The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-09
Daily Cotton Movement

Galveston: Quiet middling i3asc; net receipts, 10, 453 gross receipts, 10, 453; sales, 1900: stock, 45,573; to continent, 7f00; coast wise, 1922.
 New Orleans: Quiet mddllng, 13Ac; Tel receipts. 330; gross receipts, 330; sales 674; stock, 15,s94.
 Mobile: Barely steady; mlddlng, 13c net receipts, 6S; gross receipts, 6S; sales 100: stock 1888
 Savannah: Steady; middling, -5ssc; net receipts. 2352; gross receipts. 2S52; sales 3222; stock, 13,096; coastwise. s31.
 Charleston Quiet mddling 131ac net receipts, A; gross receipts, A; stock As.
 Wilmington: Nominal; net receipts 21 : gl JOSS receipts. 21 stock, 116.
 Norfolk: Quiet middling 1312c; net re- ceipts, 23; gross receipts, 2S; sales, 10 stock, 327.
 Baltimore; Nominal; middling, 14Ac gross receipts, 225 stock 796.
 New York: Dull; mddling. 14c; gross receipts. 2362; sales 600; stock 1o6,75S; to great Britain, 750; to France, 4,172; to continent, 55S7; coastwise, s7.
 Boston: Dull; middling, 14c; gross re- ceipts, $50; stock, 29S6.
 Philadelphia: Quiet; middling, 14.25c; gross receipts, 100; stock. 545.
 San Francisco Net receipts, 800; gross receipts, 800; to Japan, 800.
 Total today, at all ports, net. 14,091; Great Britain. 750; France, 14,172; conti- nent, 12,937 Japan, 800; stock, 1S9, 220.
 Consolidated at all ports, net, 76,0sS; Great Britain. 30, ,4s2; France, 14.2s7; conti- nent. 49,574; Japan, 900.
 Total since September 1, at all ports, net, 104. .063; Great Britain, 30, 4S2; France, IA, ,390; continent, 49,674; Japan, 900
 Interior Movement
 Houston: Quiet; middling, 133sc; net re- ceipts, 11,073; gross receipts, 11,073; ship ments, 12, ,7Ss sales, 12.415; stock. 3o.o61.
 Augusta Quiet; middling, 1314c; net re- ceipts, 369 gross receipts, 369; shipments, 4o0 sales, 139; stock, S59.
 Memphis Quiet; midding. 1Ss4c; net re- ceipts. g. gross receipts, 9; shipments. 5; stock, 25; stock, 4624.
 St. Louis: Quiet middling. 14c; gross receipts, 26; shipments, 26; stock, 514.
 Cincinnati: Quiet; shipments, 164 stock, 66s9
 Louisville: Firm; middling, 14lsc.
 Little Rock: Quiet; middling, 131sc; shipments, 66; stock, 2077.
 Total today Net receipts. Il .451; gross receipts. 11,477 shipments, 1S,450; sales, 12,579; stock, 44,S24.
 New Orleans Cotton Market
 New Orleans, September S.-Cotton fu- lures opened steady at decline of to points Cables were not up to ex- pectations and bears were inclined to be aggressive over the absence of any weather disturbance near the gulf coast such as was feared might be seen this as the result of the movements of the tropical storm reported off Porto Rico yesterday Little or no attention was paid to the first ginners' report of the season from the census bureau, is-
 orl-a at Ad A report said that 356.S24 bales of cotton had been ginned up to September 1 against 3sS. PAP up to the same time last year and 402. .229 two years ago. This was bullish showing but 1t did not help the market any for after the first call, prices com menced to yield under bear pressure and at the end of the first half-hour of trad ing were 13 to IA points down.
 The details of the census report show ed that Texas was the source of an overwhelming percentage of the cotton ginned up to September and bulls put in the claim that this was entirely due to premature opening of bolls which was not a bear argument. This claim got some little consideration and from the middle of the morning until shortly be- fore noon there was a good demand for contracts and recovery that finally put prices to within a couple of points of yesterdays closing. Leading bears, however. were not disposed to relin- quish their grip on the market and at the highest levels scattered selling or ders freely around the ring with the re- suit thatsat noon the most active months were 10 points under yesterdays final quotations.
 In the afternoon session the market was quiet but steady. Shortly after noon prices moved upward five to seven points but fell off again later and at 2 o'clock were 10 points down net Offerings came from shorts, hedge sellers and liduidat-