The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-04

selling orders had been sent over from
this side, together with predictions Tor q
marked change in the price movement
and attitude OF the. South. Liverpool was
4 large buyer OF the near months IN the
forenoon. Aside from enormous Wall
street selling the outside public took COM
paratively little interest i'll to-days opera.
lions. Al the close sentiment was very
much mixed. Prices gave way sharply IN
the last few minutes under very heavy
selling pressure from Wall street. The
market was finally steady at net loss OF
Z TO IA points.
coTToN-Futures closed steady at the the
decline; January; 49, February Try 80;
7.;}s: July. 40: August. 7:%9: September,
G.s3: October. G.S2; November, CTS.
Futures opened weak; February, al;
March, 7.l5: April. ~; May, ..i2; June
1.i5: July. 1.41: August. '4o; SEPTEMBER
G.9o: October, G.S4.
Spot cotton closed quiet; middlins up
lands. ~; middlns gulf, s; sales, III
bales.
coTroN-Q middling; 7N; net re, re-
ccipts, 493 bales: gross. 1,462 bales; sales,
147 bales; stock 11J.Gs:i Gales; exports 70
the Continent, 91S bales; to France 4o3
bales
Total to-aay-Net receipts, 3G931 bales;
exports to Great Britain, 1.,,lsV bales: TO
France. 4,7I7 bales: to the Continent, III
:,9:, bales: stock. 1.051, 4S1 bales.
eynorts TO Great Britain. :;i,247 bales; to
France, 1902 bales: to the Continent,
7O,0S2 bales.
Total since September 1st-Net receipts,
}g7G.G9l bales; exports to Great Britain,
1U27 GA bales: to France. 43:;,.66 bales;
TO the Continent 1 ,1i52Is bales
NEW. ORLEANS. Jan. s-coTToS-
Futures puict and steady: January IL;
February 714d7.1J: March. 7.1317.1G;
April. 7.1:a71s; May. 7.19a7.2o: July, .5 ~
G7.2i: August, 7.090I.10; september, 66s
MG.T0: October. G.5S1GG0.
LIVERPOOL. Jan. St p. Moot
TON-Spot in fair demand: prices i-i6d;
lower: American middline, far, ~; 5000
lriddling. 3-16: middling. AZ: low mid
ordinary. !; $50 The sales of the day
were 12C00 bales, of which 800 were Tor
speculation and export, and included IL
200 American. Receipts, ll,U}0 bales, IN
Guiding BOO American
Futures opened quiet and closed quiet
at the decline; American m.ddins. l. m;
February. i 1G-G4@4 17-64. BUYERS: Febru-
arv and March. 1:s-GiG4 HIT BUYERS:
March and April, 4 11-G414 12-64. sellers;
April and May. 1 9Gi, sellers: May and
a.. 5-9l, buyers; July and August, I :i-t5lT
! 4-64 sellers: August and September.
:; G:.-64GI4. sellers: September and October.
:, :l3-G4 value October and November.
= 4S-D1dt3 iH-Oi. value.
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET
NEW YORK. Jan 3.-FLOUR-F'irm in
tone and fairly active, without change
RYE FLOUR-Firm
BUCkWHEAT FLOUR-Quiet.
CORNMEAL-Firm.
RYE-Quiet.
BARLEY-Steady.
BARLEY MALT-Quiet.
ta1 ,!,p
Options opened easy at lsc. decline, pc
cause of unsatisfactory cables. but recoV-
ering from its depression on English buy.
ing and fair local support, tie market
ruled firm until late III the afternoon.
when realizing developed and brought
about a decline; closed easy at 1sM:sc.
net loss: January closed at I3l.c.: March
closed at 75'>c.; May closed at IoEac; july
closed at 7J;jsc.
CORN-Spot strong; No. =. 46Isc. OPP
tons opened easy under big receipts at
Chicago and prospects of larger country
offerings, but recovered win wheat ana
on scarcity of cash product here. closing
firm at lsMHsc. net advance. latter OH
January; January closed at 39asc.: May
closed at $3.50.
OATs-Spot firm; No. ., 29hc. Options
dull and neglected.
BEEF-Dull.
cur N1EATs-Quet; picked bellies,
$..:0l1.25.
BU1~rER-Easy; western creamery %
-. !
CHEESE Firm: fall-made fancy,
small 1oasa1ac: do. large. 12Aa1ac:
EGGS-Firm: State and Pennsylvania.
ola2Gc.: western unsraded, at mark. LAG
orc. western. 2fMoJc. loss off.
POT,ATOES-Steady: Jersey. 81 .21M1.l!:
New York. Sl.l0I1. SI14: Long Island, Sl.JO
a.. Jersey sweets. S2.5012j0
TALLOW-Firm city, o@5lsc; country,
4IsMJhc.
PETRoLEUM-steady
IARD-Easv: western steamed, Si.lo.
: RUTTER-Fir western creamery, 2231
25c: State dairy, 20a21c.
pORK-Steady.
TURPENTINE-Stead
ROSIN-Quiet-
RICE-Steady.
f ABBAGE-Steady; Long Island, S4aG
per 100.
.COFFEE-E'utures opened STEADY: With
prices unchanged to ! points higher, and
ruled very active. with a firm undertone
on vigorous :, bull support, fair demand
from the bear side. and moderate foreign
buvinc The cable news averaged up fav-
orabIy, as did the changes in statistics
Bullish sentiment was intensified by IN
creased demand for spot coffee al ad-
yanced prices. The war rumorS produced
no effect The market closed steady, with
nrices net unchanged to ) points higher
Total sales. 29,250 bags. including Janu-
arv, sG1DMe.1J: March. S63onSt' spot
Rio tirmer: No. Z invoice '-l6c.: NO.
iobbins. 7-16c.; mild firm; Cordova.
S6Il2iac.
firm.
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