Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-03-21
COTTON.

Lake shore .lO34 Well Y Fargo los
tBd. ASKED.
LIVERPOOL, March 20 noOn.-C0tton firm;
mIddling uplands, l5-l6d; middling Orleans,
Is l-l6i; sales 10000 bales, for speculation and
export 1000 bales; receipts 1880 bales
All American.
Futures: Uplands, low middlmg clause.
March and April delivery. 562-6id; April and
May, ) 63-6ld; May and June, G4-6ld; June
and July, S-64d; September and October,
Is l4-6id. MaTEet firm.
500 p. m.-sales to-day included 400 bales
of American.
Good middlng uplands Gizd, middlmg up-
| lands lj-l6d, low middling uplmds 5Ad,
good ordinary uplands 5lad, ordinary up
lands sd; middling Orleans i l-l6d. low
middling Orleans sgd, good ordinary Orleans
3 lI-lGd. ordinary Orleans sd; good mid
dmg Texas 63-lGd, mddling Texas 6 Lied.
low middlmg Texas j5sd, good ordinary Texas
. ll-l6d, ordinary Texas 5Ad.
300 p. mixtures: Uplands. low middling
clause, April and May delivery. Cd; July and
August 6 lS-Gid; August and September,
400 p. MIXTURES: Uplands, low middling
clause, July and August delivery, l4-6ld.
800 p. m-Futures: Uplands, low middlmG
clause, April and May delivery, e l-64d; Sep
tember and October, Is l5-6id; October and
November, 3-6id. Futures closed firm.
NEW YORK. March %, nOOn.-COtton quiet;
mddlng uplands. II Lice: mlddlmg Orleans,
u 3-l6c; sales 34' bales.
Futures: Market steady, with sales as fol-
lows: March delivery. IL 05c; April, II CSc:
May, II pc; June, II tie; July, IL j5c: Au-
gust, IL G5c.
$500 p. m.-Cotton closed quiet but steady;
mlddlmg Uplands, II l-lGc; midding Orleans
II Slice; sales DIG bales; net receipts 80 bales,
gross 1915.
Futures-Market closed firm, with sales Of
5000 bales, as follows: March delivery, II 100
n lie; April, IL ll1ll he; May. II 30CGI Sic;
June. II 4iGll 45c; July, II SOIL 5Sc; Au-
gust, ID G1Gll Csc; September. u 39fgll zee;
October 10 93GI0 95c; November. 10 SOGl0 S2c:
December, 10 S29l0 Sic.
Ths Posts cotton report SAYS: "Th trans
actions IN futures have been moderate and
fluctuations small. At the third call POO bales
for June were bought at II i2c and 500 bales
/ for August at II 65c, the exact quotations at
Yesterdays closing. After the third call the
market improved in demand and value and
closed firm at 3-l00Gi -l00c higher than ycstcr-
day"
GALVESTON, March 20 Cotton firm; mid
ding lO3sc, low mlddlIng TO j-l6c, good Ordi-
nary 934c; net receipts 1872 bales, gross 1872;
sales 1876 bales; stock 24,S27 bales; exports, to
Great Britain 1907 bales, cOastwlse 3,461.
NORFOLK, March 20.-COttOn firm: middling
10 ll-l6c; net receipts 1878 bales gross 1873;
stock 1920 bales: sales 435 bales; exports
cOastWise l,02l bales.
BALTIMORE, March 20.-CottOn steady: mid
ding l05Sc, low middng lOl3c, good ordinary
9tsc; net receipts none, gross none; stock l,A7
| bales; sales to spnners l2j bales; exports to
Great Britain 1877 bales.
BOSTON, March 2O.-Cotton quiet; mlddlng
/ lllSc, low middlIng l03zc, good ordinary 10I5
net receipts 827 bales. gross l,ll9; stock 1910
! bales.
WILMINGTON, March 2O.-Cotton firm; mid
| ding 10 9l6c, low middling 10 3-l6c, good Ordi
/ nary slice; net receipts l64 bales, gross 1854;
/ stock $3.50 bales.
| PHILADELPHIA. March 2U.-Cotton firm; mid
/ ding lll4c, low middling 1910, good ordinary
| 97se; net receipts 2l9 bales, gross PIG; stock
] T. ij bales.
| NEW ORLEANS, March 2O.-Cotton firm ::
middling l054c, low mlddlng 10 : Ice, good or
/ binary 9Ac; net receipts 6S5 bales, gross 1875 /;
| sales 5000 bales; stock 216,152 bales; exports
/ to the continent 900 bales, cOastwlse 4,l5l. ~
] MOBILE, March 20.-COttOn firm; middlng
/ l03sc, low mlddlng l03sc, good ordinary 934c;
net receipts 32O bales, gross go; sales 200 bales
stock 2S,O62 bales; exports cOastwlse l25 bales.
/ MEMPHIS, March 20.-COtton firm: middling
/ lO5se. low mlddllng l03sc, good ordinary 912c;
net receipts 1905 bales, gross 1907: shipments
2257 bales; sales 4500 bales; stock g, 703 bales.
/ AUGUSTA. March 20.-COttOn firm; middling
j l03sc. low mlddling l03sc; receipts 70 bales;
Il sales 903 bales.
! CHARLESTON, March 2O.-Cotton quiet but
| firm; middling lie, low middling lO34c, good
| ordinary l0l4c: net receipts 604 bales, gross
60i; sales 100 bales; stock "a, 324 bales; exports
/ to the continent $50 bales, cOastwise $50.
NEW YORK, March 20.-COnsOlidated net re-
celpts for all cotton ports to- day, 6,9l7 bales /;
exports, TO Great Britain 1919 bales, TO France
| 500, to the continent l.550.
PROVISIONS. GROCERIES. ETC.
HAVANA, March O.-Sugar-Market weak
I IL.
| Wheat $3.50 higher. Corn a shade better.
| Pork dull; mess, Sl7 6212GT IS. Lard firm at
| Q 671zc. Freights quiet.
800 p. m.-ElOur, Southern dun and rather
/ easier. Wheat advanced 5sG5sc at opening,
/ leaving OF at about outside rates: ungraded
| red, 9Oc0GSl 10; ungraded white, S %: No ,
| red. March delivery 81 077s. COrn-spOt lots
q trine higher, closing firm; ungraded, SOFA
/ 62c; Southern yellow, sic; No. ,, March deliv-
cry, GIG. Oats, spot lots firm No. ?. 4l0fl35c.
| Hops duh and nOminally unchanged. Coffee,
/ fair Rio, on spot, dull and weak at u15c;
! No. Rio, on spot 10 l5c, March delivery zoe.
/ Sugar weaker but more active; centrifugal
| 7-I6c; muscavadO 5l5c; fair to good refining,
! 5l%,G55sc. Molasses, foreign dun, so test PC
/ New Orleans steady at 35(G56c. Cotton seed
/ oil. 40c for crude, 42,G4Sc for refined. Hides
firm: wet sailed New Orleans, selected, so TO
80 pounds, 9Gl0c; Texas, selected, Sl5(GlOc.
| Wool quiet and barely steady. Pork very
dull, prices not quOtably changed; old mess,
on spot, Sl7 IS. Middles dull and nominal
long clear, 95sr. Lard advanced Cos points
closed strong; Western steam. on spot, 9 70lG
zoe; March delivery, Q 73c. Freights to Liver
pool firm: cotton. per steam. Sgd; wheat.
per steam, I'D.
BALTIMoRE, March 20, nOon.-Flour opeped
quiet and about steady; Howard street and
| western superfine. 50 1903 so; extra, 50 75'G
IS: family, S. 00G6 90; city mills super6ne.
- 1913 so; extra, So 1896 25: Rio brands
50 62G5 IS. Wheat-SOuthern quiet but steady.
! Western about steady and dun Southern. red
81 lzGl Is, amber 81 la,Gl II; No. MARYLAND.
81 1901 Il; No. Western winter red on
spot, 81 0I1zC9l o75s. Corn-Southern quiet and