NEW YORK:, Dec. 18.—Clevenberg
says: “Cotton firmed up during the 1
morning in sympathy with strength
in Liverpool, ruled very dull for a
couple or hour*. then leaned off a
little on professional selling. As a
whole the session was featureless,
both as to trading and news. Fort!
Smith wired that Scott county in 1
Arkansas ginned only 83 bales vs. I
800 last year, but the ginning in the |
morninK la expected to approximate
Taylor’s figure. Dallas wired that i
there was no cotton for sale in that
territory and that one large spot
house sent a man to west Texas to
get cotton, “as cheap as.possible, but
get it.” Spot cotton will necessarily i
become more scarce and higher as
the season advances and futures will
follow.
_ Diverpool 11 a. m. bids: January,
34.62c: March, 35.03c: May, 35.22c;
July. 34.48c; October. 28.65c.
Liverpool due December 20: Janu
ary. 19.75d; March. 19.73d: May,
19.58d; July, 19.lid; October, 16.10d.
_ SHANNON & CO.
NEW YORK, Dec. 19.—The marke
presented a holiday appearance an
oniy light trading is expelted durin
T h o ho f 11. . ... . t *.
. C r is, i o i-ajj rucu uurin
the balance of the month with nar
row chances in price unless Decen
her provides some excitement. It
Kenerally thought that eastern mill
al ave t0 Price on consh
erable cotton based on that mont
and have put off doing so hopin
that tenders would depress the pric
and afford a better opportunity.
