The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-21
The quotations at the closing were as fol-

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East = tennessee l seq " Rf Gans Tminai. So
do pref ........ Rock Island. Il
Erie ............... 11S S. Paal........... 64l6
do pref. 37lsI do pref. 1924
Ed. Gen. Electric 42I4 Silver Certif S.. 5S7s
Illinois Central. % Tenn. Goals Iron. ISL
Lake Erie " W. l5ia do do pref. 20
DO pref. 81 Texas Pacific. SB
Lake Shore i234 Union Pacific. 10
L'ville Il Nash 49ia W bash, =. L. & =. Z
Louisville Il n, A. do do pref. 1874
Manhattan. 900. t2414 Western Union. 85%
Memphis Char. 10 Wheeling & l. E. 1924
Michigan Central 1914 do do pre- 4S14
STATE BONDS.
Alabama A.. 9334 Tenn, new set. IS. 102
do B.............I00 Tenn, new set. IS. 101
40 C,............. % Tenn, new set. IS. 76A
La stamped Is. 100 Virginia 6's pref. so
NorthCarolina4s % Va. Trust Reefs 81
NorthCarolina IS 1885 Va. Fundg Debt. 5914
Tennessee, olds.. 60
GOvERNMENr BONDS
UnltedState IS, registered. ........... 1t2 q
CnitedStateS IS, coupons. ........... ia
United states 25, regis cred ............. 96
ibid. *Asked.
New York March s0.-At the Stock Elk
change to-day the sales OF listed stocks ag-
gregated lob 900 shares, and unlisted $4,000
shares.
New York, March 2O-Treasury balances
today were ga as follows Coin, SlOi $4,000; cur
London, March 2O.-The bar silver market
today mas been steady, and was quoted at
~t5Bu per ounce.
Cotton.
Liverpool March 20, oon.-Cotton-Mod-
crate demand; freely met; prices easier;
American middling, Asa; sales, 10000 bales;
American 900 bales speculation and export,
800 bales; receipts, 1900 bales; American
poor.
Futures-American middling fair. low mid
ling clause: March and April l-6id; April
and May l64d. also Id; MAY and June
@-6ld, also 1 l6id; June and July, 4-6Id,
also 3-64d; July and August, 664d, also
! 5-6ld August and September, 6-64d, also
4 o-6td; september and October. sold, also
Tod; October and November 9-64d also
std Tenders at to-days clearngs were
p. m.-Cotton. American middling fair.
49l6d good middling, 414d; middling, 4lsd:
low mlddling, 4d; good ordinary, 3a5d; ordi-
nary, 3 l-l6d.
characterization middling fair, low mid
ding clause: March, 40D4 l-6id: March
and April 4194 cd; April and May
41t4 Lad; May and June, 26ld, sellers;
June and July, 3G404 4-64d; July and Au-
gust. 5-e4d sellers; August and September,
4 SID buyers; September and October
4 f64d. BUYERS; October and November
S-64@i 9-6id. Futures closed quiet, but
New York, March %, noon.-Cotton futures
opened steady, as follows March SIC;
April, 4Oc; May 45c; June, Z sic; July,
New York, March 90 p m.-Spot cotton
closed dull; middling gulf 74c; middling
uplandS 152c; sales % BALES.
Futures closed steady, with sales OF
4o,lOU bales, as follows: March, Sec; April
Z 4Oc; May, 47c; June. ole; July, 60c; Au
gust 67c; September, 59c; October, 64c;
November &c; December, Z 74c.
New York. March 20-Total consolidated
net receipts at all the ports to-day were TO- S0l
bales; exports to Great Britain 1917 bales, to
trance - bales. TO the continent 9, 1877 bales;
stock 796,S43 bales
Total so far this week: Net receipts 90 3O5
bales; exports to Great Britain 80 OPS bales
to France 1870 bales, to the continent 10 g43
bales.
New Orleans. March 20.-Cotton futures
closed dun, with sales of a.. 20 bales, as
follows: March uoc, April csc, May llc
June PIC, July 28c, August 33c, Septem-
Der 20c, OCTOBER 1920, November 36c, De-
New York, March 2O-The Suns cotton re-
port says: Cotton declined to points
but recovered and advanced 10 TO IL points
closing steady. Sales 94,lO bales. Liverpool
advanced = to point and lost most of this,
closing quiet and steady. Sales on the spot
1000 bales, at steady quotations. In Man
chester yacnS were quiet, but steady. Cloths
dull New Orleans advanced to points.
The port receipts were estimated at II 600
bales and reachad lOsOl bales, against IA 214
bales this day last week and g. 100 bales last
year. thus far this week 2s317 bales,
against 1922 bales thus far last week
Exports to-day 1917 bales for Great
Britain and 9.737 ales to the continent.
spot cotton here was dull and unchanged:
sales CD bales for spinning. Southern markets
were generally steady and unatered. New
Orlean receipts tomorrow are estimated at
$500 bales to 5000 bales, against 5.a24 bales
on the same dey last week, and 2 POO bales
last year. 1t is narrow and not very interest
ing speculation, . the Easter holidays are
close a hand and every body is disposed TO
hold alOof and await events rather than
plunge into the speculative stream at once
and make bold fight one way or another.
There is nothing new in the situation "
New ork March 20-RiOrdan & Co say of
cotton to-day: The cotton market continues
extremely dun. with little change in prices
There was nothing noteworthy in the attitude
of Liverpool today, and there was little to
encourage the bulls In port receipts which
were again larger than last year. May opened
at 7.45c, declined to 7i3c rallied to Z 4Sc and
closed at 7.47c bid with the tone steady
News from the manufacturing centers in this
country is a trihe more cheerful, and this
makes traders very cautious about selling so
that the few buying orders that were T ceiVed
suthced TO stifen the market. The imrove-
ment would probably have been more decided
but for reports from Washington that Hatch
is confident that his anticipation bill will pass.
Traders recognize the fact that nobody will
want to buy cotton, except those who expect
TO spin it, and as long as the measure hangs
over the market it will tend to XIII the effect
Of all legitimate influences which might
under other circumstances, bring about a
healthy and lasting advance"