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SAVANNAH MARKET.
OFFICE OF THE MORNING NEWS, !
SAVANNAH, February ?. 1888. !

OFFICE OF THE MORNING NEWS,l
SAVANNAH, February ,, 1888.
WEEKLY REPORT.
GENERAL REMARKs.-There has been no
marked change in the appearance Of the mar
Eets since our last report; neither has bust
ness increased to such an extent as 10 warrant
any decided advance or decline in the quota
tons of the respective departments.
Every line seems to be holding
It's own in the way of trade
and satisfied that the transactions are about
as numerous and the collections as satisfae-
tory as can well be expected at this season Of
the year. II is a subject Of remark that all
branches OF trade are doing safe,
legitimate business, unaffected by specu-
Igrion. and that the outlook is de-
siiedly cheering. The prOtracted season Of
iuclement weather seems TO be drawing 10 a
close, and there is no doubt but that the job
bing departments VIII soon begin TO feel the
eFeet Of greater activity, owing to the i'm
proved condition Of the weather. For
some weeks many Of the wagon roads
leading from the railway stations to the dis
tricts remote from lines Of steam transporta-
zion have been almost wholly impossible, and
hence it was well nigh impossible to haul
heavy loads over them, either to or from the
railways. Merchants in the interior. there
lore lAhE VI AhAG bCtu purchasing Only Mudl
was required to meet current demands. II
Is true that the railways have nevertheless
been doing fine business for some weeks, as
large, in fact, as at any corresponding period
for some years past, but the bulk Of it was in
shipments to larger towns on the lines, or in
the forwarding to this port of products
that had accumulated at the stations
when the bad weather set in. In
the one item OF naval stores, the receipts here
i3r some time have been Of stock that was
produced many weeks ago ON the turpentine
farms in the interior, previous to the rainy
season above referred to. The markets here
compare very favOrably, in the amount Of
business that is being transacted, with the
leading markets Of the country, and may be
.slito have reaped their prOpOrtiOnste share Of
Trade This has been stormy winter, with
tie wagon roads Of this section not only
impossible to some extent, but transpOr-
ration ON many of the railways at
tine North greatly impeded by snow. In fact,
su the leading markets Of the country have
fesr iu a Iethargic condition for some weeks.
One Of the predispOsing causes of the inert
ness was the holiday season. Business is
most generally quiet every year for some
weeks after that period. However, there are
trl.hter days in the immediate perspective.
Srrirr is coming with revival in trade, and in
fact. orders from the interior are beginning to
increase in numbers already.
NAVAL STOREs.-The upward tendency re-
f.rrcI to in recent report on naval stores.
snresrs 10 have subsidized, at least for the pres
ert.aud the market was not as animated during
tbe past three or four days as it was for
-.we time previous when the sales were
unite large and the quotations adj
rereeI The market closed with compare
lively few sales, and with all grades of rosin
mammal and turpentine quiet.
CorroN-Thc advance in cotton. which
few DAYS ago gave the aspect Of
that staple a hopeful look, was not con-
rnu,d at the close of the week. The
-5sII.~ attempted to toss the market into an
advanced position, and they partially sue
-f4,IeI and fairly sustained it there, but the
increasing accumulatiOns at the leading ports
over those Of the same period last year have
caused a trembling in the scales as
though there is a prospect of dip. The
close shows the market slow. or rather quiet
and steady. and accordingly, ''bears" are
somewhat hopeful. The following are the
official quotations Of the Savannah Cotton
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