Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-24
Cotton Market.

NEW ORLEANS. Dec. 23.-CoTToN-
Quiet and steady; sales, $3.50 bales; ordi-
dling. ii-i6c; middling, SIC; good middlinG.
11-l6c; middling fair, 9ssc; receipts, is, 1893
bales; stocks, 397,O74 bales Futures steady;
February, S2SaS. sc; March. S2SgS. sc
April, S.3lqSS3c May, s37dS. 3sc; June, $40
aS&e; &HI JGly HGi s42@S sS 44S AggTSt slSG
opened steady at a decline of points TO an
advance of points and then improved a
point or two. The early firmness was due
to indications Of moderate receipts. The
cables were particularly unfavorable at the
close, when a decline of 315@4 points was
apparent: Later indications as to receipts
became bearish and selling was resumed
upon more active scale, resulting I'm a
loss of 5d6 points. with the market finally
vance OF 1 point. Total sales were about
1900 bales. The declining tendency OF the
market was arrested by a statement issued
by the leaders of the January deal to all
the members of the Cotton exchange in
which he offers TO loan places" on any
notices" for the delivery of January con-
tracts, thus rendering 1t unnecessary that
any holder of contracts of January con-
tracts for the delivery of cotton In jan
the advantage of those who may be short
Some regard this effort to make a
selling basis by soaring the shorts into
covering but most regard II as deter
minatlon to take any amount OF cotton that
may be offered. For some time past cot
ton has been accommodating at New York
tracts. until the stock is now ,296 bales,
against So 5l9 on December /. OF this
AMOUNT lO9n bales are certihcated, against
ST. LOUIS. Dec. 23.-COTTON-Quiet and
steady mlddiing, sac; sales, 100 bales; re-
stock 2Gs34 bales
LIVERPOOL Dec. 2S.-COTTON-spot in
fair demand; prices lower: American mid
ding fair, 5.lSd; good middling, 47Od low
middling, 442d: good ordinary, 4.SOd; or
dinary. 4.3Sd. The, sales OF the day were
leCJp bales, of which 1000 were for specu-
lation, and export Receipts 5000 bales,
including $500 American Futures opened
easy and closed steady; American mid
cember and January, 44Sd; January and
ASA March and April ASA; April and nd
June and July. A49d450d; July and August
+sq4.5Od; August and September, 4.44G4 AID.
Visible supply of Grain.
NEW YORK, Dec. 23.-Special cables and
show, the following changes in available
WHEAT-United States and Canada. east
of Rockies, increased 1.S67,OO9 bushels;
ahoat for and in Europe, decreased $500 :
900 bushels; total supply decreased, e33 900
bushels.
CoRN-United States and Canada. cast of
Rockies, increased 600 bushels
OATS-United States and Canada, east
of Rockies, decreased 1900 bushels.
Among the more important increases re-
els In Manitoba elevators. 81 600 bushels at
St Joseph, $1,000 bushels at Depot Harbor
and 70O0O bushels at Syracuse.
The leading decreases include those of
100000 bushels at northwestern interior ele-
vators and 100000 bushels at Port Huron.
COnee Market.
NEW YORK. Dec 2s-COFFEE-Spot
Rio. quiet. Futures opened quiet and un-
changed ruled dull in keeping with fea-
tureless foreign markets and the approach
ing holidays. but was steady until near
the finish, when liquidation caused a par
tial 5-point decline, on which basis the
market closed steady Most OF the bust
ness represented switches from January to
the later positions. Sales footed up $500
bags Including December at 445c; January
44o4L45ci March, 4.65Gt4. zoe: May, 4.9)c and
July, Sc.
Wool Market.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 2.-WOOI-Firm; me-
dlum GRADES and combing. 17G30ikc; light
me; l64lsc; heavy fine, 13dl5c; tub washed,
NEW YORK. Dec. 2s.-woOL~-Firm.
Peoria Market.
PEORIA. Ill, Dec 2s-CoRN- No.
OATS-Dun: No. whits alLax2n-