The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-13


Cotton. quiet: middling. 1890; gross re-
ceipts. 1889 bales; stock. ABB bales; export
Coastwise lol sbales.
Total to-day Mt oil ports-Net receipts
1iSl bales; export to Great Britain, p bales;
to the Continent. 40 bales: stock. 2io,45l balos
Consolidated at all ports-Net receipts
1i51 bales; export to Great Britain. % bales;
to the Continent. 40 bales.
Total since September at all ports-Net
Britain. 3,+S99s6 bales; to France. ass. $50
bales; to the Continent. 3i36seS bales: to
Japan. $4,000 bales; to Mexico 1860 bales.
New Orleans. July 1.-THE weekend ses-
sion In the cotton market quiet with
only narrow price movement; weather and
crop news was more against than for the
market but shorts covered ovcr the week
nish a very steady undcrtone a feature of
the day was the auction sale OF tho second
bale Of the new crop. 1t was shipped from
middlinB. inch and one-eighth staple and
brought 16 cents pound
The market opened quiet points down TO
point up. Around tho call the active
months went points over yesterdays close
on the good weather returns. Around tho
middle of the morning the market stood 1
points up. The close was unchanged to up.
net. The weather map indicated consider
able rain In all but the extreme western
points Of tho belt. and tho forecast promised
| little change In the conditions over Sunday.
| This and the receipt In Texas OF the third
bale OF tho new crop against only two up to
this time last year encouraged what short
selling there
Spot cotton quiet and unchanged; mid
ding. 70 7lso. Sales the spot is5 bales.
Cotton futures closed: July. 12.4S: August,
! llsS; September Hiss: October. ll.4T; Decem-
Der, 1l46; January. 1l.E; March. li5e
| New Orleans. July 12.-weekly Cotton Re-
vicw-This WAS the tame week in the cot
| ton market. The net crnnge loss OF
5nl3 points. The range for the week was
| only 1920 points The high prices were made
| on Thursday and the low prices Tuesday.
| At the highest the trading months were 3GS
points over last weeks close; at the lowest
| they were 12Tl6 under.
Trading was restricted to a considerable
! extent by the agitation against future trad
! Liverpool Saturday. Sentiment appeared to
| be about evenly divided. although good rains
| over n largo part OF the belt gave tho bear
side somewhat tho advantage. Reports of ir-
| boil weevi and high temperatures were a
! help to the longs.
| feature of the week the receipt OF
| the first bale. This came into sight
| first bale last year. At the same time II was
! quickly followed by two more bales OF new
| growth cotton so that. Mt tho end of the
week. there were three bales OF In sight
against only two up to the same date last
! year. Bears called attention TO the fact
| that only thirteen bales OF crop cotton
| came into sight up TO the !st OF August last
| year. whereas all indications pointed TO n
remainder OF this month. Bulls cOuntcred by
claiming that spot buyers were eagerly walt
| Ing for the crop to begin to move. and
| that they would quickly snap up everything
| that came forward.
In the spot department prices lost Slice
middlng closed at IL 7-l6c against l27sc. last
week. Sales on the spot amounted to $50
bales against t33 last week and GIG this week
! last year sales to arrive amounted to ,o9G
| hnlea against AIS last week and s72 this week
last year.