The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-13
COTTON.


r,be influence of the controlling mar
- ,aused a decline in local spots to-day
- 1-l6c on all grades. There was very
fit.ia business doing, though the market
closed quiet but steady at tne aecl llii
AZ the Cotton Exchange, at the nrst can,
ar 1880 o'clock, the market was pulletlhSI
0uiet and unchanged, with safes OF %
bales; at the second call II was D1iIe sLli leu
.,tier and easy and unchanged, with sales
Sf 40 bales; at the last call, II was qulSi
and steady at decline OF l-loc III al
grades, with sales of 2l5 bales. 800.
The following were the ofnclal spot quo
+afions at the close of the market at
the Cotton Exchange to-day: -,
Good middling -.....--...'.-.-.'''''' 2, &c
Low middling ...'.'.-..'''''''-'''''' . iS
Good orqln mary and steady: sales. 4oS
Sea island Cotton-The market remain
ed quiet. with sales made at the following
quotations: %
choice FIoridas, nominally ......19
Extra fine Floridas, nominally. .lIls
F'ine Floridas, nominaly .........l6 qlb13
Extra choice Georgias, nominaly'n
Choice Georgias, nominally ....--l5Adl6
Extra fine GeorglaS ...''......''''- i51721t 70
Fine Georgias ......................lS12 d "A
Medium fine Georgias ............lS WlSA
Medium Georgias ..-.............''ia2
Common GeorgldS ..-.... .-...'..-;lz
Savannah Receipts, Exports and Stock Ks;
Receipts this day ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1,S4O
Receipts this day last year ......:.... LOO
Receipts this day year before last..'. '99o
Receipts since Sept. l, 1885. .......... 6gI, 56S
Same time last year ...................ly6,3bl
same time year before last............S45,7 63
Exports, coastwise, this day ......... 1,O5O
stock on hand this day................ q, lO1
Same day last year .........".'......, ., i0V
No consolidated reports were received
on account of the observance of Lincoln's
birthday at New York.
Daily Movement at Other Ports
Galveston-Quiet; niddling, 1915; net
receipts, 1903; sales, All; stock, 105,9l9.
New Orleans-Easy; middHng, IA; net
receipts, Abs; gross, 4,7S6; sales, 9,4OO;
Mobile@Ouiet; middling, 1916; net re-
cepts, 410; sales, 100; stock, 4o,17S
Charleston-Quiet; mlddling, Ills; net
receipts, 1924; stock, 36,S7S.
Wilmington-Dull; middling, rs; net re-
cepts, 253; stock, II, 20l.
Norfolk-Steady; middling ~; net re-
ceipts. LOO; sales, 149; stock, 1881
Baldmore-Dull; middhng, SA; stock,
New York-Holiday.
BostOn-Hoiday.
elphia-Holiday
Daily Movement at Interior Towns
Augusta-Dull; middling. rs; net re-
ceipts 2S4; sales, 1893; stock, S3,031.
Memphis-steady; middling, IA; net re-
ceipts, 1853, gross, 959; sales, 800; stock,
St. Louis-Quiet; middling, ~; net re-
2O8 '''''S''
Cincinnati-Quiet; middling, 77s; net re-
ceipts $50; stock $780,
stOn-Easy; middling 1916: net re-
ceipts, 2,724; stock, 1916
Exports of Cotton This Day
New OrleanS-To Great Britain, 2,914.
Mobfle-Coastwise 20S
SaVannah-Coastwise 1850
Whining ton-Coas twise, 1858.
Liverpool, Feb. u, 1880 p. m.-Cotton,
demand moderate; prices favor buyers;
American middling, 17-32d sales, 5000
bales; American, 1900 bales; speculation
and export, 500 bales; receipts, 5000 bales;
American, 1890 bales; speculation and ex-
port, 500 bales; receipts, 5000 bales; Amer
lean, 100 bales. Futures opened steady;
demand moderate; F'ebruary-March, 4.25d I;
March-April, AID; April May, 4.23d May
June, 4.23Gt4 22d; June-July, 423d4. 22d I;
July-August, 4.22d; August-Septembe
420d September-October, 4.10d; October
November, 4.07d4. 06d Futures quiet;
tenders at to-days clearings, none.
LAO p. m.-Cotton, American spot grades,
l-32d lower; American middling, fair,
Z-32d; good middling, 1921; middling,
6l2d; low middhng, 4 1920; good ordinary,
$500; ordinary, 4 3-32d.
p. m.-February, 4.26d value; February
March, 4.24d4. 25d; March-April, 4.24d buy
ers; April-May 4.23d sellers; May-June,
AID buyers; June-July, 4.22d sellers; July
August, 4.21d4 22d buyers; August-Septem-
her, 418d4.19d buyers; September-October,
4l0d buyers; October November, 4.06d
buyers; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, 4.05G4 06d
value. Futures closed steady.
New Orleans, Feb. 12.-Cotton futures
steady; sales, So 600 bales; February, Tic;
March, 7.71c; April, 776c: May, isle; June,
lSc; July, 1870; August, 7.79c; Septem-
her, 1880; October, 7.29c; November, 1850;
December, 72Sc.