The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-09
I'd 20.47O l46.212 1851 1883
Cotton.

Cotton.
The past week has been most unsatfsfac-
tory in the local market On Saturday
mlddling was i-l6c on Monday there was a
slump 10 1asCi on Tuesday another Lice was
dropped, on Wednesday still another lice
was the order Of the declining market: Thurs
DAY i stcadled somewhat. only TO / e prep lred
for the heaviest slump of the week when to-
day the market declined lsc. making 5-l6c de
cline during the past six days The business
OF the week mas tctn absolutely fiat. The
Liverpool market is Influenced Nv the con
tlnued heavy receipts and the large estimates
which have been published. Supplemental
the home situation. There has been some
tentative negotiation with the mills
ness accomplished necsuse the
great majority Of spinnerS cannot be stirred
out OF the apathetIc attitude they have of
late assumed. Now and then they make
bid, but so low as 10 make it practically use
less. even in the face Of continued easing of
tendency at the south from whence come in
creased offerings OF actual cotton and in n
manner to carry impression that it would nav
q wire fractonally lower bids. but hardly to
Ntne extent OF reduction asked by buyers who
Will name figure. Meanwhile receipts are
co9ning out in volume that rather surprised
then conservative bears. and completely over
shadows the claim of the short-yield believ-
ers, lWho md their theories useless before the
bard0fact OF actual bales and the claims
from Some primal sources that the quantity
vet to Ncome out IS compaI ativelv full.
The following were the Official quotations
at the Notion Exchange at the closing OF the
market today: Easy
Nliddlirsy fair. ...............,....... "a
5000 middiing ,-.--.. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. ~
ellldollng .-..+ ................ rs
Low midding IL. ................. 81
Good ordinary. Observation-Disclosures. g.
Sea Islands-The receipts for the past week
were 1884 bales. The exports we're I264
bales, moving as follows: To Havre, 53 tales:
20 Reval 100 bales; to northern mills for domes-
tic consumption, LII bales. The sales of the
hay
declined, IN sympathy with the upands which
market is broken, but the factors have held
TO the prices quoted week ago and the de
mand was strong enough to sustain them.
The following are the quotations at which the
transactions OF the week were made:
Choice ..... 49,. 49, 900. .Isd.Islk
Extra fine ,,..... q. ..-.-. ........ IL
FINE: 49,. -. 49,. -. lsla
Medium fine. ...--... ..........,.... JIG
Receipts-The receipts Of cotton q, this mort
from all sources for the past week we're 4ussU
bales upland and 1894 bales sea island
against 100 bales upland and 1875 bales ca
island last year.
The particulars Of the receipts have b, m
as follows: Per Central railroad 2DOft ba3es
upland; per Savannah, Florida and western
railway, 1888 bales upland and . 662 bales Tea
island per Charleston and Savannah rail
TOAD, o. bales upland ;per South hound Vii
road, ,247 bales upland; per Savannah river
steamers, 2SS bales upland per carts IL ba1es
upland and 30 bales sea island; Beaufo..t
etc, bales upland and sea island, slooLs.
10 bales upland. s.
Exports-The exports tor the past we9i,
were 1851 bales upland and ,a6i bales sea
island, moving as follows; TO Charles
ton 1133 bales upland; to Baluimore > 55-
bales upland; to New York s499 bales Tn.
land and ll64 bales sea island; to Boston
26l bales upland; TO Philadelphia. / ,7ss baIas
upland; to Reval 1900 bales unland ana ISo
bales sea island; to Bremen i6. SOS baies rb,
land; to Genoa, 7.04S bales upland. NJ parlje
Iona, h07s bales upland Y"
Stoc6s-4l'he stock on hand and an sbiAo
foard to-day was II 1875 bales upland ana IN
99 bales sea island, against 1Ot OI5 bates ~
land and SOC bales sea island at tbs corr9
sponCing time last year
LIVERPOOL MOVEMENT FOR THE vpr,, ri
sNG DEC. g, 1893, AND ron TN SoErSSrI
Spending TIME or 1892 AND 1901 YN"IY
,-. 1898. 1892 1891 J