The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-20
COTTON.

savannah receipts Exports ana stocks:
| Receipts This ay......-.............-... $50
I Same day last year ......................5, lf8
! Net receipts since Sept l. lS9l........736. 9ii
/ Net same time last year .............7ZS. $40
| Exports, continent this day ..........S. 3l5
I Exports, France, this day .......-....5,h05
Stock on hand this day ................S6 1875
Same day last year .....................9i,5 iS
! Receipts and Stocks at the Ports
I Receipts this day ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. y, 1902
[ This day last week ................. 25.23l
Total receipts since Sept l. 1894 ....5. 139. l64
I Stock at the ports to-day ..........l, OlS, 400
| Daily Movement at other Ports
! Galveston-Steady; middlng, 3-l6; net
receipts $50; gross, $50; sales. ia9; stock.
New Orleans Easier; middHng, BIG;
net receipts; Il, iS5; gross ll5fii sales $50
M5Bile~Quiet. middling. 51-i6; net re-
ceipts, PAS; sales. 2O0; stock. 1886.
! Charleston-Steady; middling, ga; net re-
! Ceipts. 1.232, stock, 65.7l4
/ WilmingtOn-ioliday net receipts, none;
| gross. none. stock, 9, tl6.
! Norfolk-Hohday; middling, SIS; gross,
Balumore-Dull. middHng. 5ss net re-
ccipts. none, gross. 2, is2; stock, 25,57S.
] New York-Quiet; middung. 57t; net re-
! Ceipts, Of; gross, G70l' sales none'
Boston-Quiet; tniddlng. go; net re-
/ ceipts, 100. gross, 7i6.
] hiladelphia-Quiet; middling, 8; net re-
ceipts, 220; stock, 1912
! Daily Movement at Interior Towns
| Augusta-Nery steady; middling. ga; net
/
| Memphis-Steady. middiug, SIS; net re-
ceipts, l02l; gross, 1t3S; sales 9,toO' stock,
81. Enthusiastically: middHug SIS; net re-
| celpts, 45l; gross, 1885, sales @5; stock
Cincinnati-Steady: middlng. 5as net re-
ceipts, .. $50; sales, 400; stock, 4i@.
! Houston-Steady; middiug, 5ls; not re-
ceipts, 5.002; sales. 3l4; stock, 52,3oS.
Exports of Cotton This day
GalVcstOn-C Oastwise, S9l
| New Orleans-To Great Britain, l5,c0O;
| to France, S263; to the continent, -;
| coastwise, S9I
MObile-COastwise, 233
Savannah-To France, 5oo5; to the con-
Charleston-To the continent, 1,499;
Wiimington-To Great Britain, 6O53.
Norfolk-Coastwise 32S.
New York-To Great Britain, !, i22; for
Boston1To Great Britain, 267S.
Total foreign exports from all ports to-
| day and thus far this week:
To Great Britain, q, l5S; to France, 1925;
| to the continent 9,SH
Total foreign exports since Sept. I, 1894:
| To Great Britain, g. lZ3S9i; to France,
| SIS. 1872; to the continent 1499,4lS
Liverpool Jan. 19.-Cotton. fair business
! done; prices favor buyers. American mid
| ding. l-l6d; sales. 10000 bales; American,
| 920O bales; speculation and export, 500
| bales; receipts. 1900 bales: American 500
bales Futures opened easier, demand
Futures-January- February, 2.62; March
April 500; Aprl-Nay. 3.02; May-June. sos;
| June-July. 304. July-August. 3O6; August
September 3.W. Futures quiet at the de-
cline.
/ p. m.-Cotton-American middling. fair
Sad; good middling, 3-l5d; middling,
l-32d; low middling, Esd good ordinary
2Ad: ordinary. ? 9-l6d.
January, 2.62. sellers; January bruary,
262, February March, 2.63. value. March
April, 800, buyers April-May 3.01. value;
May-June. sos, sellers; June-July, 3.W, buy
ers; July August, 3.05, sellers; August-Sep-
sos. buyers Futures closed quiet
New York, Jan. 9-NOon-Cotton flu
lures opened quiet and easy: January,
55i; February, 5.52; March, SIS; April
562; May, 565; June, $50.
New York, Jan. l9-Futures closed
March, 5.57; April. $50; MAY, 56i; June
SIS; July, 5.72; August, 30; September.
$50: October, 5.S6. Sales, 1000 bales.
New orleans. Jan. 1s.-Cotton futures
quiet and steady; sales $500 bales: Jan
April, 5.S2; May. 5.37; June. 5iS; July,
5iS; August, 55S; September, $50 Oeto-
Der, $50.
New York. Jan. 19.-The total visible sup
ply of cotton for the world is Asa, 653
bales, of which 45O5.453 bales are Ameri-
can, against 46l7 .90S bales and ALI .703
bales respectively last year. The receipts
of cotton this week at all interior towns
were 500 bales. The receipts from the
plantations were 1859 l79 bales Crop in
sight is 74S6,Sl2 bales.
New Orleans. correction: In New Or
! leans exports of cotton since Sept. l. de
duct from exports to Great Britain 595
bales and from exports to France 466
bales and add TO exports to the continent
selma. Ala. Jan. 1S.-Weekly receipts,
iSS; shipments zoe; stock, lS95-iSi0; 1884,
11.S22
New York. Jan 19-Riordan & Co. saw
Of cotton: This has been an eXtraordi-
nary week in the cotton market. Not
SO much for what cotton has done as for
pointed the bulls in failing to advance
and it has disguised the bears in stub
bornly refusing 10 decline The extreme
R been Within t range sas "eef e onS
seven points. the highest and the
lowest prices formerly having been 5.7lc
since we have had a week in which the
I fluctuations were SO narrow. To-day
opened at 5.65 sold at $50. declined 70
5.64c and closed at 6.64Q5.65 with
the tone steady. The indications are that
/ receipts next week will be compare
lively heavy and we shall not be surprised
If prices should so somewhat lower. The
season has now advanced far enough to
| make il reaSonah bly, certain that the pres
/ ent crop is going TO be much the largest
on record and lar in excess OF the wants
/ of the world. The hope of higher prices
I in the spring now hinges entirely upon
the extent of the reduction of cotton acre
/ age That there will be some reduction
is admitted by everybody. The bulls are
| encouraged to believe that this reduction
/ VIII pc 50 tdtSe mat dlloSe mel Sled !
and inevitable dimnution of the use of
| fertilizers, IL must, even at the best of
seasons, seriously cut down the yield
next fall. The position of bears is that
| the reduction will he confined mainly to
the south Atlantic states and that it will
| be no greater than the financial embar-
! rasments of farmers compel it to be.
| They claim that habit, as well as neces-
! sity. Will lead the men who have the land
/ and the mules TO plant every acre posi-
/ BILE the only money crop that they can
raise. They think that the south will
| lose sight of the fact that crop Of six
million bales will bring a great deal more
7 money than a crop of ten million bales
/ and that the every for himself
principle viii result. with a fair season.
, in giving us another big yield. 1t remains
for the southern farmers to decide wheth-
er they viii continue to impoverish them
selves for the sake of raising cheap cot
ton for English spinners. The steadily
/ increase in number of these farmers who
are now buying cotton contracts instead
/ af e-fss = Ill. IN he.r,