Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-10
$ s.; 6 8. s:

The cotton market opened drm Sat m
sadveoceNofH sto46s points.son favorable
cables and Indications of small .receipts,
and sold .,e pIsy1ious aay pf,siH ss
q leading bear operator trying % s. ~.
derInine long contracts and force y ds-
cline. From this there waslas quick ta ~:
the highest prices on , rTn. d 1t onsi
was met prices again declined. &. until lat
the lowest point q loss of 10 points was
apparent on January. ana one o. e %
there ar w vas some pretty active COVERING.
and renewed investment buying on t se
strong weak-end statistics on Wnich tue
market closed very steady. ats net IN N
changed prices to decline OF .po lais.
January contracts held a weak rela ..
tion .' 10 the general u.s.. under notices
which represented az much as 1000 paies.
The buying at this point Is largely on
the ground that the spot MAKES % the The
support o. good spinning and export port
demand. a good deal Of cotton was
bought in the afternoon. on Hester !. v Is,
BILE supply ~ I Of az SAFES =
RECEIPTS AT THE PORTS.
The following are the total net re-
!ceipts Of cotton at all ports. since sep
tensr I've Meb aales
bales Savannah. s4o.11s bales: Charleston.
1921 bales: Wilmington. 2sosl6 bales AZ :ss;
Norfolk, sos bales; Baltimore. los0f
81. s74 bales; Newport News. u1:e51 bales;
7ss472s bales: Fernandina. $50 bales: Pen
sacola, 81. 1M bales: Port Arthur, g; Sol
Francisco, q. i35 bales: Portland, Ore.
154l bales. Total. 5,21s,4 81 bales
LIVERPOOL, January s.-cotton-spot
IN moderate demand prices points high
er; American middlng fair. . sl-1ood;: goed
middling. leo-lood.; m:daling: 72.loed.
low niddling. 60 1000 ! COOS, orainar =;
49, 1o0d.: ordinary. 36-1ood: he. sales g. od
bales were FOR speculation and export.
and included 1880 bales American. Re
ceipts. 210o bales. all American.
Futures opened firm and closed -, Easy
January. 4ss-iood.: January and Eebru-
airy. s5-1ood; February an ID, March zsi';
s5-lo0d.:: March and April Z eo-l09d,; Ap ~
May ,oa sS- y e. se19Gd May ,, and
4 6S-1O0S4 67-iC0d. August and September,
eo-1eod. September and os Ct 'oe,
NEW ORLEANS. La. January SCOT
Fabruary:s sssds.5s;. March. s.s2Gsss: April
Sss9s7o az. Nay a. s74gs 75 J 5ms . s.asa;
Jpy c9iion gag ouiet
quotations reduced 1-1e The contract
market. under the INFLUENCE OF favorable
cables. opened 5 to points up. and after
the arst acall gained 3 points additional !.
Thereafter sentiment changed somewhat.
and prices fiuctuatsd few points IN
either direction, but with a slightly down.
ward trend the board at the close show
ing gains of points on January
and 2stos3 points on the other positions.
Trading was limited
1.-THE WORLDS SUPPLY.
Secretary Testers statement OF the
world visible supply of cotton. issued
to-day, shows the total visible to be B.
s41.4l2. against .42s last week. and
44s.4e2 last year; Of tbs the total IL OF
4.s last week and 8, T0.462 last year: and
OF all other kinds Including Egypt Il BIZ a.
I'll: India, etc. 726.0O0 bales. against $4,000
last week, and $4,000 last year.
the worlds Visible supply 2 Ply :, o. e cot,
Britain and. Continental Europe. 1871 600.
Against. go 600 last year: in Egypt. 1890 s 09
against .222.o00 last year; in India. $4,000.
against $4,000 last year. and In the United
States. $4,000. against 1.75no0o last year.