The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-04
EXPORTS OF COTTON.


New Orleans, Jan. 3.-The following is the
semi-weekly cotton movement at twelve
leading interior towns: Receipts 6.S67 bales,
against 26,4l5 bales last year; shipments,
SO, O5l bales. against a 429 bales last year:
stock, 372,29l hales, against 364,sO9 bales last
year.
New Orleans Jan. 3-The actual average
weight OF 4 1886, 401 bales of the cotton crop,
embracing port receipts and overland freight
for four months. ending Dec. 81, was 500
pounds per bale, against 504 o. 100 pounds per
bale last year. Detailed averages are as fol-
lows: Texas, 5lS 97-100 pounds per bale, de-
crease from last year of ~ 3-l00 pounds; Lou
isiana, 504 2-l00 pounds per bale, decrease of
72-l00 pounds; Alabama 502 pounds per bale.
a decrease of 1 pound; Georgia. 1856 5710J
pounds per bale, a decrease of 37-100 pounds;
South Carolina, 4S7 pounds per bale, the same
as last year; North Carolina, 4SS 5000 pounds
per bale, an increase of 5 77-l00 pounds: Nir-
glnia, 4e5 34100 pounds per bale, a decrease of
2 16-1O0 pounds; Tennessee, including ST.
Louis and overland. 500 $500 pounds per
bale, a decrease Of 5000 pounds; net decrease
for the whole, as compared with the close of
November this year. 14-l00 pounds per bale,
and chmpared with the close of December
last year 96-l00 pounds.
Grain, Provisions. Etc.
New York. Jan. S.-Flour more active and
a tritie steadier; winter wheat. low grades
81 00C0$2 As; fair to fancy 81 1908 IS; patents
So 400DS3 IS; Minnesota clear 81 50QS2 90 !;
patents So S061S4 80 low extras g. 050s2 45;
southern flour steady; common to fair extras
81 00QDS3 90; good to choice extras So l0(9S4 20
Wheat, spot market dull and trmer; No. 2
red in store and elevator 651a@66c; .adoat
67A@674c; options declined &c early rallied
h@3sc, closed firm at IzGs3sc over yesterday,
with trading dull; No. 2 red closed January
65Bc; February 674c; May 705so Corn, spots
dull and steady; No. , red 4lZ6l42c eleva-
tor; 42A@43c afioat; steamer mixed 4lA0
4124c; No. white 42c: options very dull, clos
ing steady; January 4lBc; February 42dc;
May 444c, Oats, spots quiet and frmer;
options moderately active and hrmer; Jan
uary S4ci February 1850; May 35c: spot No
2, 34c; No. white January sc; NO2 white
csc; mixed western 34H6Slc white west
ern 384@40c. Hay, quiet and weak; shipping
55060c good to choice $4,000 Beef dull
and steady; family Sll O00Sl3 90; extra mess
So OO6S8 80. Beef hams quiet at Sl5 600
S15 25. Tierced beef dull; city extra India
mess $40 O00$20 90. Cut meats quiet and
steady; picked bellies &c; picked shoulders
&c; picked hams 90924c middles nominal.
Lard quiet and easy western steam s. 10;
futures nominal; refined quiet; continent
IS IS: South American 50 20; compound IS 20
@S6 25. Pork moderately active and steady;
mess SlS 15gsl4 so Butter quiet aud weaker;
state dairy 1SG925c; state creamery 20l025c;
western dairy 100000; western creamery 20
orc; western factory l51aG120c; Elgins 26z0
&c. MOlasses-foreign nominal, quiet and
steady; New Orleans open kettle good to
choice S0038c Peanuts quiet; fancy hand
picked 3346D4c. Coffee, options steady, I'M
changed, 10 20 points up; January Ia 1C0
September Is S5ai5 409 spot Rio duh; No.
7, 1890. Sugar, raw, dull and weak: fair re
timing eye; refined quiet aud steady; No 6,
8 7-l6Q3ssc; standard A - lG6D4c; cut loaf
4 9-1604Ac; crushed 4 9-l66D4a&c; granulated
3 13-16041sc. Freights to Liverpool quiet
and firm: cotton, by steam, $50; grain, by
steam. 3D.
Chicago, Jan. Sit was bull market in
wheat to-day in a small way May opened at
81 &C. This was a loss of over u a &C. After
holding steady for while the price was ad
uanced under buying by local scalpers to
6524c, receded slightly closing firm at 65%c,
net gain of u a. &c for the day. Corn was
firm. The tone was for the most part derived
from wheat. Cash was in light demand, with
offerings very small. Prices were a little
hrmer. May showed gain OF q a &c for the
day. Oats were steady to firm. The close
was Is 90 &c higher than yesterday The
feeling was due to the strength of wheat
Provisions-a large run of hogs at the stock
yards and liberal receipts at outside points
were responsible for a weak opening in pro
visions. IL was followed by further de-
cline upon free offerings by a prominent
packing institution. The close was a decline
of % z9c for May pork, l21sc for May lard l5c
for May ribs
Chicago, Jan. 3.-Cash quotations were as
follows Flour dull and unchanged. Wheat
No. spring 6OaZc No. 2 red, 60%c. Corn
No 2, 34Ac. Oats-No. g 2S14c. Pork per
barrel, Sl2 5215G1Sl2 575a. Lard, 81 90 asked.
Short rib sides, SO 500S6 50. Dry sailed
shoulders; 50 250lS6 so. Short clear sizes,
So 759d 90. Whisky, distillers' finished
goods, 81 Is.