The age-herald., 1901-03-05
New Orleans Cotton Market.


 New Orleans, La, March 4-The mar ket for spot cotton opened weak today, with a decided downward tendency to prices. The unsettled and extremely heavy condition of the contract market combine with the continued free move ment of cotton into sight afford little en- couragement for active buying operations and the purchasing element has shown no disposition to trade beyond the limits of imperative orders, which are just now few and far between. Factors are doing all they can to hold the market up; but all of their efforts are unavailing and to sell at all they are compelled to make concessions.
 There was no lack of energy and vim this afternoon in the market for futures. Influenced by the heavy break in prices at Liverpool, where spots were down an- other 1-32d and deliveries from 4-64d to 7-S4d on the crop to 2-64d to 4-6id on the more distant positions, a rush of aggres- sive bears and frightened bulls opened the days trading, with the result that almost the entire months were sold down precipitatel to the end that first call fig ures showed losses from Saturdays level of to Il points on this crop and to points on the next crop at New York, and to points on all months in this market The opening drop was followed by considerable proft-taking by the short element and then prices gave way again, the market closing IA to IS points below Saturdays figures.
 New Orleans, March 4.-Cotton futures March, S.69@S.7 .71c; April, S.S3QS. S5c; May, 862GSssc; June, s.61Gs. .62c; July. S.609 8.61c; August, S.25aS.Tc; Septmber, 7.75'Q 7.Soc; October, 7.54@7.56 November, 7.42c bid.
 New Orleans March 4.-Cotton: Easy; sales, 2400 bales Ordinary, 13-16c good ordinary, 71sc; low middling, shc; mid ding s7sc; good middling, 3-l6c; mid ding fair, 9sc. Receipts, 9S20 bales stock, 365 1854 bales.
 Consolidated statement: Receipts net 40719 bales; exports Great Britain, 957c bales; France, 291 bales; continent, 10,- BIO bales, and stock, 7,75S bales.
 Daily Statement.
 Galveston-Eeasy; middling, Sc; re- ceipts, 5152 bales; stock 1s4, 255 bales.
 Mobile-Quiet; middling, S7sc; sales, 100 bales; receipts, 675 bales stock. 26,214 bales.
 savannah-Dull and weak; middling S7sc; receipts, 297S bales; stock, 7s,oS6 bales. Charleston--New middling. Sc asked receipts 1446 bales; stock, 10,30 bales. Wilmington-Firm; middllng, 9c re- oeipts, 131 bales stock, 52s2 bales.
 Norfolk-Quiet; middling, Sc; receipts 1517 bales; stock, ?, ,644 bales.
 Baltimore-Nominal, 3-16c; stock, 1924 bales.
 Boston-Quiet; Middling 3-16c; receipts net 2S7, bales: gross. 3397 bales.
 Philade lphia-Dull; 9 5-16c; receipts, 80 bales; stock, 3o40 bales.
 St. Louis-Dull; nTlddlng. &c., receipts, 275 bales; stock, 73,5S0 bales.
 Memphis-Steady; middling, 16-16c; re- ceipts, 27S5 bales shipments a91S bales; sales. 110o bales; stock, 146,305 bales.
 Liverpool Cotton Market.
 Liverpool March 4-Spot cotton In fair demand; prices 1-32d lower; American middling fair. 9-16d; good middlng. 9-32d: mddling, 51sd; low middling, 16d; good ordinary. 11-16d ordinary, 7-16d The sales of the day were 100oO bales, of which 800 were for speculation and export and included 9700 American. Receipts, 5000 bales, including 5000 Amer ican. Futures opened easy and closed irregu- lar American middling, L. M. C.: March 4 63; March-April. 4.6S sellers; April-May, 4.G2 sellers; May-June, 4.61@4.62 sellers June-July, 460 sellers; JulyAugust, AGO 6461 buyers; August September, 45o0 .51 buyers; Seaptember, 4.50a4 .51; Octo- Der, 42s nominal; October November, 1 22 nominal.
 New York Cotton Futures. By Private Wire to H. D. Cothran & Co.