The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-30
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WEEKLY REPORT.
OFFICE MORNING NEWS,
SAVANNAH. Nov %. 1889. (
---,,r. REMAINS The general business
-, - the past week was fairly active. Trade
Gu -,;cEai up some from what it was the week
Io lens and iobbers report orders very liberal
~ nv mail and from statesmen A good many
-, orders have been taken on account of the
4 zach of the holiday season and the demand
~, both spot and out of town buyers has been
ne encouraging, and apparently. the whole
= iobbers seem to be pretty well pleased
q -i+b the way the holiday trade has opened up.
&c has been a decided change in the
4 thar and with a continuance of settled cool
q aa4bar greater activity will be stimula ted
E Itchy The shipping movement has been in
'-.ttv full and steady volume. but it was som E.
4 pha+ disturbed by the national Thanksgiving
,..-,enine In consequence the outgoin
s-sigbts today were unusually heavy. There
- no important features to re-
,.,e in the general market and
-, course of values has continued toward
- easier tendency. Collections are unusually
- The money market is steady with good
s-,and for it. the banks seem to be able TO
1T al requirements The security market is
-otber Quiet. The grocery trade shows some
considerable activity, anu the volume of trans
,tions has steadily increased Orders for provis-
iors continue good for this time of the year. In
drv goods there is no special display of
| oinatiou. vet there is a fair trade doing under
| the influences of cooler weather. In hardware
| ,-sde is very good. For lumber there is quite
an expansion in the movement, but dealers
sriIl complain of the delay in getting supplies
/ from the mills on account of lack of railroad
facilities. In all other departments trade is
fairly active, and the increase reported in most
lines is fully 25 per cent. over last year, while
+na coming month promises even better THE
following review of the weeks business will
show the tone and the latest closing quota
tions of the different markets to-day:
/ NAVAL SToREs.-The market for spirits tur-
/ nantIne was irregular and unsettled. In the
/ frst half of the week prices were advanced and
regulars sold up TO 4415c, but the receipts con-
/ tinung in such good volume, values sagged Off
again. the market closing to-day quiet at 4215c.
/ Tie inquiry was moderate, while the Offering
stock was liberal. The total sales for the
week were about 1900 casks. Rosn-The
/ market was steady to firm. There a fair
/ demand for the better grades at unchanged
prices, while f0r strained to good strained the
/ inquiry was light and prices declined SC, but
the market closed to-day firm with a recovery
of 2l5c The total sales for the week were
/ about T. 900 barrels. In another column will be
found a weekly comparative statement of the
receipts and exports from the beginning of the
season to date, and for the same time last
wear showing the stocks on hand and shipboard
/ not cleared together with the official closing
/ quotations.
| CoTToN-There was a fairly steady demand
/ during the past week and holders had no diff
Guilty ia maintaining quotations, closing to-day at
| an advance OF 1-16c all around. Buyers were
| taking offerings literally, owing to the holiday
| intervening and the nearness of the closing of
the month, so as to ems BILE them to close out No
vember shipments. The weeks business has
reduced the accumulations of week ago, and
factors have kept their tables fairly well cleaned
/ up The total sales for this week foot up
/ 1880 bales. The following are the official
/ closing spot quotations of the cotton exchange:
/ Mlddllngy le1r --.--..-..-.-- -......lO lilo
/ Gooa hIddhhS. -------..---..---......- 915
MludlinS -. ..-..---.---- LILO
Low mlddhng .-----..--....-.....~.-.9 7l6
4 GOOd ordinary .-.--- -..--........... 1910
Sea BlGRdS.-The total receipts for tine week
/ up to 4p. m. were ,S33 bags, of which factors
received 1858 BAGS, and $50 bags were of
/ through cotton. The sales were only 779 bags.
/ The total exports were 1899 bags, distributed
as follows: To Liverpool $50 bags to Havre
10 bags, to northern mills $50 bags. There
was only light inquiry during the week and
the market closes quiet at quotations:
Good stapled seedy cotton. .2214 1221l5s
Jo9u Inealum ...----.....-.......23
Medium f1ne...... .--...............231 6
tlne .:..-..-..............
Extra fine and Choice. ..............241&
sources the past week were 10, 1913 bales of M
land and 1913 bales sea island, against "a or
bales of upland and 1858 bales sea island last
year.
The particulars of the receipts have been as
follows: Per Central railroad, 2S,0S5 bales up
land; per Savannah, Florida and Western
railway, 1913 bales upland and 1,45S
bales sea island: per Charleston and Savannah
railway, 1906 bales upland; per Savannah river
steamers, $40 bales upland; per carts, 4S bales
upland, and III bales sea island per Florida
steamers, 1S2 bales upland, and 258 bales sea
island; per Brunswick and Satilla steamers, 4
bales upland.
The exports for the week were 1905 bales of
upland and 1,9S9 bales sea island moving as fol
lows: To New York, 10, 967 bales upland and 1873
bales sea island; to Baltimore, 564 bales up
land; to Boston /, 435 bales upland; to Charles
ton, 1875 bales upland; to Liverpool, 4,402
oales upland and 1856 bales sea island;
70 Bremen, 1898 bales upland; to
RevaL 1874 bales upland; to Philadelphia,
546 bales upland; to Havre 1852 bales upland
and $50 bales sea island.
The stock on hand to-day was $3.50 bales
upland and 5543 bales sea island against Ill $40
bales upland and ), ia bales sea island last year
RIcE-rhe market has continued compare
lively unchanged during the past week. There
was slow inquiry with quite ample stock
oHerlng Holders, however, were asking full
4 prices Tor the better qualities while the lower
GRADES were barely steady at the current prices.
The total sales were about 1000 barrels.
the following are the official quotations.
small job lots are held at 1S014c higher:
Fair .33<0
| 1Oou Observation-Disclosures. $40
Ia $1,000 ''''''''- --''-'' ..'''.412U424
i ianC J'-.-..-.....-.. ..-..s..........o U5A
mead .'...............--..-... .51s06
| Rough-Nominal-
Country lots ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 5OM 20
Tide water ....-............ 9O9t 10
| - 2zzz2 EzESI 9