The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-05-27

IOtal exports so Tar this week from all
Forts: Great Britain, 1864; continent, 100
coastwise, 2,77s
Liverpool, May 20, noon.-Cotton- Quiet;
demand fair, at steady prices; American
middling, 4d; sales 5000 bales; Amer
lean. 100 bales; speculation and export,
Duo bales receipts 5000 bales; American,
500 bales. Futures opened steady; demand
moderate.
ling clause May, ID May and June
3 57.64d, also 3 55-64d; June and July, 5S-64d,
also 57-6Ad; July and August, 6O-64d. also
59-64d; August and September, 6l-6td, also
6O-64d; September and October. 3 81 -64d also
6o64d; October and November, 3 62-6id
also olo4d; November and December
8 $3.50, also 62-64d; Decem Der and January,
4d. Tenders at to-day's clearings were =
bales new dockets
A p. m.-Cotton American middling fair,
7l6d; good middling, 41sd; middling, I'D;
low mlddling, S%d; good ordinary, 374d; ordi-
Futures American middling fair, low mid.
ding clause; May, 5S6id, sellers; May and
June, 59-64d, sellers; June and July,
8 6064d August and September, 8 COCA Ia
3 ol64d; September and October. 8 6l-64
&6264d; October and November, 3 62-6Id,
buyers; November and December, 63-64d
buyers: December and January, 4d value.
Futures closed quiet, but steady.
New YORK, May 20, noon.-COtton futures
opened steady, as follows: May, 9lc: June
93c; July, 05c August OSo; Septem Der,
l2c October, : loo.
New York, May %. 4p m.-Cotton futures
closed steady, with sales OF $4,000 bales,
as follows: June d 06c; July, 02c; August,
O6c; September l0c; October, l5c; No
| vember, zoe; December, 26c; January,
| z 32c; February, Csc
New Orleans May 26.-Cotton futures
! closed quiet, with sales of H. AGO bales,
as follows: May 79c, June 6 rec, July sc,
| August SIC, September d 79c, OCTOBER 82c,
November soc, December g2c, January
| q 96c.
New York, May 26.-The total visible
! supply of cotton for the world is 3,447 ST.
| bales, of which 2,S4l .377 bales are American,
against 3496S32 and 2,s5l,632 bales respect
lively, last year. Receipts this week at all
! interior towns 9,382 bales. Receipts from
plantations 1880 bales. Crop in sight7, ia ,035
bales.
New York, May 26-Riordan & Cos cotton
| review for the week. says; The trading in
| cotton during the week has been OF a nervous
and heSltatlng charac ter, the fluctuations be-
! ing frequent though within a rather narrow
| range. The extremes being marked by 699c
| and 7.l3c for August Liverpool. which had
! been expected TO advance smartly this morn
! ing, was only shade higher and the local
| traders who bought yesterday for rise were
! all sellers to-oay, The opening prices we G
! about the same as yesterday closing quota
! lions August selling on the call at 70Sc. For
a time tho market continued pretty firm and
! there we're some transactions in August at
| 7.OSc, but after the hrst hour the demand
! slackened and the offerings being
free prices gave couple Of points
]
| for August I he uncertain factor just now in
regard TO the course OF prices is the real ex-
| tent OF the damages occasioned y the re-
| cent spell OF cold and unreasonable weather
| throughout the entire cotton belt Many
planters tell us that the crop has received a
! very serious b2ckSet others insist that it has
| sustained no material injuries; while there
! are some who claim that instead Of hurting
! the plant the bad weather has actually helped
| 1t, checking the growth little, but giving
/ the roots letter chance to expand and
! strengthen. These contradictory accounts
! have naturally had the effect to puzzle trad
! ers very much as TO the true condition OF
! affairs. Our own impression, derived from
| the best information we can gather, is that
the cold spell has certainly done no good to the
crop and that in many parts Of the south it
! has seriously impeded its growth. But the
! bad weather as a bullish influence has been
] onset In measure by the discOuraging re-
! ports given by Bradstreets and the
! Financial Chronicle as TO the condition
! OF the dry goods trade, These re
/ ports published this morning are very
| gloomy, and their influence made Itself felt in
! the weakness developed just before the close
! today. While there Is nothing cheering in
! the outlook, the feeling here at the moment
Is that there can be no great risk In buying
! August cotton around cents. We hardly ex-
! pect any very decided change in prices. either
| up or down. for the present, and we are in
! cllned TO favor the poIicy OF buying upon
/ breaks and selling upon rallies
/ New York, May 26.-The SUMS cotton re-
! port says: cotton advanced l point. but
lost this and declined l to , points. closing
! steady. Sales 81 200 bales. Liverpool adj
vanced y point and closed quiet and s eady:
| spot sales 5000 bales at steady and UNCHANGED
| prices New Orleans declined to 3 points.
! Port receipts 1876 bales against l.7u5 bales
this day last week and 3.C22 bales last year.
\ Exports 3 ,65f bales 10 Great Britain and 100
/ bales to the continent. Spot cotton here wa
| easy, but without quotable changes. Sales 2gO
| bales for export and 81 bales for consumption
] The southern spot market was generally
| steady and unchanged. The estimated re
! ceipts al New Orleans on Monday were COO
| bales against 22l3 bales last Monday and
| 1000 bales last year. The dullness OF the dry
| goods trade had distinctly bad effect on the
cotton market. Mills may have to run on