The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-09
COTTON.

SNOW the tune ana the quotations at the
close to-day:
COTTON.
The sudden and material slump in cotton
futures at New York, did not affect the
Local quotations, but 1t caused a weakness
in the tone. The sales for the day were
S91 bales. At the Cotton Exchange at the
first call the market was bplletined quiet
and unchanged with sales of sos bales. At
the second call it was unchanged with
sales of SOB bales. Al The last cali it was
quiet and easy and unchanged with further
saies of 20 bales
The following were the official spot quo
tations, at the close of the market, at the
Cotton Exchange to-day:
Good middling ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Middhng ..............,........,.... SIS
Low mddling Observation-Disclosures.
Market-Quiet and easy; sales, S91.
Middling same day last year, s 1-16c.
Sea Island Cotton-The. market remained
quiet and unchanged as follows:
Cholce tIorldaS .....................l6 ql7
Extra fine FlOridas .,...............15 Gl15la
Fancy Georgias ......................l3AQ4
Extra choice Georgias .............1312
Choice GeorgiaS .....,..............13
Extra fine Georgias ..............121a
Fine Georgias and Floridas .....12
Medium fine Ga. s and Fla. $ ......111s
Medium GAS and Fla.'s ..........n
Savannah receipts, exports and stocks
Receipts this day ...................... 1864
Receipts this day last year ........... 6,S79
Receipts this day year before last -. 6,00S
Receipts since Sept. 1, SO ........... .507, 304
Same time last year ................. .436, 959
Same time year before last .......... .597, 974
Stock on hand this day ............. .123,904
Same day last year .................... S6,176
Receipts and Stocks at the Ports
Receipts this day ..,,..,,......-.... 1868
This day last week .................. 1855
This day last year .................. 43,32S
This day year before last ......... 1926
Receipts past four days.............. 1871, S95
Same days last year ................ 12S,500
Same days year before last ......... 1854
Total receipts since Sept. l, 1885,. .2,92l, S91
Same time last year .2,78l,679
Same time year before last ........ 4,l@,2A
Stock at the ports to-day ...........1, lT,%o
Stock same day last year ........... s52,579
Receipts This Week Last Year
Saturday. SO. 76O Wednesday ....A,454
Monday. ,402 Thursday .....2S,791
Tuesday. .......43,3 1928 Friday ..........S4,6S9
Daily movement at other ports
Calves ton-Quiet; middling, S-16c net
receipts, 1921; sales, 1,049; stock, 174,O62
New Orleans-Easy; middling, 71sc; net
receipts, A,S54; gross, "a ,44S; sales, 1900;
stock, 409,7l7
Mobile-Easy; middling, &c; net receipts,
$3.50; sales, 600; stock, $500.
Charleston-Quiet; middling, 6Mc; net re-
ceipts, 1885, stock, 50 932.
Wilmington-Steady; middling, &c; net re-
ceipts, 39l; stock, 1862.
Norfolk-Nominal; middling, 3-16c; net
receipts, 4454; sales, POI; stock, 6i,OiO.
Baltimore-Quiet middling, 71ac; gross,
1866; stock p, 2S4.
New York-Dull middling. 77-16c; net
receipts, 2,73S; gross, S,S14; sales, 1885, spin
ners, 125: stock, 249,OS5.
Boston-Quiet; middling, 9-l6c; net re-
ceipts, 1900; gross, 1885,
Philadelphia-Quiet; middling, 1l-16c;
net receipts, 4O8; stock, 6,94S.
Daily movement at interior towns
Augusta-Steady; middling, 1-l6c; net
receipts, $50; gross, l,O3O; sales, l76; stock,
81 1886
Memphis-Steady; middling, &c; net re-
ceipts, 4,5lO; gross, SOB; sales $500; stock,
16l57S.
ST. Louis-Quiet; middling. nc; net re-
ceipts, $40; gross, 5Ol8; stock, 1928.
Cincinnati-Steady; middling, 7Bc; net
receipts, 1920; stock, 4,366.
Houston-Steady; middling. 1916; net
receipts, 1885, sales $50; stock, salts.
Louisville-Firm middling, nc.
Exports of Cotton This Day
Galveston-To Great Britain, 4674; CONT
nenks 7O6.
wise, 2,l41.
Mobile-Coastwise LAS.
Charleston-To Great Britain, GIL;
coastwise, 963
Wilmington-To Great Britain. 5000;
coastwise, 6,l94.
New York-To Great Britain, $3.50; conti-
nent 1000; forwarded, 5,9lS.
Boston-ro Great Britain, $50.
Total foreign exports from all ports this
day: To Great Britain, 25951; to France,
l6. 500; to the continent, 2,7O6.
Total foreign exports from all ports thus
far this week: To Great Britain, 1904; to
France, 3O,209; to the continent N'z1O
Total foreign exports since Sept l, 96:
To Great Britain, 1400, S9l; to France, $780,
O29: to the continent, Sl5,7SS.
Liverpool Dec. $3.50 p. m.-Cotton.
demand fair: prices easier. American
middling 9-32d sales, H. 900 bales, Amer
lean, Il, 800 bales; speculation and exports.
1000 bales; receipts, $1,000 bales, Ameri-
can. 800 bales. Futures opened quiet,
demand moderate; DecemDer-J January,
4O7d; January-February February
March, March-April, April-May May
June. 4.O5d; July-August, 4O1d. Futures
quiet.
12:45 p. -Cotton-Amercan spot
grades. l-s2d lower; American middling
fair, 49-l6d; good middling, 5-i6d; mid
ding, 4Itd; low mddling. 4 5-S2d; good or
binary. l-32d. ordinary. 3 A-S2d
400 y. december, 4.1Od, sellers; De-
cember-January, iOld, buyers; January
February. 4OGd. buyers; February March.
March-April. Aprll-May, 4O6d, sellers;
May-June, June-July, 4.O6ni.0Td, buyers;
July-August, 40d buyers August-Sep-
TENDER, 4.05d, buyers. Futures closed
steady.
New York, Dec. S.-noon. Cotton fu-
lures opened quiet: December, pc; Jan
uary. 1900; February, 1850; March. Li5c;
April. 750c; May, 7.5c.
New Orleans, Dec. S.-Cotton steady;
sales. 5000. January, csc; February
i.oic; March, 709c; April, 7l4c; May, 7.20c;