The sun., 1905-12-17
THE corroN MARKET.
A Small Advance Takes Piace-AVcrpooi
Better Than Erxprcted-Wires WORK
RadIy and T'fhdihG Dull.

A Small Advance Takes Place-bVcrpoo'
Better Than Exprcted-Wlres WorH
BADLY and Trading Dull. ..s.
The cotton market was q very small aneiI
even for n Saturday. In tho first place ths
wires were working badly and II was marc
to do Southern business. In the seconu
place nobody was disposed 10 trade very
heavily anyhow just on tho eve OF SUNDAY
with It's possibilities OF bad weather ana
also the gInners' report.
Besides the market In becoming OF q pre-
holiday character az II IA very apt 70 &c VI
Christmas week. The statistics for the week
were bullsh rather than otherwise ana .ne s
weather was bad, a fact which may ourtah
the crop movement,
Liverpool was stronger than expected
and 80 far ~ room traders are coneefneu "
recalls tho case OF the burnt child dreading
the fire, They have been caught 30 oiten
OF late that they are more careful now
German operator bought moderately ana
this also tended to make them cautious
T. A. Mcintyre a Co. said;
Tho markets now seem to have become
pretty well evened up and the trade Is De-
ginning to adopt waiting attitude pending
the publication OF the Census Bureau's report
covering the amount OF cotton glnned up 70
R'ss"ssG as sse ssd o ne. a we esRos Se
been fixed for Its publication. II is the con.
seRsus Of opinion thpt It gill sh9w aSSn sSae
think this would be bearish, as i would com
pare with ii o1i 900 bales ginned to December
IS last year when the crop YES SS 56 fos
the same time In the 10, ooo, 900 bale crop year
Of 1908, and about 1850, 900 bales in the 10 ZOO
s s s99s year Of S' s ss comss S10 as low
as that the report would in reality be regarded led
as bulllsl and confirming the shortage Of the
more rapidly in every state In the belt this
year than In any previous season. Win per-
haPs the single efceptlSn Of l 1923 ,,,,rors, As-
soclation is expected TO come out about the
middle of the week, and our advlGes from pal
as are 70 tHe eefs bes 'n Gnned m and maze tho
amount about e5 per cent Of the total crop.
which the oLicials Of the association have
tssTGo stsndsTd Size dz Aoi The Russian situation is
more ipenacing and everything points 20
general but we dS rSf oe!eSe eeoe
heavy e9nsumptiop ana the shortags Of the
We would m oston n the e bT
summer months on all soft spots or declines
scS w.re Mssarss % beR ae
and Howerd q Wilson ds9 sald ts,turs which ia not
generally known is, that large part OF the
cotton arriving at he ports forms part OF ne
1000. 900 balcs or whatever It may hnalf turn
st' nlent with S m the Southern cotton Associal.on.
sGrance facilities and besides holders prefer
60 have cotton where. in case OF necessity.
they can get immediate advances without any
difficulty In this way cotton is concentrat-
ing at the ports, swelling the stocks, but since
none Of this is for. sale. the weight on prices
hns rot Increased.
at $4,000 pales. against 3an, is4 last week and
s' e. 2y 600 he port araSs pfosp!s @
The statistical position. as made up from
tho Chronicle, is as follows;
Thfy Week Last Week. 1905
9Ion %GSs % 4r'onn si5i. sIss ] ssss SsssS
'ims Ing wee Week. ssH' u1' $4,000 4sssl 4so6So
Spot cotton was nnchanged Middling.
and Gulf i2,4Se. against -s3oc Sales. 200
bales for spinning. New Orleans advanced
side; Mobile, s-iec, Galveston and, Mem
il li-lec,: Savannah. II a-ioc, Sales Calves
ton. 1A0 bales; New Orleans, $50, Mobile, s53
Savannah, 500 Memphis, 100.
The receipts to-day were rs follows:
po-, 1sdsg .s, oS Last s(, a,sss s5.,, 1891
Ss$$s; Il; asG:5$$ 53 5s5s ,isis ;:5ss "a
Estimated
The total movement at the thirteen princi-
pal Interior towns was as follows;
To day Last rpsek. 1874
sGPhRssi: sSsSs1Rss :.'.:.:, . :ssSSS ] s ssSs s55s5
ESTIMATED.
Estimated receipts
Houston ,,....,,. ccSe,s,"so IS I!s7 y'
Galveston. .00OO-sOOo l575t 1884
New Orleans. 90. 7.Ooo-95Oo 1907 Is.1H
Futures closed steady al an advance OF
o 10 points, with estimated sales Of 400, 900
lies. Prices as follows
Htgss". Lom'", cyoang, PREF Ng,t.
ianuary..,." ",ll.E ~? iiTam.Ss 1885 HIS
March. ....,....,l2O il.o i202 II le5dailo8
May.,....,.... 1919 l9.05 1918 i?IOGl2.n
July .......,. O.. 1928 l2.ls i222Gt?.23 i218d1217
Futures In New Orleans were as follows:
Oprr High Lop. Clls. PrtH
me. en, cs,, inG. Night
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. il05 1901 1lon 1901 llo6
Merch .....,.,....... 1920 1925 l215 l2.26 1921
MAY .....,......,..,. l2ss 1912 1882 i2.42 i?42
In Liverpool spot cotton advanced points.
Mlldling. 6.36d.. against 423d. Inst year
Sales. 5000 bales; Imports. $1,000, Futures
declined 10 o points. but recovered part,
closing 10 lower. Prices as follows;
February .March. ......,O7s $50 Az
ADr1l .May...,,..,...,.., $50 8ss 40
June J luly."....,.....,.. ,6.N g. i3 S.Sf
MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS.