The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-26

OFFICE MoRNINs NEWS.
savannah "a, Aug. p, 1898.
General Remarks.
-,..-.n,s been a decided change for the
.... -r business circles during the past
.. Thauroducts which affect the trade OF
... rrineipally have advanced steadily
'-....., and the demand has been very good
l- 4.-ipg the financial situation. This,
S.,,.yf~. Is in an easier state and every en-
haas felt the results OF the more con
.5,.t.aI state Of affairs. The stringency of
-..s. .bating 10 considerable extent
al tr. merchants are greatly encouraged
aa- -'' Busluess in the section trib-
-, I'D savannah is very much
u. 5 and orders are coming
d. rgte freely. The wholesale mer-
!" "a, however. are compelled to turn down
s,,,s orders. as they are not yet inclined TO
So. +,,, much risk The collections from the
.orn+ry have been on a good average with
t[.,rear Every one is waiting patiently for
-.,..~ss, TO DO something. 1t is currently
I'D among business men that no matter
..,st action is taken at Washington, it will
,-a.raIief. "A change is what is needed
Nov saw and any decision either one way
~ another will be beneficial to the bust
ss.s interests of the country. The following
rsti5,y of the week S business viii show the
!!en,a'yi the latest quotations of the different
markets today;
Naval Stores.
Shirts Turpentine-Ihc market Tor the
~, has Neen firm at an advance, 1t start
al ~ lSc for regulars and has steadily at
,,arred until to-day, when 1t closed at &c.
1,t. s5le, for the week amounted to 5000
Iii. or about the entire receipts. There Is
All lively demand, and it is expected that
,f55ri-es will 20 even higher in few days.
more is q decidedly better feeling among the
t,rtars. AS money is getting easier and there
i, less trouble 10 get currency
Fosin-1he market has been hrm with
rood demand all through the week. There
has beon p bear" movement among the
LTvors 10 lower the prices of the tirner
r1Tdes and they have succeeded. These
Qualities have heen reduced p cents for water
Unite and window glass and 81 cents on n
Grades The steady demand continues, now
sver and all grades are selling readily. Some
of the factors still hold the pales for higher
prices but few let them go along with com
mon and medium qualities at the quotations.
There are a large number OF vessels now at
mis- mort and to arrive which are chartered
In Ike naval stores and it is thought that as
the receipts will probably ran on soon, the
stocks viii he greatly decreased. There is
very little stock in the hands OF the factors
conjDared with the unusual amount on hand
and on shipboard. The sales for the week
amounted TO about IA, 900 barrels.
III, ra az IN 70 rasI,s snrits tnrpentfne and
T s S SarTe Io rosin The exports were 5S5
casks spirits turpentine, and 1864 barrels
9 moving 4s 594Ts and ap gS9s barrels
Ton to B 5 80 ros5 50 sPF B6ston
casks spirits turpentine, and Sg5 barrels
resin; to H9m 75 45 barrels fT{t ros fro 10
fine. 10 the interior .5i2 casks spirits turpen-
tine; and 351 barrels rosin.
QuOtatiOns-At the closing Of the market
today the following quotations were posted
at the board of trade. Market firm:
A. B. c., D....... S5Cl .... ..............Sl .S0
E.................. 9OcI M .,............... 500
F ......... ....... 95c|N ....-............. S265
G..................Sl .OO w. G...-........... 800
H. ................. Show. W............... 325
I..................$ Al 35
The prices for this day last year were as fol-
lows; A. b c, D, and E, Sl.lOt r, Sll5; q,
81 90; H. S14O; I. 81 65; X, $50; M, 500; n,
s. 40; window glass, $3.50; water white 1915.
13FCrrp7,s SHIPMENTS AND s7,OCISs ON HAND
AND ON sHIPBOARD FROM APRIT, / 1899 no
DATE AM TO THE CORREspONDTNc DATR
LAST YEAR
-1s93--- ,---1s92-
Spirits Rosfn. Spirits ROsin
Onb,nd Ar,i1 ff9 ~ "a . 400 30 d9i
Rec. this W k. 6,37l 55,ll4 5,Si4 9S7
Rec prev'ly . las. 1872 1863 OtS 15S PSI S99 5s5
----. - ----
- - - - -
Shipments -.
Foreign. .-.-- SUI 2l6.175 81. 1872 206,956
Ne" lorh.-.. Io-Sf' 4o,el3 2O,443 9l,l1S
OQaSUWlse ana
INFERIOR. 5O.l0J 4l-oo6 4O,73' S4,54
-. - - ----------
1oIdI Sulpi :. l-ofzo oOo'4o4 lo3'SoE 3o2,5oo
c., =-=
81 K on ha4a o., o-o ,.-oo, 90, 1000
Cation
CplandS-The week opened with a con
tinued decline of nc All around each dav and
ClG not stop until Tuesday, when mlddling
WIS guuted 1lnrhanUad 81 GlLc On Wp8neS-
dav there was a ittie better demand on ac
count of encouraging reports from the con
trolling markets. and the price advanced
ll6 all around Sales were however made at
a further advance of li6c. During the re-
mainder of the week the market remained
steady at the closing quotations of TO-DAY
The week closed with a lively demand and
good sales: tiverpoOl was reported off n few
points TODAY. but New York uained or
points and consequently the local market had
steady, updert0ne The sales of the week
were made at full quotations.
At the Cotton Exchange at the reguIar
o'clock call TODAY the Oficial quotations
were bulletined as follows;
Steady
MIdding fair 7-1G
Good middling. & 1910
Low mlddllng. .....................6 5l6
GOOD ordinary. ............ .............5 1916
Sea I,lands-The receipts for the weelx,vere
bales and the exports were 20 baIes 1he
but light demand the past week. the BUYERS T5s
NOT having returned To the narltet - he Sales
were for Old stoci, on a basis @f onot3ti@ns
The new cron has not beap talon 14et mo