The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-16
Daily Cotton Market

l Galveston: Steady; middling, 15c net
 receipts, 17,9SS; gross receipts, F, ,9S3; sales, l S370; stock 217,126; exports 10 the conti-
 pent, 22,12S coastwise, 3062.
 New Orleans: Firm; middling 147sc; net receipts, 1S,751; gross receipts, IS, 751; sales, 3150; stock, 219,9sS; exports to Great Brit ain, 55,21o; to France, 5970; to the conti-
 nent, 200.
 | Mobile: Steady; middling, IA 15-16c; net
 receipts, 2131; gross receipts, 2131 sales,
 2000; stock, S0,071 exports coastwise, Il. | Savannah: Firm; middling, 149sc; net
 receipts, 96S9 gross receipts, 96S9 sales,
 4S76; stock, 1S9,S99; coastwise, 3559. Charleston: Firm; middling. 149sc; net
 receipts, Sl5; gross receipts, 845; sales, 200;
 stock, 39,S49 Wilmington: Quiet; middling, 14ssc; net receipts, 73S; gross receipts, 73s; stock, l 13, ,344.
 | Norfolk: Steady; middllng, IA 15-16c; net I receipts, 322S; gross receipts, 322S sales, l 12se; stock 9O.157; coastwise. 5932. | Baltimore: Nominal; middling, 14%o; | stock, ,135.
 | New York: Steady; middling, 15 200: net | receipts, 100; gross receipts, 1895; sales, | 250; coastwise, 2356.
 l Boston: Quiet; middling, 15.2oc; net re- l ceipts, 262; gross receipts, 3251; stock, l F, ,9S5; exports to Great Britain, 4626. | Philadelphia: Steady; middling, 15 4Oc gross receipts, 200; stock, 4309. l Port Townsend: Net receipts, 3S60; gross | receipts, 3S60; exports to Japan, 3S60 | San Francisco Net receipts 8697; gross receipts, S697; exports to Japan, S697 Brunswick: Net receipts, 76S1; gross re- ceipts 76S1; exports to the continent, 1881. | Port Arthur Net receipts, 67OO gross receipts, 6700; exports to France, 6700.
 Minor Ports: stock. 6205 Total today at all ports, net: s0,ss5 exports to Great Britain 59, ,s36; to France,
 12,920; to the continent, 90,o5s; to Japan, | 12,557; stock, 1,079,125.
 Consolidated, at all ports, net: 364, ,199; exports to Great Britain, 159.sO1; to
 France. 32,19; to the continent, 100, 40; to Japan, 12, o57.
 Total since September 1, at all ports, ret: 5,279,S14; exports to Great Britain, 1Se7, ,567; exports to France, 44O,04s to the continent, 1,3s9,217; to Japan, 4s,1S5; to
 Mexico, 300.
 Interior Movement Houston: Steady; middling. 15c; net receipts, 1O779; gross receipts, 10,779 ship ments 11,62S; sales, 4263; stock, 130,7S9.
 Augusta: Steady; middling, II 15-16c;
 ret receipts. 1877; gross receipts, 15oo;
 shipments, 5s0; sales, 6471; stock, 97,573.
 Memphis: Firm; middling, 15ssc.. net receipts, 4G69 gross receipts, 75408: ship ments 5s96; sales. 65Oo; stock 2o9,sS5. St. Louis: Quiet middling. 15 7-16c; net receipts, S94 gross receipts, 6400; ship
 ments, 55O6; sales, S19; stock, 2o.719 Cincinnati: Net receipts, 2022; gross re- ceipts, 2O22; shipments, 417 stock, 15,141 Little Rock Steady; rniddling, 14%o: net receipts. HAS: gross receipts, 144s; shipments, 627 stock. 4S,954. T Louisville. Firm: middling 15skc Total today: Net receipts, 21,1s9; gross receipts, 29,697; shipments, 24,154; sales, r, ,613; stock 522,555.
 New Orleans Cotton Market New Orleans, December 15.-Cotton fu- lures opened steady at an advance of i to 6 points on good cables. The large spot sales in Liverpool, amounting to 15000 bales, and reports of a very large spot business in Memphis, after hours yester- day caused considerable covering of the short interest. General buying was stim-
 ulated by cablegrams containing low es-
 inmates of the East Indian crop. Prob
 ably the advance would have been wider
 around the first call, but for continued
 light rains in Texas. At the end of the
 first half hour of trading the active
 months were to points over yester-
 days close.
 Continued light rains in Texas, reports
 from New York that large part of the
 short interest had been covered and hol-
 iday feeling generally were against the
 market, and around the middle of the
 morning the trading months were put
 to points under yesterdays close. The
 market was very steady at the decline
 and commission houses received fresh
 buying orders on it. These had the effect
 of checking the sagging movement and at