The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-12

first
nd unchanged, with no sales. At the sec
and call. it was unchanged with sales of
% ba1es. At the last call the market closed
efr,, and unchanged with further sales of
lG bales.
rho following were the official spot quo
,afions at the close of the market at the
cotton Exchange to-day;
Good Middling. -.....-..'......''.--..1 s-Io
Niddling .-...-....'..'---. ''''. t-Ao
Low Middling-.-...-.- .'''..-...''.-..-1A
Good Ordinary INA, sic: 300
So Island Cotton-The market was
onisf and unchanged. The last reported
sales were at the following quotations:
Choice rlori1as -''''''. zS5ie Y
Extra fine Floridas .-...'....-'''.-I9 gto
Iine Floridas, nominally .........-14 ql4l2
Extra choice GeorgiaS .............n nominal
choice GeorgiaS ....................-l412d
Extra fine Georgias ..............-. l512al4
Fine GeOrgias ..-.....--.....-......-I5 ulS14
Medium fine GeoI gias .......-.....-l2ls
Medium Georgias ..---..'.....''''-5 49,,
common GeOrgiaS ...--.....--...... II qll12
Savannah receipts, exports and stocks
Receipts this day.....--............-... 3,l5S
ReceiDts this day last year........... 1887
Peceipts this day year before last. 9S2
Peceipts this day in 1898. .........-... 1885
Receipts since Sept. 1, 1895. 661. 992
Same time last year. ..S4S,4lO
same time year before last.......... 49,. 1893
Same time in lS93..... ......-........, .o99iO92
Txports, coastwise. this day.......... 1,323
Stock on hand this day....-.-...... 64,lo0
Same day last ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. d. (9l
Receipts and Stocks at the Ports
Receipts this day ..-......-.-...-.-. lib
This day last week ................- j, 4o9
This dav last year .................. 1899
This day year before last .........-.. 1856
This day in 1888 ........'-''''''.-. .'5 5gS
same davs last wear ................ 92,946
Same days year before last........ 4S,967
Same days in 1893 ..:..;..;::cc:'.' 81 d I4S
Total receipts since Sept. l, 1895. .4,544 ,yl3
same time last year ............... zoos, $50
Same time year before last .......-.5 ,322. 900
Same time in 1888 ..;............4 4S5' llS
Stock same day last year........... 1886, 1874
Receipts This Week Last Year
Saturday ..... 16s l a. wednesday s2S
Daily Movement at Other Ports
lvestonn,1aFirm: niddling' 60 7oS 9.lS; net
New Orleans-Firm; mlddling, ~; net
receipts 3,l5l sales, 1850; stock, 83,S3S.
Mobilee-,-steady; omiddling. 7sl6; net re-
ceipts $50; sales, 800; stock, 29,Sl7.
Charlest on-Steady; middling, 5-16; net
receipts, $50; stock, 1888.
Wilmington Steady; middling, rs; net
receipts, 119; stock, 10,16O.
Norfolk-Firm; middling, 71z; net re-
ce4lpt,s lob sales sales 1872 stock Ss,OgS;
New York-Steady; middling, IN; net
receipts, none; gross, s. 70; Sales l,5W'
splnners, 1,H0; stock, 110526.
Boston--Steady; middling, 7A; net re-
ceipts, $50; gross, 60O2.
Philadelphia-F'irm; middling, 3; net re-
celpts, o; stock, 1OO95-
Daily Movement at Interior Towns
o Aiggus sta Firm on mid lfdG ri net re-
ceipts 4S5; sales. 1900; stock, Sc, $50.
St Louis-Steady; middling, Z 9-l6; net
Cincinnati-Quiet; middling 7-l6; net
receipts, 945; stock, 6,9S2.
Houston-Firm; middling, 9-16; net re-
cepts, Lib; sales, lis; stock, 1855.
T.OuisVilla-Ouiet 7Sa.
Atlanta-Quiet; middling. 1-l6 re-
ceipts, Al; shipments, 100; stock, 1891.
Exports of Cotton This Day
Gaiveston-To the continent, 200.
New Orleans-To the continent, 100;
coastwise, 3.1l5.
NIobile-Coastwise, APO.
Savannah-Coastwise, 1,32S.
harleston-Coastwise, S13.
Norfolk-Coastw 1.011.
New York-Forwarded, 1,21.
Boston-To Great Britain, GAG.
Total foreign exports from all ports this
day: To Great Britain, 646; to the CONT
Total foreign exports from all ports thus
far this week: To Great Britain, 59,023; to
France, 1881; to the continent, 1872.
To Great Britain l,646S99; to France AS
937; to the continent, 1,330,Si6.
Liverpool March II, 1890 p. m:-Cotton,
good demand; prices fair; American mid
ding 4 1920; sales, 1900 bales; Ameri-
can, 10000; speculation and export, 1000
bales, receipts, 1000 bales; American, g.
500 bales.
Futures opened firm; demand fair:
American middling, low midding clause:
March-April 4.20q4.19; April-May, 419Q
4lS; May-June, 4.17a4.1Sq417 June-July,
gust-September, Ala; OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES,
400; October November, 4OlQ4d; No
Vember-December 1883; December-Jan-
uary, S.63G4G363 Futures steady at the
none.
p. m.-Cotton: March, 419d4. 20, sellers;
March, Tri1 Ines. April-May. Al
buyer; May-June, 4.16, buyers; June-J uly,
4l5d4.l6, values; July-August, Alb, sellers;
tember-O October, 4.0sQ4.0, sellers; October
November 3.62GS63, sellers; November
December, 3.61QS.62, buyers; December
January, 3.61@3.62, sellers. Futures closed
steady
New York. March II. noon.--Cotton fu-
lures opened steady at decline: Margin,
4I ne April, 7,50c; May, 7.55c; June, 7.5Sc;
July, Isle; August, 7.61c.
New Y ork, March II, p. m.-Cotton flu
lures closed steady; sales, 1854 200 bales;
March, 7 ;4lc; April, 7.5lc; May, 7.57c; June.
Der, 1850; October, z Csc; November, 7.24c;
DECEMBER, 7.27c; January, 7.S1c.
steady: sales $1,000 bales; March, lac;
Aprl, .46c; May, z AGO. June, 7.5Oc; July,
..2lc; August, 7.42c; September, 7.12c; DC
IIo65er Lobe; November, 7.0lc; December,
New Orleans, March 11-secretary Hes
Yer cotton exchange statement is as fol-
Tvs oenl-Weekly movement at thirteen
iiesaddIding interior towns, for 1896, receipts,
555.Vl2 bales; shipments, 23,097 bales; stock
~ ia bales. For 1895, receipts, 3,5n bales;
aHlpments, A, 440 bales; stock, 303, 64S bales
r. or 1894, receipts, IA, AL bales; shipments
= iyl bales stock, 249,006 bales.
New York, March 11.-Riordan & Co.
say of cotton to-day: ''Lverpool's re-
sponse TO our advance of yesterday seemed
70 disappoint the bulls, and May, after
9gemng points lower, at 7.56c, declined to
DC The business seemed to be mainly
tocaL One of the most active of the room
Idders bought several thousand Mays
eauslng the price to react to Z soc. He sub
iequently gave some support to the mar
~, hoping to be able to unload above
VIC He succeeded in bidding May up
~ l.osc, but met a deluge of offerings at
4iidl price, which caused him in the last
80 minutes to turn seller. A recession
ttIIHo"ed, May closing at 7.57c bid, with
cle tone steady. Some of the bulls were
tt2uhtlng upon revision of the grades by
L- classification committee at its meet
,-s ms afternoon. tt was hoped that the
tnotatlons of high grade cotton would
~ materially reduced, the practical effect
~ which would be TO increase the value
y, ~ co9tracts-. But the committee mel after
n 9'te close close and decided 70 make no change |