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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-01-13
ORGANIZATION OF Benefit
The Minnesota Municipal snd CONNER
clat League Productive Of Much
Good for Ambitious Com.
munitieS.

Last spring an organization, known
as the Minnesota Municipal ana Com
mercial League, was formed by NUN.
Der of towns and villages in the south.
ern part Of the state. Since that time
the organic alton has been growing
steadily, until at the present time
towns and villages in all parts of the
state are included in its membership.
The object of the league is to pro-
mote the general welfare of every
municipality in the state. Up to the
time of the org ganization OF this league,
the villages and cities of Minnesota
had no organization whatever
through which they might express
their wishes or acquire information
upon subjects of public Importance.
Each town or city stood alone, and
relied solely upon its own efforts to
secure needed reforms through legis-
latlve enactments. For this reason
they were unable to accomplish much
along this line, while if they would act
in concert they could gain recognition
for every reasonable demand which
they might make.
Many of the villages and small Cit
les in this section Of the state are dis.
criminated against in the matter of
tariff rates. Efforts have been made
repeatedly to have these wrongs
righted through legislation and com.
missions, and while some good laws
along this line have been enacted and
some progress has been made, the re-
suits are not satisfactory 40 could be
desired. The question therefore natu-
rally arises: ''Why should not the
towns and villages of the state join
together and demand the rightfulrecog-
milton for which they seek?
Although the Minnesota Municipal
and Commercial League has been in
existence less than one year, much
good has already been accomplished.
Several of the towns which are in
cluded in it's membership have ex-
perienced the benefits to be derived
through such an organization in q
material reduction on the rates of
hard coal into their towns.
A few years ago the citizens Of New
Ulm made complaint to the Rsilroad
and Warehouse Commission, claim
ing that the freight rates upon hard
coal to that point was unreasonable
and that Chapter 81, laws Of 1895 gave
them the power to compel the enforce
ment of joint through rates between
points within this state by connecting
carriers. After considerable effort
they succeeded in securing an orcer
from the commissioners, making the
following reduction on this commodity
on the line of the Minneapolis & St.
Louis Railway, the rate being based
upon q rate of eight mills per mile.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-01-13

States supreme court. The supreme
court affirmed the order OF the CON-
mission, thus establishing the reason
ableness of the rates as fixed by them.
Since this ruling by the supreme court
the application OF the same rate has
been applied to the points 40 shown in
the following tabl,:
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-01-13

The railway company appealed from
the order OF the commission and tho
case was aaslly carried 70 the United
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-01-13

4 conund1um.
When is . justice Of the peace 1
Judge Of the supreme court? =
When he is q court. of last resort.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-01-13
MINNESOTA, JANUARY 1904

ATTEND THE
FARMERS INSTITUTE
AT THE COURT HOUSE AT W|LLMAR
Friday and Saturday of this week.
Instructive Lecturers on Stock Raising Daiyins horticulture
ana oheI topics will be given by experts paid by the
state and question box will be provided for anyone desiring
particular information
Forenoon sessions from 10 to H. afternoon E30 O'clock
A Ladies' Institute
will be held at the I. o. OF. hall on
the afternoon Of each day.
Two very competent ladies will address these meetings on
questions OF domestic economy Dr. Mary Milestone will talk
the subject "ygiene the Home The meetings at this hall will
be exclusively for the ladies'
This feature will be interesting to the ladies Of the city as to
those OF the country and all are invited.
A fine lecture with musical numbers
will be free to all at the courthouse
hall Friday evening.
All who attend the institute at the
first morning session will receive a
copy of the valuable 1904 manual.
The following appear during
and evening session to intsrsperse
Fsssf Winds Solo Friday aer1Ssa and s sysa
S%s r io @ 3 :E Ssy sysa&
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-01-13

;Additlonsl county hsvs % aith psgs'
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-22

up and the undertone of the market
to say the least is apprehensive. Liv-
erpool afforded every encouragement
for a reaction. Private cables COM
mented bullishly on the situation and
public cables reported a better range
of prices than expected. Responding
the market opened firm at advance OF
to 10 points on covering by smaller
shorts and some buying by parties
who believed that the market had
gone low enough to render it attrac-
tive to consuming interests for hedg-
ing future requirements both for the
current season and as a protection
against crop accidents next year. But
after working up to net gain of
about II to 10 points the market re-
hected continued bear operations by
breaking to practically last nights
priceS
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-22
SPIRITS STILL CLIMB
PRICES ADVANCED ABOVE THE so
CENT MARK YESTERDAY.
HIGHER IN LATE TRADING
WHEN PRETTY LARGE SALES
WE'RE MADE AT so 1-2 CENTS.

Receipts Were 500 Casks and Ship
don Markets Reflected Rise of Day
BefOre-ROsin Market Opened and
Closed Firm with Little Change In
Prfces-Advance on Lower COM
mons Paid in Afternoon.
The spirits of turpentine market con-
tinues to reflect. both in tone and
prices, the betterment that began sew
eral days ago and which has been more
pronounced from day to day. The
opening yesterday was firm at so
cents, the closing price of the previous
day, at which sales of 1916 casks were
reported sold. At the close it was still
firm at so to 50A cents, when additional
sales of 225 casks were posted. In the
afternoon the price went up another
notch and the trading was brisk on a
basis of 50h cents. The receipts of
the day were 500 casks, and the ship
ments none. The New York market
was quoted firm at 5Sh cents, while
London likewise showed an advance,
being reported at 3S-3.
The rosin market was without spe-
cial feature. The opening was firm
and unchanged except for a decline of
H to the inside figure of the previous
day. The sales at the opening were
2,776 barrels. The close was firm at
prices below, and without further
sales. The receipts were 1886 barrels,
and the shipments none. The New
York market was quoted dull at s2.S2h
Sales in the post market trade were
made at several prices generally at
an advance of 10 cents on the higher
pales, of which very few are being
received, and 212 cents on one or two
of the bottom grades. One sale was
made at an advance of 21a cents on
all grades from G and below and quo
tations for the remainder.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-22

LIQUOR LICENSE.

City of Savannah, Office Clerk of
Council. Dec. 10, 19O4.-The follow
ing applications to retail liquor dur
ing the year 1905 were read at the
meeting of Council Dec. 7. 1904. and
referred to the Committee of the
Whole. J. ROBERT DREAMER.
Clerk of Council.
Abel. Chas., s. e. cor. Bay and Aber-
corn SITS.
Anderson. Jos. NJ, No. AZ Reynolds st.
Badenhoop. ]. H., 523 West Broad, cor.
Huntingdon st.
Christopher, Geo., SO Berrien ST., W.
Christopher, Geo., 102 West Broad st.
Captain, G. p, Bay and Farm SITS.
Cunningham, Hardy c., S. W. cor Ber-
rien and Jefferson SITS.
Dulohery, c. e. Co., East Broad and
Hartridge SITS.
Friedman, J., 1876 Margaret st.
Goldberg, Joe, 1921 Ogeechee road.
Gerken, H., agt., us Wheaton st.
Hewett, NJ. W., Gwinnett and Bur-
Hodge, L. E., 565 Oak st.
Hermann, Peter. 317 Congress ST., W.
Hicks r. M, 81 Congress ST., W.
Heitmann, ]. F., 634 President ST., e.
Heitmann, c. H., % East Broad st.
Helmken, ]. H., S. e. cor. Liberty and
Whitaker SITS.
Jenkins, H. W., Marshall House," 123
Broughton St, e.
Kuck, John, 412 Drayton st.
Lubs, John F., n. w. cor. Liberty and
Habersham SITS.
Lang, Nicholas, 80 Barnard ST.
Mosenzza, S. & Co., Burroughs and
Duffy st. lane.
Ohsiek, Chas., POP Reynolds st.
Peters, N. F., n. e. cor. Park ave. and
Burroughs st.
Rocker. John & Bro, S. W. cor. Jones
and West Broad SITS.
Stahmer, John, Bryan and Ann SITS.
Sullivan, John. Is Congress ST., w.
Vollers, VIM. 430 West Broad st.
Wellbrock. John F., 524 jefferson st.
Wade, John T., s. w. cor. Oglethorpe
ave. and Houston st.
Wilkins, c., West Broad and CASTOR
SITS.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-22

BULLS AND BEARS
MIXED LINE UP.

New Orleans, Dec. Election flu
lures. steady; December, 7.1Sc bid;
January, 7.1S07 .19c; February, 7.24@
1850; March, 7.S4@7 .36c; April, 1890
7.41c; May, 1907 .46c; June, 1900
7.52c; July, 75Sc
Cotton, in good demand, but at low
er rates. Sales. 100 bales, including
$500 to arrive. Quotations reduced
nc.
Futures, opened to points up, but
by noon prices had declined to a few
points below last evenings close.
The bullish and bearish sentiment to-
day was well intermingled so thorough
ly that some of yesterdays bears were
the bulls of to-day and vice versa.
The market is advised that there was
a disposition to buy. New York tele-
grams were non-committal on that
point, showing that the sentiment of
the traders was divided much the same
way as on the local market. Later in
the session there was an Improvement
of 6 to s points, the market closing
steady, with net gains of 4 to 6 points.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-22
WARE & LELAND
Believe Day of Reckoning VIII
Come for shorts.


New York, Dec. 21.-There was an
other break in the market to-day.
Early the tone steadied well enough
and some began to buy cotton, but the
pressure was continued and no one
had courage to buy very much cot
ton, or to stay with it. The support
was not very good. May sold 7.62c
early, and then broke 20 points before
there was very much buying. The
tone was not as weak as yesterday,
but the market showed little resist
ance after the break started. When
ever prices started to advance there
was selling of kind to cause weak
ness. Things are now just as they
were at 16c and tic in January, only
with the reverse picture. There is
no way of telling where the market
will halt; all one can say is that there
is just as much disregard for values
on the part of those who have control
of prices as was the case last year.
1t needs but little experience with
speculation to tell one that the de-
cline will go way below a legitimate
figure, and that sentiment will be
found as bearish at the bottom as it
was bullish at 17% cents last year; no
one knows where the tend will be, but
there will be a day of reckoning some
day, and it will be bad for shorts. The
trade is now so demoralized that the
utmost care should be exercised in
trades made. If we have an open break
In the morning buy cotton for turn.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-22
DAILY COTTON MARKET.

Port Movement
Savannah-Quiet; middling, z S-16;
net receipts. 6.761; gross, $751;; sales,
$50; stock. 1895. Exports-Continent,
9,742: coastwise, SS9.
Galveston-Quiet; middling, rs; net
receipts, 1888; gross, 1889; stock,
POI. 55S.
New Orleans-Easy: middling, 3-16;
net receipts, 1880; gross, 1880: sales,
100; stock, 436,453. Exports-Coast-
wise. 1888.
Mobile-Steady; middling, Z; net re-
ceipts, 2.401; gross. 2.401; sales, 900:
stock, $3.50. Exports-Coastwise, 3D.
564
Charleston-Quiet middling, Z; net
receipts, 1903; gross. 1903: sales, 200;
stock, 31,52S Exports-Great Britain,
1879; coastwise. 4.
ilmington-Nominal: net receipts,
406; gross, 406; stock. 1921.
Norfolk-Net receipts, 2,347; gross, g.
347; stock. 34.536.
Baltimore-Nominal: middling, 7M;
gross receipts, $50: stock, 1851.
New York-Quiet; middling $50: net
receipts, so; gross, S36; sales, 25; stock,
10IS56 Exports-Continent 115.
Boston-Quiet; middling. 40; net re-
ceipts, 449; gross. 6.729.
elphia-Quiet; middling, 7S5;
49, +NN%ARN'f - bAVHHf HNOGhs Dsllo.
Jacksonville-Net receipts. 276; gross,
276. Exports-Coastwise, 276.
delphia-Deduct 497 bales from
receipts since Sept. l.
Total To-day. at All Ports-Net re-
ceipts, 45,449; exports, Great Britain
1878; continent, 9,S57 stock. 1867, sos.
Consolidated, at All Ports-Net re-
ceipts, 202907: exports, Great Britain
Ss,25S France. 23,6s1: continent, a.
260. Japan, 2.40O.
Total Since Sept. /, at All Ports
Net receipts. 5.52s. 1853; exports. Great
Britain, is7i.442; France, lsi, 407; con.
tlnent. l,45S.9S9; Japan, 1000: Mexico
1864
Interior Movement
Houston-Steady: middling. "a: mel
receipts. 1908. gross. 1905. shipments
z,blb; sales, 1896. stock. so, 1873.
Auguftn-steady, middling. IA: mel
receipts. i,l4e. gross, i.isg. shipments
Asss, sales, 16i, stock, 9i,f7g.
Memphis quiet middllng. IA. nel
receipts, $780, gross, $3.50. shipments
l.9ls. sales, 100. stock. i8g. I9t.
- Loulf-Quiof. middlinR. ". nel
receipts. 500 gross. 1,72f Fhipments
tlsi stock gftII.
~ irnafi~ Net receipts. fff2. rronr
jig shipments t.ffl. stock. G0i6
louisville Finu middiina. IA.
. ngasien hdd i0fn 40 shipment,
s'nrf Sept A.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-22
GENERAL MARKETS.

New York, Dec. 21.-Flour steady but
quiet. Rye flour and buckwheat flour
quiet.
Barley quiet.
Corn meal steady.
Rye nominal.
Wheat-Spot firm; No. red, $1.1S15.
Prices advanced a cent on covering
and closed firm, &c to &c, net higher;
May, $1.1S1s; July, $1.03; December,
81 .1SHa.
Corn-Spot steady: No. 2, 5515c. OPP
ton market was generally stronger
with wheat: May, 513sc; December, SEC.
Oats-Spot dull; mixed oats. 26@32
pounds. S4h@S514c.
Beef steady.
Cut meats dull.
Lard steady; Western steamed, $7.25;
refined steady: continent, $3.50; COM
pound, 5&@51ac.
Pork easy; family. s14@15; short
clear, $1375@16.25.
Tallow quiet.
Rice steady.
Molasses steady.
Sugar-Raw firm: refined firm.
Coffee-Spot Rio quiet: mild quiet.
Futures were a shade less active than
Yesterday, but met with good demand,
and closed at a net decline of SOLO
points.
Potatoes steady; Long Island, $1.75@
2. 90: state and Western, $1.2501 so;
Jersey sweets, $2.00@3.25.
Peanuts quiet; fancy hand-picked,
5A Gl51hc; other domestic. 3A@5hc.
Cabbages firm: Flat Dutch, per 100,
$2@S.
Cotton by steam to Liverpool, $50
zoe.
Butter firm and unchanged.
Cheese firm and unchanged.
Eggs steady and unchanged.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-22
DEMERE & HAMMOND'S


Daily Cotton Letter from New York.
New York, Dec. 21.-The rally which
was predicted yesterday should come
if only to permit of readjustment be-
tween futures and spots was seen dur
ing the first hour. An advance which
extended about or points above last
nights figures was established,
though for only short while. Our
early advices convinced us of increas-
ing nervousness and anxiety among
spot holders and we, therefore, adj
vised our clients to sell the market on
rally, in fact until the ginnerS' report
shall be out of the way, the market is
a sale on all rallies. The renewed de-
cline which set in shortly after the
opening, carried prices down nearly 20
points, but there was such a general
disposition during the afternoon to
take profits for Xmas money" that
the covering by shorts caused a sharp
rally before the close, thus leaving
prices at the end of the day very
close to those of early morning, and
approximately to higher from last
night. The fictitious nature of this
recovery may be judged by the facts
that spots throughout the South are
from one-eighth to three-sixteenths
lower and that middling cotton is
quoted easy in New Orleans at 3-16c.
The Xmas holidays may now be said
o be upon us. At the Cotton Exchange
the annual festivities will begin at
noon tomorrow, Dec. %, and it was
but natural that the active shorts who
had accumulated big profits on short
side should be DESTROYS of getting out
of their contracts so as to be able to
take part in the festivities without
any anxiety over their interests in
the me- rlxat
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-22
j. $. BAcHE & CO.'S
Daily Cotton Letter to Hayward,
Nick & Co.

New York. Dec. 21.-The cotton
market has shown continued nervous
ness with the big bear operators ever
Of mind TO oppose all rallying ten
denotes by continued and aggressive
offerings. There has been quite heavy
selling OF late by the large interests,
and II looks as though any attempt at
covering by these parties would be so
likely TO result I'm a big advance. that
II seems their plan 10 either uncover
some long accounts OF speculative
character that arc believed 10 be out
standing, or to break the backbone OF
the Southern holder and precipitate a
decline In that manner. and a wave OF
more general selling that VIII enable
them 20 cover up. There IL one thing
that we regard as certain. the situa-
ton ~ now approaching a decided
iiuency Of some kind during which
speculative accounts VIII be evened
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-22
SEA ISLAND COTTON.
NEW YORK RALLIED
AFTER NEW LOW LEVELS.

New York, Dec. 21-The cotton
market was extremely active and
ruled very irregular. At times the
bears appeared to be in full control
and prices registered a new low level
for the season around midday, to rally
later, and closed very steady at
slight net gain, on buying that was
attributed not only to covering OF
shorts but to purchases for spot in
terests.
The opening was firm at an ad-
vance of 1Gl0 points in response to
the cables. On the New York close of
yesterday Liverpool was due to come
about 6 to points lower, but official
quotations showed a decline of only 5
points at the hour of the local open
ing and private cables reported more
favorable conditions owing largely to
an oversold short interest and small
Southern offerings. After the opening
here prices continued to show firm
ness and worked up to a net gain of
about 12G13 points in the first half
hour or so of trading on covering and
buying by reactiOnists. But leading
speculative interests were very heavy
sellers on the bulge to isle for March
and the early demand being filed up
prices started downward, reaching in
the early afternoon a net loss of
about points with January selling at
within II points of the promised
7-cent level, while March selling at
7.30c was q points down from the best
level of the session. Selling was en-
couraged to some extent by reports
of freer spot offerings in the Southern
markets and a lower range of quota
tions, but in the afternoon exporting
interests who had been quietly buying
on the decline, purchased very aggres-
sively. smaller shorts covered active
ly and prices shot up to a little over
the opening figures. Final quotations
We're 56p7 points net higher on all
months except October, which was IA
points higher. Sales futures were es-
timated at 5000 bales. The estimate
for to-morrow's receipts at Houston
was small, but other points expect fair
arrivals.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-22
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.

Liverpool, Dec. 21.-Spot cotton.
moderate business done; prices, s
points lower; American middling fair.
442d; good middling, 41Sd; middling,
4.0Sd; low middling, 3.06d; good ordi-
nary, 3.S2d; ordinary, 3.66d. The sales
of the day were 1000 bales, of which
1000 were for speculation and export.
and included $500 American. Receipts.
$1,000 bales. including SO, 400 American.
Futures opened easier and
closed steady; American mid
ding. good ordinary clause, De-
cember, 3.97d; December January.
3.97d; January February. 4.O1d;
February-March. 4.05d: March-April,
4.09d April May, AID; May-June,
4.15d; June-July. Aid: July-August.
4.19d; August-September. AID; Sep
tember-October, 4.16d.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-22

471ac: No. yellow. 4614 @46Ac. No. 2
oats. S0%c; No. 2 white, 31A Q31%c; No.
white, 29hG30%c. No. 2 rye, 73c.
Good feeding barley. 3793Sc; fair to
choice mailing, 41@4Sc. No. 1 fiaxseed,
$1.16: No. l Northwestern, $1.23h.
Prime timothy seed, $2.72h. Mess
pork, Der parrel, s11.SO@11.45 Lard, per
100 pounds, $685.. Short ribs sides
Coose1, $6.2566.5O. Short clear sides
(boxed). s6.62k@6.75. Whisky, basis of
high wines. si.24. Glover, contract
grade, S12.I5
Receipts - Wheat. $4,000 bushels:
corn. 97S. 300 bushels: oats. 22l. 500 BUSH
els
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-22
SAVANNAH'S CURRENT MARKETS

Note-These quotations are revised
daily and are kept as near as possible
in accord with the prevailing wholesale
prices. Official quotations are not used
when they disagree with the prices
wholesalers ask.
POULTRY-Market weak spring.
ers, 30@60c; per pair; three-quar-
tiers grown, 50@60c; hens, 65@75c; tur-
keys, Ice per pound; geese, ST.. so per
pair: ducks, 75c@$1.00 per pair.
EGGS-Country, Csc; Tennessee, soc
BUTTER-The tone of the market is
firm. Quotations.: Extra Elgin. so tubs.
26627c; choice Elgins, 24@25c; New
York state, 23@2319c; renovated butter
6O-pound tubs, best grade, 2S@2319c.
CHEESE-Market, firm: fancy full
cream cheese, 22@25-pound, 12h@13c;
2O@35- pound, 12A @12%c.
WHITE PEA BEANS-$2.40 bushel.
POTATOES-$2.0 90.
ONIONS--In sacks. $3.50.
SPANISH ONIONS-Per crate, $3.50.
CABBAGES-$1.50 crate.
TURNIPS-Per sack. $3.50.
Breadstufls, Hay and Grain.
FLOUR-Patent. $685.; straight 500;
fancy, s735; family, $5.45; spring
wheat. best patent, $5.S5.
MEAI-Pearl, per barrel, $40; per
sack. s1.45; water ground, H.45; Pearl
rrits. per sack, $1.45; Pearl grits. per
barrel. $S.4O; city meal. S1.4o.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-22
fruits and Nuts

EEuAAs Aho NnNhs
Es-SS.Oo to $3.50 barrel.
NANAS-$1.7542.00
RAPES-Malaga, S4.5O95.5o; ia
mafca orange, $50.
n' CT 0RIDA ORANGES-$2.7503.00.
pRGTNES-20s to S0s. SIS: S0s to 40s.
az. nos to sos, Sc; sos TO COS, TIC; COS
~ 7os eNc; 70s to sos, &c; SOS TO Dos,
80 80 =. aos 10 zoos. 4hc.
ptEANUTS--Ample stock. fair de-
ND. market firm; fancy hand-plcked
W;rainias, &c; N. c. peanuts. exc: ex.
Nns91iTs-AImonds. Terragona, ilnc;
,.,,.ss 12hc: walnutJ. French. I2isc.
Sanies. i4ihc; pecans, ioc: BrazilS.
49,. dlberts lie; assorted nuts. So
,ound and 25-poGnd boxes. i2c.
Dried and Eyaporated Fruits.
APPLES - Evaporated. TIC; sum
oHPRicoTs-Evaporated. fancy. isc:
choice. i0Ac.
RAIsINs-L. L.. 3-crowu, sigg. 1.
crown. x2.O0. t-crOwn clusters. s2.7s.
loose muscatells. Sc. i-pOund seeded
iOEc; imperial cabinets. s. per box.
-Eyaporated. peeled. ice.
unpeeled. sac.
PEARS Evaporated. iOGc.
CfTRON-A. 81 drum. ifKc, fanry
coreifian. m io-p0und boxes, Ifkc.
cuRRAHTa~Ha Barrels. fe
Coffee.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-22
IN OTHER MARKETS.

New York. Dec. 21.-Rosin firm;
strained. common to good, 81. 821s@2. S5.
Turpentine firm, 53@531kc.
Charleston, S. c., Dec. 21.-Turpen-
tine firm at ASH; sales, 100.
Rosin firm; sales, 800. Quote: A, B,
C, d, E, $2.45; f, $3.50; G, $3.50; H,
1855; 1, $40; K, $S.15; M, $4.15; N,
Sass; w. G., $3.50; w. W., $500.
Wilmington, N. c., Dec. 21.-Turpen-
tine, nothing doing; receipts, IA.
Rosin steady at $40; receipts, SO.
Tar firm at $1.60; receipts, 416.
Crude turpentine firm at $3.50 and
1870; receipts. 141.
New Orleans, Dec. 21.-Receipts:
Rosin, barrels: turpentine, 16.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-22
Total sales Yesterday. 1874.


Time, l p. M, day before, $50.
The f. o. b. market opened steady at
~ cents bid. basis good middling, ana
closed at 712c and unchanged as to
tone. Cotton from the interior was to
be had in the earlier part of the day
at the market quotations, but when
the futures prices improved as they
did in the later afternoon holders be-
came firm and little if any cotton was
TO be had at the official basis.
Liverpool opened better than was
due and the American futures mar
kets reflected this Improvement at
their opening. though later in the day
prices declined to new low levels for
the season. They recovered before the
close which. both at New York and
New Orleans. was at a gain, in the
case of the first. from to IA points,
and at the second, of from to 6
points.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-22
DRY GOODS MARKET.

New York. Dec. 21.-The dry goods
market is on a substantial basis. and
there Is little evidence of possible de-
clines The attitude of sellers is to-
ward the maintenance of prices and
there seems to be little warrant for
any recession owing 10 the well sold
condition OF many mills and the posi-
ton OF manufacturers regarding cot
ton