fixe WfaMn tat,
GIN BOXE FOR COTTON BALES.
Report of Special Committee of the New
Orleans Cotton Exchange.
New Orleans, May 21st, 189a
K To Farmers and dinners:
Recent practical experiments in the
Suite of Texas have demonstrated that
by an alteration of gin boxes to a
measurement of 24 by 54 inches a
degree of density can be secured in
compressing cotton which, without in
crease of power, will greatly reduce
thereof bales for shipment on rail
roads and ocean carriers.
These experiments have been made
with different sized bales, and the
records of the Maritime Association of
Galveston show that bales made in a
28 byS-inch box, after compression
and delivery at that port, average 32
bv 62 inches, giving, a superficial area
of 1,984 square inches, whereas the
bales made in a 24 by 54-inch box
average at Ualveston 2b by 56 inches
. . C ' 1 ' 1 mi
or i.-ioo superucuti mcnes. ine pres
sure of the compresses in both cases
was the same, namely, 1,800 tons, or
3U,m.iu pounas, on uie Dale; therefore
Dv umuiug uic area ui me Dale m
luetics inio me pressure of pounds, it
was found that on the larger bale
there was i,i4 pounds per square
inch, and on the smaller 2,472 pounds;
iu other words, the pressure per square
inch was 658 pounds greater on the
smaller Daie than on the larger one.
The Galveston News mentions in
stances where, because of improve
ments iu compressing (the bales for
that reason taking up less space in the
ocean vessel), a saving was effected in
freight rates of from 70 to 95 cents per
bale. The same journal estimates
tnat allowing for every drawback, the
improvements in compressing by
change in gin boxes will net at the
very-lowest to Texas 50 cents per bale,
or say $1,500,000 on the crop of that
State, and it is believed that when the
change becomes sreneral a savimr will
be
effected of about one dollar oer
bale.
The committee of the New Orleans
Cotton Exchange have given this
question careful study and they are
.convinced that the facts are as stated.
Farmers and Ginners in Georgia,
-Alabama, South Carolina, and other
States hive taken this matter up -and
the move for a change of size to 24 X
"4 inches is becoming general. It is a
well known fact that all of the costs of
handling and transporting cottOn
conies out of the pocket ot the farmer.
In other words, that the more such
costs are cheapened, the higher the
price which buyers can afford in com
petition to pay for cotton.
At a recent meeting of farmers and
ginners Held in Montgomery, Ala
bama, it was estimated that the pro
posed alteration iu gin boxes would
save t the farmers of that State orie
million dollars.
e now ask whether the farmers
anil ginners iu .Louisiana, Mississippi,
Arkansas and other cotton sections
shipping cotton to and via New Or
leans, win not join in this matter?
Texas estimates the cost of cutting
down gin boxes to 24x54 to be only $8
per g-ia. xnis means tnat at a trilling
cost, which would be reimbursed by
the saving on the first eight to sixteen
bales shipped, a difference would be
netted to the cotton growers of the
South on a crop, like the present one
of between ten and eleven millions of
dollars. We believe this to be a small
estimates, as the reform asked will lead
to lessened railroad as well as ocean
rates, and a decrease in liability to
damage, which in the end would
amount to an average saving of $1.50
per oaie; an important result in reduc
ing the size being that the bale would,
after compressing, be completely cov
ered with, baggrag on the sides, and
thereby additionally safeguarded
agamsi nre ana damage.
We think we are quoting inside
"sul,ra; wueu we estimate tnat a
change of gin boxes to 24x54 inches
(inside measurement) would effect the
lonownig saving per annum, say to:
Mississippi $1,200,000 to $1,500,000
Louisiana 650,000 to 800,000
; Arkansas ...... 650, 000 to 800,000
Or say in three
States .$2,500,000 to $3,100,000
Will the farmers, ginners and com-
pressmen in those States join in the
movement?
While its accomplishment is simple
and easy, failure to do so means that
ineir cotton of .irregular sizes will be
discriminated against in competition
with the growth of other sections
which do adopt the improvement, and
that they will be undoubtedly put to
loss thereby."
The committee, therefore, earnestly
urge farmers, ginners, compressmen
and all others who are interested in
the prosperity of this section to unite
in influencing the reform herein set
forth. Felix Couture,
Henry G. Hester, President.
Secretary.
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Fairport section was visited Tuesday
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the north, accompanied by wind and
.rain, presaged by continuous distant
thulttder and lightning early in the
morning, followed by excessive heat.
The storm came on at 4 o'clock and
lasted for five minutes, and was notable
for the size of the hail, many stones be
ing as large as a man's, head. Upon
striking the earth they exploded, as it
were, into particles of most uniform
size and shape; few, if any, being
smaller than hen's eggs, and most gen
erally flattened, with rough edges
and plainly showing a confused mass
of smal hail stones, which were evi
dently gathered and compressed by
some powerful atmospheric action.
This feat of nature greatly reduced the
amount of damage, causing the hail to
fall at intervals of several feet, instead
of covering the face of the earth, as
nail of ordinary size would have done.
There was no hail smaller than a hick
ory niat. Where these "projectiles"
struck they were effectual in the. work
of destruction. Half grown peaches
were split in halves. Growing crops
were buried in the earth. And yet it
is most remarkable that the damage to
vegetation was so small.
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rCDBA, PORTO RICO,
THE PHILIPPINES.
The Three Together tp Pass In
to the Military Occupation
of the United States.
THE AFFAIR AT
SANTIAGO.
navy witnont Official Advices Bat Sat-
H.T WW .m
lafied That an Engagement of Some
Kind But Not Serious Has
Occurred.
By Telegraph to the Mornw fltar
Washington June 1. For the first
time since the beginning- of hostilities
there appears to be something in the
nature of an official statement of the
plan of campaign of the United States
government. This is contained in a
letter of Secretary Alger to the
Speaker of the House, transmitting
certain recommendations and state
ments of (General Ludlow wwv Ai.
closed the purpose of the War Depari-
mcut uu seuu fu,uuu men to Uuba; 20
yuu to start at once and the remainder
just as soon as they can be made
.anlT. .3 L mi jl
oaujr lur uepurmre. xnen mere was
an estimate for establishing electrical
communications in connection
witn tne army "in Cuba and
JPorto Rico and the Philippines,"
sou wing iur tne nrsi time, officially,
an implied intention on the oart of th
government to land troops in Porto
mco. ui course, all these moves
nave been anticipated by the press
but nevertheless a strong element of
doubt existed and therefore the offi
cial statement of the government's
purposes, made even in this indirect
lasnion, created a profound sensation
nere. ine three are to go together
Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philip
pinesand pass into the military oc
cupation of the United States troops.
Inasmuch as the Secretary says that
iue second contingent ot troops is to
go lorwaru as soon as tney can be pre
pared, a good deal of interest is at
tached to an crder that was made to
day at the War Department, providing
ior tne , reorganization ot tne 75,000
additional volunteers' called for. The
order omcially established the state
ment heretofore made in these dis
patches that a large proportion of the
new men are to be used to fill uo the
existing regiments of volunteers, which
are in most cases dehcientm numbers.
It is to be presumed from to-day's or
der that the volunteer regiments col
lected under the first call will be de
tamed until they are filled up in this
lasnion, so mai tne order nas some
bearing upon the plan of campaign.
The War Department received a dis
paten to day trom general Brooke, lh
command of the forces at Chicka
mauga,, setting at rest reports as to in
adequate food and water supplv there.
When these reports were circulated re
cently, becretary Alger telegraphed an
inquiry to Gen. Brooke, whose replv is
2,T t .mi " -jar- -
as ionows: -xnere is no reason what
ver for complaint as to the quality
and kind of food furnished the troops
in this camp. Some regulars arrived
here with food rations only, but de
fects of this kind are quickly remedied
and the vegetable component immedi
ately provided. The water question is
being solved as to quantity, and it has
always oeen good as to quality.
The Santiago Affair.
ine navai omciais nave been con
siderably mystified throughout the
day by the reports of an engagement
on Santiago. At tne outset there was
complete scepticism," and a disposition
to treat the reported action as a myth.
Gradually as the dav advanced, cor
roborative evidence coming from many
quarters, inciuuing omciai announce
ments from Havana and Madrid, led
the officials to concede that some
engagement has taken place, although
they did not regard it as a serious one.
No bulletins were issued by the depart
ment during the day, and at the close
of office hours it was stated that no
dispatches from Commodore Schley
had been received during the day.
There is reason to believe, however,
that the department received indirect
advices through the State Department,
possibly not bearing out the detailed
press dispatches, but sufficient to indi
cate that an engagement of some kind
had occurred at Santiago.
The impression obtained during the
afternoon that in execution of the
general instructions to all United
States naval commanders on the Cu
ban coast to prevent the construction
or strengthening of batteries by the
Spaniards, Commodore Schley, ob
serving work of this kind going on at
Morro Castle, had drawn his fleet up
close enough to stop it. It is not be
lieved for an instant that he made any
real attempt to enter the harbor, al
though it is entirely conceivable that
while engaged in the task of shelling
the shore batteries, finding the Cristo
bal Colon in range, he could not resist
the temptation to try a few shots at her.
Spanish Finances.
The statement from Madrid, in what
seemed to be almost semi-official form,
of the acuteness of the financial strin
gency there, and the plain intimation
that the Bank of Spain, and
consequently Spain, were nearing
the end of their financial resources
was regarded at the State Department
as of more real significance than
many of the stories of battles on land
and sea that have been coming over
the cables for the past few weeks.
The effect of this notice may be to
hasten the operations against Porto
Rico, lest the prize slip from our
grasp through a sudden and unex
pected .termination of the mar.
An additional evidence that the ac
tual form of government of the army
and navy has begun was given in the
action of the foreign naval and mili
tary observers. They have been so
journing leisurely in Washington for
some time, but within the last week
all of them have started for Florida.
The British naval and military at
taches were the first to leave, and now
they have been followed by the Ger
man, Austrian, Russian, Swedish, Nor
wegian and Japanese observers. The
government of Norway and Sweden
has no less than six military and naval
experts to observe various branches of
the warfare.
TAMARARIO TIBD-UP.
Spanish Torpedo Boat to Remain in a
Paraguan Port Until War is Closed.
fCopyrlghted 1888 by the Associated Press, j
Buenos Ayres, June L, The gov
ernment of Paraguay has informed
the United States Consul at Asuncion,
Mr. J. N. Ruffin, who had protested
against the continued presence of the
Spanish torpedo gunboat Tamarario in
Paraguan waters, that permission had
been granted the Tamarario, which is
disabled, to remain at Asuncion, under
the protection of Paraguay's neutrali
ty until the close of the war between
the United States and Spain. .
La National publishes a dispatch
from Madrid saying yesterday (Tues
day) afternoon the Spanish armored
cruiser Cristobal Colon put out from
the harbor of Santiago de Cuba to an
swer the fire of the American squad
ron, and that after inflicting damage
upon an auxiliary cruiser she returned
to the harbor.
THE CAMPAIGN
AGAINST CUBA.
C A 4
aecreiary Alger Outlines the
Steps Contemplated for the
Invasion.
AN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE.
Army of 15,000 or 20,000 Troops for Im
mediate Use to be Followed by 50,
000 More Chief Engineer Lad
low's Recommendations.
By Telegraph, to the Morning star.
TTT .
Washington, June 1. In signifi-
iuh recommendations submitted to
uongress to-day, Secretary Alger,
mrougn tne medium of a letter ac
companying his recommendations
uuumes in a general way the steps
contemplated in the campaign against
vuoa, i-orto Kico and the Philippines.
ine letter is from Chief Engineer
Ludlow, who makes the important
statement that it is now proposed to
lorwaru io wuDa an army of invasion
to be composed of 15,000 or 20 000
troops, to be followed as rapidly as
pracucaDie Dy ou.uoo more. The sec
retary's recommendations are for ap
propriations aggregating $3,107,000.
,? recommendation is for $2,562,000
oi oenciency in the appropriation for
gun and morter batteries "re-
Huiou uuunuuueiy j or me use
oi me war department. in
remain available nntal expended " This
amount is needed to provide ennlncp,-
ments for carriage's, of high power and
rapid-fire guns to be procured by the
ordnance department with the fnnHa
already appropriated, etc. A second
one is tor si5,000 "for the estab-
iisnment and maintenance of KTwini
electrical communication in connection
with the army in Cuba, Porto Rico and
tne irnuippine islands."
iueu ionows a sienincant recom
mendation for $350,000 for an exnedi-
tionarv force to Cuba "required by
the War Department for immediate
use. lhe items are as follows!
ror machinerv and ea moment, fm-
tne construction and ranair nf made
AflN- - . W -' . 1 " "
o,uuu; construction and equipment
of military railroads,' $225,000; addi
tional eutrenchiner tools, electric an.
pliances, photographic and topographic
uuluis, instruments and maps, man
uals, and lor special and technical ser
vices, $50,000 ; contingencies involving
immediate expenditure of imperative
urgency that cannot be snecified in
advance, to be expended under the di
rection of the Mai or Gener&r 'com
manding the army, $50,000."
lhe letter outlining- the exnedition-
ary project against Cuba is written by
General Ludlow, whose special engi
neering services were availed of by
Secretary Alger to outline what was
needed. It is dated May 22d, was for
warded Dy secretary Alger, and says:
"Referring to the letter of April 26th.
covering the project with estimates for
tne establishment m Cuba of an expe
ditionary force of from 3,000 to 5,000
men. I invite attention to the follow
ing:
"Provisional Estimates
for this purpose amounted to $150,034,
wnicn nave oeen approved and made
expensible under the immediate direc
tion or the major general commanding
the army in the deficit act annroved
May 4th, 1898. This did not include
several items, that, while important.
could temporarily be omitted on the
supposition that no important move
ment would be made. Further
more, tbe project for transfer to
Cuba of an expeditionary force has
been materially modified, in that in
stead of an assumed force of 5,000
ior tne establishment of a denot and
base of supplies, it is now oronospd
20,000 troops, to be followed as rapidly
as practicable by 50,000 more. It is
therefore necessary to make provision
for the greatly augmented scale on
which the expedition is to be equipped
iur i lurwuru movement m tne direc
tion of Cuba."
Work for Engineers.
General Ludlow says for obvious
reasons the plans in detail cannot be
given, but that in a eeneral wav thev
can be outlined. The general nature
of these engineering provisions, how
ever, may be clearly indicated and
m fact estimated for. In the
ensuing campaign account must
be taken of the fac that the rainy
season in Cuba covers the Summer
months and must be anticipated as
affecting the time and means required
for transporation in order not to delay
a. Id : "1 i 1 a 1 nn W
movement ana imperii neal in. mere
are few regular built roads in Cuba,
the principal ones being westward of
Havana. It is not likely that these
roads have been kept m repair and it
is quite certain that others must be
constructed and maintained. Thi
will require road-makinc machinerv
as economizing the labor of troops and
leaving tnem tree ior the purely mili
tary worK, ior wnicn tne numoers m
question will not be more than sufficient
toequal the enemy. In addition special
means ot transporation will be neces
sarv and nortable three feat, cm 11 cm
railroads must be provided, both on the
established lines and along such addi
tional and connecting lines as may be
feasible and expedient.
bor railways, there should not be
less than thirty miles of track and.
suitable equipment, which may be es
timated at $5,000 per mile for track
and $2,500 per mile for equipment.
mv .. . . . . . -.
ine total 01 tnis item, therefore, is
$225,000. Three outfits of road-making
machinery, including rock quarry
ing and crushing apparatus, ditchers
and graders will cost, at $8,000 each,
say $25,000, In addition, there should
be an additional allowance of. sav.
$100,000 for electric lights, dynamite
and torpedo appliances, including em
ployment of scouts, spies, etc. '
A PAKE REPORT.
That the Cruiser St. Paul Had Captured a
Spanish Troop Ship,
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
New York, June 1. A special to
the Journal from Key West says that
the Spanish troop ship Alfonso XIII,
with troops and coal on board, was
captured on Monday off Cape Maysi
by the auxiliary cruiser St. Paul, Cap
tain Sigsbee. The St. Paul fired seven
teen shots before the troop ship sur
rendered and several of them took ef
fect.
Key West, June 1, 4.50 P. M. The
last report received from Commodore
Schley, dated Saturday night, said
nothing about the reported capture of
the Spanish auxiliary cruiser Alfonso
XIII by the United States auxiliary
cruiser St. Paul or any other vessel.
The officers of the St. Paul have heard
nothing of the affair.
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ADOPTED BY THE SENATE.
Good Progress Made in Consideration of
the Bill Proposition to Issue Bonds
and Coin Silver Seigniorage
was Discussed.
By Telegraph to the Morning star.
Washington, June 1. Marked
progress was made by the Senate to
day toward the final disposition of the
war revenue measure. The committee
amendments on nearly sixty pages of
me 0111 were passed upon and the
Senate merely reached the principal
questions at issue between the conten
ding parties. These remaining ques
tions have alreadV been discussed
pretty thoroughly and, aside from a
iew set speeches yet to be delivered.
win not arouse nrobahlv TnnA
desultory debate.
J 1. . . . J . u.ltlU
ine interest of the session centered
in me action taken uoon thn imnJ.
ment of Senator Gorman. rm fvrnf
T 1 J 1 . . 7.
Jiiaryiaiiu, levyinff a tax Of one-nnnr
,r -x
voi ui uuc per oeni. upon tne gross
dijiuj ui an corporations doing a
ousiness exceeding $250,000 a ..year
cy a airect vote upon it, the amend
ment was rejected, 27 to 34.
senator retntrrew. nmiu a.,.,).
xanoia, oneren the Uorman amend
ment. with the clause enntainmo.
$250,000 exemption stricken out, but it
was ueieatea Dy a vote of Z5 to 37.
senator white. Democrat, Califor
nia, tnen proDosed the (Tormon amor,)
ment, so mooined that it. Aieo Q to-.
01 one quarter of one per cent, upon
all corporations engaged in the re-
; --w a :a W WCWA.
nning of sugar or petroleum. The
-ai norma senator wn s noH tKoi v.
desired to see a tax levied
American sugar Trust and the Stand
ard-Uil (Jomuanvf The amend mrw
prevailed Dy a vote of 33 to 26. It
was supported Dy twentv-two Demo
crats, four Republicans, five Populists
and two silver Republicans, and on-
posed by twenty-four Republicans and
two democrats.
Speeches were made to dav bv &na .
), Hknnl.. .f vr rr l. T.
ni vuauuici ui new nampsnire. rte
publican ; Senator Hoar of Massanlm
setts, Republican, and Senator Bate of
Tennessee, Democrat. Senator Chand
ler devoted almost his entire time tn a
aiscussion 01 the financial question
advocating the issue of bonds and the
coinage of the silver seigniorage and
opposing the issue of legal tender
notes. Senator Hoar attacked
the statements made by Senator
Chandler. Senator Bate dealt with
the eeneral provisions of the hill fmm
a democratic standpoint.
At b.10 M. the Senate went into
executive session and soon afterward
adjourned. ,
House of Representatives.
To-day's session of the House was de
voted to the consideration and nassace
of a bill to remove all political disabil
ities incurred by the third section of
the fourteenth amendment to the Con
stitution. The debate gave rise to
notable speeches from Grosvenor, Re
publican, Ohio, and Settle. Demo
crat, Kentucky, upon the obliteration of
all sectional feeling and the reality at
last or a reunited country. Incidental
to the debate several members re
viewed the conclusion that a member
of Congress could not hold simul
taneously a militarv and civil office
The debate was broueht on bv a refer
ence 10 ijren. Joe w heeler, now serving
as a Major General and until recently
a member of the House. The state
ments that some States were unable to
reSOOnd to the demands f or TnliinlniiM
called forth incidentally explanations,
and an alleged interview with Mr.
Overstreet, Republican. Indiana, unnn
the subject reflecting upon the loyalty
of certain States was condemned hv
several memoers. DUt tne discussion
1 1 1 1 . . ,. .!"
was declared out of order.
The passaee of the bill considered
to-day by the House will, affect but
lew parties, since the general acts
passed in President Grant's adminis
tration and many special relief bills
have removed all disabilities with the
exception of those in a few hundred
cases. m
T il r , a ' . .
-lu iue course 01 a Driei sneeen sun-
porting the bill, Mr. Lqpiey, Repub
lican, JNorth Carolina, paid a tribute to
the late Ensign Worth Bagley, who
died at Cardenas, "as none but the
noblest heroes die. 1
The House adjourned at 2.53 o'clock
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Even So: The Boston Globe
says as to Spain's destruction from in
side or outside explosions, the "odds
are even." That's odd. Chicaao
Dispatch.
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bbl of 280 lbs. v ?.
LXLl. .liiir KtM Kmnv QT XI 111 nA
CRUDE TURPENTTNTT. -Mo.v.t
swsaay at i.55 per barrel for Hard,
- "iiLi.ou ior virgin.
Quotations same An.tr lnaf tt.
Spirits turpentine steady, 24&. 24ic:
Ton i A-ZU' J-B; tar nrm.
MBn'n turpentine -nrm, $1.30,
REOErPTSl
spirits xiirpentme 123
: 451
Tar , 212
Crude Turpentine , . 116
rveceipis same dav ast. war k
casKs spirits turpentine, 3 25 bbls
rosin, lau DDIs tar, 33 bbls crude tur
pentine. -
COTTON.
- r 1 n .
marKet nrm on a basis nf ftn
per pound ior middling. Quotations
uramary 3 9-16 cts, ft
iooo urdinary 4 M
Low Ifiddling. ...... 5 9-16 " y
Middlhur . R
Good Middling 6 " f
oame day last year, middling 7 'Ac
receipts 160 bales; same day last
year, 1.
COUNTRY PRODnnE
PEANUTS North Carolina-PHtnA
5055c ner bushel of 28 nounrls- TYt.
jrruue, ouc; rancy, o5c. Virginia
jKiXtra Prime, 65p ; Fancy, 70c.
CORN. Firm: 45 to' 5714 cents nsi
1 v.i ' - ' '
nuuun ftiua. BI.1JII tn XI IH rAi-
N. C. BACON.-Steadv: hams 8 to
rt . . " .f 1
tns per pound; shoulders, 6 to 7c ;
sides, 7 to 8c.
SHINGLES. Per thousands, five
inch, hearts and saps, $1.60 to $2.25;
aiJL men, 10 fij.zs- seven inch.
$5.50 to $6.50.
TIMBER. Market stead v at. aa an
fo.au per m.
m ' J
STAR OFFICE, May 27,
SF1K1TS TURPENTTN-F. Vntl,;nn.
UUUlg. ,
tUUN Nothing dome.
jiiarKet steaov at xi l nor
UJ n noA it '
UUl UI OU IDS.
CRUDE TURPENTINE TtfnrW
steady at $1.00 per barrel for Hard.
$l.b0 for Dip, and $1.70 for Virgin.
r,ni-A:, - i t . 0
wuumuuus same aav asr. -vestr
opiriia wirpenune, machines, ziyic bid,
24 c asked; country. no quotations;
rosin, firm, $1.20, $1,25 bid; tar firm,
$1.05; crude turpentine firm, $1.30.
$1.80, $1.90. '
RECEIPTS. i
Spirits Turpentine. iie
osm 405
Tar 49
Crude Turpentine,. 59
Receipts same , dav hist vear Ifin
cosies spirits turpentine. 433 hhls
rosin, 149 bbls tar, 72 bbls crude tur
pentine. .
COTTON.
Market firm on a basis of- f?Uc
per pouno ior middling. (Quotations:
-.m 1 -a- .
urajnary 03 U-16 cts. lb
u-ood Urdinary 5 " . fr
Low Middling 5 11-16 " r
Middling - 6, " f '
Good ICddling 6H "
ame day last year, middling 7c.
Keceipts 63 bales: same dav last
year, 7. .
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
PEANUTS North Carolina-PrimA
5055c per bushel of 28 pounds; Extra
Prime, 60c; Fancy, 65c. Virginia
Extra Prune, 65c; Fancy. 70c.
1 1 1 ' r"
ROUGH RICE. S1 ooffhi
bushel. 1
N. C. BACON. Stead v: hams. 8 to
9c per pound; shoulders, 6 to 7c;
les. 7 to 8c.
SHINGLES. Per thousan rl fi to
inch, hearts and saps, $1.60 to $2.25:
SIX inch. $2.25 to 3.25: seveTi inch
$5.50 to $6. 50.
TIMBER. Market stead v at i,9. fin tn
$6.50 per M.
v STAR OFFICE, May 29.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Nnthino-
doing.
ROSIN. Nothing dhing.
TAR. Market steadv at tf.Sfl ner
bbl of 280 lbs.
CRUDE TURPENTINE MnrW.
steady at $1.00 per barrel for Hard,
$1.60 for Dip, and $1.70 for Virgin.
Quotations same day last year.
Spirits turpentine, machines. 24 i4o, hid.
24&c asked; country, no quotations :
roam firm. $1.20. $1.25 bid! tar firm
$1.00; crude turpentine firm, $1.30,
$1.80, $1.90. '
RECEIPTS. .
Spirits Turpentine. .ill 124
Rosin. 564
Tar 143
Crude Turpentine 59
Receipts same dav last vear. 179
casks spirits turpentine, 245 bbls rosin,
29 bbls tar. 40 bbls crude turnentine.
' ' COTTON.
Market steady on a basis of 6 vie
Sir pound for middling. Quotations:
rdmary i.... 311-16 cts. $ ft.
Good Ordinary. . . . 5 " "
Low Middling 511-16 " 44
Mmdliner....-.'.. . fit ' "
Good Middling 6 44 j 44
Same .day last year, middling 7c.
Receipts 127 bales: same dav last
year, 2.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
PEANUTS North Carolina-Prime.
5055c per bushel of 28 pounds; Extra
Prime, 60c; Fancy. 65. ViMriniaExtra
Prime, 65c; Fancy, 70c.
CUKJN mrm; 5557 cents per
bushel.
ROUGH RICE 1.00ai ns rr
bushel.
N. C. BACON steadv: hams 8 to 9c
per pound; shoulders, 6 to 7c; sides, 7
to 8c.
SHINGLES Per thousand, five
inch, hearts and saps, $1.60 to $2.25;
six inch, $2.25 to 3.25: seven inch.
$5.50 to 6.50.
TIMBER Market steadv at $2.50 to
$6.50 per M.
STAR OFFICE, May 30;
SPIRITS TURPENTINE Nothine
doing.
KOSIN Nothing doing.
TAR. Market steadv at tl.10 tier
bblof280fts.
CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market
steady at $1.00 per barrel for Hard,
$1.60 for Dip, and $1.70 for Virgin.
f A A"-T t -mm.'
quotations same day last year.
Spirits turpentine, 24?f c, 24Xc; rosin
firm, $1.20.1.25 bid: tar firm. frl.OO.
crude turpentine firm, $1.30, $1.80,
$1.90.
RECEIPTS.
Spirits Turpentine m
Crude Txirpentine 75
Receipts same day last year. 129
CaS?8 JPV?8 terpentine. 420 bbls
rosm, 72 bbls tar, 15 bbls crude tur
pentine.
COTTON.
Market steady on a basis of 6c
Ordinary uuuoiing quotations :
Good Ordinary 5 Cv
?7ddling ' 5 11-16 " "
uaunng ru
Good
day
year, middl
ts-rlOO
bales; same day
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
c PEfNTS-North CJarolina-Prime,
50 55c per bushel of 28 pounds ; Extra
Prune, 60c; Fancy, 65c. Virginia
Extra Prune, 65c ; Fancy, 70c.
wis!. jjirm; 5557 cents
bushel.
per
ROUGH
bushel.
RICE. $1.001.05 per
N. C. BACON. Steady; hams,
9c per pound; shoulders, 6 to
8 to
7c;
. SHINGLES. Per thousand, five
inch, hearts and saps, $1.60 to $2.25-12-25
to $3.25; seven inch
$5.50 to $6.50.
ta'W3 Mket steady at $2.50 to
$6.50 per M.
STAR OFFICE, May 31.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE Marfrot
opened dull at 25 cents
machine-made casks and 25 cents
for country casks. Quoted at 3 P. M
quiet at 26 and 25 cents.
KUS1N Nothing doing.
TAR. Market firm mt ii in
bbl of 280 lbs.
CRUDE TURPENTINE. MarlrAt
quiet at $1.00 per barrel for Hard
$1.60 for Dip, and $1.20 for Virgin. '
Quotations same dav last.
Spirits turpentine steady, 24, 24!c
rosm firm, $1.20, $1.25; tar firm
$1.00; crude turnentine firm 1 ftn
$1.80, $1.90. . '
RECEIPTS.
Spirits turpentine Jli
Rosin 9.rq
Tar ,53
Crude turpentine " Si ' i k
Receipts same dav last.
casks spirits turnentine. 20S Khl
rosm, 114 bbls tar, 19
crude tur-
pentine
OOTTON.
Market steadv on a basis of KUe
per pound for middling. On nta tinn
Oood Ordinary. ..... 3 11-16 cts lb
liood urdinarv . 5 44 "
Low Middling, ...... 5 ll-lo "
Middling Q14. "
n J 1ITJ1V 4t
jroou miaaiing -
&ame day last year, middling 7c.
Receipts 108 bales: same dav last.
year, 27.
COUNTRY PRODUCE
PEANUTS North Harolina
Prime, 50 to 55c per bushel of 28
pounds; extra prime, 60c; fancy, 65c.
Virginia Extra prime, 65c ; fancy, 70c.
-uvfjaun jinn; 0D to57J4 cents per
ROUGH
RICEl $1.00 to 1.05 per
bushel.
N. C. BACON Steadv : hams 8 to
9cper pound; shoulders. 6 to 7c: sides
7 to 8c.
SHINGLES Per thousand
incn hearts and saps, $1.60 to 2.25:
out-wen, .zo 10 3.Z&; seven-mch,
$5.50 to 6.50. .
TIMBER Market steadv at 2.50 to
o.Duperm.
STAR OFFICE, June 1
SriJtUTS TURPENTINE. Marlrfit.
opened dull at 25 cents per gallon for
maenme-maae casks and 25 cents
for country casks. Quoted at 3.45
f. m., quiet at 25 M and 24" cents
TflCJT"VT Ir VLa n .
AxjiDLiy. jxarKei nrm at, hsp nsr
uii iur oiramea ana i.iki tor tw
Strained.
TAR Market
firm at $1.10 per
bbl of 280 lbs.
CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market
quiet at $1.00 per barrel for Hard,
$1.60 for Dip, and $1.70 for Virgin.
Quotations same day last year.
Spirits turpentine, steady, 25, 24c;
rosin firm, 1.20, $1.25 bid; tar firm,
$1.00; crude turpentine firm, $1.30,
$1.80, $1.90. ' '
RECEIPTS.
Spirits turpentine
Rosin.
Tar .
Crude turpentine
77
297
57
36
-194
bbls
tur-
Receipts same dav last vear
casks spirits turpentine, 637
rosin, 190 bbls tar, 61 bbls crude
pentine.
COTTON.
Market steady on a basis of 6c
Sir pound for middling. . Quotations :
rdmary j . . . 3 11-16 cts. lb
orood Ordinary 5 14 44
Low Middling 5 11-16 44 44
Middling.... 6 44 44
GoodMiddliug 6 44 44
oame day last year, middling 7ic.
Receipts 54 bales: same dav last
year, 7.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
PEANUTS North Carolina-Prime
50 to 55c per bushel of 28 oouuds : Ex
tra Prime, 60c; Fancy, 65c. Virginia
Extra Prime, 65c; Fancy, 70c.
CORN Firm: 55 to 57 cents ner
bushel.
ROUGH RICE. il. 00 to 1 or .
bushel.
N. C. BACON. Steadv: hams. 8 to
9c per pound ; shoulders, 6 to 7c ; sides,
I LU OU.
SHINGLES. Per thousand flv-
mchj hearts and saps, $1.60 to 2,25;
six-six, $2.25 to "8.25; seven-inch; $5.50
to 6.50. '
TIMBER Market steady at $2.50 to
50 per M.
Cotton and Naval Stores.
WEEKLY
STATEMENT.
, RECEIPTS.
For month of May, 1898.
Spirits. Rosin. Tar.
2,700 17,249 4,853
RECEIPTS.
For month of May, 1897.
Spirits. Rosin. Tar.
3,138 14,219 4,578
EXPORTS. ,
For month of May, 1898.
Cotton. Spirits. Rosin. Tar.
2,581 2,001 1,074 4,515
4,400 170 4,400 000
6,981 2,171 5,474 4,515
EXPORTS.
Cotton.
Crude.
1,135
4,941
Cotton.
Crude.
850
258
Crude
885
000
Domestic
Foreign
885
For month of May, 1897.
Cotton.
Spirits. Rosin.
2,446 1,335
000 5,447 )
Tor.
3,488
Crude.
798
000
Domestic
Foreign
1,571
000
uuu
3,488
1,571
2.446 6,782
798
STOCKS.
Ashore and Afloat June!, 1898.
Ashore. Afloat.
8,359 . 9
Total.
Cotton.
Spirits.
000
5,307
000
000
jtiosin
42,693
4,510
;351
48,000
4,510
351
Tar...,
Crude .
STOCKS. ,
(Ashore and Afloat June 1, 1897,
Spirit. Rosin. . Tar.
1.171 26.629 4.870
Cotton.
Crude.
3,683
EXPORTS FOR THE WEEK.
COASTWISE. ;
New York. Steamship Benefactor
104 bales cotton. 358 bbls snirits ter
pentine, 510 do rosin, 232 do tar, 20 do
oil, 25 bags peanuts, 113,050 shingles,
60 pkers mdse. 35 bales warp. 16 cedar
logs, 2 horses, 686 bbls flour. '
FOREIGN.
MlDDLEBOROUGH. ENQ Nor barmift
Embla 5,307 bbls rosin, valued at.
$7,093. 93. Vessel by J T Riley & Co ;
cargo by S P Shorter Co.
inKfic.
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COTTON MARKETS.
By Telegraph to the Morn In g star.
New York, June 1. Considerable
old local stuff was dislodged to-day by
the crowd, who were encouraged to
hammer the cotton market by general
ly favorable crop news and predictions
for continued good weather. A de
cline of 2 4 points on the opening was
in response to signs of weakness in the
English market, but following the call,
crop news was the governing factor
throughout the session. Trading was
spasmodic and chiefly for local ac
count The market- closed quiet at a
net loss of 5 to 6 points. Total sales
91,900 bales. -
New York, June
middling 6 9-16c.
1. Cotton dull;
Cotton futures closed quiet; sales
81,900 bales: June 6.38c, July 6.42c,
August 6.46c, September 6.29c, October
6. 27c, November 6. 27c, December 6. 29c,
January 6,31c; February 6.33c; March
6.36c.
Spot cotton closed very dull;middling
uplands 6 9-16c ; middling gulf 6 1316c :
sales 3,000 bales.
PRODUCE MARKETS.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
New York, June 1. Flour weak
and 1015c lower to sell; demand very
light; Minnesota patents $6 25 6 75.
Wheat Spot weak; No. 2 red 87&c;
options opened irregular but fairly
steady on Detter cables than expected ;
subsequent events, however, were
weak and demoralized under heavy
long and short selling, based on fine
crop prospects; No. 2 red July $1 00 J$
1 06c, closed $1 00; September
83 3-16&87c, closed 830; December
81K84c. Corn Spot weak; No. 2
S9)4c; options opened firm on cables
and unfavorable crop news, but was
later weakened by the break in wheat
and closed Xc net lower; July 38
S83c, closed 38c; September 38
39c, closed 382c; December 38
40c. Oats Spot dull; No. 2 32c;
options dull and easy, closing un
changed ; July closed 30c. Butter firm
Western creamery 1316Xc; do.
factory 1012$c; Elgins 16c; im
itation creamery 1214c; State dairy
12X15jc; do. creamery 15j
16c. Cheese dull; large white 6c.
Tallow easy; city 4c; country 3U
4c as to quality. Cotton seed oil
1 quiet; prime crude 2122c; do. yellow
zoozoc. retroieum null. Kice quiet.
Molasses steady. Cabbage quiet ; South
ern 5075. Coffee Spot Rio steady;
No. 7 invoice 6J$c; No. 7 jobbing 7c;
mild steady; Cordova 8K15. Sugar
raw firm; fair refining 3c; cen
trifugal 96 test 4 5-1 6c; refined firnr
Chicago, June 1. The magnificent
prospect for the growing crop, the
movement of "new wheat from Texas,
the low cables, all caused a sharp de
cline in the wheat pit to-day. July
closed with a loss of 5f 6c ; September
2fc. Corn is fc. and oats Jc. lower.
Pork is down 32ic., lard 1012ic. and
ribs 10c.
Chicago, June 1. Cash quota
tions: Flour market dull. Wheat
No. 2 spring $1 05; No. 8
spring 98cl 08; No. 2 red $1 10.
Corn No. 2 33c. Oats No. 2
25jc; No.2 white, free on board,29Jic;
No. 3 white, free on board, 28Xc.
Rye No. 2 4859c. Mess pork, per
bbl., $11 1511 10. Lard, per 100
fts., $6 12&6 15. Short rib sides,
loose, $5 256 10. Dry salted shoul
ders, boxed. $5 0052S. Short clear
sides, boxed, $6 256 35.
Baltimore, June 1. Flour dull
and lower; Western superfine $3.75
4.00. Wheat weak and lower; No.
spot $1.151.15X; month $1.12
asked; July 97c asked; August 93c
asKea; oouinern wheat by sample
$1.101.16. Corn dull and easy;
spot and month 36 37c; July 37
37Uc: steamer mixed 35a3fic-
Douinern wmte corn 37c asked,
dull; No. 2 white 35X36c.
tuce $1.25 1.50 per basket
Oats
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Schr Nimrod, 257 tons, Green, New
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The quotations are always given as accurately
as possible, but tbe stab will not be responsible
for any variations trom the actual market price
of the articles quoted. j .
EwThe following quotations represent Whole
Prlces generally. In making up small orders
higher prices have to be charged.
BAGGING
2 Jute
Standard.....
WESTERN SMOKED
Hams S lb...
Sides ft
Shoulders V ft
DRY SALTED
Sides V !..
Shoulders V ft
BARBELS-Smrlts Turnentine
S
8
14 I
8
in
Second-hand, each l oo
NewNewMork, each.......
New City, each
BEESWAX ft ft I
BRICKS
Wilmington y m 5 oo
Northern 900
BUTTER
1 10
1 90
1 10
7 00
14 00
North Carolina V
Northern
CORN MEAL
Per bushel, In sacks.
V
18 ( 18 ;
18 28
ffis
ss
88
u e SB
8 11
u
io6 is
13 a is
8 O 10
18 1 M
5 10 -
Virginia Meal.
TIES W bundle.
LES 18 ft
Sperm ii
Adamantme.....!
CHEESE V ft
Dairy, Cream
State............
COFFEE V ft
Laguyra
B4o... .
DOMESTICS
Sheeting, 4-4, y yard
Yarns, J bunch....
EGOS V dozen...
P jgg , .
Mackerel, No. 1, barrel. . .
Mackerel, No. 1, v half-bbl.
Mackerel, No. 8, barrel..
Mackerel. No. 2 half-bbl.
Mackerel, No. S.V barrel..
muiiets, w oarrei.
Mullets. V nork barrel.
N. C. Roe Herring, keg. .
FLOUR V ft
Low grade
unoice .
Straight
First
t Patent.
GLUE ft
GRAIN W bushel
Corn, from store,bgs White
Car load, in "bags White. . .
Oats, from store... '
Oats, Bust Proof ..
Cow Peas ,
HIDES V ft .
Green
Dry '
HAY, 100 bs-
Clover Hay
Rice Straw..
Eastern... j
Western
North River-
80
HOOP IRON, ft
NOI
North Carolina
LIME, barrel
LUMBER
(Cltv aawnd) K M rr
Ship Stuff, resawed.. 18 00
nuugu-eam riant 15 00
West India cargoes, accord -
tagtoquauty la 00
pre8oed Flooring, seasoned 18 00
i.mUAa,ld,?)ai'li' com-n 14 00
MOLASSES, V gallon
Barbadoes,ln hogshead ...
Barbadoesln barrels ,
Porto Rico, hi hogsheads. (.
Porto Blco, In barrels . . . .t,
Sugar-House, in hogsheads. is
wgrmwwi m oarreis. . .
In harrola .2
NAIM'
PORK. 1
kw. uut mm mala a
11 60
Primer
ROPE, I.
SALT, V sack Alum........
10
Liverpool
Lisbon .-.
American......
On 126 m Sacks
SHINGLES, 7-lr.ch, y M 8 00
Common ;. IS
Cypress Sar i 28
8UrdA5tandardara,,1(,i
'White Extra C.
Extra C, Golden.; '
C. Yellow
fOfPJ? ft Northern.... . "
STAVES, 9 m-w. o. barre '
R. O. Hogshead .I?T
4
14 00
8 00
10 00
9 00
Mm, Fair..":::::::::: m
rknmnmn win o oo
7 00
ajlFl2F to Ordinary.' ''1-Jk
8HWHC-S sawed
w rr mn
44 Sap
5x24 Heart
Han
Northern',
"oriBOiirouna
Unwashed