The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-19
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SAVANNAH MARK@ f5.
WEEKLY REPORT.
OFFICE MORNING NEWS,

OFFICE MORNING NEWS, I
SAVANNAH. GA, Sept. IS, 1897.
o.,rsA1 REMARKs-Business in the general
oI ,'at ras progressed steadily during the past
n'i .rd the tendency of all the markets has
wen .orard Improvement in the volume of
There was specially no new develop
NO. .vcant the weakness in cotton and naval
n, the receipts of which were heavy,
W. naturally is weakening feature,
-rbile the opening trade in these staples was
Una ron figures they closed at the lowest.
zion exchange is weak and declining, while
ste exchange is offered freely. and the
"..av market. of course. very stringent under
-.rb exchange conditions. Collections amoag
.ts,,s show some little charge for the better,
.,d complaints of irregularity are
,'ss frequent which, of course,
,.5,s 10 the freer movement of cotton. Opera
~. however, in the jobbing trades continue
conducted with some degree of conserva-
.,.~ and they are more or less strengthened in
~, costion by the steady decline in cotton.
r-.most expansion was to be observed in the
,-,,,sry trade in which there was considerable
e,trty and there was quite an increase
N the outward shipping movement, in fact, the
di.tribution was greatly in excess of any week
,bjs season. In dry goods it was quiet, and
matters improve very slowly. In hardware
there has been a steady trade. In other
branches Of business the demand has not been
vary well sustained and it is doubtful If the
movement. as a whole, shows any increase over
the preyous week. The followingresume of the
weeks business will show the tone and the
latest quotations Of the different markets to-
dsV: ...-..-
ket was rather easy during last weak and
prices steadily sold off until to-day, when regu-
lars closed firm at 3414c, full reduction of Mc
to the heavy receipts and to the fact of mora
tonnage offering. There was a slow though
fairly steady inquiry with pretty free
offerings. The total sales for the
week were about 1000 casks. Rosin-Tne market
was quiet during the week and easy for all
grades except pales which were in some
demand and higher, while the lower grades
declined. There was fair to good inquiry
with full Offering stock, and buyers to secure
particular grades were compelled to accept
regular lines The total sales were about
1880 barrels. In another column will be
found comparative table of receipts and eX-
ports for the weea and for like period last
year showing the stock on hand and on ship
board not cleared, together with the official
closing quotations.
CoTToN-The market during the past week
was quiet and prices were weak and declined
steadily, and at the Close to-day were 40Ssc
lover than week ago. The weakness was en-
dr-ly due TO more favorable reports of crop
conditions and to the increased move
ment to the ports The receipts
also show up slightly better in
qnality. There was not mucn activity in the
demand, although for the most part it was
quite steady, and owing to factors being pretty
free sellers at the current quotations. a fair
weeks business was had. The total sales were
Il, $50 bales. The market closed to-day easy at
a decline of 1Sc all around. The following are
the official closing spot quotations OF toe Cot
ton Exchange: