The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-08-23
COTTON MARKET
 GAINS STRENGTH Opened Steady and Grew Lively on BulIiSh Crop Reports SOUTH AN ACTIVE SELLER Toward the Close the Market Advanced Several Points on Buying and
 Was Steady, With Prices
 Unchanged to ii Up.
SOUTH AN ACTIVE SELLER

New York, August 22.-The cotton mar ket opened steady with prices 1 to 6 points lower, following the lead of Liv- erpool. which market was down two and half to three and half points. Europe, the south and local bears were active sellers in the opening and were made doubly confident by the issua6ce of some 35,000 August notices, the belief being that this cotton would act as a loadstone upon the market.
 The first sale of August was at S.37, or points off from the final bid of last night But just when everything seemed to favor the shorts, Wall street entered the ring as an aggressive buyer of win ter months. while a well known spot cot ton house bid August up with a rush. It later appeared that the latter firm had stopped a goodly portion of the notices and intended shipping cotton to Europe, A report quickly gained circulation that Philadelphia interests had put out the August notices for many desultory pur- poses, hoping to weaken the market and take in shorts in September to advantage. But after selling at 8.37, August worked straight up to 8.51, and September bound ed up to SIS. Finding the market here strong. Liverpool turned right about and covered shorts in both markets. The close there was very steady and the early loss was reduced to IF and points.
 Commission houses were quick to follow the lead of the Wall street contingent and bought freely. On the rise, bullsh crop reports reached the ring from Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas and Texas, the latter state com plained of continued burning tempera- lures, drouth and rapid deterioration. Toward the close the market advanced several points on buying and was finally steady with prices net unchanged to Il points higher; August alone being un- changed.
 Total sales were estimated at 225, 900 bales, this representing an unusually ac- tive market for a month.
 New York, August 22.-Cotton steady: middling 9c, gross receipts 1121, sales 66S, stock 77.325 exports to Great Britain 3, to the continent 26S0, to France 152z.
 Total today: Net receipts 564e exports to Great Britain 3, to France 1922, to the continent 26S0, stock 145,2S7.
 Consolidated statement: Net receipts 25, BAT, exports to Great Britain 2756, to France 1922 to the continent 16965.
 Total since September 1: Net receipts !, ,595, ,939 exports to Great Britain 3,011, ,577, to France TAB. 1sS, to the continent 2,S1259
 Total Net Receipts.
 New York, August 22.--The following are the total net receipts of cotton at all ports since September l.
 ! Galveston 2,O55.1eO New CSleans 2,262.- 674. Mobile 15417s, Savannah 113s,79S, Charleston 272,5s4 Wilmington PTS, ,053, Nor folk 45S,6 67S, Baltimore 10o.911. New York 161, ,96S, Boston 119,972 Newport News 27,- 145. Philadelphia 36,O73 Brunswick 123. 76s, Fernandina 1850. Pensaloca 176,0S9 Port Arthur 54,207, Port Townsend 111,661, San Francisco S0.S25, Portland, Ore, 14. 420, Vancouver 2554, Eagle Pass PHO. Laredo 7270; total. 7,495,939.