The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-06
COTTON.


After very dun weeks business the
market closed at Lice less than the open
ing. The entire sales for the week were
but S% bales. Prices ruled steady. but the
| ouerlngs were light and the market alb
Solutely devoid of interest. 1t was a wait
ing market. with operators calculating on
me future and paying no attention to the
present
The following were the official spot quo
tations at the close of the market at the
cotton Exchange to-day:
GoG9 mlddling .................-,......:6 l-l6
HIupHHS % l1-lo
/ Low middling NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
GGO1u ordinary .......,...-......,.....,.
Market steady; sales to-day, %; for the
! week, 36S
Receipts-The receipts of cotton at this
port from all sources for the last week
We're l3,03l bales upland and 81 bales sea
Island against 1883 bales upland and 1923
bales sea island last year.
Inc particulars of the receipts have
peen as follows: Per Central railroad,
5olS bales upland; per Savannah, Florida
and Western railway, 1904 bales upland
ana v bales sea island;, per Charleston
and Savannah railroad. 2 bales upland;
per South Bound, 93S bales upland; per
+ lorlda Central and Peninsular railroad,
eo5o baies upland; per Savannah steam
eis, Il bales upland.
Exports--The exports for the past week
Mere 1913 bales upland and ia bales sea
IsddhQ, moving as follows; To Baltimore,
l,olO bales upland and % bags sea island;
sea island; to Boston. 2,151 bales upland;
70 Havre, 2.734 bales upland and 100 bags
; sea island; to St Petersburg, 1850 bales
upland; to Hamburg, 9SS bales upland; to
Io(henourg, 1875 bales upland; to Gelfe,
4lVO bales upland
Stocks-The stocks on hand and on ship
BOARD to-day was 55,274 bales upland and
-,Nyl bales sea island against 55532 bales
upland and $3.50 bales sea island at the
eQesresponding time last year;
sea lslands-'The receipts for the past
past week were ia bags. moving as fol-
loHs' To Havre. 149; to northern ports for
domestic consumption, 20 bales The sales
LOT the week were 745.
Considering the small offerings, the
- ness can be said to have been very
T 5ooa during the week. Prices have re-
90 i.dIhed firm and unchanged, as follows:
ET4olce Ca s and Fla. 's............. .16QlG15
Ira llne Gas and Fla.'s full.....l5
E1Alra fne Gas and Fla. s scant....13
5Rf+ne Georgias and Floridas. ........ll%
S[Ie9ium line Gas and Fla. .ll01lis
% Charleston, S. G., April Sea- Island
me islands, CSC; extra fine Islands,
yg490c. Weekly receipts, none; exports,
!" -3ass; sales, none; stock, 2l3 bags
ne quotations from Charleston are for
Sc island cotton raised on the islands Of
tSo1lh Carolina, which is superior in quail
y! To- the "Georgias" and "Floridas." In
di,ff@erlenced producers, not knowing the
Nis.SIence, viii note this explanation
- thnah Receipts, Exports and stocks:
T. .,te!pts this NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 1.4S7
I, elpts same day last year. 1920
= cepts past week. 13.t22
~ .elpts same week last year.. 1883
<, receipts since Sept. !. ISL. 893 061
~ receipts for same time last year
lelucting 66.7Sl bales shipped
enough TO Charleston .............. $40 $50
HloSa receipts since Sept. ], 1894. 50 I. Do
Nlo'a receipts for same time last
year Including 65.7N bales for
L Malded 70 Charleston ...............907. 3s5
L ports this day coastwise ........ 21li
exports foreign this day..........4 1885
exports past week, coastWlse. ......6 ,GCJ