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2 HE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. SATURDAY, DECEMBER ! HOLIDAY AFFAIR Liverpool Was Somewhat Lower Thau Had Been Expected. SPOT WAS HIGHER New York Was Dull and Uniuteresting, Closing 6 to 8 Points Lower. HESTER’S WEEKLY COTTON STATEMENT Secretary Hester, In hi* weekly statement of Che movement of cnt*M). shows nil In crease In the movement Into Might com the same day* jr«r lietflt’e Inst of. 76.0*0 nml an Increase over the aauic time In 1903 of 79,000. For tho 28 day* of I>eeeml*er the totala •how nn Increaae over Mat year of $43,000. nil Increase over the name period yenr be fore Mat of 392.000 nnd nn Increaae ovr~ Home time In 1903 of 412,000. For the 119 dnya of the aenaon that have elapsed the aggregate la ahead of the 119 day* of Mat year 883.000, ahead of the name lays year before Mat 2,000 and abend of 1903 by 1,128,000. The amount brought Into night during the lost week has been 448.968 bales, against J12.196 for the seven days ending thin date lant year, 373,186jrear liefore Mat nnd 309,610 ... , .173,186/cl. ... ime time In 1903; and for the 28 days of . * inpi jrni, J.toi.fcXi Jriil 1,711,932 name time In 1903. The movement slnee Heptemlier 1 shows There was again nn especially Islng by room traders. The cotton markets for futures Haturdni were small and uninteresting. Trading fi nractlealbr at a standstill, the public hold ing aloof, while the professional element ay . _ present conditions they are satisfied with a very small profit. Tne Liverpool market closed somewhat lietter than expected In the spot depart ment. 10 points up at 6.70. Spinners' tak ings were very light, only 4,000 bales lielng sold. Fntnrea did not meet expectations, the dose being 1 to 4ft points up, whereas aboat t points advance had been looked for. Following Is the range In the active months In Liverpool today: Open. High. Low. December 6.62 6.62 6.48 January-February .5.46ft 6.40ft 6.42 Msrch Aprll 6.46 6.46 6.40 May-Junc 6.48ft G.48ft 6.42 The New York market was very dull even for the Hattarday half-holiday session. First prices were 4 points higher to 3 points low er, January showing the greatest advance, while March the 3-polnt decline. During the first hour January advanced 1 point to 9.32, wing Saturday morning: "The Liverpool and New Orleans markets will be closed on Monday and Tuesday. and the New York market will be closed Tuesday. Under these conditions, we can hardly expect much of a market today nor Monday. Don't think there will be the firmness In the market as It was yester day.” In view of the fact that tha Christmas holidays made It Impossible to give the re ceipts at the ports correctly, the following table, giving tho receipts for each day compared with the last year and the year bafor*—the latter the big crop year—will be of Interest: 1904. ~mT T55T Saturday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Frldny Ti!5i 48,188 M.i-Jii Ll.< • 4.’.*mJ 72.224 28,049 20.861 32.551 41,585 41,207 37,299 28,170 64,859 43.737 40,364 90.061 Total I31H.417I201.652 234.21M New Orleans 16,000 to 18,000 10.826 Galveston 17,000 to 20.W0 2,820 Houston 14.000 to 16,000 8,909 The New York market for futures 6 to 8 points net lower. 8POT COTTON MARKET. Ifore last and 5,0411^1 Overland across the Mississippi, Ohio and Potomac rlvera to northern mills nnd Cnn-I nda 633.268, against 425,621 last yenr, 517.131 year Indore Inst and 420,576 same time Ini 1903: Interior stocks In excess of those held at the close of the commercial year 561,493, against 607.011 Inst year. 665.654 yenr before last nnd 474,963 same time In 1903; southern 878,716 year l»efore time In 1903. These make the total movement for the 119 dnys of the season from September 1 to date 7.864.929, against 6,981.800 Inst year, 7. * before .. ...... t yea 862,481 yenr before last nnd 6,736,431 same time In 1903. Foreign exports for the week have been 267.690. against 125,609 last year, making the total thus far for the season 3,971,027, njmlust 3,359,838 last year, nn Increase of Northern mill takings and Canada dnrlni as compared with the corresponding period last year, and their total takings since September 1 bare decreased 49,706. I takings of An ‘ The total takings of American mills, north, sooth and Canada, thus far for the aenaon hare been i136,383, against 2,164.406 Inst year. ‘ *■" . ii iiw,vw, ninuiiu ..lui.Tv iiivvi These include 1,166,829 by northern southern Interior centers have Increased spinners, against 1,206,644. Stocks at the senboard and the 29 lending during the week 21,712 bales, against an In crease dnrlng the corresponding period last season of 66,698 and are now 144,124 larger than at this date In 1906. Including stocks left over at porta and Interior towns from the last crop and the number of bales brought Into sight thus far i same period WORLD’S VISIBLE SUPPLY STATEMENT WEEK’S LOSSES REGAINED FRIDAY The world's visible supply ... , complied by Secretary Hester, of the New Orleans cotton exchange, shown nn •gnlnat nn Increase ot .... „. an increase of 97,637 yenr l>eforo last. The total visible Is 6.173.646, against ,880,966 Inst week, 6,307,977 Inst -year nnd 1,663,664 year before lant. Of this, the to- d,9dJ,nra llnv wrn, I 111*1 jenr nn«l 3,910,664 year before last, nnd of nil other kinds. Including Egypt, Brasil, India, etc., 1.049,000. against 943.000 last week, 1,154/ ' Mat year nnd 753.000 year before Inst. The total world’s visible supply of cot- .hi as above ahown nn Increase compared with last week of 292,690. n decrease com pared with Mat yenr of 134.331 nnd an In crease compared with year liefore Mat of 609,962. as above, there la now nfloai mm nt-m m (treat Britain and continental Europe 2,402,- Oft), ngnlnst 2,575,000 Inst year nnd 2.355.- 000 yenr before last; In Egypt 238,000, ngnlnst 191,000 last year nnd 196.000 year liefore Mat; In India 452.000. ngnlnst 613.- 000 last year nnd 308.000 yenr liefore Inst; v— * — Liverpool, dull; middling uplands 6.80U; •ales 4,000. Atlanta, steady; middling 10 M6c. „ New York, steady; middling 10.65c. New Orleans, enay: middling 10 3-ltic. Augusta. steady; middling jnft**. (Inlveston. steady; middling ]0%c. Norfolk, ste.-ulv; mi.,.. Charleston, firm; middling t%c. Mem pills, *icu<o ; lumuuus «v»ftc. TODAY’S PORT RECEIPTS. The following table shows receipts at tha Interior towns today, compared with tha same day Mat year: Porta. Savannah. . Charleston. . Wilmington. Norfolk. . . N— York. * Boston. . . •Estimated. 1906 ”1*37" *S 7194 INTERIOR RECEIPTS. The following table shows receipts at the Interior towns today, compared with the Mine day Mat year: Towns nnd In the United Stnfes 2.082,000, ngnlnst Ir agali 1.929,000 Mat year and 1,806,000 yenr b*f< last. SPINNERS’ TAKINGS • AMERICAN COTTON Secretary Heater gives the bikings American cotton by the spinners of world nn follows: Thin week 262.000 this yenr, ngnlnst 188,000 year 4.666,000,1 against 4,471,000 last year and 4,417,000 the year before. Of thin northern splnoera nnd Canada took 1.16*1,000 bales this year against l,296.ftM) Mat yenr and LlSl.OOO the year before; Southern spinners 980,000. ngnlnst lM9.0ft) ‘ ‘/year and 889,000 the yenr liefore: nndi COTTON STATEMENT DURING PAST WEEK The movement of cotton for the week nnd season, ns compiled by Superintendent King *ork Cotton Exchange, Is ns of the New follows; Waakly Movement. Houston. Augusta. , Memphis. . 8t. Louis. Cincinnati. Total. 6204 EDMUND & CHARLE8 RANDOLPH COTTON LETTER. Atlanta. Dec. 29.—The old year la al most at Its close, tod we nre about to en ter the new. Let us hope It will bring ns much prosperity to the whole country as did 1906. The Influence of the holidays was apparent In the English cables today. Trading wo* very quiet all day. and after opening unchanged, when due to come point* higher, prices closed at a net ad- van.-e of 1&2U (mints only. English spot market was 10 points higher on sales of 4.000 bales. Small spot Mies nre the us ual thing during the holiday week. New York opened .steady, paying little atten tion to the decline abroad, and was dull during most of the se*slon, closing fair ly steady at a net decline of 6#8 points. The*e seemed fo be some demand for Jan uary with very little offering. There was March by one of the brokers who was heavy buyer of January ngnlnst sales of Kite months earlier In the week. The week-end figures of Hester were bullish from a mill-taking standpoint, 262.000 latles Mug taken, against 188.0W last yenr. This leaves us ahead df Inst year for the sen fin 184.000 hales, which Is a gradual In- trredse for the past three weeks. I do uut look for much activity until after the turn of the year, then If receipts full tiff « lietter market all around can lie ex pected. Liverpool la due to come Wednefilny.- ua auger. THE COFFEE MARKET. Close. 6.G0-5.65 5.70-5.75 The following table gives the opening range and close of the New oYrk coffee market today: Openfog Range. January 5.60-6.65 February 3.ft)-5.65 Mart'll S. 70-5.85 Anril 6.8-5.90 May 5.90^.96 J «'«'<• 6.06 July 6.06A.10 * ..6.16-tk 30 ..6.25 ..6.264.J5 3.3)4.40 J««y 6.a August 6.1i September s.2 fbtolMT 8.3 Non-tuber 6.3 6.104.16 6.204.26 43)4.3 6.854.4-1 6.4044 Fort receipts 311,764 Overland to mills nnd Canada 64.670 •Southern mill takings 73,0ft) 216,089 33.043 70,000 Brought Into night for week..468.911 Total Crop Movomont. This Year. Overland nda 623.731 •Southern mill takings Mo.ouo SOUTHERN EXCHANGE COTTON LETTER ns expected. Edited by Joseph B. Lively ARKETS Mr. Lively's twenty-flvo years* experience of ed iting markets In Atlanta nnd the South has inode him n recognized au thority In his specialty. RANGE OF NEW YORK STOCKS AND COTTON MARKETS NAME QF STOCK. Amalgamated Coppei. . . Atlantic Coast line. . . . Americas Sugar R?L AoacondA. do. praft Am. Siuf.tUng ttaf. do. prefiTred. Atchison. . . ... do. preferred. American Cot»on OIL Am. Car Foundry. . Baltimore k Ohio. • Brooklyn Rapid T. • Colorado Fool k Iroo, Central Leatbar. do. prefarrad. Chicago k Groat W. •ware * Hudson. . Distiller's Securities. . Erie do. prefarrad. • . . General Electric. . • . Illinois Centra] Am. Ice Securities. • . LooiavlIIe k Nasbvtlla. Mexican Ceotral. . . , Missouri Pacific. . . . NAME OP STOCK. N. Unt. A Wesrtrn National Lead. . Northern Pacific. .>Qrioern isciuc. New York Central Norfolk * W«*stero Pennsylvania People's Use Pressed Steel Car preferred. ....... Mail. Pacific ] Republic United Statu Kubhei. , da preferred. . • . Southern Pacific. , . . bouthern Railway, . . . do. preferred. Sloaa-tfher efflaid. ... Tenu. Coal k Iroo. • Tessa k Pacific. . •. Union Pacific. Western Union. . • Wabash do. preferred. . Wisconsin CantraL do. prafarrad. . ’5S J. J. BARNES CO.’S PRODUCE LETTER AtMnta, Ga., Dec. 29.—This lielng the ».u.ir «rtnr (dealers are devoting g up stocks preparatory ry of January 1, and In ink market has been the conseqnei , _ .... rule. The sold wave, which extended to the middle nortious of Florida, has done consld- eralde damage to the orange cron, and we look for some slightly frosted fruit to come on this market within the next ten days, hut there will lie plenty of sound stock, which will range In price around 63. Grape fruit and tangerines nre coming In NEW YORK. The following M^the^range In cotton fu tures In New xxzrr. Jan. . . Feb. . . March. April. . May.. . June.. . July.. . August. draNd steady. 9.89 9.89 9.80 111 li 9.26-24 19.41-43 10.6344 19.6346 8.71-72 9.76-77 9.80-81 9.72-73 T5T 9.27-28 9.44-46 9.68-69 9.6849 9.76-77 9.81-83 9.86-87 9.78-79 LIVERPOOL. The following gtvea the opening rang* and close, compared with yesterday. Futures opened dull. Opening Range. 2 Range. 2 p. m. CM Decertlier 6.53 6.48 DecemlKT-Jauunry ...6.46 5.48 Jnnuary-February ....*.46# February-March 6.46# March-Aprll 5.46 Aprll-Mny 5.46 May-June 5.48V4 Jiine-July 5.47# July-August 6.48 Angtiat-Sepfemlier ....6.42 Previous Close. Close. 6.47 5.44 5.43# 5.43 6.44 5.45 6.45 V *at 5.41 Closed steady. *.46# .43# 6.40 NEW ORLEANS. The following la the range In cotton fo tores In New Orleans today: I j II i ii s-y Jan Feb March. . . . April. . . . Mny June July.'. . . . 10.03110.03 iaioio.io io.ii ia’ii . 9 ! 9 ? 10.01 ib!is 9.93 10.02 io!ii 9.93-94110,02-03 10.03-04 10.01-02 10.09-10 10.14-16 10.13-1410.21-22 10.26-27 (10.36-37 New York, Dec. 29.—The Bun says: ‘‘The market yesterday made up all that It had Ipst In n week. It was notice day, and notices were Issued on About 75,000 fifties. Instead of weakening the market, this seemed to have a strengthening effect, and there was a reason. A great deal of cot ton was tendered by |>eople who did not want to lose the cotton, nnd who Issued the notices Intending to stop them them- —'Ives. Some changes In the personnel of nils. It Is said, were effected by the ten- lerlng nnd tnklug up of cotton. Wall street nine and took up enough cotton to give he whole deal a bullish Influence. The New York cotton exchange Is being at tacked from so many sources ns an enemy of the cotton tnun that, porkuiis, there whs Just a little c-cntlment In the effoit made by certain people to hold up prices yeslerrlny. The public did uot come In. nnd shows no Inclination to buy cotton at them* prices. The market was steady all day, nnd. although It was dull at times, there wan no time when It showed any weakness. During the Inst hour It hail plenty of support, nnd It was said that an* effort was lielng made to drive out Jamisry shorts." New Orleans. Dec. 29.—The Times Dem ocrat says: ’'Yesterday's cotton ntnikct reflected actual trade conditions, rather than speculative Inertia, and values ad- meed In consequence. Demand for du rable cotton bus again liocmne keen, and buyers nre finding such an abiioim.il- ly large proportion of tl.e crop tl »d up In tram* that sellers nre rcfusinjj to ■cpt offers which but little ago Liverpool good nildul *ld at Augusta, Ga„ yesterday ‘ ~ the Now large. J at ..... basis of 96 points .... ... fact that lending nctnul cotton firms took np sonic 40.000 ten- ' red yesterday at New Orleans Illustrates ' point emphatically, even more WHEAT OPENED HEAVY AND LOWER and Bears Offered Freely Professional Longs Were Heavy Sellers. Chicago. Dec. 29.—Wheat closed 1-4 723-4c lower for the day. Com wu unchanged; oat* l-4@3-8c lower. Pro vision* 20c lower. Liquidation and the putting out of short line* were the features; Wheat was active, the other cereal* being rather slow and hog products moderate only. Cash grain transactions were rather light for the day. Primary receipts of wheat for the day 916,000 bushels and com 934,000 bushels, compared with 949.000 and 935,000, respectively, a year ago. Clearances were 631,000 bushels wheat, 312,000 bushels corn and 9,000 bushels oats. Weekly primary receipts of wheat 4.856.000 bushels; a year ago 6,066,000; corn 5,842,000 bushels, a year ago. 5,- 564.000 bushels. The visible supply Is expected to show an Increaae of 2,000,000 for the week, compared with an Increase of 2.400.000 bushels a year ago. THE CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET. i|* point emphatically, even more so than *• Hip fact that Tsry hc4v.tr tenders at S>w fork failed to holil the market down. [II l CP - - — - P-T— " than * or today follow; tho logical expects monster movement N Increasing interior Ntocka mo *lowly thnt the talent marvels dally, and K iroprnn trade advice* aro en couraging la the extreme. " ' Thus the situation appear* to In- lens bearish advantage tiecauae of the nhteip’e of speculative support and * the movement than has ap peared on the, surface of the thing, fur- iher. the abnormal parities existing In*. tween the three great market*, when aim- "WHEAT— Dec 73ft 73ft THE WEATHERREPORT LOCAL FORECA8T. For AtMnta nnd Vicinity—Unsettled weather with rain tonight and Sunday; continued high temperature. WEATHE.: FORECAST. showers In northwest portion era. South Carolina—Fair tonight except show er* In mountain districts; Hundny shower*. Alabama—Occasional showers tonight und Ala Siindi lay. WEATHER CONDITIONS. Cloudy „ - entire country with generally unsettled conditions. In the Inst 24 hours rain* have issMsIppI nnd In the Uocky Mountain nud Pacific const states. Over the eastern half of the cotton Indt dense fogs are get) era!. The pressure Is highest In the northeast nud southeast, while nil area of low press ure I* neutered In northern Texas. The temperature has risen 011 the Atlantic const. In Texas. Montana, Washington nud Oregon. Elsewhere there has been but lit tle change In the Inst 24 hours. The advance of the low pressure area from Texas will probably cause cloudy and unsettled weather with rain iu this section tonight and Sunday, continued high tem perature. Minimum and Maximum Tamparaturaa and Rainfall. Observations taken at 6 a. oi.. 75tb marl- dlau time. Aldlene. . . . Amarillo. . . Asheville. . . Atlanta. . . . Augusta. . . , Birmingham. Bismarck. . . Boston. . . . July 77 rnnv- CORN- Dec 40% 40ft 40% May <3# 43# 43*4 *ily.... 43ft 44 43ft OATS— Dec .iially undci-st<NM|, having the N.'W York and I I t-rpool par ity iMHMUse of If* successful fight for prb chase*."—Southern Exchange. CHICAGO CAR LOTS. heat, 'oru. . Out*. . Today. Monday LIVERPOOL GRAIN MARKET. Corn cloaed ft lower. unfavoral _ presume in our option list this 'morning*, which was rather steady but Innetlv*. There Is very little speculative Interest In the market at this time, hut prie appeared to be fairly well suppor:' any sign of wiakness. the buying pnwe appearing to come from large Interests who are accumulating contract* on any de cline. Amount In Might for the week was 426,460. against 314.661. To date 7.741.0ft». against 6,896.000. World's visible supplv gained for the week 269,000 bale*. I* now 5.200.000. ajtninst 6.314.000. of which Auieri ‘^Exports ta Prb >.200,000, against 5.314.000. of w •nil Is 4.162.0ft), ngnlnst *162,000. date 4.339,000, ngnlnst a.669.000. Price of middling In Liverpool S.TIhI. ngnlnst 6.24d. There Is regular holiday dullness In dry X\" ng spring rush. We hxtk for market for the Immeillate future, and es- peelall.v until after the pnhllcatlmi of the next glnners' report COTTON 6EED OIL. Following were the opening and Hosing prices on cotton seed oil today: Opening. Closing. December 41ftti44 January 39 February 3S §38# March. _ ‘■•j July 3S Halm, 150 July at 39. Clutvd itnuly ALONZO RICHARDSON & CO., PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS AND AUDITORS Empire Building. Bell Phone. Main 838. ATLANTA. GEORGIA. 80UTHERN EXCHANGE STOCK LETTER New York, Dec. 29.—Today's stock market was rather steady during the early trading, but the volume of busl ness was too small to produce a widt range of price movement. The cop per stifeks were steady during the early trading. Near the time for the bank statement the market became weak on heavy offerings of Reading. St. Paul and Union Pacific. The buy ing-power is nut aggressive enough to hold the market at the high level. The hank statement was somewhat worse than expected, which was not In fa v«r of values. Professional traders and the outside public are Inclined to await some further development rela tive to money conditions before taking any active Interest Ir. the stock mar ket. The return of money to New York will surely follow the payments of end-of-year dividends and interest disbursement, taking place January* 1. After this time monetary conditions will naturally Improve and genera! conditions will warrant an aggressive campaign for a bull market. In the meantime we forecast a steady, but narrow market In which day to day traders must be satisfied with small profits. Must Opan on Inaida. Special to The Georgian. Brunswick, Ga.. Dec. 29.—Under an ordinance recently passed by the city j council, all gates within the city limits! of Brunswick must on nr before Jan- ' uary 1 be so hung that they will open i to the Inside Instead of opening out' on tha sidewalks. May 36ft 36ft 36 POBK- Jnn... 15.90 15.90 15.85 May... 16.62ft 16.62ft 16.35 LAUD— Jail...-. 9.12ft May... 9.35 SIDES- Jan.... 8.57ft May.... 8.96 9.25 nil Mtt 80UTHERN EXCHANGE DAILY GRAIN LETTER _ - ... feature, however, nml eased off during-the late trad ing. There nre satbifnetory reports >tf whi ter wheat and a prospect of a more liberal demand for the old crop. Interior receipts 818.000, against 926.000 Inst year. Export* su.ono. ngnlnst 246.000 Inst year. Corn steady during the early trading. Heavy receipts nud an easier tone prevailed, though tin* buying power was restricted. yenr Kxporti Oats active nnd strong with goo4l cash demiyid and further Influenced by small re ceipt*. There Is evidence of speculative In quiry In this market, with every prn»|»ect of nn active trade. Interior receipts 494.000. ngnlnst 756.000 last yenr. Exports uoue. against 181.000 Inst yenr. THE LIVE STOCK MARKET. >lpt* i ilk $6.: Charleston. . . Charlotte. . . Chicago Cincinnati. . . . Corpus Chrtstl. Davenport. . . . Ibwlge City. . . Ei Paso. . . . Fort Smith. . . Galveston. . . . I lav .!nckH4tnvUlc. . Jupiter. . . . Kansas City. Key West. Knoxville. . . l.o* Angeles. , Memphis. . . . Meridian. . . . Miles City. . . MoMIe Montgomery. . Nashville. . . , New Orleans. . New York. . , Norfolk. •. . . . North I'lntte. Omaha Palestine. . . . Pittsburg. . . . Portland. Me. . Portland, ore. . St. I.**uls. . . St. l ull. . . . Snn Francisco. Savannah. . . , S|Hikane. . . . Tampa Taylor Thomasvllle. . , Vicksburg. . . . Washington. . Wilmington. . . Preclp* Itatloo Pineapple* nre selling wei 13.50 (»er crate. Rnuaims. well colored atock, are ranging from $1.26 to $1.75 per buiicli, according to qonlity. Apples nre very plentiful, with quality good,' but prices have a tendency to lie a little lower, owing to the hold-over atock from the Christum* trade. from now on. owing to the freezing weather In the growing section. Country butter la very scarce and In big demand nt from 22ft to. 25c. With the opening . .... look for business along fruit and produce Hues to lie active nt good prices ATLANTA MARKETS FRUIT8 AND PRODUCE. EGGS—Candled, active, 28c. LIVE POULTRY—Hana. active. a#OJ6c each: chickens plentiful, 15026c each; ducks, Peklu. 86c each: puddla, S6O90c rack; geese, full feathered, 66c each; tur* keys, active, 14c nonnd. DRESSED POULTRY—Geeae. undrawn, nctiye. ound; hens, undrawn, nc< e pound: fries, active. 16c pound. PRODUCE-rTenuessee ribs and hopes. 8c; Tennessee sausage. 9c; lard, 10c lb.; hams octlve. 14c lb.; shoulders active, 10c lb.; sides active. 10c lb.; butter active, 16032#c lb.; beeswax, active. 26c pound: honey, bright; active, 8c pound: honey In Lponod blocks, *, 12c oound; chestnuts actlua, $3.00 I: dried apples, 6c pound; white peas •. $2.50 bushel; lady peaa, $3.00; stock* ^OAME^-Qnall, active, 15<* t each; doves, ac tive, 6c each; ducka. mallard, active, 40c each; ducks mixed, active, 25c each; wild turkeys, active, 16c. pound; rabbits, ac tire. 12ftc each; aqulrrela, active, 10c each; opossum, dressed, active, 11c pound; opos sum. lire, active, $c pound. FRU ITS—Lemons, fancy llessena, $4.1 A.00 Bananas, P8ICBIMSETTLED Cross Movements Many, Due to the Closing Out of Contracts. BOTH LONG AND SHORT Natural at Year’s End—No . News to Account for Re action in Reading. New York. Dec. 29.—Today's rerun,-., •cakness nn the of course, have had no immediate V eren .5. e . the mon «y situation The weekly bank statement, while It showed an Increase of *5.790.000 In the c^h •A ow * d Atln of *4.600,000 ’5 cash, and surplus reserve accortlnslJ rose *2.000 000. This is rather beu.r than expected, and leaves the surnlS ‘fm nearly *1.000.000 better off tSian at the end of last year. The main " eon for- the sharp decline' i'n”stS; doubt; In the dlequieUn’ was found, no CHTh" .°. f !l mo ™ bouses ”ln' trouble ■ which gained some color from thp i usual fact that some large sum. OI money .were boirowed on the floor of the exchange, when ordinarily there Is no "money crowd" of a Saturday Whether this was the entire cause or not, the decline went on steadily for the entire session, converging raor « partlcuiariy on Reading, Unlob Pacific and St. Paul, but bearing down toa f^ ea lY.? r Ie ” extent th ® e ntire list Liquidation outside of these stock, was not heavy, but there was litti. support and prices ended at the hot” tom. The market for the first hour was *T per bunch, culls, active, , ln ®, nrst "our was .Odi itrslffhf-, *1.5002.00. Pineapples, unsettled and Irregular, with many th ? result lorhla stock, per crate. *2.00. Or.i tfe lorida stock, owing to sis- sod conditio* n nrrlrnl, per liox. W.00e!.25. Awl”. Iiolce lien Doris, *3.2503.6®: ftney, O-TO r.,i, ,tste apples, winter vans- \ ' "r herrcl, fe.26«t.60; fanev, 6rape*. New York state. In t-lK - Td? 20O22Hc; Nlsfsrtt, pHO 2O0KHc. Cranberries, fsnf Cods, per tlojLd hsrtoM; "Concofdi So: Catawbas. dark Capo stock, owing to slso am 02.60. Limes. Florid* stock, per hundred, m cents. Nuts, fancy mixed, m boxs*. per pound* 12J4014C. Cocoanuts. henrj relMU. tack of 100. active, nt 24.60 sack. Pr Mcks'averapInc.lOO^pomidt each, owing to '’vKli^fABjlES^-BStnr cnbbiijs^ ermtes, nctlre. 22.60 crate: cnhlinge^standard crates- 2e pound; cabfmge, barrels, 2c pound, ivg plant active. 22.00 crate: cucum- l«.ra. *1.50 i 'crate: tomatoes, fancy, nctlre. tttO crate; tomatoes, choice, nctlre, ItOOJI 2.26 crate; beans, roiind green. ^!.B0 crate. anions.' dry. set I re. flgkosbel: t"0s. nctlre. NmJ, Crieff rauirdo;Vr:'a-rilre;--K»irt!;nd; M 1e?fu«; headed. 21.50«2 drum; sweet potatoes, yel low nctlre. 75c Imsbel: sweet potatoes white •etive. 50c buibel; kraut, half-bi actlre. 60c' husbelj kraut. halfbarrcl, UW; rutabaga turnips, l#c. Btrawbvrrlea, crate. FLOUR. GRAIN AND PROVISIONS. FLOUK—Highest patent. W-50; best pat ent 24.40; standard.patent. 24.25: half pat ent. KUO; spring wkeit poteot- 25. COIt.V—Choice red cob. Sc; No. * white. 64c: No. 2 yellow, *7c; mixed, 02c: old crop choice, 66c; old crop No. 2. Me: new Tcnncs- ace White. *Sc; crack corn, per bushel, 70c. **®*vhMCholce white clipped. 50c .. .. . _.—4r ( . ; —.... white. 48c; No. 2 mixed, un .u... preof. 54c; Golden oats. 47c: Hurt. 70c. MRAIr—Plain wntergronnd. per basket. Ke; bolted, I40 pouud Jute*, per bushel, (We; 60; medium, 21.40; brown, luniiuui) *t.w, uiun ; mixed brand, $1.15. I1AX—Sliuuiu/, do., coolce small bnlee, .... . clorer, mixed, 21.20; do.. No. 2 elorer mixed 21.15. Choice llerinuda, 90e. Chicken fee, Irnound sacks. We. _ „ RYB—Georgia, 21.00; Tennessee, 30c. Bar- (’he auors prices are f. o. b. Atlanta PROVISIONS—Snprtm# hams, lie. Dor, hams, Uc. California hams. 22.00. Dry wit extra ribs, 0.07H. bellies, 20.25 pounds. 10.3; fat bneks, 8.00; plates. 8.00; Suprem* Isnl, 10.371k; Snow Drift compouud, 8.60. 62 | .70 trout, 8c pounl: blue flsh. irom, «-■ iiuiiii i. •- .— pane. 26c pound, marker.-1 8c bound, mix «d flab. 6c pound; fresh wtaer trout, pound; bar shad, 60<2<Oc; rock shad. GROCERIES. plantation. Ntw '‘cOFF'TfE-Ponried 'Arliuckis's, 811 SO; hulk ioliMxTof hfrrel*. l«4c; greeni 11012c. RICE—Carolina, 4V407HC, according to tbs ^CHEESE—Fsncy full cream dairy, 15Ue; twins, 15c. Shredded biscuit. 25 cate; No. rolled of closing out of contracts on both the long and short , side, natural with the end of the year. There was no special news to account for the reaction Reading. Government bonds unchanged; other bonda steady. NEW YORK BANK STATEMENT. The weekly statement of the New Vert changes^ 1 " ,nk, *" ow * the following Reserves, Increase 22.088,33. Loans, Increase 15.7*9,700. Hpecle, Increase 32.696.400. » -rets, lucres: 9 311.800.000. Deposits, Increaw 39,662,300. Clrcunltlon, Increase 1145,200. MINING ST0CK8. Ronton, tare 5'' sons ton. Dec. 29.—Arcs (linn 12(4; Adren- 6|4: S? l E e t«A 10 ! 1 Caflfornla nnd Art- , ...igi lit*" 6344: Teeumeeb 29; Arnold ’doiSrr?; SKSS SSf* But " THE LONDON STOCK MARKET. STOCKS Amalgamated Copper 3S& Baltlmorr nnd Ohio rhssapeake and Ohio rhlrnao and Grant Western . rnnndlnn Pacific Erie do. preferred Illlnnls Central Kansas nnd Texas do, preferred Louisville and XnsbvMe New York Central Ontario nnd Western ... delphla nnd Reading anii-nifu, ,'IIMVD Union Pacific L do, preferred United ntstes Rteel do, preferred Wabash do, preferred .... 4T 4t«; MARKET SUMMARY BY TOWN TOPIC New York, Bee. 29.-Whl!e the bunk stste ment today should not only show nn sctnil Increase In eash holdings, but unless S'lnv* trick of finance Intervenes, also s very f large reduction In the loan and deposit no count, we would*’dispose of stocks on sip I further rally thnt may accompany today» trading, nor wonld wo purchase the general I ran of stocks except on good. rcceailoni I from this level. 1 going on lately In Pennsvlvanln. nn'd Ohio, *New York Central. 'LonlsvllIe ami I Nashville, Topper nnd flteel common, the i rn*«-. Red'salmon, $5 case. " l^nlc ^sshno'n $4.35 case. Cocoa. 39c; choeolata 36c; aoutf. « ......».1 lava ILm.4 at ah *' i-pound jars, 48c.' Roast tieef, $1.3) case* Corne<l l»eef. $1.30 case. Catsup, $1.80 case! ... New Orleans. 36c gallon; corn 28c gallon^ Tuba 35c |nllon; a Georgia cane, 35c. Halt, 100-1 pOUn... «v. »..v ginsr. ||,|« K'mIii crackers, fftc pound; lemon 7#c; oya ler 7c. Barrel esnay, |»er pound, 6c; mix< Axle grease, $1.76.* T Indicates trace of rnln or snow. J. B. MARBURY. Section Director. k $6.25*16.40; light hoc* $«.16^6.37ft: mix- i SOUTHERN EXCIUNGE ' -Estimated receipts 300. r5.40; stoi’kers nml feeder* $2.70^4.65. hee|>— KstlinntiHl receipts 2,000. Market steady; natives $3.5ftfi5.90; western $3.5i>U 6.86; yearlings $5.751*6.80; lambs $5^7.90; western $Si|5.h5. ■ h h h ■ Oldest Established Office South. COTTON—STOWS COSOS—GftJUii Ground Floor Oould Building. Dally markot lettrr nnd market manual mallrd on application. HIBBARD BROS SCO. COHON L* MERCHANTS Atlanta Offices, 219-221 Century Building. Members New York Cotton Exchange, New Or leans Cotton Exchange, Liverpool Cotton Asso ciation, Chicago Board of Trade, New York Cof lee Exchange, New York Produce Exchange. Business solicited (or the aboveexchanges. Direct wire servite. Correspondence Invited. Phones 4M, Long Distance 39. A. S. Hustar*. Mot. I '4fS£ per pound, • M T«m«'oy*. 2-pouml. •pound, 22.3. Nary beaus, 22: Im.i iH-uiis. 6lkr. Ib-.t matches, per gross Msraroiil, 6^®7c per pound. “ Uhjci. mustnrd. rase. Potash. bar- ton ffiSJ: BST&aif JS** 4 - pl STOCK8 AND BONDS. Georgia Railroad 6»., Bid. Atlanta k 1 __ Atlanta k W. P. delionturea... luO C. R. T. 1st Income 84 It. t*. Kd Income 74 suggest thnt Ihete 'Issues rosy be boa*h^ I with comparative safety on ar “ “ set-back, though we do not exn ket to right Itself In preparatlc . longed advance for the next few weeu l Thera Is also an Increasing belief twit *1 nectstlons of much easier conditions follow- L Ing the January disbursements may not w I realized thnt hntllah Interests nre nre*ll**t* I realised that.bullish Interests nre pmlld Ing. Consequently the Investigating fsibllft I l*oth In and out of Wall street, will stIB I f«>r the mrmt part keop aloof from thr 1 market, believing that they eon bnjr •* I least ns cheaply Inter on and will be Interest mettYifime: On any further adrahee In cotton wi wonld take the selling side. Wheat nltlnuktely should sell higher. Southern Exchange. BANK CL08ING NOTICE. Tunsdhy, January 1, Nsw Y#nr, I* • I legal holiday. Tha banka compo4i"f I tho Atlanta Cloaring Houat Auacii; I tion will bo elottd for busineii os tMI day. DARWIN G. JONES, M«na9«V J08. A. M'CORD, Prsaidtnt ATLANTA NATIONAL BANK ATLANTA. GA u T R {,. Pr *= d * nt A - E - THORNTON, Vlca-Prandrnt. INMAN, Vice-Preaidant. GEO. R, DONOVAN. Caahiar. JAME8 8. FLOYD, Ait’t Caihler. Capital $500,000.00 Surplus and Undivided Profits....!.. $500,000.00 We Solicit Your Patronage. | -C L 4 ' H. Fairchild. s. J- WfHit» | L. H. FAIRCHILD & COMPANY. NEW ORLEANS. Mam bars: New York Coffee Exchange New Orleans* Board of Trad*-- .Chicago Board of Trade. N*w Orleans Cotton Exchango. Nsw York Cotton Kxcbungv, • e» Orlrun, Stock Exehaago. Chicago Board of Tra tur. delivery. „„ .bo V . ExJhanVri