The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-30
COMMERCIAL.
SAVANNAH MARKETS.
WEEKLY REPORT
OFFICE MORNING NEWS.

OFFICE MORNING NEWS.
SAVANNAH. Aug. %. 1880.
z,, RESasks.-3usiness in the general
Let during the past week exholteu sohe
80 activity. Cotton is arriving very Freely
Li.b has given a decided stimulus TO une
L9IsssIa iobbing trade, and there was
e. shipping movement for the week Inc
.,aa,ber conditions also continued Ney
Ana for field work. and hsrNesUns
a going on very raploly'
,h-ongh travellers are arriving hoeraiiS' "hIe
cher. we're quite number OF spot buyers iooS-
tne 7e."r The market. The features of the week
ere the heavy receipts or cotton lor inns .inie
30 year. also the lrmness at which all 1000
Of 'no ara held. The money market is still
Stringent. the banks are not supplying
- customers with any degree OF hoer-
IL l'. and generally business is
al'y' - embarrassed thereby. An incident of
. ..,,- condition was the failure few days
'-e ,yboIesale grocery house, but it appar-
asO - "a ,ot disturb matters on Change much.
q ~ .1i,rs are still somewhat unsatisfactory
49, ,,,,-se the money stringency affects them
l,o extept. The security market is very dull
- i.,ti,a from the same cause. The great
.,i,i+,r noticeable was in the grocery and
-isions trade Orders are coming
t-ori5Iv and there is considerable goods go
i1,o the interior, particularly OF the heaVy
Ids Values are all pretty strong and tending
In drv goods there was quite STEADY
.-a,,ent progressing, though there is some
s-I1i..,, off IN the demand, which is confined TO
IAN, .olact assortments In hardware there
sln0i -o,1i-, movement and quite a heavy
ID aS50011o.. vras in progress. Lumber continues
i p,,;l5ing materials however, show
sa,r1v good demand. In other departments
as a. fneer movement, but with no
uLol octivitv in any The following resume
20 ,raa,z's business will show the tone and
.ho latest closing quotations OF the different
markets to-day;
W SroREs.-The market for spirits of
t1rpentiu7 weak ana oecllnng ne ne' Ky
racei,ts and Accomplishing stocks'caused oy the
oo.sitv of spot tonnage, has weakened the
poarkef consi ierably and prices nave solo on
fnIIv lac since last report, Buyers are also
tnyt 81 orders from the north, owing
snoiU the money squeeze. The total
20 eo,es for the week were fully $500
caSEs Rosin-The market during the week
was decidedly rmer, and prices Oh sIra a ~ 70
Ter GRADES were strongly held, and CONSIDER
able advance has taken place Ihere was a
,oo3 steady demand, and about llOOO barrels
eSoneed hands during the week. Elsewhere
hi rs found weekly comparative table of re-
oai,,ts and exports from April TO date and for
a Ike neriod last year. showing the stock on
hand and on shipboard not cledreu' 1osether
with the official closing quotations.
CorroN.-The spot market was again weak
and declined heavily during the week. Ihere
vras fair INQUIRY but advices from controlling
marEets continued so depressing that buyers
were bidding fully 18c below the current quota
ta.ions. The very heavy receipts at the ports,
and reports from the growing crop;
obicb we're in the main quite favorable, caused
General decline, more especially as the
weather has been extremely good for picking,
which inclnes operators to anticipate heavy
snnolies in the near future The market closed
to.dav quiet, with quotations fully 19076c
lower than a week ago. The total sales for the
week were 5000 bales. The following are the
official closing spot quotations OF the Cotton
Exchange: