The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-07-05
COMMERCIAL.
SAVANNAH MARKETS
WEEKLY REPORT.
OFFICE MORNING NEWS.

OFFICE MORNING NEWS:
SavAxNAH. July T. 1890
c.rxrzAt. RExARks-There was not ii.ou a..
- --aneraI market during the past
l14'-9 I,-,-i,ase was somewhat interfered WIN
-, - extremity of the heat ana the
-1-ST-o ~ the week by the celeorauon
- ~ rational holiday. There was h1ole
cbsnga in any Of the departments
md dealings continue IN ulouoi az
nav only The leading features OF the mar AeO
were the general weakness IN values OIL piooS
n,ss, all the leading staples froNiSlonS Ae0'
showed a slight decline, as also nour ana "ooi
The money market bag become quite slI'ns0n
with an active demand for it. Exchahse' oo'n
foreign and domestic, is steady. oecurl'ieS aio
-otser ouiet. There is. however, good IN
vestment demand, when Is NM" NJ.
N come extent by tight money. Collecnons
a,e o,,;te slow and unsatisfactory, but this is &C
counted for owing to its being between seasons
snd there are no crops in the interior marketing
e,cent the melon crop. Nearly all the wnole
Gala erocers reported numerous and very ho
eral orders during the past five days Of the week
from the interior for this time Of year ana
+ha trading was considered very fair and qulte
a qood shipping movement was accomplished
In dry Goods there was also liberal distribution
If fall and winter goods. In hardware ABOUT
the us1al movement was had and the feehng Ior
the most part was a very quiet one Inc luhloer
trade is dull, with very little moving out, there
being but one large order offering.the specl1ca-
tions of which are SO exacting that dealers
are not anxious to take hoid aO
present prices. Building materials are also
rather dull but there is a fairly good local oe-
rd In all other branches there is slow
and very conservative trade progressing. The
following resume of the weeks business will
show the tone and the closing quotations OF the
different markets on Thursday:
NAVAL SroREs.-The market for spirits tur-
pentine has continued rather irregular ana un-
Settled and an easier feeling TO prices, which
show a falling off of nc since last report
There was very fair inquiry during the week,
I,ut GENERATORS were slow to bid whenever hold
ers showed disposition to ask higher than the
current quotations. The total sales for the
week were fully 5000 casks, the market CLOSING
on Thursday firm at Soc for regulars. kosln
There was active demand throughout the week
and prices were firm and higher. operations,
however were interrupted by the warm weather
and the slow sampling of stocks, which caused
the offerings to be rather scarce at times. The
total sales for the week were about $500 bar
rais The market closed on Thursday firm and
held higher than quotations
Elsewhere will be found weekly comparative
table of receipts and exports from April to
date and for a like period last year. showing the
stock on hand and on Shipboard not cleared,
together with the official closing quotations
CoTroN-The spot market during the past
week has developed but few features of special
interest. IL has been extremely quiet, and with
the exception of one days business, the buying
was more or less nominal there being but one
buver in the market. The stock was very small
and little or no interest was manifested either
uay and prices were fairly well main
tanned The total sales approximate 200 bales.
The reports from the crops are good, with few
exceptions but it is feared that the recent rains
around this section were too heavy, and will
have a tendency to cause grass to sprout up
freely There are also reports of drought in
Texas The following are the official quota
tio1s of the cotton exchange on Thursday: