The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-18


sumo of the local and Geographic mar
kets will show the tone and the quotations
al the close to-day:
COTTON.
The local market was not effected by the
fluctuations in the controlling markets to-
day There was but little business done,
and the situation remained unchanged.
AT the Cotton Exchange, the market be-
ing bulletined steady and unchanged at
each call. The sales were II bales at the
first call, $50 at the second and none at
he closing.
The following were the official spot quo
tations at the close of the market at the
4 cotton Exchange to-day:
4 Good mlddling ..-...-.... ....'....'....S 10
Middling 1870. ....... ..'......'.....''6 -.
Low middllng ..........'. .'........'...'1 l5-lo
4 Market steady; sales, 25S.
Sea Island Cotton-There was an III
a creased interest in the market to-day, as
4 some orders had arrived and the bay ers
4 were actually in the market. There was
far business done aud the sales were
fair. The reported sales were made on
a basis of the following quotations:
Choice Floridas ........................19 1920
! Extra fine Floridas .................. Is
Il Fine tIOrldaS ...........................l
4 Extra choice GeOrgias .................7
Choice GeOrgias ......................-.15i
Extra fine Georgias ...........,.......l6
4 i me GeOlglaS ...-.....................lJ LOG
4 Medium. fine Georgias ................15
Savannah Receipts, Exports and Stocks:
81 Receipts this day ........... .......... 4,3OI
Same day last year ......... .......... 7,53S
4Receipts since Sept. /, 1895 ........471, 6Si
tStOck on hand this day .............. 1852
Same day last year ......... .,........ .l25,S65
Receipts and Stocks at the Ports
Secelpts TINS day ............ ...... 42,0l2
4This day last week .................. 43.32S
This day last year ...:............... 62.6l4
+ This day year before last .......... 57,0S0
4Receipts past four days ............ 117,274
#Same days last year ............. 1872
8Same days'year before last .... 1856 $40
nf1l ITAfg gin SnTtf 1
Same time last year ................ A. 559, 30l
Same time year before last .........3, 730, 9S2
Stock at the ports to-day .........l ,225, 076
q Stock same day last year ...........1, 215,677
Receipts This Week Last Year
Saturday. Wednesday ....47. $50
a Monday ,3l7 Thursday IA, O36
Tuesday .........62,614 Friday .........70, 1O1
Daily Movement at other ports
Galveston-Steady; middling, SIS; net re-
ceipts, 1854; sales 1,43l; stock, 1881
New Orleans-Steady; middling, SIS
gross receipts, 1885; sales, 500; stock,
4 Mcbile-steady; middling. s; net re-
eelpts 100: sales, 300; stock, 1861.
Charleston-Steady; middlng, 15-16;
net receipts, LISP; sales. 52,z96.
Wilmington-Steady; mddling, 8; net
Norfoik1Quiet; middiing, 81; net re-
ceipts. 2,SO9; sales, ia; stock. 5O,5OS.
cepts s5s sses @ co. stoeE s5 net re-
New York-Dull and easy; middling,
9-l6; net receipts. $40; gross, 1886; sales,
Bcston-Dull; middling, 1-16; net re-
q ceipts, 7O8; gross, 1867.
Philadelphia-Quiet; middling, 1916;
neJ receipts, 10i; sales, none; stock, 1,2zS.
Daily Movement at Interior Towns
Augusta-Steady; middling, SIS; net re-
ceiipts, 1,294; sales, ISL. stock, 1868.
Memphis-Steady; middling, 8; net re-
a ceipts, 2,S17; gross, S175; sales, $500; stock,
4 st. Louis-steady; middling. Sis; net
receipts, LID 1,544; gross. 6,Ol2; sales, $50;
/ X.
Cincinnati-Quiet; middling. 81; net re-
ceipts. 1850; stock, 5000.
HOuston-Easy; middling S1k; net re-
4 ceipts, 14.149; sales, 591; stock, 55,oSl.
Experts of Cotton This Day
GalvestOn-To France. $3.50.
z 10 the continent, 1888; coastwise, 1896
Mobile-Coastwise, 4S2.
q CharlestOn-To Great Britain, 1884.
NCrfolk-Coastwise, 4l6
New York-To the continent, Sl4; for
wGrded. 5,146
i Boston-To Great Britain. 1862
Total foreign exports from all ports
& this day: To Great Britain 4OSl; to
A Frence, $3.50; to the continent, 1O.152
Il Total foreign exports from all ports
4 81; to France, 1869; to the continent,
4 1920.
Tcta! foreign exports since Sept. /, '94:
10 Great Britain. S41, $50; to France, $751;
n O71 to the continent, 72S,45S
Liverpool, Dec. II, 1880 p. injection,
ems9d s 69r RriS Ice fg
il,
Il s39G bales; speculation and export 1000
bales, receipts 11,OOO bales; American, TO-
$50 bales. Futures opened steady, demand
moderate; December-January, 4.32Q4. 33d;
8 January February 4.32d4 1904 34d; Feb
q ruary March, 433d; March-April, 4.310
4321ti. 33d; May-June, 4.32d4 .33d; July-Au-
gust, 4:Sid; August-September, 4.S2d; fu-
4 p. m.-December, 4.S5a4. So buyers; De-
4 GembeI January, 4.94d buyers; January
& March, 433d; March-Aprii. isSd seIItrs;
April-May, 433d value; May-June 1880
8 4.5ld sellers; June-July, 4.34d sellers; july
tember, 1880 buyers; October-NovemDer
unofficial, 4.23d value. Futures closed
Il New York, Dec. II, noon.-Cotton fu-
lures opened quiet but firm; January.
sic; February, S.32c; March, S3Sc; April
l3c May, S.46c; June, SAC.
closed steady sales es IS bales mf peSm
Der S.24c; January, 8.24c; February, $500;
March, S,35c; April. S.S9c; May, SAC; June,
BET sac; October. 8.0Sc November, S.O4c
steady. sales, $500 bales; December,
March, SiSc; April S2lc; June, s3sc July,
4@lc August, S.25c; September, 1850; Oc-
New York, Dec. 17.-Riordan G. Co. say
OF cotton to-day: Liverpool, this morn
4 hs' Tor the third day in succession, ig-
Hored our decline, and our market opened
q can at S.SSc. AS on Monday and Tues
Jay, the room traders were free sellers
ana March sagged to S.S5c, but the under
lone was manifestly firm and the sellers
were soon glad to buy back their contracts
az higher price March was selling at
1a9c, with every prospect of closing high
Il tI' when the message of the President,
threatening war with England to main
Jam the Monroe doctrine was flashed
4 over the wires, unsettling values and
eauslng quick decline. March again fell
70 S-35c, and then on heavy offerings to
53c It was argued that the closing
ol me English markets to our cotton
would destroy one of the chief elements
~ us value here, and for a time the
eehng was very weak indeed. But later
re sellers were reminded that any such
sIlous war scare as the Presidents at
a,ade seems to involve. would inevitably
dlse scramble among the English
plnhers for all the cotton they could get,
rt,nout regard 10 price and many main
ued mat the message would actually
ip prices instead Of depressing them
i.tse conslderations caused a slight re-
-Isioh OF feeling In the last fifteen min
ana the close was steady. with S.85c
1 Tor March. The feeling tonight about
rlnf.f q.