Paris, May 21.
The Beirut Fair opened a few days ago. a The ex-Minister, M. Fernand David, who is attending the Fair Las special delegate of the French Government, reports that the French section of the Fair has been advanced about half a tael. These Well organized.
There are over higher prices are reported to be 1,200 French exhibitors and ex-the result of local speculation. °¢llent business has already been The speculators have succeeded in forcing up the prices in. view of the amount of short selling which has taken place, and holders are mow squeezing the shorts. _Meanwhile some of the Chinese mills are reported to have made purchases of Indian cotton. As regards the now China crop, the plants of the early cotton are already beginning to make their appearance above the ground. The latest quotations for China cotton are:
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