New-York tribune., 1919-11-20


sales. nit Houston steady. unchanged al
80 soc: sales e.o4s Little Rock steady.
unchanged at toe: sales. 2;oss Dallas ,s.
steady. points higher at 3S.55c; sales,
6636. Fort Worth steady, unchanged at
39. soc; sales. 5,l02 bales
COTTON STATISTICS
Yesterday wsst nsst Hss1 yssr
Port receipts. 4o.7sl 1929 26.4s5
Exports .. 4s643 l04s4
Exports season 1.@4s.si7 1,212.913 1.o5s.sss
n. Y. stocks. 90042 91.779 136.lb5
Port stocks 1.71t757 1.312sss 1,4I7.76s
Int. receipts. 5000 1886 21.67l
N. Y. arrivals. 1l86 1895 6,815
Liverpool Cabies-Spot cotton less active
at II points decline, on the basis OF 2334d
for middlins sales 5000 American
Futures opened easy at 81 to 6S points de-
cline; closed steady ut net docline OF 81
10 TO - points point, pecember: 2zbsd January %
i9sld; October. 1854. Manchester-
Yarns firm; cloths, fair business doing.
Cereals
Wheat-The market for cash wheat was
again strong and reports from Chicago
there during the day at 1920 per busheI.
new high record. In Minneapolis the
market remained unchanged at s2s5 to
pcarcd to be continued scarcity Of high
grade milling wheat. which was in demand
to nll tho requirements Of high-srade
family flour Tho Grain Corporation an
nounced during the day that it will offer
IT, ss ads 1dHr its brsna 1Sr
in l-16th and 18th barrel packages at
prices which will reflect the Grain Corpo-
ration buying price OF the -four It also also
resume buying straight -four from tho
mills and Will reserve the right to desig-
nate the size and character OF packages.
This means that the Grain Corporation
will offer for general distribution to the
consuming trade a -four OF excellent char
II halo hat h t~1n
is now being paid for the fancy hours L
remains to be seen how the public will
a move toward reducing the high cost
Of living and will materially lessen the
cost of hour If buyers are willing to adjust
themselves to the slight difference in
quality.
Corn-Thc corn market was very fever
ish and after showing an early ADVANCE
of Is to y cents, prices broke to as
cents and closed with a partial rallY. but
with net losses of Is to cents. The
as a result of the recent heavy covering
and the trade impressed by predic-
tons that the railroads vii! be last to
feel a shortage in coal, while industries
which use corn may be among the first
to suffer. 1t thought that this may
result in very poor demand and that
corn will come to market faster than 1t
is wanted. Furthermore, the disturbed
condition of the money market as we'll
the weakness in foreign exchange had
a tendency to check buying. while advices
from the interior indicated that farmers
in some sections at least were anxious to
sell.
Yesterdays Previous Year
coSs n" No 5"': vel s'7i4 s''si 7i l'7f $780, 'Es
Chicago
ness'"5sT ,sSsaTS 7:ss's 3sss. 3.sss.. 129''
Onts-The oats market was heavy dur
ing the greater part of the day. closing
with net losses of &c to &c. The weak
in foreign exchange. it was feared.
would preclude export operations. and it
was said that country offers in the West
more liberal The local cash de-
mand slow
Yesterdays Previous Year
oats, u.s." NO. or" 8, VIII. soss9s so.ss% $685.
neeember nsN .'.'..' .7a4s ~ *. "a
Ryc-Market firm.
Cash, No VIII. s1.54N s1.54 sl.75
Flour and Meal-Quotations were:
New Yesterdays Previous Year
,ripn p"Tk nat s,a close q. s,aT5 gi9se s,os5 ago
C'meai, yel 37o@3.s5 s7om5.s5 4.25
Bran ..45Oo $500
rye -four. 7oo@725 7.oo@7.25 Oils ao.75
Sugar and Coffee
G"5es.t D4ics. .,s' .ss
Sugar. granulated. per ID.
sugar centritugal. per ib.. ~ 49,
coss c@f4es 5antos R1 s0 no per per- III io aS4 sS O
Sugar-Offerings in the raw sugar mar
Set werG scare WIN no offerings nys for De
trifs for February March shipment were
generally held at so f. o. b, :sith an &C
asional offer at isc less. Considerable
sugars arriving are being re-
dned for the Royal Coinmission and this
leaves extremely light supply Of cane
refined for consumers here. with the de-
mand nevr greater in the history OF the
sugar trade Receipts Of raws at United
States Atlantic ports during the past
week increased about 5000 tons meltings
decreased $1,000 tons, and stocks fell off
about 1000 tons.
Coffee Futures--Cieneral conditions in
the market yesterday were unchanged
Call prices were unchanged to points
higher a little covering by shorts.
Prices worked up few points from the
initial figures around the hour but
continued unsettled stock and cotton
markets. together with further breaks in
the foreign exchange and uncertain de-
velopments in Washington regarding the
peace treaty, discouraged holders and
selling became rather free. although the
days business was not large. The mar
ket closed irregular points net lower
to net advance of points
The range Of prices follows: