The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-20
New York Cotton Futures.
Daily Cotton Movement

Galveston: Quiet; middllng 147sc: net re-
 ceipts, S4SS; gross receipts, 34S3; sales, l 600; stock 10o.871; to continent, 14,4S7; | coastwse, S93.
 New Orleans: Quiet; middling 14ssc: net receipts, 1946; gross receipts. 1946: sales, 162o stock 1SS.518.
 | Mobile: Nominal; middling 145sc; net re-
 celpts, 2O56; gross receipts, 2056; stock, l 2s, ,226; coastwise, 10. | Savannah: Nominal middlng, 145sc; net receipts, PAS; gross receipts. 214S; stock, 70,o15; to continent, 4921; eoastwise, 8. Charleston: Nominal middling, 14 5-16c;
 net receipts, POO; gross receipts, 200; stock.
 23,911.
 Wilmington: Nominal; net receipts, 4s7;
 gross receipts. 4S7; stock 19.175. | Norfolk Quiet; middling, 147sc; net re-
 ceipts, 6Oe; gross receipts, 606 sales 1ss;
 stock, 30,6S4; coastwise, 875. | Baltimore: Nominal mddling 14%c;
 stock, S347.
 New York: Quiet; middling 14.50c; sales,
 BPS; stock, 161 ,297; to France, SS; to conti-
 nent, 50; coastwise, 22S
 l Boston: Quiet; middling 1450c; net re-
 ceipts, 30; gross receipts. 91S.
 Philadelphia: Steady; middling 1475c;
 stock, so47
 exports to France, 1SS; to continent,
 19, ,40S; stock, 63S751.
 | Consolidated at all ports, net, 1o,976;
 exports to France, 1Ss; to continent, 1e, 40s. | Total since September l. at all ports,
 net, 5922,275; exports to Great Britain, 1,649, GAS; to France 776371; to continent,
 1886, ,21S; to Japan, 56, 409; to Mexico, 13,S19. Interior Movement
 Houston: Quiet; mlddling. 145sc; net
 receipts, 2i95; gross receipts, 2l95; ship
 ments, 2924; stock, 111,67S. Augusta: Steady; middling, 1f2c; net
 receipts, 391; gross receipts, S91; ship
 ments, 50 sales, 2137. stock, 56, 490. | Memphis: Nomnal middling, 1514c; net
 receipts, S03; gross receipts, l156; ship ments, 144S; sales, 750; stock. 177,229. | St. Louis: Dull; 1niddling, 15Ac; gross
 receipts, 89; shipments, 619; stock 4S,545. 1 Cincinnati: Net receipts s34; gross re-
 ceipts, GA; shipments. S45; sales, 40o; stock, 14,1S0.
 Louisville: Firm middling 15ssc. Little Rock: Steady; middling 144c;
 net receipts, 114: gross receipts, IA; ship ments, fl; stock, ,5e, 3S0 Total today: Net receipts 4137; gross
 receipts, 51oS; shipments. 5400; sales. s2s7;
 stock, 453,4 Al.
 New Orleans Cotton Market
 New Orleans. February. 1s.-The cot ton future market opened with a wild slump this morning, the more active
 months standing 25 to 31 points under yesterdays closing. The break was in sympathy with the wide and unex- pected decline in the Liverpool mark ct
 Great confusion surrounded the open ing and brokers struggled hard to fill the great volume of selling orders pouring in.
 Outside interests were unable to ac- count for the slump and they sold out
 as soon as the market opened. The situation was complicated by the fact that the market is facing triple hol- iday This increased the desire of long traders to even up. On the trading inn mediately following the opening there
 was a moderate recovery of , to ( points on some months on profit taking by shorts. but the market said prices had given away under heavy American selling and disappointment over the poor showing of the week end statistics. .s sst During tho last hour of trading the ma rket had a steadier feeling on heavy buying by profit-realizing shorts and prices did somewhat better. The clos ing was steady at net decline oi 37 to 3S points on the old crops and 20 points on October This was to 6 points up from the bottom on the old crops and , points up on October Late cable messages from the Liver pool market said that the break there was due to the selling of about 125.'