Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-03-21
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THE MARKETS.
. .:Sco1s3. COCO,
New Orlcnns Cottnn.

New Orleans. March 2O.-spot cot-
ton, easy; unchanged, sales on tho
spot 77O bales; to arrive 49, re-
coipts 1888 bales; stock lls,4lA.
Cotton futures open steady az a
decline Of four or five points under
! Saturdays close as a result OF heavy
selling around the ring before the
opening with the intention OF forcing
| a decline no matter what the census
figures on ginning would be. The fig
uros OF 1L941, ,563 bales ginncd and
! To be ginned were slightly under, rath-
or than above, the average cxpeota-
ttons and after the initial decline
there was n quick recovery I'm old
crop months Tho new crops wero
held down by reports of rain over
1 Sunday reports from many points In
the interior OF the cotton belt showed
| that the drought had been relieved.
/ Leading bulls were good bidders Mt
/ various times during the morning and
at an times there was a fair demand
I'm all crops. At noon the market was
quiet at a decline OF four points undcr
| Saturdays final quotations. In the uf-
ternoon session the market was quiet
| but steady The market closed steady,
one point up ON old crops and two
down on new
New York Cotton.
New York. March 20.-Cotton, spot
closed quiet; five points higher. sales
1900 bales; fuRres closed steady:
March 1892 cents; April 1A45 cents;
May l4.55 cents; June, 144l cents;
/ July lii2 cents August 1891 cents;
September, 1906 cents; October 1896
cents; November 12.5S cents; January
1858 cents,
st. Louis Cotton.
st. Louis, March 2O.-Cottor: un-
changed; middliugs. IA rs cents: re-
ccipts l,4SG bales; shipments, 1915
bales; stock 22.45l bales.
Galveston cotton.
Galveston, March 2O.-Coton: steady
/ IA 5-S cents.
New York Storks.
| New York, March 2O.-The sudden
/ ly acquired strength which last sat
|urady changed slow dropping stock
| market into an Unexpectedly firm
one, was shown today In advances
which were scored In the face Of var
ious obstacles. Chief among which
were the live offerings made upon any
considerable advances and uncertain
ty as to whether the supreme court
would decide the antitrust cases to-
day. When It became known that the
rulings were not TO be made today, the
market grew active.
Prices receded and trading was duh
until the last hour when the best fig
ures Of the day were established.
Bonds were Irregular Total sales par
value $2,S64.O0O United States as reg
| istered, declined one-fourth on call.
Chicago Grains.
Chicago, March 2G-Seesaw move
ment in wheat prices today left the
market this evening Just at same point
as Saturday night, 10 one eight cent
below. Different views in regards 10
Kansas crop prospects lead TO n raise
and then a decline, Corn finished
with q net loss Of as TO 1-2 to SIS
cents Oats Off 1-S TO Ia cent.
TIE first news at hand concerning
! Kansas wheat told Of a serious out
look az to the Western part OF the
state. Later in the session bears were
encouraged by dispatches relative to
the central portion Of Kansas Last
sales were nearly at bottom prices
reached by Saturdays close. The final
tone was firm. May ranged from 90
"a to 81 7-sc to 91 5-S cents. Closing
is TO IA cent off at 81 to 81 is
cents.