The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-21
COMMERCIAL.
sAVANNAH MARKETS.
WEEKLY REPORT.
OFFICE MORNING NEWS. I
SAVANNAH, Feb. 20, 1891. (

OFFICE MORNING NEWS.
SAVANNAH. Feb. 20, 1891.
,-~zzlt, REMARKs.-There was no marked
,'--,vement in the state of trade during last
The general market. to all appearance,
= -ather quiet. The weather was quite
,olike. and has forced vegetation forward
s-si5Ara bly,, which causes some apprehen-
- as 20 the results later on. should last
- experience be reported Business was
- fair in the jobbing departments,
- While there was q tendency to activity in
- or two. it was barely steady movement in
Yr,aiority of branches of trade. The financial
-..,.tfon was unchanged. Money is compare
.I-slv speaking easy, with good, steady de-
ND for it at the ruling rates Exchange
-, also ruled quite steady. In the Sc
.,,-itv market. although quiet, there
IS. some little business doing in a few
80 and a slight advance in some of the
s.rorites Collections were slightly improved
90 whole, although the low prices of cotton
b.s q very depressing effect on the interior
-,arcbants' trade and, of course. settlements
a,a affected more or less, The demand In the
-,ocery line continues on a liberal scale ana
,ba volume Of shipments large. In hardware
!, I. also fairly active, but in most other lines
,bare is only fair business progressing. The
solowing review of the weeks trading will
show the tone and the latest quotations of the
different markets at the close to-day:
NAVAL SroREs-The market for spirits tur-
rantine was quiet during the week, and prices
sold of 1sc. There was rather a poor inquiry
and the business was quite light, the total sales
bsiny about LOO casks. Rosin-The market
was firm dnring last week. and
the low medium grades and strained
was good steady inquiry, but the offerings
we're small and were pretty well absorbed.
The total sales were about 5000 barrels.
In another column will be found
ports from April / to date. and for like
beriod last year. showing the stock on hand
and on shipboard not cleared, together with
tne official closing quotations:
CoTToN-The market was dull and easy for
the greater part of the week and prices fell off
l-16c all around, but the decline was not main
tanned, as on Thursday more favorable reports
the spot market, which closed stead
Ter. The continuance of a very heavy
crop movement serves to depress con-
trolling markets and values are
as consequence quite weak. The demand was
slow, while the offerings as a rule were quite
liberal but the grading was unsatisfactory.
The total sales for the week were only 2.S45
bales The following are the official closing
spot quotations of the Cotton Exchange:
Good middling ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Mddling. ............ .....-.......... 40
Low middilnR -.............-.-........7 1915
Good ordinary. ...''..-....... --........f o-lo
ordinary ~ A1-lO
SEQ AIdnds-The receipts for the week up to
4p m by factors were 1895 bags and II bags
of through cotton. The total exports were 1867
bags. distributed as follows: To Liverpool sos
bags, to HavTe so bags, to northern mills 512
bags The total sales were 1854 bags. The
market was easy throughout the week, and the
demand hight The grades of medium, fine
and below were neglected. while the
bulk of transactions, with the exception of 100
bags which we're sold at 141Sc, were at 16G171Hc
The market closes quiet and steady, but bare Of
fine and extra fine grades. The sales were at
about the following quotations:
Choice nominal ....,.. ...".........19 @
Extra fne.... ..............-.-...... l1z50
Fine ......-....... s...''.........-...-I6 450l6M
Medium me. ..---............--. .lo30olo
Good medium. ..............,........1b a
Medium ...... -....: ...........116@
Common Georgias and Floridas. 49,. .131b@14
The receipts Of cotton at this port from all
sources the past week were Is, 1877 bales OF up
land and /, 900 bales of sea island, against 5000
boies of upland and 1853 bales sea island last
year.
The particulars of the receipts have been
as follows: Per Central railroad, 10, SOB bales
upland; per Savannah. Florida and Western
railway, 3, liz bales upland, and 1,804 bales sea
island; per Savannah river steamers, 1911 bales
upland; per Charleston and Savannah railway,
1,Ool bales upland; per Beaufort
steamers, II bales of sea island; per Florida
steamers, / pale sea island.
The exports for the week were &c, 623 bales of
upland and 1867 bales sea island, moving as fol-
lows: To New York, $500 bales upland and 551
bales sea island: to Baltimore 682 bales up-
land; to Boston, ,5B3 bales upland and II bales
sea island; to Charleston, 1885 bales upland to
Liverpool, 3.t54 bales upland and sos bales sea
island; to Bremen, $3.50 bales upland: to Bar
celona, 4,45i bales upland; to Gothenberg a 675
bales uplendi to Philadelphia, 276 bales upland
The stock on hand to-day was SO, 1876 bales
upland and l0,277 bales sea island, against 81 S74
bales upland and 2,46S bales sea island last
year.
RICE-The market was very quiet during the
pastiweek, and prices we're easier and decli1ing,
The demand was very SLOW. and although the
offerings were light, operators did not show
much disposition TO go on at present prices. es-
pecially as the wants of the local trade is pretty
well satisfied for the present, while orders from
out of town are so few It is
expected that values will gradually ease of
from now ON with prospect of an early spring.
which. of course, means an abundance of vege-
tables interfering with the consumption of the
grain. The sales for the week were about
SO barrels The following are the official
quotations of the Board Of Trade. Small iob
lots are held at 1sO14c lower:
Prt1u --..5M 0516
Rough, nomnaly-- -
Country lots ........,..S6 5aL *
AiueWater. ..-.-.. -.......-..... GOAL 25