The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-12

| tO upout eoo b0tcos
 Approximately 200 bales Of this was brought to the Square by wagon.
 The tickets of the street buyers to | the wagon men called for Is cents II the cotton was middling or better. The bales were afterwards sampled at the warehouses. the staple graded. and the price paid accordingly.
 There has been a great deficiency in the grade of the staple lately.
 Much Of it Is stained and frost bit- ten.
 New Orleans reported more spot de- mand Saturday with 500 bales sold.
 New York wired: .It looks as If l cotton would go materially higher. A great many splnners here"
 Brownwood, Texas. wired Spots hard to buy. Fine demand at full l prices. Stocks fast being depleted. Nothing coming from farms"
 Greensboro, N. C.. wired: Spots strong and advancing. Offerings be- i farms and less in mills and ware houses than we have, ever known at this season of the year" Waco, Texas, wired: stock light Firmly held. NJ rressure to sell" A wilmingto., |. C.. min wired pounds per bale as compared with 4s3 | pounds last year.
 New York wired: We are buliish 1 and look for a general upward ten- dency until the new crop becomes a | factor. but. of course. the market will have temporary set-backs from time 1 to time due to liquidation. We favor buying 1t on any easy spots"
 Following is the weekly statement l from Liverpool:
 Weeks sales. 5S.000 ys. 47.000. American. 48.000 vs. 42.000. For export. $500 vs. 2,000. For speculation, 5.70e vs. 3,2oo. Forwarded, 6l.000 vs. 77.e00. Total stock, 100000.
 Following is the weekly interior
 Receipts. .I74,ss3: last year. SOL 06s: year before. 2ss.257.
 214.s0e. H 523.
 SELMA COTTON MARKET.
 selma. Dec. H. Especial, 1.-The price of today follows:
 Good rniddling .... a.. 15Xc ailS,, Strie1 middiins -. .... ..15c Strict low middling .. .... ....i4%e AseW3 miaehngb 'rH.. .... h' %. rs... ..14bc
 LIVERPOOL COTTON. Liverpool Dec. 11.-12:S0 pm Closing: Cotton, spot quiet; prices 12 points higher: Good middling ........ ......... 8. 3s Mlaanns a.,. II, ,.,,; .''' '.'. s. 20 6a 6"w misn.allng '''. .''' '..' ........S I6 Sooo oroinary ...'. .'.. .... ....... Y 90
 The sales of the day were i5.ooo bales of of which 500 were for speculation and export and included 135oo American
 Receipts 2.OoO bales. no American.
 Futures opened and closed firm; December-January o5H January-February .... .... ..S.05 renruary--March .... .... ....S.1o Atarcn--ADru ..., ....S. 12 M April--Mav .... .... .... ...S.l3 May-June .... ......S.H June--July .... .... ...... ......S.13 August-september ... .... HIS temoer-oetober ..-. ......72e November-peeenlber .... ......6.9s .9 COFFEE MARKET. li New York, Dec. ii .-C6ffee futures open ed steady at unchanged prices to an ad- vance of five poltns in response to the gain of < franc at Havre and smaller Brazilian receipts. Trading was rather more active with q moderate, scattering demand based upon the expected falling off in the Brazil- prices improved slightly during the morning the close being steady. net unchanged to 10 points higher: Sales were reported of 27. BOO bags. including: DeceHper .'.' '''. -''' '... 's... .5O January .... ....6.55 March .... .... .... ....... 6. 65 O 70 hAy 0. SV July '.'s zee ..'s- se.s .....6.Sb september !. .'.' -.ss. "''. .'....- 6-Sb. October .... ..,. ,...s.S5
 Spot quiet; Rio No. Shc nominal: Santos NJ SEC: Mid 1n'et: Cordova 9m11Mr.