The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-04

Cotton.
Liverpool, Oct. 3. noon.-Cotton, quiet;
prices unchanged; American middling AID;
sales 5000 bales American 1000 bales; spec
ulation and export 500 bales; receipts 100
bales, American $40 bales. Futures steady;
demand moderate, American middling fair,
low middling clause: October, 2i-6id; Oc-
tober and November, % 64I14 "a Gid; No
Yember and December, 4 2l-64Gl4 22-64G14 % "a
"a 2464d; December and January, 23-6t@D
24-6ilI4 25-64d: January and February, 1 %
64td4 26-64a4 27-64d; February and March,
4 27-6484 2s-6tG14 29-6tG14 30-64d March and
April, 296iGl4 30 646GI 3l-6iG14 3264d. Ten
ders, none.
p. motion, American middling fair,
4 l5.l6d good middling, 43sd; middling, 4hd;
nominal low mtddltng, 49ad; good ordinary,
| "A; ordinary, lied. Futures-American
middhng fair low middling clause: October,
: % 6id, buyers; October and November, "a
sid, value; November and December, q
| 6i44 2s6ld; December and January, 2964d,
sellers: January and February. 80 646l4 81
sid; February and March 4 80 64a4 S3.6id;
March and April, 3i-64Gl4 IS Odd; April and
May, 37-64d, sellers; May and June, 39-6id,
value. Futures closed firm at the ad-
New York, Oct. 3, noon.-Cotton contracts
opened steady at l2Il4 points advance
gained 203 points, but has since been irreg-
ular and unsettled through local scalping
and are now l4f1l6 points over Yesterday
New York Oct. 3.-CottOn futures opened
firm, as follows: October, So; November,
&c; December, orc; January, 2lc; FEB
y
New York. Oct. 3, 4 p m.-Cotton closed
dull; middllng uplands Lice, middling Or
leans 5-l6c, good ordinary 6 - l6c, low mid
ding 756c; sales 901 bales. New cotton was
offered at sc under quotations.
Futures closed firm with sales Of
2Ol60O bales as follows: October, SEC; No
vember 99c; December, l2c; January,
s DC: February, g S3c; March, 43c; April,
52c May, Gle; June, zoe
| New York. Oct. 3.-rhe total net re-
ceipts of cotton at all the ports to-day were:
| 37,ly9 bales; exports. to Great Britain 533
! bales; stock 494 $50 bales.
Total so far this week: Net receipts 5s7
| bales; exports to Great Britain 4.367 bales,
! to France 4S44 bales, to the continent Il 1896
! bales.
New York, Oct. 3.-The Suns cotton re
! view says: with quite a noteworthy ad-
! vance at Liverpool and at the south, untavOr-
! aule weather in the gulf states and southwest,
| some decrease in receipts at the ports fears
that the bureau report may be bullish, and a
/ brisk demand from the shorts here and at the
! south prices advanced II to IL points Trad
! ing was still active and the demand mainly
| on shorts, There were heavy rains in Texas
and the weather there was COOLER The close
here was firm, with sales of POI coo bales.
! Liverpool advanced 10 AZ points and closed
firm with spot sales of 5000 bales. In Man
chester business was Offering for
| yarns in quantity at low prices, and
cloths were dun. New Orleans advanced
! 15Gl7 points. Spot prices here were weak,
! with trade dull and sales Of l0l bales for
! spinning. There was an advance Of 1eGl-l6c
! at seven southern markets New Orleans
sold 800 bales. The receipts at the ports
were 81 495 bales against 2S4l3 this day last
week and 81 ,597 last year. The total thus far
| this week is 1857 pales against 81 l55 bales
/ for the same time last week. The New Or
! leans receipts are estimated at II 900 to 1900
bales, against 4,031 en- the same day last
! year
| New York. Oct. 3.-Riordan g. Co. say Of
| cotton: There was a distinctly better feeling
| in the market today. Liverpool sent us a
| good advance and our opening was at an i'm
| provement of about 10 points, January selling
| on the call at S.20c and S21c The market was
| a sensitive one throughout the day. fiuCtuating
! up and down number of times, S.l6c being
! the lowest and 8.25c being the highest for
! January. In the last hour the shorts showed
| some uneasness, which was not lesSened by
| the report circulated just before o clock that
Hill, Fontaine & Co. had estimated the yield
| of the cotton district tributary to Memphis to
| be 10 per cent. less than last year The close
was firm, with S.23c bid for January After
| tine close there was a greater desire to buy
and S.25e was freely bid for January. The
heavy receipts may seEYs e dep5ess Prizes
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