The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-23
wavcring holders in favor of standing
firmly BY the bull side over the holiday

wavcrinC holders III favor of standing
firmly by the bun Sldc over the holiday
adjournment
New Orleans and Wall Street bought
The March and May contracts throughout
the carly session. The feature or the
forenoon fiuctuation WAS Il fresh bulge
in December. That option opened at
10 10 or :, points above last nights Close
at once jumped 10 points additional, and
held ut 1910 during the 1crepart of the
session. Private wires stated that south
ern spot markets were tirmer on good
demand from shippers ana advanced bids
from New England spinnets
Late in the morning realizing set in and
carried prices sharply down The market
closed steady. with prices net . points
higher to ID points lower.
COTTON-Futures opened firm; Deem
Der. lo1o: January, 30 ,I Eenrna ar. 80;
March, 944; April. 81 NAY, 9.oJ; juno.
y:54; July, 9.31; August: go.
Snot cotton closed duh: midding up
lands. 10 JIG; Iniddling gulf, 10 9-16;
futures closed steady: December. 900;
January. 9.6i: February, ?.44; March,
ga: April, $40; May, ?Sl; June, 9.:'s2;;
July. 9.os: August, 9.o2;; September, SO;
October, 500.
coT.roN-Dul: niddling, 10 :,-1s; net
receipts, 100 bales: gross, 1885 bales,
stock. 60.023 bales.
Total TODAY and consp consul ated-Net re
tain liz 5tl4 baIest TO the Continent 7404
bales: stock, 994.Gl4 bales
Total since September ist-Net receipts
4, 267 .alO bales; exports to Great Britain,
1851 Or bales: TO France :i31 .625 bales;
to the Continent, loio,4"t pales
NEW ORLEANS, Dec 22.-CoTToN--
Futures closed STEADY, December, o;43
9.3S: March 9.34ai0.3G5: April, o.32G9.33:
May. 9.3O@9.31; June %; July. 9.27
@9-2S.
LIVERPOOL. Dec. 22.-COTTON-spot
limited demand: prices steady; American
middling SID The sales of the day were
5000 bales, OF which ;'Oo We're for specu-
lation and export, and included ,!(, ZOO bales
American Receipts, ",ooo bales, lnclud-
ing 1890 American.
Futures opened quiet and closed quiet
but steady: American middiing, /. IN. c.,
December, :, 26-G4Gi5 2I-64d., alue: Deem
Der and January, ) 2i-G4d., sellers; Janu-
arv and February > 21-64d.. buyers: Feb
ruary and March lS-6id buyers; March
and April. : 16-6+d.. sellers: April and
MAY, :, 13-64d.. buyers; May and juno,
:, 10-6405 II It'd value; juno and July,
:, 7-G4d, sellers: July and August, ) 5-64d,
buyers: August and September. 4 54-G4@
4 :,1-64d-, buyers.
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET
Nr.n YUnI> Dec. 22.-I'LOu r;-Neg-
lected and nominal; winter patents $500
Ql5:ru: Minnesota patent, S5o.9uG4.2o
RYE FLOuk-Steady;' tair &c. good
81 S0G3.13.
oRNMEAL-stead yellow western,
SIC.
KYE-Dull: No. . western. sc.
BARLEY-Quiet: feeding. 420"sGc.
BARLEY MALT-Duil; western, COO
nc.
WHTAT-spot market firm; No. . red,
7S4c Options openede steady and We're
sustained most OF the forenoon on local
,F.l1 y
crop or other conditions before the mar
kets open again next Wednesday. The
close was firm at a partial 1sc. net ad-
vance. March closed at !9l2c.; May, 79c.;
CoRN-spot dull: No. ., 451sc. Option
market was inactive and barely steady,
because of lower cables and larger west
ern receipts. Closed easy and partly &c
net lower. January closed 433asc.; May,
He: December, 4Gl4c.
BEEFQuiet; family, s11G12; mess
quiet; beef hams S1aA2o. Cut meats
dull; picked bellies; Ss.37l3aa9; picked
shoulders. S5.75: picked hams, $S.25a9.
LARD-Refined quiet; Continent, $40;
South America. tSS15; compound,
S5.S7la16.
PORk-steady; family. S145OG15; short
clear, S1+G1I; mess, $12M13.3
BuTTER-Steady; icreamerE, 1l@2o;
dairy. State, 16423c.
CHEESE-F'irm; fancy large, fall-made,
114@l1!4c.; fancy small. fall-Inade, 1l$@
:2.22m25c.; western, regular paclin, at mar
PoTATOlEEs-Quiet; Jerseys. s1G1. 337llA;
New York, S12501.G2%; Long Island, $1.50
G175: Jersey sweets, Sl.15M2.75.
TALLOW-F'irm city, 41sc.
PETROLEUAI-Dull. Refined. New
York, S7.3I: Philadelphia and Baltimore,
$40; do. in bulk, $50.
ROSIN-Steady; strained, common to
good, $40.
TURPENTINE-Dul at 4o14041c.
RICE,-Firm; domestic. fair to extra,
37Sa6Mc.: Japan, -RiG47sc.
PEANUTS-Steady; fancy hand-picked,
43.1sc: other domestic, &c.
CABBAGES-Steady; Long Island, per
FREIGHTs- by steam to Liver
COFFEE-utures opened steady, With
prices unchanged to > points higher, and
following the call further advanced !, on
small demand from shorts and leading
bullS, with offerings surprisingly light.
Trading throughout the session was
:neagre and OF pre-holiday character.
ITirIner markets in Europe and steadineSs
in Brazil more than offset the big receipts
at Brazilian ports and interior towns.
Sentiment DIT the close was quite bullsh,
and the market was finally firm at {; net
advance Of 10 TO - points. Total sales,
$500 bags, including March, 5.7GG5,1:';
May. So: July. 5.2'. Spot coftee-Rlo
quiet; No. invoice, Csc. mild steady:
CortioVa 9Mu134c.
SUGAR-Raw quiet and steady: fair re-
filming. SIC; centrifugal. "t degrees test,
4aSC.: 1nolaSses sugar, 3:'3Sc. Refined quiet:
standard a. 80 confectioners' a, $50;
powdered, 500; graduated. $3.50; cubes
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