Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-04-02
COTTON

NEW YORK. April 1.-The cotton mar
ket made a fairly steady showing during
oday's early trading. The Liverpool cables
were better than due with private advlceS
attributing the advance TO covering by shorts
tons that the coal strike had
been discounted, and the market here opened
unchanged to II points higher. There was
some scattered southern selling and local
realizing, which caused reactions after the
call, with May selling off from To to
1915 and July from ~ to 100. but the
offerings were not heavy and tie market
steadied again before the end OF the tirSt
Other English trade advices said that
Manchester Sppners had decided to continue
IN the short time schedule, h'lt the l.lIef-
gooI market pretty well sustained after
tho local Cpcnin" AMI offerings here re
meincd light. Prices hr:G generally steady
as result of scattered covering with May
ruling around 1H.20 and July 12.6I, or
about to points net lower, shortly after
midday.
Prices sagged off to 1854 for July during
the middle of the afternoon about TO
noints net lower under scattering liquida-
ton and little Liverpool selling promot-
ed ky hearish Weekend statistics.
NEW YORK COTTON
The following were the ruling prices in
III" exchange to-day
Tone, steady; middlmg. 12c; quiet.
Open. aigp. low. Sale Close close
Jan. 1856 1886 1890 1880 go. 1856
May 1924 1225 11.S7 1l.S9 11.S9 l.. %
July 1912 12.74 2.40 12.41 1910 1271
Oct 1924 1925 12.SS 1890 $3.50 1921
Dec 1852 1852 1917 1917 1918 1916
NEW ORLEANS COTTON
NEW ORLEANS, April 1.-While the Lily
erpool market was higher th9a due the
cotton market here fell off tbday imme
diately after the opening under the fear
that labor troubles in England wonld
points up the first call but at the end
Of the first half hour of business the
tradging months were 6 to ! poitns und-~
the close of yesterday. May traded mp 10
11.S9 and fell back to 11.75.
The tendency to decline was checked by
rablegrams reporting larger business in
cloths at Manchester and predicting
frevivai in the spot demand in consequence.
At II O'Clock prices were ut net declines
of to points.
New selling was caused by small mill tax
ings and Fall River kilograms estimatlng
sales of print cloths this week at only 10000
pieces against 10000 last week. Hester
counted SINNERS takings of American cot
ton at 1877 900 bales against l52.e00 this
week last year and las, 900 this week two
years ago. In the trading up to 80 o clock
prices went Il to II points under the fl
nails of yesterday, which carried May down
to lies,
NEW ORLEANS COTTON
The following were The rning nrI"es N
III" exchange to-day;
Tone, barely steady; middlng, 1l.5oc;
steady.
Open. High. Low. Sale Close. Close
Jan. . . 49,. 800. 49,. $50. 12.7 1911
May - Hiss II. 80 II, 81 1.53 11.51 so
July 1885 1876 l1.94 11.9G 1876 12.2S
Oct. 1910 1915 1910 1912 1912 12.7G
Dec. -. 80 $500 l-''i l-'''
NEW ORLEANS SPOT COTTON
NEW ORLEANS, April 1,-+Spot cotton
easy and unchanged. Sales on the spot. I54
bales ito arrive, 81 Low middling. SO:
nddIing, II 80: good middling, 1925. Re
ceipts, 1,061; stock. 403.543
SPOT COTTON MARKET
Atlanta, steady, lie.
New York, quiet, 12c.
New Orleans. stady, 1I.j0r.
Philadelphia. steady, 12.2-c.
Norfolk, steady. 11,5Oc.
Savannah. steady, 12c.
st. Louis, steady, 11.50c.
Horstcn, steady, II Poe.
Memphis, steady, 11.5oc.
Augusta, steady, II. 2jc.
Little Rock, steady. 11.25c.
Dallas, steady. 11.O0c.
Mobile, steady, 1870.
Charleston. steady, 11.10C.
Wilmington, steady, lie.
Boston, steady. 12.2Ic.
Galveston steady, 11.75c.
Montgomery. steady, 1870.
Montgomery steady, 1853.
ATLANTA SPOT COTTON
Atlanta spot cotton ....-.......-......ll lie
fet elptS ............ ...-...... S'iO
Shipment ........... ................ l ,2J7
stocks ................ ............. 81 ,51G