The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-18

was quoted quiet, holders refused to sell
/ at the rise. On the other hand, buyers
were not willing to pay further ad-
vance. In the spirits turpentine market
the demand was good. with bids for all
offerings at the current price, which was
! 25hc, and unchanged for Friday. ROsin
| continued in strong demand and some OF
the medium grades rose 2i5c a barrel The
security market continued quiet. with
very little Offering. The wholesale mar
kets were quiet during the half holiday.
but prices were steady and unchanged.
| The following resume Of the different mar
kets will show the tone and the quota
tions at the close to-day:
COTTON.
The buoyant feeling OF operators in
/ cotton was fully demonstrated to-day by
the persistent refusal of the holders TO
| the market advanced &c. making the
/ price &c on basis for middling, they
wanted higher prices before they would
| agree 10 release their stock. At the Cot
| ton Exchange, at the regular call, the
market was bulletined at 1sc dd-
vance, with the tone quiet. There were
The following were the official spot quo
| tations, at the close of the market, at the
| Cotton Exchange to-day:
| Good middling .....................,...5 5-16
NliuullnS ...-..ss..-.......s...
Low miuuilhS ....-.....-..-............b ll-l6
GOOD ordinary .........-.,...........6B
Nlarket-ouiet; sales. none.
Mddling same day last year csc.
Savannah receipts, exports and stocks
receipts this day ......................no none
| Same day last year .................. %
Receipts since Sept /, '94............. 943, C34
2tlle tIile lasL year .9o''oI2
| Stock on hand this day ............... ASH
same Gay last year .......-.-......-... 1856
Receipts and stocks at the ports
| Receipts this day ................... 1877
| This day last week ................. 145
/ This day last year................. ASP
| Total receipts since Sept. l. 1894. T. 912 S24
] Same time last year. SIS, 1853
Stock at the ports to-day ............ 302, 628
! stock same day last year.......... 186,0S6
| Daily movement at other ports
| Galveston-Steady; middling. &c; net re-
| ceipts, CO. (all new; sales, SO; stock, 9,5l2
New Orleans-Dull; middling, z Lie; net
| receipts, 81, q new: stock, Is, S25
Mobile-Steady; middling, 7Bc; net re-
cetpts, z; stock 4037.
Charleston-Firm; middling, &c; net re-
| ceipts, 20; stock 1S729.
Wilmington-Firm; middling, TIC; net
/ ccfpts, 4; stock, 2,6l3
Norfolk--steady; middling. nc; sales, 6;
| stock s, 437.
Baltimore-Nominal middling, 7skc; net
/ receipts, none; stock, 627S.
New York-Quiet; middling, 9-16c; net
/ receipts, none; sales, 155; stock, 167. SIS
| Boston-Quiet; middling, 9-l6c; net re-
| ceipts, none. stock, 49,.
| Philadelphia-Firm; middling, 7&c; net
| receipts, none; stock 5,501.
| Daily movement at interior towns
Augusta-Firm middling, 75sc; net re-
ceiipts, 4S; sales, 30; stock, 4S26.
| Memphis-Quiet; middling, &c: net re-
| ceipts IS; gross, 316; stock, 2,166.
st. Louis-Steady; middling, TIC; net re-
ceipts, 10; gross, 157; stock, 1882.
| Cincinnati-Quiet; middling. TIC; net re-
| ceipts II; sales, S00 stock, 6,552.
| Houston-Steady; middling, nc; net re-
| ceipts none; stock, 2O22.
| Exports of cotton this day
New orleans-To the continent. 1884;
| coastwise, 9lS.
Mobile-Coastwise, $50
| Savannah-COastwise &c.
| . New YorA-To the continent, $50.
| Total foreign exports from all ports to-
day and thus far this week-To to the con-
| tinent, 1884
Total foreign exports since Sept. !, 81
To Great Britain, 3,435,O9l: to France, u.s.
| 80; to the continent, 2.423 739.
| Liverpool, Aug. II. 1890 p. m.-Cotton,
middlng. 29-32d; sales 60OO bales; Amer
lean, $500 bales; speculation and export,
LOO bales. Futures opened steady; de-
mand fair; American middling, low mid
ding clause, September-October, 3.549
| S.56d; October-N oVember 3.55H3 566I3.57d -;
November and December, S.57G3. SD; De-
| cember-January, 3. 5S0I3 59d3.6 cod; January
! February, S59d3.60@S61; February March.
| closed quiet but steady
Liverpool Aug II p. m.-Cotton. Amer
lean middiing, $3.50; August. Seas: .s sd
| ers; September-Octob 3.5703.5Sd; Octo-
ber-November, 3.5S4S.59d buyers; Novem-
| ber-D December, S60d sellers; December
| January, 36ld buyers; January February.
I 3. e9Ga2 SD sellers; February March 3e2Ns
| 4.00d; Mareh-April 4.01d; April May. 4.O20
4.OSd buyers; May-June, 40Ad value. Fut-
New York, Aug II. noon.-Cotton fu-
lures opened steady at an advance; Au-
gust, 7.22c; September. 1850; October. 1850
| November, 740c; December, 7.44c; January
! 7.50c; February, 7.54c.
New York, Aug. Hp.m.-Cotton futures
closed quiet and steady; sales, 81 700 bales ;
! August. III; September, 727 October,
7.3S; November, 7.3S; December, TAB; jan
uaTy, 49, February 754; March, 759.
closed steady; sales, %. zoo bales; August,
7.l0c; September, 7i3ci October, 7.13c No
vember, Tie; December. 71Sc; January,
72Sc February. Use; March, 1859; April
| 1880.
New York, Aug. 1.-THE total visible
bales, of which asses bales are Amer;-
can, against 2,1i4,5SS bales and Its, 4S3
bales respectively last year. The receipts
of cotton this week at all interior towns
were 1882 bales. The receipts from the
plantations were none. Crop In sight is o.
| 705, SIS bales.
| of cotton to-day; Liverpool is evidently a
good deal more disturbed than the New
York bears at the condition of the Texas
| crop. This morning, instead of sending us
! the decline which had been confidently ex-
pected. she cabled the handsome advance
of three-sixty-fourths with a firm closing
The bears here were completely taken
| aback. October opened at 7.S0c, but Instant
| ly rose points further selling on the call
as high as 1850. Later the market eased
| reacting about four points from the high
| est. The close was quiet and steady with
| October at 1901. SIC After the close hid
| ders were Offering 1850 for October The
| future of market seems was now to depend
| mainly upon the prospects OF the Weld in
| Texas. That state IS so immense an al,1.f-
| cultural empire extent that 1t Us not easy
| TO form any trustworthy conclusions as
| to its cotton crop from advices obtained
| from any particular section. We have been
| watching the developments throughout
| Texas closely, and we are inclined 10 the
| opinion that, taking the state as "A whole
| irreparable damage has already been done
| TO the crop. We do not believe that the ef
| fects OF the drought in Southwestern Texas
| can be more than partially cured by rams
hereafter while n the drought should con-
Austin X. MyreS.