The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-09-23

cotton market opened steady in tone, with
prices l. to 10 points higher on active
general buying, in which influential Liver
pool houses figured as leaders during
the forepart OF the session the feeling
was firm and prices tolerably well sus-
tanned by good support and weekend
covering by shorts
The public operated in an Indifferent
manner, for the most part giving atten-
ton to the winding up of accounts pre-
paratory to q new STRAIT next week. The
strength, on the whole, was entirely
due to an expected bull development in
the Liverpool market. Both departments
there reported pronounced Improvement.
The temperance of bullish IDEAS
abroad was privately reported as due
to the floor news from Texas and other
ports of the western belts and to fears
o. manipulation in the New Orleans mar
ket. Predictions for abnormals receipts
at the interior towns and ports next
week, notably at Galveston, led traders
on the local exchange to proceed with
great caution. Crop reports from the
eastern belt were rather better but not
sufficient to specially figure as an IN
f1uence.
uuieter and prices ran off from the open
ing level several points under protit-tak-
ing The market for futures closed quiet
and steady, with prices net to Il points
higher.
COTTON-Futures opened steady at the
advance; September, 9.9J; October 9.97;
November, 9.77; December, 3.61; January,
95S; February, 9.5S; March, 9.57; April,
055; May, 500; June, 9.o4; July, 9.v3;
August, GAS.
SPOT cotton quiet at * advance; mid
ding uplands, 103s; niddling gulf, 107s;
sales, 2,O07 bales.
Futures closed quiet and steady; Sep
TENDER 1907; October, 99!; November,
9.5I: December, 957: January, 9J6; Feb
r i 9.5s; March. 9.5o:: April, 9.52; May,
9.52; June, 9.52; July, $50; August, Oh
CoTToN-steady; middling, 1o7ss; gross
receipts, 321 bales; sales, 1907 bales:
stock. 2,S25 bales.
ceipts. 1889 bales; exports to France, $50
ba les; to the Continent, G,450 bales; stock,
23I SOC bales.
Total since September 1st-Net receipts,
s1s557s bales; exports to G 1ea Britain,
$50 bales; to France, 1900 bales; to
the Continent. 1850 bales.
NEW ORLEANS, Sept, 22-coTToN-
Futures steaay sep5gbe 4R @9o 4 of be
cember, 93969.40; January, 939G9.40;
FEBRUARY. 9.4OG9.42 March. 94Sa9. II;
April, 9.44@9.45; May, 9.45Q946.
LIVERPOOL, Sept. 221 P. Moot
TCN-very dull; prices higher; American
middling, fair. Sled; good midd1inS,
71-16d.; middling,- I'd; low middling,
6 13-16d.. SOOd OrdilidEN. O1-62d; Orul-
nary. 5 25-32d The sales of the day were
1000 bales, none for speculation and ex-
port. and included 1000 bales American.
Receipts, 1000 bales, including 800 bales
Futures opened steady and closed
steady; American middling, l. m. C.. Sep
TENDER. I'd. value: September and Octo-.
Der, 6 3-64G6 4-64d.. value; October and
November. 37-64d., sellers; November
and December, 5 29-64Ge5 S30-64d-, sellers;
December and January, 5 22-64d.. buyers;
january and February. 5 13-64@5 c0-csd..
BUYERS: February and March, 5 1I-GIGs
bl1yers. FEBRUARY and March, 5 1854,
b1lyers: March and April, 5 15-64d, buy
ers. April and May, 14-eid., sellers;
NAV and lime. 5 12-64Gl5 13-i4d, buyers:
June and July, 5 15-64d., value; July and
August, S 9-64d., buyers.
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET.
NEW YORK. Sept. 22-FLOUR-Mar-
ket firmly held at a shade advance but
BUYERS and sellers were 10 to zoe apart
at the close. Winter patents, S3.7O14;;
Minnesota patent. S4.30e34.35-
RYE FLOJIR-Steady.
CORNMEAL- dy; yellow western.
SS9S9c.
Observation-Disclosures; feeding, 436II6c.
RARTEsy A!ALT-Dull
WHEAT-spot firm; No. 2 red. size.
0rt;a,,s' onaned steady on bulIisi cables.
snnI,ian,antad by further demands from
I sharts ~ nre rain in the Northwest and
higher outside markets. Later the mar