The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-03-07
COTTON MARKETS.


NEW YORK, March 6-COTTON-Pub-
lie interest in cotton was conspicuous by
its absence to-day, and scarcely any at
tempt was made to bring about Il rally
from the late decline, Notwithstanding the
fact that the crop movement for the day
fell short of expectations. and that early
English market .nsws reflected Il change
for the better in sentiment abroad.
On first sales prices worked up to .
points, with the market showing TAR sta
bilty. Covering by pit shorts as "A mat
ter of DrecautiOn led to Il further rise
of = to 4 points Immediately following the
call, but investment support wa. not ln-
tereSted in bulliSh news above mentioned.
and the public in general appeared. to
have given cotton up for the time being.
Liverpool turned q sharp corner on ind
ing the trade here opposed to an advance,
and furnished numerous selling orders to
representatives in the pit.
The South and West, which had bought
small lines of May and July on the initial
advance turned sellers, and not only I'M
loaded entire holdings, but became ag-
excessively bearish as well. Irtdlng was
light most of the session. Noon found
prices down ) to points from last nights
closing. Then estimates for light New
Orleans and Houston receipts tomorrow
gave the market a slight stitfeninS, but
later there was a renewal OF selling for
both accounts and sag in prices to the
noon level.
The official reports from southern spot
markets indicated no real strength there.
In the last half hour the local market
was teversh and weak under German
selling and pressure from professionals
The close was barely steady, with prices
unchanged to I points lower.
COTTON-Futures closed barely steady;
March. S.51: April, So; May, S.57; June.
7.S9: October, 7.7G; November, l1.66; De-
cenlber, .63
lands, 15-16c.: n1iddling gulf, . 3-l6c.;
.
Futures opened steady at the advance;
March. $50; April. S.G4: May. S.66; June
S.63; July. SCI: AUGUST, SIS: September,
7.96: October. I.i3; November, i.6S; De-
cember. 7.G5.
CoTTON-Easy;; middling, 12,16c-; net
sales. 200 bales; stock 1896 bales.
Total Jo-day-Net receipts, 2,O41 bales;
exports to Great Britain. 5000 bales: to
the Continent. o,37S bales; stock, s69,222
bales
Observation-Disclosures receipts. %, 80 bales;
exports to Great Britain, 1880 bales; to
France, 4S1 bales; to the Continent. 49, 36
bales.
i otal since September 1st-Net receipts
5.945.151 bales; exports to Great Britain.
= ,o2o go bales; to France, 513,9S2 bales;
to the Continent. l,103.T51 bales.
NEW ORLEANS, March 6-coTToN-
Futures steady: March. S.G6@S.67; April,
S5S@S.59 May, S5I@S. IS; June. .S.5GGS.57;
July. S.56aS.5I; August. S.23GS25; Sep
TENDER, TO bid: October, 1853 bid: No
vember, 7.42G7.45.
LIVERPOOL, March Cd P. Moot
TON-Spot in fair demand: prices 1-16d.
higher; American middling. fair, ) 7-332d.;;
good middling, s5Ad.: niddling, 5 Sgd;
Tow middling, 4 29-a2d, good ordinary.
i 21-3o: Urinary. 4 l3-32d. The sales of
the day were 1900 bales. of which 800
were for speculation and export and in
Guided II. 600 American Receipts, 600
bales, including 500 American.
Futures opened quiet and closed barely
steady; American middling l. m. c..
March, 61-64@4 62-64d, sellers; March
and Aprll, = - 81 SD. sellers; April and
May 69esf obrnaa ana nay a ana
50-s4@A 60-64d.. sellers: July and Au-