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

Sea Island COtton.-The market remain
ed quiet and easy with only a moderate
demand at the following quotations:
Choice Floridas, nominaNy .--.......l9
Extra fine Floridas, nominally is
Fine FlOridas. nOminally .......-....l61z
Extra choice Georgias. nOmtnally.H
Choice Georgias, nOminally .-......l6
Extra fine Georgias .......-..-..-...lb
ZINE GecrgiaS .-... .l3.t ~ IA
Medium fine GeOrgtas .................lSl4
Medium Georgias ...............r..-...l5
Common Georgias 49,. .--..-,.:iz52
Savannah Receipts, Exports and Stocks:
Receipts this day ...-....+............ 2,l75
Receipts this day last year ........ 1901
Receipts this day year before last ,I53
Receipts since Sept. J. 20 .5S6 sos
Same time last year ......+-..........7767 91
Same time year before last .......S27 1855
Exports, continent, this day ....... 5Sss
Stock on hand this day ............. 1866
Same day last year ....... .100Ol9
Receipts and Stocks at the Ports
Receipts this day ..................... 1922
This day last year ...-............... 22.7I
This day year before last ........... % SOC
Total receipts since Sept. !, 4,O06, S27
Same time last year .....-...........6 ,1l5,llS
Same time year before last .........4, 1872 6lS
Stock at the ports to-day ............ 1874 2S6
Stock same day last year .......... 96S,7U
Daily Movement at Other Ports
Galveston-Quiet; middling s; net re-
ceipts, 1858; sales, 566; stock, 113,i4S.
New Orleans-Steady; middling s; net re-
ceipts, 5,2Sl; gross, 5,72l; sales, 1,250; stock,
Mobile-Easy; middling rs; net receipts,
1855; sales, 100; stock, 42781.
Enthusiastically; middling ~; net re-
ceipts, 1.34S: stock, 43. $50.
Wilmington-Steady; middling rs; net
receipts, 623; stock, IA, 752.
Norfolk-Steady; middling, Z 15-16; net
receipts, S23; sales Az; stock, 4l,15S.
Beitimore-Nominal;m iddling SA; gross.
299; stock, 1868.
New York-Quiet; middllng So; sales. ALB,
Boston-Dull; middling, 81; net receipts.
Phladelphia-Firm; middling, So; stock,
Daily Movement at Interior Towns
Augusta-Quiet; middling rs; net re-
ceipts, 422; stock, IS, 69T
Memphis-Quiet; middling, 1916; net
receipts, S67 sales, 2,750 stock, 2S4 1876.
st. Louis-Steady; middling Isle; net
receipts, 81; gross, I6ll; sales, so; stock,
cincinnati-steady; middling s; net re-
ceipts, lbl; sales, 10; stock, 1870.
Houston-Dull; middling 5; net receipts,
s; gross, 1,407; stock, 20 $50
Exports of Cotton This Day
Galveston-To Great Britain, $500; con-
tinent. 5,29l: coastwise, 31lS.
New Orleans-To Great Britain, 1900;
France, 1853; continent, 2SO; coastwise,
Mobile-To the continent, 5,SSS.
avannah-Coastwise, 231.
Observation-Disclosures 631.
ilmington-Coastwise 1856.
NorfOlk-Coastwise, $40.
Boston-To Great Britain, 1909.
Total foreign exports from all ports this
day and so far this week-To Great
Britain, 100; to France 1868; to the con-
Total foreign exports since Sept. /, 1896
To Great Britain, 1,2S3679; to France $780,
JOE; to the continent. 1,0SS,1 36
Liverpool, Feb ], 1880 p. m.-Cotton, de-
mand moderate; prices 1920 lower; Amer
lean middling fair 15-16d; good middling,
4 11-16d; middling, 19-92d; low middling
AID; good ordinary, 49sd; ordinary, S-l6d
sales, 5000 bales; American, 7,100 bales !;
speculation and export, 500 bales; receipts
5000 bales; American, 4,900 bales.
Futures StHadV demand
rate; February, 430; February-March, 4.29
@42SG4.29; March-April, 4.2S; April May,
426; May-June, 4.26d4 256I4. 26; June-July,
AS; July-August, 4.25@424d425; August
September, 4.2lG422; Observation-Disclosures,
ali; October November, 407 Futures
steady; tenders at to-day's clearings, none
p. m.-Cotton, American middling,
is-S2d; February 4si, buyers; February
March, 4.29a4.S0, buyers; March-April, 4.2S
CAB, buyers April May, 427, buyers; May
June, 4.26q4.27, sellersi- June-July, 4.26,
sellers; July-August, 4.25 buyers; August
September, 422, buyers September-Octo-
Der, 41lQ412, buyers; October November,
4.07d4.OS, buyers. Futures closed steady.
New York, Feb. /, noon.-Cotton fu-
lures opened quiet, but steady; February,
1870; March, SOoc; April, s0Sc; May, s09c;
New York, Feb. J. p. motion futures
closed quiet but steady; February, 794c;
April, S0Sc; May, soc; June, S.loc; July,
size; August, S.l0e; September, 7.75c; Oc-
tober, 1850; November, 7.54c; December,
1860; sales, 81, 600 bales.
quiet and steady; sales, 500 bales; Feb
ruary, 7.S7c; March, 1900; April, 7.94c;
May, 79Sc; June, sole; July, sole; August,
1920; September, 744c; October. 7.32c; No
vember, 7.30c; December, 7.3lc.
New York, Feb. Total visible supply
of cotton for the world is 1919 258 bales
of which 9,49S,05S bales are American,
against 4,952, $40 bales and 4,628,649 bales re-
spectively last year. Receipts of cotton
for the past week at all interior towns
were 53,30S bales. Receipts from the plan
tations, 95,092 bales. Crop in sight 1858, 561
bales.
New York, Feb. 1-Riordan & Co. saw
of cotton to-day; Prices in the cotton
market have shown a declining tendency
during the week just passed, the weak
ness being especially noticeable in the new
crop months To-day Liverpool surprised
the traders by an irregular advance of a
point or more. This caused a slight i'm
provement at our opening, but there
seemed to be no demand, and prices soor
gave way, closing somewhat lower thar
yesterday. March opened at SO2c and
taken the place of March as the active
trading month, opened at S.09c, and closed
at soc bid, with the tone quiet and
steady. After the close the large est.
mate of receipts at New Orleans on Mon.
day caused another depression. and there
were liberal offerings of March and May
at point lower than the closing bids
We have been among those who hoped
that a light crop movement in January
would have given us materially higher
market this month, but though the Jan
uafy receipts have fallen far below the
estimates of these, prices have not i'm
proved and the present outlook seems tc
indicate that the market, instead of go
ing higher, is likely to have a gradua
decline, as the planting season draws near
The dry goods trade is dull, the mills are
SAID 10 be accumulating manufactured
stock, and nobody seems to fear any scar.
city of cotton anywhere. But more thar
ALL 1t Is the general and growing belief
that the south intends to beat the record
in the extent of her cotton-planting op.
erations during the coming season. THAI
paralizes speculation and leads the mills
everywhere to rely upon hand to mouth
buying 10 keep their spindles and looms
at work. Shrewd southern farm
ers and merchants are already
selling October and November con.
tracts against the cotton they expect tC
raise and control, and the wide and in
creasing difference in price between the
spring and the fall deliveries will hardly
encourage those who have held back theiI
cotton 50 far TO persist in holding. Can.