The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-03-22
COTTON \

SOI.ION4 .sFss
NEW YORK March 21:-CoTTON-The
cotton market opened easy at a decline
s of 8 to 8 points and further declined g to
IL points, cables being disappointing. re-
ceiptsS still heavy, cotton goods trade fac-
counts stil unsa tisfactory. southern spot
dications as to the situation of affairs
between Russia and.England not of q
reassuring order: Several of the more
important long lines of cotton. notably q
few forEWall-S Street account were liqui-
dated, after#which the market rallied
partially, but again turned weak under
some renewed active selling. said to- be
in good part for southern account.
There was some buying on the weaker
intervals by good parties on later reports
of. settlement of matters which threat.
i ened; the Erela lions by the expectation Of
better cables from Liverpool tomorrow
on this account. The insight movement
promises to exceed that. of last week on
the other hand. and h:s checked conf.
The market was finally. steady at about
the lowest. figures of the session. the net
decline being to 20 points.
g coTToN-Futures opened easy: March.
500; April, 500; May. 500: June Z. 9S::..
: July. 100 august, I.TS;;@September,7 q :.
October, 7.3322:: N November, 20 December,
100. 55$sss. s:.isti
Futures closed steady at the decline.
March. &7.S7; April. T.Ss;; May. 7.S9;s June,
Isl; July; IS; August .G;;;: September,
Lob: OCTOBER, November, q. -lIsDe-1
cember. 7.20: January.s7.21
Spot cotton closed quiet at. &c. lower
middling gulf. s 0-16c.; 7niddling uplands,
s 5-l6c.; sales ,04 bales.
COTToN-Quiet; middling, 8 5-16c.: net
receipts 800 bales; gross, 1886 bales;
sales, 33o4 bales; stock, 1913, 5}4Ts lies.
Total to-day-Net receipts. $500 bales:
exports to France. IS bales; to the
Continent, 1915 bales stock. $50. 500 bales.
Consolidated-Net receipts. ] Il, OF bales; :
exports to Great Britain, $26519 bales; to;
France. 13,461 bales. TO the Continent,
As, los bales.
September 1st-Net receipts.
co.. 200 bales: exports to Greas:Britain,
$50, 1I5 bales; TO France, $4,000 bales; to
the Continent. ]. S31,299 bales.
NEW ORLEANS. La; March 521.-COT-
TON--Futures closed steady: NJ rch $40
@s.12;;z April, 7,,5i@1 90: May, 7.a1 al. o.;
7.63@7.64; September. .20dp!..22;: October,
7.09@7.11: November. 700 bid; DECEMBER,
7.O1@7.O3.
ToN-(Reported by Martin & son)-Mar-
ket quiet at S1sc. for good lots.
LIVERPOOL, March a1-4 P. Moot
-TON-Spot quiet; prices sd. lower; Amer
lean middling. fair, 51sd.; good middling.
:..7-a2d.:: middling, 4 q SD; low mid
on e EoG The aalea 81 the DAY
were 5000 bales, OF. which 500 We're for
speculation and export and included 400
American. Receipts, 10000 bales. includ-
ing 400 American.
Future opened quiet and closed quiet;
American middling, Il. m. c., March,
3a-64d., buyers; March and April.
4 s34-6id.,5 sellers; April and May, 4 34-64d.,
sellers; May and June. 4 t334-64GI4 335-64d.,
sellers; June and July, 34-6414 35-64d.,
sellers; July and August, 34-6i@
4 :353-64d.. sellers; August and September,
4 t2S-G414 29-64d., buyers; September,
4 2S-64M4 29-G4d.. buyers; October. g. o.
C., 4 9-64G4 1O-G4d.. nominal; October and
November, 4 5-64M4 6-64d.. noninaI No
ve1nber and December, 4 4-G4d., nominal.
CHICAGO MARKET.
CHICAGO, ILL, March PA break of
90c. in May pork Yas the feature on
soc. lower, while lard closed a shade and
ribs a shade to &c. cheaper. Wheat was
depressed, and closed at a decline of Sc,
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