The age-herald., 1902-02-04
COTTON MARKET
 OPENED STEADY Prices 2 to 5 Points Higher and
 Firm During Day LIVERPOOL WAS BULLISH Weather Conditions Described By the Government Chart More Favor abIe-New England Said Bus
 mess Is Satisfactory.
LIVERPOOL WAS BULLISH

New fork, February 3. The cotton market opened steady in tone with prices to points higher, and without being active ruled generally firm during the rest of the day. Prices failed to depart more than point or two from the open ing basis, May holding close to S.16 and July to s.19. The cables from Liverpool, public and private. were buliish in a conservative way. noting a fairly active demand for spot cotton at 1-32d advance. desire of shorts to cover futures at to points advance and splendid trade conditions in Manchester and advances from Southern spot markets bespoke a firm undertone with a good demand from spinners and exporters and full former prices. Weather conditions were de- scribed by the government chart as once more favorable for an unrestricted move- ment of the remainder of the crop, while dispatches from New England said that business was all that could be desired for the present. More or less trouble was experienced in securing wire communica- ton with the South owing to the havoc created on the lines by the wind storms of yesterday and last night. Whereas today's clearances for export were com paratively small. the total for the sea son thus far was seen to have exceeded that for the same time last year by some $50 900 bales, which was taken to indicate an unusually fine trade outlook in Eng land and on the continent for the next six months at least. The market was finally quiet and steady with prices net 8 to points higher on present crop months and 1 to 9 points lower on next crop options.
 New York, February 3.-Cotton steady; middling 8Ho, net receipts 204a gross re- ceipts 4N5S sales 900. stock l2o,55s, exports to the continent 50.
 Total today; Net receipts 1s,244, exports to Great Britain 7145. to the continent 800. stock 864775.
 Consolidated statement: Net receipts 5,9SS, exports to Great Britain 1e,611. to France 14642 to the continent 9350.
 Total since September 1: Net receipts 5,9O6, ,449, exports to Great Britain 2.25s 221, to France 557,2S2. to the continent l. 1Ss.
 New Orleans Cotton Market.
 New Orleans, February 3.-There was a good demand for spot cotton today. Buy CTS apparently had more urgent orders for the staple, resulting in sales of 4S5O bales from factors tables and 200 to ar- rive. Quotations unchanged. The future market in response to favorable cables opened points up. Speculation especially dead. consequently trading is on very small scale. The market closed dull with net gains of to 8 points.
 New Orleans, February 3.-Cotton firm; sales 5050; ordinary 7-16; good ordinary 15-1e low middling 71z; middling 1916; good middling Sb middling fair 9-16; re- ceipts 53s1; stock 345, 434
 Consolidated statement: Net receipts 35, ,9S8; exports to Great Britain 19,6l7; to France 14642; to the continent 9350; stock 864,7
 New Orleans, February 3.-Cotton fu- lures dull but steady. February 7.S697 .SS; March 7.93Gp7.9 .94; April 7.9S April 7.9S@ 8; May S.04@S .05; June s.oSQS.10 July S.13 @S.14 August 7.s4Q7 .s6. Daily Statement
 Galveston-Quiet and steady; middling. 15-16 sales S32; receipts 4o52; stock 1Ss- IFS.
 Mobile-Quiet; middling 11-16; sales 800; receipts 623; stock 33, BPS.
 Savannah-Steady; middling 13-18; sales 123; receipts 275S; stock s4,675
 Charleston-Firm; middling 7B; stock il, ,594; receipts 616.
 Wilmington--Firm; middling TM; re- ceipts 945; stock 17S70. Norfolk-Quiet; middling 715-16; sales 225; receipts 1420; stock 42,316. Baltimore-Nominal; nhddling 8A; re- ceipts S45; stock 10,335. Boston-Quiet; middlins sA; net receipts | 799; gross 1527.
 Phiadephia-Steady; middling sM; re- ceipts 50; stock 32l0.
 St. Louis-steady; middlins 7N; sales 8s96 stock 54,679.
 Memphis-Firm; middling 13-16; sales 170o receipts PISA; shipments 322S; stock 1O6, ,692.