The age-herald., 1900-02-14
CONSERVATION IN :
 COTTON MARKET Violent Fluctuations Kept Bears
 in Trouble. CLOSED WITH HEAVY GAIN It is Semi-oficially Estimated in the Absence of Record That the
 Transactions Exceeded
 the Past Record
CLOSED WITH HEAVY GAIN

New York, February 13-Great excite merit prevailed at the cotton exchange to- day The extraordinary rise of S1k@3 1O-64d at Liverpool, as compared with the closing
 figures of Saturday, threw consternation in the ranks of the bears, and led to heavy demand for covering short contracts, and at the same time broadened speculative ac- tivlty with southern and English buying orders particularly heavy.
 The market was subject to frequent and violent fluctuations with the net rise in futures of an advance of about 1-3c, the spot market quotations having been of
 fieially advanced 3-16, while a subsequent special canvass to the open market for spot cotton showed that there was a conserva- | tive view, as very little ccitton If any, was for sale except at an advance of Ac. The markets for futures opened in wild way at an advance of 19G2O points on the near positions, and 10Q2S points in Jhe new crop months.
 At the best point of the session, the maximum rise on the more active positions was 30q39 points, but on the way to this Improvement there were several very sharp reactions when the long cotton came out freely in effort to secure profits. The break from the highest to the lowest point of the day was a matter of 10d12 points. But f the afternoon phases of the market were of a positively bullish character. Prices again | took the highest level, and trading changed to covering and investment demand, the buyers being largely influenced by reports from the south of advancing Spot markets.
 reluctant. sellers, and disappointing receipts. s,.s..a # ira actions for the day is S0S,000 bales. To-day it Is semi-officially estimated in the absence of any official record, that the transa cEons exceeded the record. uylng was stimulated by private cables calculated to show that the short interest in England was still Very great, nIotw5h.sta nding recent | enormous buying for Liverpool account. A few dispatches from the south on the acre. age subject were in circulation, without ab- straoting attention owing to the prevailing excitement and the enormous Influx of busl- ness. The market closed very firm at a net rise of 17@3S points. .tt
 New York, February 13.-Cotbon steadya middling, S24; receipts net 562; gross, 242o; sales. 2S97; stock. 12S720; exports to Great Bhtain, 964; to the continent, 1,S09. }@
 Total to-day Receipts net, 45,O50; exports to Great Britain, 5,6S6; to the colJ.-nent H. 226; stock, 1,Os7440.
 ConSO1Odieu. lNeI IeCe-p.S, iVi,ooA' eAP0i eS to Great Britain, 14,267; to the continent, 24,2O1 ~
 Total since September 1: Net receipts, 5G57 .o62: exports to Great Britain, 356 SS9; France. 545,siSs continent, 1sog '4sS;, 4sS;,Ja; # -f.-V orloans Cotton Me"k@'@
 New Orleans, February 1S.-Cotton opened steady. closed firm; sales, 1O,25o; ordinary 7ssc; good ordinary, 77sc; low mddllng, s 5-16c; m.ddhng Slice; good midd1ns fair, 1-16c; receipts. 14,35S; stock, 4aS29
 Consolidated statement: Net receipts, Ter, ,S5l exports to Great Brioaln, HZbi' 10 the continent, 24,2ol; stock, 1,CS74lO
 New Orleans February 13-Cotton fu- lures steady; February, S.62 nominal; March S.59@S60; April, S.599S6O; May, S5s CISCO; June. S.5S@S.60; July, S5S@859 Au- gust, S.4S0IS.49; September, 7S60LSS; Octo- Der, 7.566D7. .5S: Novenloedr, 7.4647.4S; 'Decem- Der, 7.46@7.48.
 ,aily Sr.1nnais
 Galevs ton-Firm; middtng, Shc; sales, 2744; receipts, 9,SS5; stock, 199,643. Molbile-Qu uiet; middiing, l-l6c; receipts, 1,55s stock, 42,220.
 Savannah-Quiet; middllng, 8 9-16c; sales, 100; receipts, S973; stock. 151,i9 Charlest to1-Firm; m.ddling, SEC 5.d; re- ceipts, 1,549; stock. 2S,f2O Wilmfn ton-Firm middling, &c., receipts, 1,34T; stock, 1S,388.
 Norrolk-F'inm; middfing SEC; sales, l. 42G; receipts, 3,276; stock. 47,S57 BaHimore-Nomina middling, SAC; re- ceipts, 1 $50: stock 16,Nf
 Boston-Qulet; middling, s-16c; net re- ceipts, 632; gross, 2,3I9.
 lphia-Firm; middhng, &c., re- ceipts, 365: stock, S,Se9.
 St Louss-Firm; middMng, Sasc; sales, 200; receh15s, 7,221; stock, 91,1S7.
 Memphis@Firm and 3-16c higher: mid ding, S1kc: receipts 1,19l; sales, 3,S5O ship ments, 5,2S4; stock 149573
 Liverpool Cotton Market Liverpool February 13.-Spot cotton was quiet, with prices 1-16d higher American middling fair, 5asd; good n1ddling 3-l6d; middling, 51sd; low middling. 5d good or dinary, 4 13-16d; ordinary. 45sd. The sales