The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-20
A BIG SALE OF COTTON GOODS.
Two Thousand Five Hundred Cases and
Bales Put on the Auction Block.

New York, Dec l9.-The sale at auction
Of $500 cases and bales of domestic cot
ton goods by order Of Fabyan & Co. was
begun this morning by Wilmerding. Nor
ris & Mitchell in the presence Of a number
Of buyers representing the dry goods
houses OF the country from Portland.
Ne. 10 san Francisco. The sale opened
with several lots Of PeppereH browns. Of
n ss and Is inches width, followed by Con-
stitutior cottons wide sheeting, bleached
PepDerel.s. Salisbury's and Androscoggins.
Then came several lots Of Alillbury feather
tickings. wish some fancy tickings from
the Palmer Victoria and Thondlke mills.
C9uuetition was brisk from the very be-
ginning of The sale and the auctioneers
declare that the prices obtained were sat
isfactcry. II is expected that from 5000
C59 10 s. 501OJ3 will be realized. II Is be-
lioved the sale viii determine prices in the
cotton goods market Tor some time 10
come. Prices III tile cotton market went
mp shortly after the sale oeban owing, II
is claimed, to- The prices OF buyers.
AuCtioueer Milmerdlng IN speaking Of the
sale said that as far as il had progressed
the prices were satisfactory Domestic
cotton goods said he, have never been
cheaper than now and never will be
cheaper. / think this country has slight
y oseT-prOduCeu, AMI tEen this country
Il no longer llE exclusive b4OQuttA VI COT
ton goods as IL ltact icaliN was az one tlihe-
/ thnh the sale will make "a brisk business
ia the cotton goods market.
Prices averaged TO Per cent below the
Tne after-luncheon portion OF the sale
was noticeable Tor the - DIRK or the Sd les
men. Confidence in their judgment was
the feature OF the movement OF the
prominent purchasers.
H. B. Claim * Co were the largest
buyers. Westerners were also big buyers
Among the big purchasers We're;
of Caicago-Aiarshall, Field ~ Co, J. V.
Farwell co. and Carson, Price Scott
& Co.
OF Observation-Disclosures Thomas & Co,
Wilson. Larrabee & Co, Chairman, Ken
dali & Daniel; Shepard. Norwen ~ Co.
and the Boston Dry Goods Company.
OF Denver-Daniels q Fisher.
OF Cincinnati-Louis Silk x Co.
OF San Francisco-M Heller & Sons.
The prices per yard averaged as fol-
lows:
Brown cotton, pepperill brand. SO
inches, 81 TO 81 cents; IS inches. AZ
cents. steady; SO inches 4 to 4a4 cents 30
inches, 3A cents. steady; constitution
brand, Il inches, as. to AS cents; AZ inches,
s to 6ls cents; As inches, S. cents, steady;
4S inches, "a cents, steady.
Pepperll white sheetlngs. Is TO 15i4
cents; Androscoggin sheetings, l5l2 to Is
cents; Salisbury sheetings, las to 10. The
narrow widths Of these brands brought
from 5h to 67s cents
Tickings sold from 4atc to Csc per yard;
fancy tickings, 47sc 10 &c; Pepperill drills,
47sc to SC; American bags, 10i5c to 1850;
bag colored cheViots, SIC, steady; hick-
DRY stripes. 64Q6s4c: cottonades, 8 TO 99sc;
fancy duck, Sc to she; bray duck, Use TO
S%c napp shrtings, 55sc to Csc; atlas
striped shirtings, 5iac to &c; Otis shirtings
started at &c ana dropped TO 55sc; the bal
ance sold for sac, sale of the ticking, 7Ac
to 9ikc; Androscoggn sateen. size to 53sc;
sateen ticking, 7isc 10 SIC; corset jeans.
3stc to 4Nc; Androscoggin bleached. 5ssc
steady. fancy denning, mixed. 42sc 70 9iac.
These goods were the production of the
following mills: Pepperill Manufacturing
Company, LacOnia Company. Otis Compa-
ny, Columbian Manufacturing Company,
Thorndike Company. Androscoggin Mills,
Warren Cotton Mills, Palmer Mills. Bos-
ton Duck Company and Cords Mills.
Mr.. Bliss said tonight that the prices
realized were from 5 to 10 per cent, off
the regular selling price.