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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-26
c. P. Pierce 0 Co.'S Cotton Letter,

(By Private Wire from Gilbert Claw
 NEW ORLEANS, Feb 25.-The cotton mar ket presents number of complex problems. viz: The result of manipulation in New York. the probable outcome of the Eastern war and the vexing questions that may at any mo- ment arise; the political situation in Europe: the probable action of spinners the state of trade. etc. etc, amid the many currents and counter currents 1t seems evident that in inc long run supply will hardly meet requirements if at all, and that lively times are therefore ahead for operators and dealers in cotton from the raw material to the finished pro duct. From this standpoint We are, as a final result. favorable disposed toward prices Liverpool seems inclined to cast aside the influences of the hour and to pay more at tention to the movement which Is unquestlon- ably light. however 1t must also be admitted that the incentive for spinners to enter the market is lacking, and a consequence there is a want of demand for spots ana prob ability of the visible supply figures appear ing bearish and while this condition obtains lower markets may rule. At all events 1t i' safe to surmise that any undue bulge will meet with resistance. The May position does moi present the recent highly. manipulated ap. pearance and traders are more inclined to note legitimate features.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-26
Virgin 6 Faunce's Cotton Letter.

tOVef ErINaN0 Leased wire.
 NEW YORK, Feb 25.-Cotton futures in the local market to-day opened steady in tone with first prices at advance of to l3 points for the old crop months and 5 points lower for the new crop positions. This movement was disappointment to the bulls, since the cables were quite firm, the European advices being much better than expected by many. The tendency was all the more uncer- tain since the receipts were small, and since the advices from the South were quite bull ish through private sources There was only scattered demand from the bull forces, the latter at times being inclined to hold of for the purpose of ascertafning the extent of the general short interest On all of the soft spots. however there was a good demand from the shorts. and the general short inter- est is reported to have been decreased mater ially thus far this week. New Orleans was rather irregular and some of the private tele- grams were to the effect that some of the the market Philadelphia interests were good buyers. however. and the English market in- terests were buyers of the nearby deliveries. Some of the Southern advices indicated that foreigners were still buying spot cotton. Trad CTS in the March option were disposed to pro- ceed very cautiously since there was some un- certainty as to the amount of this option that would be called for the actual delivery 1t be- ing understood that some of the spinning n- terest had considerable March cotton. The late market was dull. but there was considerable nervousness. The estimated port receipts for the day were 5000. against I7.455 for the same day last year.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-26
e. E. Pierce & Co.'S Cotton Letter.
EBy Private Wire From c. W. Lee Col

IBy Private Wire From C. w. Lee & Col
 NEW YORK, Feb. 25.-There seems to be something going on in cotton that is rather difficult to comprehend. or the first time since early fall the bull leader came into the market and sold openly yesterday. We don't know what this means. It may be that 1t indicates radical change of front and again 1t may be that this only means an effort to work prices lower in order to get cotton cheaper. There were rumors of some frictGn in New York and Philadelphia. We cant take any stock in the report. but hedges have been restored. lot high priced cotton has been liqudated and the bull leader IS in better position to take any attitude the situation may justify than he has been since the mar ket broke below IS cents. pile of cotton was taken all the way down. At 8 cents there was every prospect of health to the chance to run prices up and unload before
 March cotton came on the New Orleans mar ket This has been successfully accomplished Now IL depends on the demand for actual cot ton. the movement the attitude of the big people. etc. If operations for a rise are to | be suspended for the time being and instead
 lower prices are to be tried for, we don't see l how anything can prevent lower prices. Ii
 must he remembered that cotton was 6S | ten days ago, and 1t was hard to get people
 to buy. We don't care to risk the buvInS
 side for over l4 cents until the situation | grows more plain,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-26
Warehousemen and Cotton Brokers.
niet: prices unsettled: burer. and sellers
-PYOprietOFS'

quiet; prices unsettled; buyers and sellers apart Sales 2.5oo bales. including POO to arrive. Quotations reduced t. Futures were ld5 points higher The Liverpool market was better than expected and New York opened from 10 to 2 points up on the near months; with this bulIish condition 1t looked If e strong advance would set in. but heavy sell ing orders struck the market. evidently com ing from the shcrt side for the most part and prices receded. This happened several times during the session. Good advances were es- tabllshed only to be lost On hannnering by the bears There was an under current of heavy buying by conservative outside loans and this gave the market a steady tone in close of yesterday at is.ss advanced to i4. .a2. fell off to I3.9z, advanced again to I4.I6 and quiet. but steady. Net changN were Febru- ary down IS points; March up 8; April to July up 4 tp 5; August up TO- September down 10. and October down g.
 sales. 2,soo. Ordinary. s-Is: good ordi- nary l2h flow middling. IsM; middling. 1874; good niddling, is l3-ie: middling fair.
 NEW ORLEANS. Feb. 25-March ''notice' day in the cotton market passed triumphant ly for the sulls although 1t could not be said as prices went as the closing was only to 8 points higher than yesterdays close.
 For weeks the bears have been threatening the longs with what they were going to do
 
 March contracts. Even as late as yesterday the boast went around that between 200 900 and 3oo.000 bales would be thrown at the holders of March contracts. Instead of any such amount of cotton this the highest estimates of tenders were between 4.ooo and 5000 bales while actual trading only brought l,so0 bales to light. All notices were prompt ly stopped and the bulls openly expressed dis appointment that so little cotton had been rendered on contracts
 The day was exciting enough to keep the veterans around the ring for the greater part of the time. At the opening Liverpool bles were called favorable, and the New York opening was also called good.
 Consequently the local opening was steady and about 5 points higher than the close of yesterday. Bears hammered and their ham mering soon sent prices we'll down below yes- terday's close. Throughout the day every ad vance was immediately checked by the op- erations of hamrnering scalpers. Several times considerable buying power developed on the rumors that the local and New York bull leaders had made a written agreement to bull prices. Again conservative longs bought heavily on the belief that the recent slunps had shaken out the weak long element that the leading bulls were afraid of and that the market was on the of another wide ad- vance. The leading bulls heavy buyers at the opening and for some time after. Yet there was an under current
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-26
Boxes Rent at $500 and Up-
 wards Per Annum.
MARKETS FOR FUTURES
MARKET ADVANCED ON NEW
 CROP REPORT.
Initial Gains Due to Better Cover ing on Sales and Small Re- ceipts Estimated for
 the Day.

New York. Feb. 25.-The cotton market opened steady at an advance of to 13 points on the old, to dacline of points on the new crop months and ruled very irregular. The initial gains were due to covering on the sales which were bet ter than expected and the small receipts estimated for the day, but there was little support from bullish sources and shortly after the opening prices sagged off 10 to Is points on liquidation and some selling believed to be for short account. Liverpool continues firm, however, and New Orleans which at first had shown relative weakness firmed up, sending very bullish telegrams to the local mar ket. It was March notice day there and yesterday some apprehenslons were ex- pressed as to the attitude of the long in- ferest This morning. however, leading Southern bulls were reported to be bid- ding for large blocks of March cotton. Here large Philadelphia spot interests were active buyers of May and July. New Orleans too sent buying orders after the first ten or fifteen minutes while houses with Liverpool connections were also operating on long accounts.
 TO net gain of 26 to 30 points on the more active months with May reaching 14.28 and July H.23 while March ruled dull and neglected around 1885 Esti- mated receipts for tomorrow were very light, helping in the advance. but reports reaching here from the South indicate rather a less pressing demand for spot cotton at the recent advances and the continued opposition of leading interests here unsettled the room, who shortly be- fore midday started a selling movement that carried prices down to last night level. Again there was a rally as of- ferings fell off somewhat but once more the market was depressed by the aggres- sive offerings of the local bull leader and in the middle of the afternoon prices were forced down to the lowest point of the session with March selling at 14. 40; May at 3.75 and July 1880; representing a net decline of Il to 27 points and a reaction from the best of about 52 points on the May position. Toward the close room covering and a renewal of demand from spot interests brought about a slight rally and the market was finally steady at an advance of points to a decline of IS points. Sales were estimated at 700, co, bales. Receipts for the day were light and the estimates for tomorrow also rar very small, indicating a more bullisf weekly statement than previously expect ed, the amount being now placed at abou l35, GOO bales, against i79. 900 last year. Ex ports for the day were very light, how ever and total exports for the season ar' now only 4,s97, ,290 bales, against 5,OS4.9f last year Receipts at the ports todd! were s32S bales, against 7,917 last weel and 17.455 last year. For the week 70.O against S6.3O6 last week and 14S,947 las year. Today's receipts at New Orleans were 4.616. against 3.226 last year and a Houston 1886 against 2,s96 last year.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-26

Washington. Feb. N.-Representative Williams today introduced a resolution requesting the Secretary of War to in- form the House whether and to what extent since the closing of the war, the right of free speech and of free politi- cal action prevailed in the Philippine islands and particularly whether any laws are in force which deny or in any respect abridge the right of the inhabi- tants of those islands to advocate through the press, by petition or in orderly public meetings the independence of their country by peaceable separation from the United States: and if such laws are still in force why they are necessary in time of peace."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-26
New York coffee and gusnr

NEW YORK Feb. 25.-CofTee spot Rio steady; mild steady. Sugar raw firm; refined steady. Coffee futures opened steady at an ad-
 vance of 5Ql5 points on scattered buying fol- lowing rather better European cables than ex- pected and reports that what March notices had been issued would be promptly stopped. Importers continued selling in a moderate sort of way but runners were consistently cir very buish nature concerning the crop had been received and the market seemed to show some improvement so that it ruled gem advance of 2oa3o points. Sales I2e. .00c bags March 5.2od5 80: May 5.6oG6. 70; June 6oa5 65; July. 9oR6 o5: September
 elo 2 soqe 2 ,qe 3o November. e.45 and December
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-26
New Orleans Cotton Futures.
Daily Cotton Market.
 nailv Cation Market.

GALvESToN-Quiet: middling l3%c; sales, 300: receipts, es2: stock. 7e.696.
 MOBILE-Nominal middling, IA; receipts I9: stock. 20 2o3.
 SAVANNAH-Quiet; middling, IA; receipts l,I53; stock. 52.573.
 CHARLESTON-Firm; middling, IA; sales, 25o; receipts. 56; stock, 1859.
 wILMINGTON-Steady; middling, I3. 50; re- ceipts 26: stock, I3,6I0.
 NORFOLK-Receipts 500; stock. 2I 600.
 BALTIMORE-Nomin middling I4.75c; stock. 6,oIS.
 BOSTON-Quiet middling, I4.3 30; net re- ceipts. 523 gross, 25Io.
 PHILADELPHIA-Steady middling, I4.35; receipts 224; stock 2,I55.
 ST LoUIS-Quiet; middling, IA; receipts 2.76S; stock, ls,754.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-26

tions regarded unfavorable for wheat crop but nothing positive developed Supplies east of Mississippi river light. It looked very much to-day as though some big holders were swap ping on May for July, and we expect to see July wheat sell as high as May.
 Corn-Weath-r repcrts indicate much light CT movement of corn and with likelihood Of lighter receipts for this week. There wns . hig commission house trade in corn all day. We believe tho purchase of May corn and sell July at present prices would make good spread.
 oats-Early in session shorts advanced the market sharply and prices later on broke about ! cent on profit taking. They should be better, however.
 Proyisions--on lighter receipts of hogs than expected the live stock was up cents. Mar ket for provisions opened in accordance and the close there was some little profit taking but we believe July lard and July ribs are excellent property and look for higher prices for both.
 In spite of the more encouraging Liverpool cables than were expected. New York market opened nervous and cratic. showing great sem stiveness to even little buying selling Opinions have been much divided but senti- ment seemed to favor an advance rather than a further decline as the movement continued too small and reports from different sections in the cotton belt indicate c very small portion Of the crop remains unmarketed. There seems to have been no special news with days market, and 1t Is generally looked upon as professional. The break in New Orleans while in sympathy with New York. failed to respond entirely. The bull leaders apparent ly made no effort to sustain the market at any time. though during the morning Philadelphia firm was said to be doing some buying. This is notice day for March options in New Or leans and tomorrow is notice day in New York. It Is generally expected there will be many notices issued here in view of the sen sitive condition of the market. opinions are valueless and one can name the bottom but the statistical position of the staple is strong as shown by the estimated port receipts for the week which are put at 65,o0O bales as against IA, 900 last year The insight movement for the week Is esti- mated at l35. 900 against l7e. 300 last year. On New York's close Liverpol is due to come 4 to down Friday.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-26
New York prv Gooda.

NEW YORK. Feb 25.--The dry goods mar ket is in a quiet condition with little activity. Out of town buyers were conspicuous by their absence and throughout the commission trade general apathy was reported. Local jobbers still busy with store trade and certain stocks are becoming materially depleted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-26
New Orleans snrar

NEW ORLEANS. Feb. 25-sugar steady Open kettle, 2&aS 3-l6; open kettle centrtu- eal, SE3%; centrifugal whites. Az: yellows SAqS Ie-le; seconds, 2M93 3-I6. MO i~asses ~ nominal; open kettle 2o926; cenul- fugal logl5, Syrup dull. 23026.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-26
Doesn,t Naed Mnneu

Dallas, Texas. Feb. A.-In a telegram to The News from Fort Worth, George J. Gould. president of the Missouri Pacific Railroad says: There Is no truth In the story that the Missouri Pacific is soon to be in the market to borrow a large amount of money. We do not contemplate any loan whatever" |"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-26
Caldwell. Ward Q Co.'S Cotton Letter.

MONTGOMERY. Feb. 25.-wheat-Liverpoo cables tn wheat were higher in sympathy with our market of yesterday notwithstand- ing the cold weather favorable for movement of grain. Movement was light throughout the West Terre Haute reports sale No. red at Sl.lo track there.
 Price current reports recent weather condi-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-26
Cincinnati Prnvis,nna
st. Louis Provinior.

s CINclNNATI, Feb. 2s.-Fiour Arm nLSaG La1G firm, s.62h. whiskey steady SI.27.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-26

ST LOUIS, Feb, 25.-Flour. dull. higher Whiskey steady, Sl STA Pork, higher; , joo
 oing lo.sIh. Lard. higher; prime aleAIa al. 2 20. Bacon boxed extra shorts, e.So; cleai ribs, e.37h Short clear a.25.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-26
New York Cotton Futures.

NEW YORK, Feb. 25.-Cotton quiet; mid ding, I4.to; net receipts. 227; gross 3247; stock 76.474. Total to-day: Net receipts 6. .326; exports to Great Britain, 24oo; to France 2s7; to the continent 3.66I; stock, 67l, lO9. Consolidated: Net receipts 52 7oO; exports to Great Britain 2i.l73: to France 347; to the continent l2.s62; to Japan 2so Total since September l. Net receipts, G. 363, H3o: exports to Great Britain. ,9I2 6s2; to France, 634,6ll; to the continent. 2. ls4 7sI; 1o Japan. 37. ls5; to Mexico. 22 36s
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-26
The leaaing futures ranged as follows:

Sasn quotations were as FOLLOWS: Flour-Steady
 wheat-No. 2 spring. ssc@sI .o7; No. 3. 9ocgSI .o3: No. red, SI o5%6SI.lo Corn-No, 544 No. yellow. 55h oats-No 2. 42; No. white. 451au+6; No. 3 white. 43645%.
 Mess pork, per barrel. SI6. .37h9I6 Lard. per 100 pounds. S7 .S7hd7. .e2Ia. Short ribs sides Qoose). S7.75@7 .67hs Short clear sides (boxed), S7.97Ik69. %. Whiskey. basis of high wines, Sl .27.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-26
Treasury Statement.

CHARLESTON. Feb. 25-Turpentine an, rosin nominal nothing doing
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-26
Local Cotton Markat.
riverpoel Cotton Futures.

In the local cotton market yesterday mid ding was quoted at l3A cents.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-26

LIVERPOOL, Feb. 25.-Cotton futures open ed quiet and closed steady. American mid ding, G. O. c. g.:
 Rafrnary 90
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-26

New orleanA Spot Cotton. NEW ORLEANS Feb 25.-sDOt cotton
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-26
SAVANNAH, Feb. 2s-rurnentine

SAVANNAH, Feb. 25.-Turpentine firm; 6oc: sales 50; receipts l2e; exports SO Rosin firm: sales. 3,355; receipts. I.547: exports .259. A, R. c, D, S2 40; E, S2 AS; F, S2 50; H, S2 60; I, $2 .95 K S3 25: M
 S3. 30; N. S3. 35; W G. S3 50; W W. Ss. 70
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-26
Resolution of Inquiry.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25-Treasury hal ances S225. oS2, 7s4; gold SloI. s5 oSs.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-26
Naval Stores

WILMINGTON. Feb .25.-Turpentine noth- ing doing; Receipts casks. Rosin nothing doing; receipts 236. Tar firm, SI 40; receipts l23. Crude turpentine firm, S2 2S S4 oo and S4 co; receipts 39.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-26
rsrAB11sHED 1879.

Henry Beer. Bertrand Beer.
 Edgar H. Bright. Rd ya-. Wires to New York, Chicago, and Intermediate Points.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-26

' '5V February March, Mlrch-April April
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-26
Fsreas City Live Stock.

KANSAS CITY. Feb. 25.-Cattle receipts B. 900 including 800 Southerns Market steady to strong
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-25
vENIsON TO HE PLENTY.
It May Soon be Raised for the Markets
 Like Beef.
Brooklyn Eagle

Brooklyn Eagle.
 Venison may soon become as com mon as beef in the markets and much cheaper, unless the trust should get control of the product. For it Is just beginning to dawn on some enterprise ing folk that deer may be raised with less care and cost than any other animal the flesh of which is used for food. The idea was doubtless sug- gested last winter by numerous para graphs which went the rounds of the press, describing how herds of 2.000 or 5000 deer at various places in Penn sylvania, New Jersey and elsewhere had been turned loose by their owners be- cause the animals were starvinen in their inclosures. If deer could be seemed to have been raised. why not breed them for market just as cattle or sheep are bred?
 w. T. Hornaday, director of the New York Geological Park. is the first to formulate the idea that 1t would be easier. pleasanter and more profitable to raise venison for market than it is to raise mutton. Indeed. sanguine temperament, after listening to Mir. Hornaday's discourse on the subject, might even conjure up visions of the baffled and beaten beef trust being thrust into bankruptcy on the horns of myriads of graceful bucks.
 There is no gainsaying the fact that certain species of deer placed within large inclosures increase with pheno- menal rapidity and can be killed profi- tably for the market" said MT. Horna- day the other day. And let me say right here that deer in preserves are the only ones that are increasing in numbers. At large the ruthless hand of the hunter is slowly exterminating them. The only salvation for the species is the game preserve.
 twill the game preserve ultimately yield to the ranch? Well, that is for some captain of industry to decide. I can only say that deer can be herded and prepared for the market cheaper than cattle.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-25
PECK'SBADBOY ABROAD
The Bad Boy Writes of Ancient and Modern Highway men--He Gets Taste of High Life and His Dad Tells
 the Story of the Pickleman's Daughter.

place of the mortgages, cause a mort will not shed rain. and you get their money and spend 1t on other women." One of the dukes turned red like a lobster, and I think he Is a lobster anyway, and he was going to make dad stop talking, but the duke didn't know dad. and he continued. Says dad says he: T know a rich old man in the States. who made ten million dollars on pickles, or breakfast food. and he had a daughter that was so homely they couldn't keep a clock going in the house.
 She came over here and got exposed to a duke, and she had never been vac- cinated,' and the first her father knew she caught the duke, and came home, and he followed her. Say, he didn't Know enough to pound sand, and the old man got several doctors for her. but they couldn't break up the duke fever. and final ly the old pickle citizen asked him how much the mortgage was and how much they could live on. and he bought her the duke. and sent them off, and the duke covered his castle with build ing paper. so 1t would hold water, and they set up housekeeping with a hun dred servants. Then the duke want ed a racing stable, after the baby came. and the old pickle man went over to see the baby, and it looked SO much like the old man that he invest ed in racing stable, and the servants bowed low to the old man and called him Your ighness.' and that settled | the old pickle person, and he fell into the trap of building a townhouse in London.
 Then he went home and made some more pickles, and the daughter cabled him to come right over, as they had been Invited to entertain the king and l a lot of other face cards In the pack. And the old man thought 1t would be great to get in the king row himself. so he shoveled a lot of big bills into some packing trunks and went over | to fix up for the king. The castle had to be redecorated for about six miles. up one corridor and down the other, but Old Pickles stood the raise, be- cause he thought it would be worth the money to be on terms of intimacy with a king.
 Then when 1t was all ready, and the old man was going to stand at the front door and welcome the king, they made him go to his room, back about q half a mile in the rear of the castle. and for two weeks old Pickles had his meals brought to his room, and when it was over. and his sentence had ex- pired, he was let out, and all he saw | of the grand entertainment to the