The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-03-08

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widely scattered. and when selling started
To-day. the Liverpool narket broke 20 ~
points on the future list$and 90, on spot
cotton: Priyat tex ca bles said that's this
selling. The LiverDool situation was Ere-
ported to have been largely relieved by
recent covering. but the result OF s. the
Of q break of 10 to q points on thesopen-
ing call here this morning. Liquidation
proceeded upon an enormous SCALE For:
and Irregular. Then there wasaa pause
in the selling pressure, but not until the
decline had reached nearly 11Ac. on the
highes t prices OF the previous day. The
reaction from the lowest Of the morning
amounted to 51A points. 9ona which there
was some pretty good COVERING ne: and also
decline had been too apid. But. the la t.
ter phases again reflected a weak public
sentiment. Theree$WasA renewed ssl4hs
afternoon market was, 2 for, the most part It;
unsettled, and closed barely steady at II
to 81 points decline
cOTTON-Futures opened weak: March.
9. 9S4: April, $780, May, 9.29: July, 30;
Aug,ist. Ola; September, SIT; October
Z 90: November, 7.S3; December and . an.
futures closed barely steady: March,
o. April and May. go: June, 9;l9; July,
DIG; August 9o3;. septsm9er; s;9S;r Gc &C.
Der, 10; November, cemoer,5s.oo
January, ITO; February, {. 90
SHOT cotton closed quiet at $40 lower:
middling uplands, 95s; middlins gull, U.s.
sales, % bales.
S COTTON-Firm; middling, 9ss net re-.
Is bales; stock, l46, 15S bales; exports to
'n Total receipts e 22s1 bales
exports to Great Britain. 23,SS:; bales; TO
the Continent, 1S,4S4 bales; stock, 94l,Ozo
bales.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES receipts. 100, 27S bales;
exports to Great Britain, 45O4I bales; to
France, $50 bales; to the Continent, 3!,3U9
bales.
Total since September 51st-Net receipts.
1892 Sol bales; exports to Great Britain am
], Ga, 592 bales; to France, 3sS,1S5 bales
to the Continent, 1,S6S,913 bales
{ NEW ORLEANS. March 7.-CoTToN:-;
Futures closed lower: March, 9.O4; April,
9.O4@9.06; May. o.07@90S; June, 9;06@
september , ; 7.Soa57Sa october, 1901 81:
November. 7.31GI7.52: December, 1000
7.51; January, Isl bid.
t-t5ood business done; prices 5-32d. lower;
American niddling: fair: 5S4 good mid
ding s-16; naddiinE, s low oydi nldainE'
which 1000 we're for speculation and eX-
port, and included 1850 American. Re
ceipts. $4,000 bales, including 1890 bales
American.
Futures opened easy and closed steady
at the decline: American middling, l. m.
March a23Gim5 23 81 sellers Ma pri1
and May. 5 1864, sellers; May and June,
5 11-G4G5 1854, buyers: June and July,
5 s-G4@5 1854, buyers: July and August,
4 s2-64G4 6s-64. sellers; September and
October, 4 1864. sellers: October and NO,
vember, 2o-G4.. buyers; November and
January, 1864, value; January and
February, 4 1864, sellers.
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET.
NEW YORK. March 7.-FLOUR-Fair-
~ active for spring patents better grades ,ief
of which are held at $50, but very quiel
RYE FLOUReSteady and fairly active.
B B1G7S 7,LI5E; T F El;iot
CORNMEAL-Quiet.
BARLEY-Quiet: feeding. 43@46c.
BARLEY, MALT-Duil.
WHEAT-Spot tirmer; No. . red. 75lsc;
Options opened firm on higher cables and
a bullish Ohio State crop report, but met
selling orders based on small seaboa lri
clearances that provoked reaction and
late weakness on distant months, which
closed nc. net lower. March, however;
was &c. higher on good export demand
here. and held at much stronger pre-
NUNS March closed at 74ssc.; May
closed at 721sc.; July, 12Ac .o.,o a.
iticns opened firm on cables and very light
country &acceptances. encouraging long
interest, which latter attempted to real
AFTERNOON. Closed about steady at &c.
u.s. advance. may e.0ssa - s0'so,' 10y
C-Ais-Spot quiet; No. ., 2sAc. Options
quiet and barely steady.
BEEFeQuiet
CUT MEATS-Steady.
LARD-Steady; western, sGG5. Refined
PORlsteady; family, .s1S@1:.c5.
BUTTER-Strons; western creamery, 20
@2Gc.; State dairy, 1s@25c .,,.t.
and colored, 13913Ac.
EGGs-Barely steady; STATE and ,1 Penn
sylvania, at market, 1ola@1Gc.; southern,
at market. z14A@15Ac.
PoTAToEs.Quiet: Jersey s1.25@1; so;
New York. s1.5O@1.75: Long Island, S1.5O
o.; Jersey sweets, $2.25G2.75.
TALLOW-Dull.
PETROLEUN1-Steady
RosIN--5steady; strained, common to
TURPENTTNE-ouiet at 551A@5Gc.
CABBAGE-Steady; Long Island, s4@6
FREIGHTs TO LIvERPooI-ouiet. !,
Coff LII ulu1SS OpSllSO SlCthoJ eaAiG
unchanged: ruled moderately active and
firm on cables. moderate receipts at Rio
and Santos less pressure in the spot de-
partment and some local disposition to
cover General speculation, on the whole
was slack. The market closed steady
with prices unchanged to 10 points net
higher; total sales, 1850 bags, includ-
Ing March, $685.; May, $685.; July, $3.50
Spot-Rio nominal: No. invoice, Ssc,:
No jobbins.( S5sc.; mild market quiet;
Cordova, 93a014c.
SUGAR-Raw quiet; fair refining,
8 1876; centrifugal. Sc degrees test,
11ingo sugar at 4 5-16c. Refined irregular.
coTToN-slsED OIL MARKET.
NEW YORK, March 7.-COTTON-SEED
{ OIL-Very quiet, with weakness apparent
as result of local selling pressure and
scarcity of buyers; prime crude, barrels,