The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-22
COTTON.

Choice FlOTldaS .-.....-..-...-.--.--l01 2ull
Extra fine FlOridas ................l5 Ql6
Fine Floridas, nominally ........l4 a14h
Extra choice Georgtas ......-.....l5 @l53s
Choice Georglas :.....-.........''-'I9
Extra fine GeorglaS ....-...........l5
Zine GeorgiaS ..-...................lz Qlz1a
Medium fine Georgias .....-.....lila
Medium Georgias ..................l
Common Geofglas ...............-.IV QlV12
savannah Receipts, Exports ana stocks;
Receipts this day .....--.-.......-.... ~
Receipts this day last year .......... 2393
Receipts this day year before last 1O09
Receipts this day in 1898 ............ 2,42S
Receipts since Sept ], 95 ......--. 80, 2l6
Same time last year ..................s66,l5 5
same time year before last .........S95,O5l
same time in 1898 .....................7W, y5l
stock on hand this day .............. s.. $50
Same day last year .................. 5t,Jbo
Receipts and Stocks at the Ports
Receipts this day ................... 800
This day last week ..-............... u,tU
Total receipts since Sept. l, 3d.. .46i7,59
Same time last year ............-....I,20S w 64S
Stock at he ports to-day ......-... ~, go
Stock same day last year .......... S45,6O1
DaIIv movement at other ports
Cialveston-Steady; middling, 13-l6c; net
receipts $50; sales, SSl; stock, 566H:.
New Orleans-Quiet; middling. IA; net
receipts, 1884; gross, 1854; sales, 700; stock,
'Miobile-Quiet; middling. 75scs;, net re-
ceipts col; sales, 200; stock, 1854.
Cnarleston-Steady; middling, TIC; net
receipts S45; stock. 9O9O9:
Wlmington-Quiet; mlddlmg, TIC; net
receipts 227; stock, 10,526.
Norfolk-Quiet; middling, 7Ac; net re-
ceipts 1929; sales, 1854; stock, 32,3Ol.
misunderstanding; middling, 7l5-l6c;
net receipts, SOB; stock, 14.225.
New YOrk-Dull; middling, 15-l6c; net
receipts, 296; gross, 3,lS5; sales, lf9; STOCK,
Bioston-Dull: middling. 15-16c; net re-
ceipts 914; gross, 6,124.
Phiadelphia-Quiet; middling, 15-l6c;
stocks, $3.50, corrected:
Daily movement at interior towns
August&-Quiet; middling, IA; net re-
ceipts, 60; sales, 20l: stock, q, l6S
Memphis-steady; middling, 79sc; net re
ceipts, 233; gross, 2S3; sales, 1850; stock,
St Louis-steady; niddling. 75sc; net re
ceipts, &c; gross sol; sales, 1,OS2; stock, Co.
Cincinnati-steady; middling, 7%c; net
receipts, $751; sales, $50; stock, 100.
H9astqn-s sis m atod IA sAe net
Louisvile-Steady; middling. 7Mc.
Exports of Cotton This Day
New Orleans-Continent, 4,459; coast
Mobile-Coastwise, $50
Observation-Disclosures 800.
Wimingt on@Coastwise, $50.
Norfolk-To Great Britain, S124; coast
New " York-continent 1.s9S; forwarded,
Total foreign exports from all ports
this day: TO Great Britain, so; to
France, none; to the continent 6,l5I.
thus far this week: To Great Britain,
S,i24; TO France. none; to the continent,
Fatal foreign exports since Sept. /, 1895:
To Great Britain, 1,7SS,S50; to France, 49,
S54 to the continent, SO, 81. c.....
Liverpool. March q, 1890 p. m.-Cotton:
Demand limited; prices unchanged; MID
ling, 4 13-32d; sales, 1900 balesi Amerl-
can, $500 bales; speculation and export
500 bales; receipts, $4,000 bales; American,
mand fair; March, 4.20d; March April, AIS
d419d4.20d; May-June, 4l7Q4.1Sd; june
July, 416d417d; July-August, 4l5q4lbd;
September, 411G412d4.13d; Octo-
bor-November. 3.62Q3 SD; November-De-
cember, 360G3. 61@3.62d; December-Janu-
airy, 36063.61d; futures firm
/ p. injections: American middling,
1S-32d March, Aid sellers; March April,
420d value April Ma May 4lSg42qd se4e ,TS
4.17a41Sd sellers; July-;Augusts 416a4l7d
sellers; August-Septembe 4.1Sd buyers;
tober-November, S.6Sn40 God buyers; No
vember-D December, 3.62r3. SD sellers; De-
cember-January, S.62QS.63d sellers; fu-
New York, March q, noon;-Cotton fu-
lures opened barely steady on near
months, firm on distant months; March,
1.5gc; April, 7.63c; May 77Oc; june July
New York, March 81, p. MIXTURES
closed steady; sales, 1207C0 bales; March
7.53c; April, 7.55c: MAY, 7.61c; June 1920;
July, 1850; August, 1850; September, 1889;
October 723c; November, 7.1Sc; December,
1.20c; January, 724c.
lures steady; sales, O,40O bales; March,
l.53c; April 7.54c;. May, June, 7.54c; July,
1.53c; August, 7.44c; September, 7.O7c; ,Oc-
tober, 6.95c; November, 6.92; December,
New York, March 21.-The total visi-
pc supply of cotton for the z world IS g.
American, against 1920 1893 bales, and A.
So2, 1873 bales, respectively, last year Re
towns, S0,543 bales; receipts from the plan
tations, Al, 0O9 bales. Crop in sight, $685.
$50 bales.
OF cotton: Cotton had a sharp rise this
week, May, which closed at 7.54c on last
Saturday, having advanced on Thursday
thy about this rise. first that it was caus-
Cd almost exclusively by the buying of
frightened bears to cover short sales
ana, secondly, that the scare among the
shorts was manipulated by a single strong
operator, who rarely makes his influence
Ielt in the market nowadays but who in
lfeStlge and resources easily OVertOps all
the leaders in the exchange. Yesterday
ana to-day this operator was seller, and
Notwithstanding an encouraging Liver
Iool to-day, prices broke. May opened
lhis morning at 771c and declined with
scarcely any rally to 761c, closing steady,
lut at the lowest of the day and q points
ne!ow the highest of the week. Traders
ms evening are all agog over the ques-
non whether we have seen the elimination
OF the advance, or whether to-days break
- ohly preparatory to a fresh and bigger
Hulge next week. 1t is true that the re-
eeipts are light, with a large and active
consumption abroad and Liverpool might
itot be averse to a higher range of values,
put trade in this country is very bad. The
amount of cotton still TO come in is an I'M
certain quantity and there is no present
OF prospective scarcity of the staple any
where Whine the certainty that the south
: planting this spring for a monster crop
= lion in the path of the bulls There
ere few sanguine traders here who claim
ana perhaps believe that we shall have
materially higher prices before August.
1hey may be right; but they are, at pres
shL IN small minority. We agree with
The majority in the belief that as the sea-
ION advances the general tendency Of the
market will be toward lower values
NAVAL STORES.