Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-09-05
SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER s. 1885.

strated by planters who previously had
urned their attention to Unlands exclusively
and they are all seemingly loud in their
praises Of their new departure. They say
that while it costs them more to gin their
crops OF sea island, they are more certain Of
making a crop, Notwithstanding that II took
Il longer time 10 do It, and they were more
than compensated by the better prices OF
upland and sea island. Second, that
this is the first time within
the history of the sea island trade that Savan
nah has taken the lead in the handling OF thi'
kind Of cotton. She has outstripped Charles
Ton, which heretofore has held almost a
monopoly Of it. This condition Of affairs was
brought about by the tremendous increasein
the Georgia crop. and the fact that the bulk OF
the Florida crop came 10 this market instead
of&oinK to- Charleston, a. as the case in pre-
Yious Years. it VIII be seen taat' not~ I'M
Standing She very ltrQe receipts a. this port
The season closed with . much smaller stock
on hand than Charleston has, although tha'
port received less. TaIrd, there was less buy
ing In Florida by buyers for Northern mills
than has been the case In other seasons. Buy
ers both for Northern and foreign account were
pretty constantly keptiu the market here, and
bought steadily throughout the season. They
We're more or less lin Jed in prices. Their
bidding was almost invariably below holders
views out the rece'p5a Sop1 up 80 wei an"
stocks accumulated SO rapidly that the market
declineti IN Tho Taceo Of fine sf Unborn and com
h,.a r.t 1iho sa,so,
Oin0W Nonst@hoo o. ''N'yi' '
opened AZ NC Tor medium hilr' anu lTolh lhi5
! figure II steadily but gradually receded until
the ,niddIe Of t,,na vhen IL touched Die. the
-, - Nr,or tb,t ttnatt
O"V9. y Vi Il se"'on -
! rallied QOmnWhaf and later on in the gummNr
22l66028c. was obtained. The average price
for Medium dne VIVA Die. All things con
IL 80 80 a,o-.r, for a.
9''oASu 1h5 was " Nh' i"' '9 ~ 3"
largo a crop, and both the producers ana rae
tors are to be Congratulated for the very sue
cesaful close of the season. both financially
and otherwise.
S~ErrENBER-The receipts for this month
were 255 bags. There was nothing done dur
ing the month, buyers were generally found
holding on and refusiug To bid. while holders
were rather extreme ln their views Of value.
O~cToRER-The oueninr salcs were lg4 bags
Of very fine at 3fc., and fine at poe, while
carts sold Mt &c. principally for foreign &c
couut The husinoss Of the month was char
acterized bv the extreme secrecy observed
both among buyers and sellers, while buyers
for Northern mills were actively engaged in
purchasing in Florida. This had the
effect OF curtailing operations some
what in this market. The inquiry
during the month was confined manly to
grader OF good medium 10 medium fine. al p
D Z ItTH M ~. w a. u " G * lHA ~ hALN AAA
stock. and hnvers' particularly tor foreign ac-
coprt. were rather limited, causing a weaker
feeling. and pr. ces declined. clo3ing at 270
9SI5c. for medium nne 10 One. The receipts by
farfors for IN, month we're ,. 5g6 bags, I'D the
saie4 we're l OIL bags. the bulk of which was
f1r fnratgu mills
SovRT,gER reeeiots bv factors during
the month were 5.p43 brgs. and the sales for
the same time we're 3.2l3 bags. The month
onaned with sOme involvement. the ipoairv
brin0 for the medium and lower grades. The
$500 .,s -,ro .TI.,.o ~ tho oa.gaffan
~ b-vin0 IN Florida for Northern account.
and that the CROP was being rapidly marketed.
Tbe demand yyas active ami qeneraL. while
hniders we're free sellers. though at : eadv
urieas Onprations were about evenly divided
hat ,yeen buvers for domestic and foreign
,niIIs At no close Of The m nth stocks we're
ern,iy baid narticnlnrIv for Medium To me-
Jinm ane Grades. nj the following quotations.
Sarts 2a024
Common Fioridas "a '25%
Medinm FiorIdas 26a285
Ioa,i Ei..i3ss 97fn9-l1
S1nI,,n' 90 Eior;Jos 9SCG9Sl[
- u' "m9 nvfra Gno Tloridas 9o@g0
nrCys,nvv Esve tborssTd ono hundred
- 49, si~ LocS yrars tLn racaints for Fnc-
an ~ ." ,nontb " - 80 ,yers . zoI
80 y NJ - an,I - : ,r "a. ,onntb sbo,yed .
MI ~ a. 20 y, IA ganona betn@
stlt. u iaP.Voii,S - ennr,i pr,co4 ID
qulte S0'tsS 40 . hnltor 80 -
eanoS, ~ X z ~ bTr lotor ~ 10
N4"S' wv 49, - - -. tro,r,