The morning news., 1888-08-25
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SAVANNAH ii kRKET.
WEEKLY REPnIr.
OFFICE OF THE MORNING NEWS, /
SAVANNAH. GA. Aug. "a. 1883.

OFFICE OF THE MORNING NEWS, /
SAVANNAH. GA. Aug. "a, 1888.
GENERAL REMARHs.-During last week there
wss a very active business going on in the gem
.-sl market, and in most lines better tone is
~.anifested There has been notable increase
- m,sness observed by most houses over that
~ l.st week, despite very slow collection. There
-,as more regularity in the mails, and the gen
aral demand has been stimulated thereby. OF
,orrse the quarantine restrictions have operated
.gsinst some sections in the regular line of trade,
hy, this has been moro than counter balanced
NV the very large increase in the amount OF
new business coming forward both by mail and
.,;-a from all sections of Florida heretofore
s;dered JaclIsonville's legitimate territory. So
tbat the volume of business transacted was
larger than for the previous week and mate
rioiIv in excess of the corresponding week last
,,ear There is some anxiety manifested
- iobbing circles as to the effect of quarantine
IN the movements of the cotton crop from the
uIorida sections. The principal features of the
1rsal, were the higher tendency in the leading
,iras and the advance in bacon, bagging, coffees,
Aours. wool and lard The, demand for
,,roceres is the largest noted for
the wear, In fact in many years,
at this time and some houses report the daily
sbinpiug movement of the past week the heav-
lest within their history. Dry goods and other
collateral lines have enjoyed marked activity in
common with hardware and other branches.
The money market is barely easy and exchange
only steady Securities are, for the most part,
uarv dull with little or no investment demand.
Tba following resume of the weeks business will
show the tone of the latest quotations of the
different markets at the closing hour to-day:
NAVAL SroRxs-There was special activity
fnrGs init fIT,ntF1
nast week and prices declined 15c. There was
only fair demand, which was pretty steadily
met on the decline. The total sales for the week
we're about 500 casks. RoSln-the market has
continued comparatively quiet throughout last
week and prices fairly steady except for the
extreme pale grades, which ruled irregular.
The demand was quite steady, and about 10000
barrels changed hands for the week. In another
column will be found a weekly com
paratiye statement of receipts and exports
from the beginning of the season to date, and
for the same period last year, showing the
stocks on hand and on shipboard not cleared,
together with the official closing quotations.
CoTToN-The demand during last week has
shown considerable improvement as compared
the August squeeze on last Saturday, prices
weakened and fell off considerably,
but at the close We're firmer
been coming in quite freely for so early in the
season. but the takings OF buyers almost
eqialed the daily receipts. The total sales for
the week were S,l@o DticS- Inc IOlOWliR are
the official spot quotations of the Cotton Ex-
change:
Middling fair ..................s........ 9s6
Good middling .......... ..............- 9la
N1ddinS ::.......-. .'''''''''.' "a
Low mlddhnR .............. rs
The receipts of cotton at this port from all
sources the past week were g. 1893 bales of up
land and bale sea island against 3, ,255 bales of
upland and 10 bales of sea island last year.
The particulars of the receipts have been as
follows: Per Central railroad, 3452 bales up
land per Savannah, Florida and Western rail
way, $3.50 bales upland and bale sea island.
Per Savannah river steamers, "a bales upland.
Per Darien and Altamaha steamers, / bale up
land. Per Charleston and Savannah railway, II
bales of upland.
The exports for the week were G, ,746 bales of
lows: To New York. 6, 1874 bales upland and
bale sea island; TO Philadelphia AZ bales up
land to Boston, 451 bales upland; to Charles
ton, 81 bales upland
The stock on hand to-day was 1850 bales up
land and 50 bales island, against 8. 232 bales
upland and 40 bales sea island last year.
RlCE-There was little or no stock of the do
uestic article Offering during the past week,
but the Offering of foreign was in full volume.
The demand was rather light, and but a small
business was had. The total sales were about
1S0 barrels of domestic. The first of the new
crop was received on Thursday, consisting of
COS bushels of white rice.
The following are the official quotations of the
Board of Trade. Small job lots are held at so
&c. lower.
Fan. r....................... 4AD4%
Good d...................... .41SlD51R
Prime ............... '''..... ..,..None.
Rough
Country lots .....................: 9561 10
1lue Wtstef. ..-..'.'...........'ol 4odDl ~