The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-30
N.w orlsans Cotton Market.

New Orleans, April 29.-Cotton, firm, with a fair demand. Factors as a rule remain obdurate and refuse to make the slightest concessions to the purchasing element Sales S700 bales, including 200 to arrive. Quotations unchanged.
 The future market was quite unsettled. Manipulation of the near months both here and in New York had the effect of holding up the prices of present crop posi- tions; Liverpool was somewhat better for those than expected, but reported rains for September and more distant new crop in Texas caused declines of 5 points months. During the day May sold up to OPS, five points above yesterdays closing; July and August also selling up five points. While there was no disposition on the part If either bulls or bears to oper- ate heavily the fluctuations were rapid and moderately wide. At the close the summer months showed net gains of 1 to 2 points, while the new crop months showed net losses of to points.
 New Orleans. April 29.-Cotton futures barely steady. April, nominal; May, 1922 61023; June, 10246D1026; July, 10. 27d102S; August, 979@9SO; September. S939s94; October, S.47aS4S; November, S.35@SS7; December S.35@S.36.
 New Orleans April 29.-Cotton, firm; sales 1900. Ordinary SA; good ordinary, S% low middling, 7-16; mddling, 10 3-l6; good middling, 1O5s; middling fair, Il 5-16; nominal. Receipts, 1904 stock. 1e10SS.
 Daily Statement.
 Galveston = Steady; middling 10 1-16c, sales 267 receipts S33S stock 5S,s6s.
 Mobile-Quiet; middling 10c, sales 5O receipts 173, stock 6142.
 EaVanrah-9uipt buf firm, Y.aiddlioo 1Oc. sales 226. receipts 562 stock B. 3O7
 Charleston--Quiet and firm; middling 10c, stock 3977
 Wilmington-Firm mddling 1O1sc, stock 567o.
 Norfolk-Firm; middling 10ssc, sales 5s receipts s10, stock 47S5.
 Baltimore-Nominal; middling 10%c, re- ceipts 300, stock 4764.
 Boston-Quiet; middling 10. 75c, net re- ceipts 9O7 gross 10s7
 alphabetically; middling 10.s5c, receipts 21, stock 32O7.
 St. Louls-Quiet; middling 10ISc, sales 45, receipts 451, stock 16,470.
 Memphls-Steady; middling 1Oc, receipts 2776, shipments 3679, sales 1901, stock 8, III.
 Liverpool Market.
 Liverpool, April 2s-spot, moderate business done; prices unchanged to Z POintS lOWtls <AlitIlIdl L1luullHB 1dlT Q, good middling $50, middling 5.54 low middling 5.SS. good ordinary 5.16, ordi- nary 5.04. The sales of the day were 5000 bales, of which 800 were for specuia- ton and export, and included 71O0 Ameri- can. Receipts were 19,0O0 including 15,0OO American. Futures opened easier and closed easy. American middling: April 5.S2 April-May, May-June, June-July 5. .31M5.32, July-August 5.31, August-Sep- tember 5.20 September-O October 4S3, Oc- tober-N November 4.6414.65. November-De- cember 4.5764.5S. December January 4.5e, January February 4.55Q4.56.
 Dry Goods.
 New York, April 29.--Little improve ment is to be noted in either first or sec ond hands in the dry goods market, de- spite the changed weather conditions. The scarcity of the raw material is a matter of increasing concern, and al- though lack of orders would seem to in- dicate possible weakness, the high cost of cotton and diffic11tv nf eao11rfno Suf