The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-24


buyers September and October5 l6-64d, sellers;
September 23,6!d. buyers. Market quiet but
steady.
p. MIXTURES: Uplands. low midiltng
clause, March delivery lS-6id sellers; March
and April lS-6td, sellers; April and May
lS64d, sellers; May and June 20-6id,
sellers; June and July 52164d, value; July
and August 226td buyers; August and Sep
TENDER 22-64d, buyers; September and october
1o-64d, sellers; September B 2l-o4d, buyers.
Market closed barely steady.
New YoRK. March %, noon.-Cotton easy;
middling uplands 10c, midding Orleans 101sc;
sales sc bales.
Futures Market opened steady, with sales as
follows: March delivery 1Oc; April '5c; May
Soc; June 08c; July 10 orc; August 10 01c
500 D. m.-Aiarket closed easy; middling
uplands 10c, middling Orleans 101sc; sales to-
day oS bales; net receipts IA bales, gross a
bales
Futures-Market closed barely steady. with
sales of l22,U00 bales, follows March de-
livery 0 6i@9 66c. April 66@9 SIC, May no
nc, June S1@9 SIC, July 8 9i@9 Soc, August
1913 &c. ssPSsm9er s 4 c
4l69 42c, January 47@9 4Sc.
Weekly net receipts at New York 215
bales gross 224l3; exports to Great Britain
Il, 4l0 bales, to France ,055. TO the continent
5,l95; forwarded 5504 bales; sales 1923 bales;
sales to spnners 523 bales; stock 293, 166 bales.
Messrs. Hubbard, Price g. Go. cotton circu-
lar of to-day says: The feeling on opening
call and just following slightly better, but
the dominate bear sentiment proved too strong,
and prices could not be sustained. August sold
down to 10c, reacted to 10 03c, but lost advance,
and closed at lowest prices of the day. A more
nervous market has rarely been seen. The least
advance is met by heavy sales, and successful
bears are making many converts to the shorts
side. Heavy tenders on April are expected,
which causes greater weakness of inside posi-
tions. Sales were made at inside prices at the
close, but sellers made no concessions after
ward, the feeling being steady. The interior
movement equals about that of last year"
GALVESTON. March s3-(OttOn SfgnOVs mid
ding J1ac
NoRFoIK, March 23.-Cotton steady; middling
974c.
BALTIMORE March es-Cotton quiet; mid
BosroS, March 23-Cotton quiet; middling
10JSc.
94c.
PHILADELPHIA, March 2s.--Cotton quiet; mid
ding 104c.
NEW ORLEANS, March 23.-Cotton firm; mid
ding $50.
MOBILE, March 23.-Cotton dull: middling
93kc.
MEMPHIS March 29-Cotton quiet and easy;
middling 915c.
CHARLESTON, March 23.--Cotton quiet; mid
ding 9-16c.
MAcoN, March o. otton-Not received.
COLUMBUS, March 23.-Cotton steady; middling
91sc.
NASHVILLE, March 23.-Cotton steady; mid
SELMA. March 23-Cotton quiet; middling osSc
ROME March 23.-C Cotton quiet; middliug 93sc
ATLANTA. March -Cotton-middling 918c
New York, March 23.-Consolidated net re
ceIDts for all cotton ports to-day 1850 bales;
exports, to Great Britain 6 so bales, to France
-, to the continent ITO; stock at all American
ports '24,52' bales.
PROVISIONS, GROCERIES,. ETC.
LIVERPOOL. March 23.--Wheat firm; demand
fair: holders offer moderately; receipts of
wheat for the past three days were 81 200
centals including 55 900 American Corn firm
demand fair; new mixed Western Is 716d; re-
ceipts of American corn for the past three days
were Is 30 centals. Weather mostly fine.
NEW YORK, March 81, noon.-Fiour quiet and
unchanged Wheat lower. Corn lower. Pork
steady; mess S15 O0l15 %. Old mess pork S14 70
Cl15 90 Lard steady at ~ 9213. Freights quiet
but steady.
500 p -wheat-cash less active and 146
NC lower aud easy; options weak speculation
moderately active No, red, March delivery
$685.. Conceptions weak; spot firm but quiet;
No 2, April delivery 591R@D60l4c; May 5719Q69c.
June 5715Sc. Oats l4G1ec better; No 2, April
delivery 37@371sc; May 3634Ht%c: No; 2, spot
BE; mixed Western 3,G1i0C. Hops I'M
changed Coffee, spot fair Rio steady at l4c
options fairly active ana higher; No. z Rio
March delivery 10 75Gl0 Soc, April 10 roo 10 Soc,
Nav 10 650lO S5c, Juhe 10 900 10 soc sugar
refined frn--C 5lgc, extra G 536G534c, white
extra G SIC, yellow 5jsn 519c' of A 60615c
mould a &c. S andard sac, confectloners' 4
65Sc. cut loaf and crushed nc, powdered
&c, granulated Gglc. cubes 7c. Molasses steady
Petroleum firm: crude, in barrels. 6IAGp716c;
refined 734c at all ports. Cotton seed oil at a4c
for crude and 40c for refined. Southern eggs
l7l5n1sc. Hides unchanged. Wool IN light
demand. Pork fairly active; mess Sl4 80
ii so for old, 5i4 509 Is 90 for new. Beef duh.
Cut meats firm but quiet. Middles dull and
IL. An ~
Western steam, on spot 81 9007 921a; April
delivery 81 70, May 81 17@t7 30 Freghts closed
quiet cotton 56id, grain 16d.
baltimore, March 23.-Flour steady, with
holders COZ fident; Howard street and Western
superflne 81 H6t275, extra 50 0OGt3 ~. family
81 O0644 10; city mills superne 90 31Gl2 90. extra
s. 0O0s3 Is, Rio brands S4750b5 90. Wheat
Southern quiet but steady: red 3JGta3c amber
9Od95c: Western about steady, closing duh; No.
> winter red, on spot SLc asked. Corn South
ern fr1ner for white, yellow lower and weak;
white 57d4Jsllc, yellow 5j1105Gc; Western
steady but duh
CHICAGO March 23.--All Of the markets started
out weak to-day, though the conditions sur
rounding them instead OF being bearisE were
the reverse. The cause OF The "fakhe35' ludH
iug from surface Indications, was that thc re-
cent heavy slumpS have y professionals IN the
mood vi selling on all strong spots and lstless
rally has no tcfrUrs for them. There was plenty
OF wheat for sale az the start, May opened 'E}s
GGfsl%c. selling OF ia a few minutes 70 Tc.
There appeared to BE little help for whent, Tor
nearly ali OF the heavy dealers sold as the ses.
sion advanced, and few firms who had been
buying early stopped when they saw that the
TEMPER OF the crowd was all on the way. May
contluued to decline until f6ltc. was reached,
which is the lowest figure this option has ever
sold oil in March There was a little reaction
from, bottom figures. which was caused by GOV
ering by small professional, "hO hgc sold
earlier ard who were trying 10 take their profits.
May nr.ned ND ~ i6Ac and closed a. 1GMc.
The corn daa vas much the most interesting On
the foor The course of prices was much the
same as Yesterday strong ~ opening, then
considerable decline followed bY sharp rally.
Receipts we're much smaller than expected, aud
that made The opening firm, but there was free
sc ling ~ several Of tbs large commission
houses aud wheat was going down on the run
and the decline here Of l5c. was easy, but the
temper Of corn buyers was far different from
that Of their brother wheat bulls. Strong
houses were seen 10 be liberal buyers and shorts
took fright In their hurry 20 cover their early
sales they carried the price OF May from 49Izc.
tc s036c.. and II did not take long 10 do IL. Then
TIE market eased Off 10 5Olki1J014c., advane ed
swiftly 70 50Ikc, and as rapidly reacted, closing
81 4yMc. The speculative trade In oats was not
large. and the course of prices was largely
guided by fluctuations In corn. Provisions com
nlanded fair attention. Old raiders made their
influence felt, yet they were comparatively
modest In their movements, and act as If they
consider the time inopportlIne for a bear turn.
Still they made the market all around average
little lower Pork was again the fayorite arti-
Gle with the raiders. but trading was spasmodc