The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-12-01
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SAVANNAH MARKET.
OFFICE OF THE MORNING NEWS, ,
SAvANNAH, GA. Nov. 90. 1883.

SAVANNAH, GA, Nov. 80. 1888 {
.n->,rpAt, REMARKs-The general market was
,.;rlv active during last week, and the heavy
,.n,snd noted previously continues for gro
s-as PROVISIONS and holiday goods. The rails
=. If quarantine from Florida towns has had
,arked effect on trade, and has also stimulated
n ~ demand in pretty much all branches. The
nearance of frost has also helped matters Il
a,,rd There were more SPOT buyers in the
,.orlet but the bulk of tie business was had
~ orders from travellers. Business was, how
Yrar somewhat nterfered with by the inter-
.on+ion OF the national thanksgiving. The
'sinring movement was very heavy in volume
%1IIactions are coming in more literally, which
~, in itself adds more life to the tr lding in
.sl,binq circles. There were no other features
e concordance developed except that the recent
ore weather at sea has somewhat restricted
-, outward movement of Florida products
~, this port, owing to the detention of coast
80 steamers There was no Improvement in
Ave- wholesale dry goods trade, and very
v,r. prospect of this market doing
Nv better in the near future.
Wost iobbers are still actively making prepara-
.ions for spring stock which will begin to come
coward very shortly. In all other departments
.bera was quite steady business i'll progress
I'D the movement. as a whole, was more than
t,ir for this time of the year. Values a rule
rare quite steady, with but few price changes,
the most important being the decline
- bacon and flour and the advance in grain
Money was easy, and foreign exchange very
weak. The security market was somewhat irreg
,Iar with a slight decline in Central railroad
stock. influenced by the reports of disaster to
vessels of the Ocean Steamship Company, but
of the close the market shows signs of -rallying.
The following review of the weeks business
riI show the tone and latest closing quotations
of the different markets to-day:
NAVAL SroREs-Tle market for spirits tur-
rentine during last week was easy, and prices
fel off 1c., but closed to-day firm, with recov-
ery Of nc. There was a fair inquiry, which
was pretty freely met, and about 1000 casks
we're sold for TT the week, The tsud rosIn
nnt the week There was only moderate
demand, with pretty full stock offering. The
total sales for the week were about 600 barrels.
In another column will be found a weekly COM
narrative table of receipts and exports from
tnril to date, and for the same time last
year. showing the stocks on hand and on ship
hoard not cleared. together with the closing
quotations
PIcE.-The market during last week was gen
orally dull under the very large offerings, and
sales could only be effected at low prices. The
poorer qualities of clean were very hard to
place and they constitute the bulk OF the offer
Ing stock. The total sales for the week were
The following are the official quotations of
tne BoaIu oI t'"u0' H'ii''i Jul io'' I'll noiU %
@Ac. higher:
Fair; ..............''......''. '''4Ag49s
1ouu' r3$ggst/
Prime '''.''''''''''''''''''' ''''''zstSo1s
Rough
Go . io'" ''''' q '''''''-'''' o. ong1 OK
CoTroN'-ln eilharkeI was colllpalaCIVeIy Jun
throughout the week, WIN d very $40" ana IN
different inquiry, Inc sUocT pleIins - larSe
and OF poor q9aHUy' Wits Ine ueiaan9
was mostly ioi - ~ GCUOOll' n, VI
winch tnere eo,ne ScHic Lilc t1
were weak anu uecIneu IN Cne carry
part OF Tue "eeA Ilt,oogtSc. al ,1 ilounu; puC
since tneh nave ne CO.. 10y ITo Oe e nes
Tor the week 1901 up o,oVo otes. Iue Iono"tne
are the oihclal CLOSING spoC QUOTATIONS. Oh Inc
coIUoh eAcuanse'
Middling fair ........................lO
Good middllng .......... ............ US
Middling. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. l-16
Low middhng ............. -. o7-l6
Good ordinary. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Ordinary. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. "a
Sea LsIalds-Ihe receipts for the week up
10 / D. m. as reported by factors, were 1853
bags and the sales for the same time were !, 06S
bags The total of exports were 1888 bags, of
which $50 bags were to Liverpool IDS bags to
H6yre and 20 bags to northern mills.
The market was quite firm for the
better qualities which were most inquired for.
There was good demand and all tie offerings