Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-09-01

SAIL.-The carrying trade for sailing
vessels is confined almost entirely to lumber
and naval stores, cotton, both foreign and
coastwise, going generally by the steamers;
but the cotton movement by sail, In cOmparl-
son with the last three seasons, has been
largely influenced by cheap rates, and during
last season exporters utilized sail more on &C
count of a saving in warehouse charges in
holding cottons for a prospective advance.
Shipments of lumber especially have not been
large, and vessels for all business have
been offering in excess Of shippers
requirements, consequently rates of freight
have been kept down below remunera-
tive figures, and the business of the
season has not been satisfactory to
owners. At this period of the year the
number of vessels in our port is never large,
but during all the summer and up to the pres
emit time the arrivals have been equal to the
demand, and there has been no advance
in the low rates current during all
the year. The number of vessels
Offering for Southern coastwise trade is gov
erned to great extent by the demands of the
Eastern coal business, and at the present time
there is nothing in that direction to indicate
an early improvement, and the business out
look for the carrying trade is not now so IA
vOrable "a at the opening of the season under
review. Below we give a table of vessels
with their number land tonnage, carry
ing cotton, with number of bales,
with rigs and tonnage, which have entered
this port during the year and have also de-
parted without clearing, and consequently no
record is kept by the custom house.
RICE.
The rice market opened last season with a
good demand and fairly remunerative quota
tions-say, good to prime 51s(061zc., which
figures, with slight shrinkage, prevailed I'M
til about April, when, from an increased in
query and a realization of the light stocks on
hand, the market stiffened up 14(G3sc., the
lower grades most perceptibly feeling the adj
vance, which was maintained until the end
Of the season, and the entire crop passed into
consumption.
The financial results to the planter at large
can hardly, however, be said to have been en-
tirely satisfactory, the market ruling steady.
The cost of carrying fell chiefly upon the pro-
Queer, yet our planters with their accus-
toned energy went to work again, and the
measurably changed.
The farmers engaged in the cultivation of
upland rice were, however, an exception to
the rule,a as their yield cut off fully IS per
prOtracted drought during the summer Of 1888. |
Below we give statistical information:
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT FROM ISS0-sl TO
PRESENT CROP FOR SOUTH CAROLINA AND |
GEORGIA.
1881. sl-s2. 1898 1884.
S. Carolina, bbls. 112, 1852 $4,000 $4,000 S9.SO2
Georgia, bbls. SO,46O $4,000 $4,000 70.39S |
Total. ...... 49,. 622 1856, 900 100000 1853, 200
COAST CROP 1SsS-s4.
Barrels.
Crop of South Carolina ................ S9,sO2 |
Crop OF Georgia. ..-...-.........---. 7039o |
Twp VI NNOA'H "A"'' ''''''''''-t' -t'0"A
Total coast crop lSs3-S4. 1884 592 |
Crop of Louisiana ...................+2 1881, 49l |
Rice crop of the United States ...... .422, O83 |
Reducing Louisiana barrels to weight
of those used on coast we have the
comparative production Coast crop. .1s4, 592 /
Louisiana crop. ..........., 1908 /
Total barrels (of 80 lbs each) ....... 1854 |
Exports (all coastwise) ............... 81, SIS |
Average net weight 80 barrels.
Average net weight 30 barrels. }