The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-16
MARKET FOR COTTON
RULING syEAgTsR ssssE . ,s 2, gosE SsE WITH AD-
Private AAvices From Che south Centinu< to Report Firm Spot Situation and Other Indifferences are
 Favorable.

New York, March i5.--The cotton mar h s oss %ss vssy sss s o to eight points. Sales were estimated at iso,O6o bales. The opening was steady at higher cables than expected on unsettled weather In the South and reports of an i'm
 Right after the call all the active months showed net gains renging from ,,e,,s te bSyine for a trun, but there was no indi- requirements of the more timid shorts were filled the market eased off to practically under q renewal of local bear pressure and situation and bad weather over the belt. enough to xiii early planted cotton in the san Antonio district while rains were far raeS sSrs ssan % osn Sns the noon with prices at one time showing net gain of iea1s points. new crop months be-
 foward the close. realizing by. early buy CTS caused recession of five or six points iy ,''a steady. aai Southern & spot spot, markets were generaiIy unchanged. Ii is reported thai the the local stock, but safes officiafiy report ed were only 2.ats bales. Receipts & at M the week week and and ai.4ss p' last T year For the weel
 testimated) 100000 bales against 1e5.23 last week and 15o.i75 last year Today, receipts at New Orleans 4S30 bales agatns 1O,f99 last year, and at Houston 2,3s2 balei against s.fs2 last year.
 CHICAGO GRAIN AND PRODUcE. Chicago, March 15.-Improyed dema no for flour and cash wheat at outside gralr
 sssssss ssssnsr ws Wheat s tine caused strength today n the Ioea
 xSssaa. xsa-se aFsss coTn wa. as sRs sGs Oats show
 ed 2 sain of A0%c Provisions were
 weather ffpa!e for rs winter wheat in the Tnitet
 States. the market . was strong @ all ocs,y, cay, l bidders. but offerings were limited fea-
 ture of trading was the absence of ,,a,,, an, profits GsiIas n Sight. AZ the opening the mar
 small receipts in the northwest. As the ses. slcn advanced prices acquired TIT firmn1sl tsIs' sns sns0ofn of 's lsey demand % for cash wheat ant
 that several large flour srniils would soc, soc, i were given additional enconragement b! | an estimate which showed decrease Q l from Argentina compared with the move, 1 ment last week. May options opened E
 a e at a'snss afa July lS'd rsse4 between 5Ts I and 1s and closed at a net gain or &g s
 suises in Hs1se fiam tone 1 in the T corn market | An advance of half to one cent in the
 price of cash eern and the smsIl In9yerasn mo s,n | of the advance. The market closed strone ,e l The May option opened Be higher at 49 ts | sold up to 4S & and closed at 45 $ @ B. To | cal receipts were its cars. with two of con tract grade
 l Oats were firm on an active demand b commission houses and cash buyers Tn l strength of wheel and corn also influence' I prices. May opened shade to- < l a6 s0 and closed at 29M. Provisions wer firm for the greater part of the day btn tn l volume of trading was not large Early II 1 the day prices were inclined to sag beeaus l of an easier market for live hogs. Late 1 however, the market became firmsr on 1 fair demand by local packers At the clos 1 May pork was up 12Mc at i5.S2k Lar l was up 56Thc at $T65 q $f.S112. RID
 were fh a Toe higher at ss40-