The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-04-06


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New York. April 5.-Treasury balances
to-day we're as follows: Coin Sl05, oil 900; cur
London, April 5.-The bar silver market
today has been quiet, and was quoted at
29lsd per ounce.
Cotton.
Liverpool, April s. noon.-Cotton-Quiet
ana in fair demand at firm prices
american middling. 3-l6d; sales, ~ 900 bales;
American. go bales; speculation and export,
900 bales; receipts, $1,000 bales; American
5l1O3 bales. Futures opened steady; demand
moderate
Futures-American middling fair. low mid
ling clause: April, T-6Id also 4 6-64d April
and May, ( SID also 76id: May and June
Z sold also 7-6id; June and July. 964d,
also St4d; July and August, 1 ll64d, also
10 Sid: August and September, I2-64d, also
I ll-64d; September and October I3-6id also
l2-64d: October and November, 1 l4-64d also
! l3t4d; November and December, Is CID
TenC2rs al to-day S clearings were -- bales
new dockets.
p. motion, American mlddling fair
438QsROod middling, 4 5iGd; middling 4 g. 16d; :
low nlddling, l-l6d; good ordinary, l5-l6d;
Futures-Amerioan middling fair, low mid
ding clause: April Sold. sellers; April
and May, S64d. sellers; May and June
s-64Q4 9-64d; June and July, 96iG14 1O-64d;
July and August. Held, sellers; August
and september l. 6id. sellers: September
and October. l2-6404 - Gid; October and
November, 10 64G14 IA cd; November and
December, 1 l4-6404 1564d Futures closed
quiet, hut steady.
New York, April :. noon.-Cotton futures
opened juliet. as follows: April soc: May
I 65c; June. lie; July, nc; August, 7 sic;
New York, ADrtl s, p. m.-Spot cotton
closed dull; middling gulf SC; middling
up!ands re sales 20 uales
Futures closed firm, with sales OF
$500 bales as follows April. : &c May,
Z csc; June. z 75c; July, nc; August, SIC;
September, soc; October, : o3c; November,
soc; December, Ole; January, 97c.
New York. April 5.--Total consolidated
net receipts at all the ports to-day were lI3
bales; exports TO Great Britain 1858 bales, to
Frame lU,4ie bales, TO continent 15,4S5 bales;
stock 117.776 bales.
Total so far this week: Net receipts SO COS
bales; exports to Great Britain ~, 753 bales
TO France 2i.4l4 bales, to the continent 80, 357
bales.
New Orleans April 5.-Cotton futures
closed steady. with sales Of $1,000 bales, as
follows: April CSC. May 35c. June acc
July 50c, August 55c September 4Sc
Oetober SIC, November 7 SIC, December
sc
New York April 5.-The Suns cotton ar
ticle says: Cotton advanced TO points
closing quiet and steady. After the change
the tone was bullish. Liverpool closed quiet,
but steady, with spot sales OF 1900 bales, at
prices fully maintained, In Man hester yarns
were quiet and unchanged: cloths were in
moderate demand Bombay receipts for the
= Eu1a co. npa
for the same time last year. New Orleans
advanced to 4 points Spot cotton here
was dull and unchanged; sales 226
bales for spinning, Southern spot mar
kets were generally steady and firm
at unchanged prices. The port receipts were
5, ll3 bales, against 4,9i6 bales this day last
week and 7541 bales last year. Thus far this
week So 800 bales, against "a. "a bales thus far
last week. At most points the southern nv
ers were falling. I he rainfall for twenty-four
hours was 30 of an inch at Mobile SO at
Charleston, "A at Savannah, 81 at Augusta.
New Orleans receipts tomorrow are esti-
mated at 1500 bales, against 100 bales
this day last week and 2lS9 bales last
year. Cleared this week 1880 bales from
Port Royal and 300 bales from Brunswick.
Silver decidedly lower in London. and in
New York, In spite OF slugg shness of speedla
ton, sharp Zine in silver and rather list
less spot markets prices made a moderate
net advance due to continued activity in
Liverpool large exports from the south,
comparatively small movement of the crop,
and certain amount Of local and southern
buying. Farm work in some parts of the
south is believed to be quite backward
though an increased acreage is reported in
letters from Texas and Mississippi
New York, April 5.-Riordan 4 Co. say of
cotton to-day; Until the last half hour, the
bidding to-day was almost counterpart of
that OF yesterday. Liverpool advanced l. Cad,
and our opening was at an advance of points
May selling on the call at 7.65c. After the OF en-
ing the market became exceedingly dull, and
upon selling by local traders, it gradI ally de-
cllned until May reached 76lc. When the
estimate of New Orleans receipts for to NOR
row was announced as only 800 bales
against 1,7g0 bales last week. and 2 1850 bales
last year, the market steadied. and better
feeling developed. This was strengthened by
the heavy figures of the exports for the day
Just before o'clock fresh buying orders
came in and carried May to 1910 The close
was firm. with 1850 bid for May. The feeling
here is more hopeful to night and with any
encouragement from Liverpool prices may
improve. The advance in wheat is attrac-
tirg attention to the low price of cotton, and
the bulls are hoping that northern operators
will presently enter the market on the long
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