 1864, sellers; April
and May, 4 35-64G4 36-G4. value; May and
lime. j 32-G46I4 ::s3-G4, sellers June and
,Iulv. 4 s3O-649p4 31-64. sellers: July and
August. 4 o9-G4, sellers; August and Sep.
3tember, A 33-G4d4 34-64: September and
October, 4 4-u4: October and November,
/ 5-64. buyers: November and December.
.414 s1-64, sellers.
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET.
Il NEW YORK. Feb. 3-FLOUR-Ouiet
and easy; Minnesota bakers, s..
RYE eFLOUR-Steady. g.
BUcKNHEATsFL oUR-steady at $1.75
coRNMEAL-ouiet; yellow western,
Soc ,ss
RYlouiet: estern.. sic.
BARLEY-Quiet; mailing, 49G511Sc.
BARLEY MALT-Dull; western, 559l
sWIIEAT-spot steady: No. 2 red, 75c.
elevator: No. 2 red. Sc. af1oat Options
opened easy and Sc lower. The decline.
was inspired by weakness at Liverpool.s
instead OF the strength expected. Con-