The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-23
COTTON.

COTTON.
-rhe ports receipts were again heavy
rareipts at Savannah were large. The
aal market remained steady and I'M.
dav AT the Cotton Exchange at the
iii the market was bulletined
adv and unchanged, with sales of Is
At the second call the market was
iefined steady and unchanged, with
IS of POS bales; at the last call it was
Eedv and unchanged, with further sales
he 199 following were the official spot quo
Zion. at the close of the market, at the
Htton Exchange to-day;
Ebod mddling .............-............ ...6A
"a iddling pc
/bW middling ...."..-.-. .6A
/Eiarket steady: sales, $50.
T. Island Cotton-The market remained
lii. with reported sales made at the
Ia lowing quotations: -.
II dice Floridas ....................16 Ql612
- fine Floridas ................15
/Hncy Georgias ....................l51
|T6tra choice GeorgiaS .............l3
[Goice Georgias ...............,..-.12l
|3ktra fine Georgias ............-1 z42qIz
In Georgias and Floridas .......1l
|7edium fine Gas and Fla. S.. .lO1a
EHbmmon Ga IS and Fla. s.. ...... 10
savannah Receipts, Exports and Stocks !:
[Eeceipts this day ..-......-........... IL, l99
&Heceipts this day last year ........... 1893
|feceipts this day year before last :. 6,366
eceipts since Sept. l, 1896 ..5 5S1 62S So
m II I'D
Inc time year before last ........ .659. $50
! IMPORTS, continent, this day 90
FxDorts coastwise, this day ........ 3,3l5
'8ock on hand this day ..............1 25, 295
E#me day last year .................... S9,UI2
|TReceipts and Stocks at the Ports
[Teceipts this day. ............,....... 1901
Tins day last week.................. l'S50
/ 4his day last year. ........,....... 4IIi1
EHhis day year before last............ ,349
Receipts past four dayS............. ~, 81
anne DAYS last year. lOf 30
same days year before last.......... 1Sl ,745
Total receipts since Sept. l, 49, ASS, 500
same time last year.................o,2 - 4 594
Name time year before last..........4,9 05,042
fock at the ports to-day. 81, go
Stock same day last year. j, o., O24
/ Receipts This Week Last Year
|kamrday. .S4,97S Wednesday ...34 ASS
Monday ......... 45144 Thursday ...... 9.l32
tuesday. LIT Friday ....... .49, 730
I'D Daily Movement a Other Ports
~ Galveston-Easy middling, 6%; net re-
FL ipts. 10, 555; sales, $50; stock, 2l1,676
Fl New Orleans-Ste ady; middling, ga net
Receipts, 23,1S6; gross, 23,673; sales, 5000;
stock 461 124.
Mobile-Quiet; middnng. 9-16; net re-
4 eipts $3.50; sales, 500; stock, 81, 124.
Fl harieston-Quiet; middling, 6l2; net re-
3eipts 1,344; stock, $500
81 Wmington-Quiet middling, 619; net re-
|fe,pts 1,O97; stack, p ,429:
. Norfok-Firm; middling, So; net re-
|feipts, 956S: sales, 597; stock, 6S.722.
n BalCimore-Quiet; middling, rs; gross
receipts, 1,1S9; stock, 1923.
New York-Quiet and steady; middling,
IN; net receipts, 1851; gross, 1879; sales,
IN; spinners, Al; stock, 277,740:
Boston-Quiet; middling, rs; net re-
keipts 1,229: gross, 1852.
81 Phdadeiphia-Quiet; niddling, rs; net
|Heceipts, 1853: stock, $685..
E Daily Movement at Interior Towns
n Augusta-Quiet: net receipts, 1856; gross,
81; sales, 667; stock, 5l,SS7.
lemphis-Quiet; middling, 63s; net re-
Reipts, 4,S61; gross, 44Sl; sales 5000; STOCK.
e St Louis-DulI; middling, 1916; net re-
|te!pts, LAST; gross, 1904; sales, 4S5; stock,
ciqeiqg sst .f middling. ss; net re-
Fl Houston-Steady; middling, 62i; net re-
feIpts, 1900; sales. S1S stock. 53,S22
Louisville-Quiet; middling 6B.
Exports of cotton this day
n Galveston-To Great Britain, 11,201.
New Orleans-To the continent, $500;
coastwise 1900
4 Mobile-Coastwise, 1921.
Savannah-To the continent so; coast
wise, 3,3l5.
4 mington-Coastwise 20.
N No the continent, 100; coast
4 Baltimore-Coastwise $500.
New York-To Great Britain, 800; for
4 Boston-To Great Britain, 1912.
Iota! foreign exports from all ports this
4 one; TO the continent, $3.50.
Iotal foreign exports from all ports thus
4ar this week-To Great Britain 55,4Sl; to
a rance 24,S2S; to the continent, 3S,059.
4 Total foreign exports since Sept !, 1886
70 Great Britain, 1,67S,3S3; to France, 3IS,-
F9i 70 the continent. 1913 09S
liverpool. Dec. %, 1890 p. m.-Cotton,
tOod business done; prices easier; Amer
4an middling, 4d; sales, $4,000, American,
5U; speculation and export, 1000; re-
telpts, 29,000 American. 1880; futures
uiet, demand moderate; December, 3.57d;
larch-April, 3.54d April-May, 3.55d; May
\ 4ne' S.56d; June-July, 3.56d; July-August,
700 futures quiet
80 p. m.--American spot grades l-3sd
4 r,AAmerican middling, fair. 4 5-l6d !;
Il ood mlddling, 1-S2d; middling 3l-32d
NY w, mlddiing. S7sd good ordinary SID;
p m.-Decennber 3.59d. sellers: De-
mber-January, 3.56lI357d, sellers; Janua-
II II ebruary, February March. 3.J6d, buy
March-ADril, 3.56n357d, sellers; April
4 dF sold, buyers; May-June 3.5sd, sell
r. June-July, 8, 5SQi3. SD, buyers; july
uSust, 3.59Q3G0d. sellers; August-Sep-
4 mper, 3.5Sd, value; futures closed very
eady.
New York, Dec. p. noon.-Cotton flu
'ifes opened steady; December. 6. soc; jan
tryi 6;75c; February, 6.SSe; March. 6.9lc;
New York. Dec. p. D. m.-Cotton flu
IN es closed steady: sales, l2S,zD bales.
--DHlDei, b.foc; january, b.fJci FEBRUARY,
\ Pc; March, 696c; April, 7.O3c; May. Tic;
ne. i.l6c: July, 7.20c; August, 7.22c.
New Orleans. Dec. 22.-Cotton futures
M sales, 42.900; December. 65Sc; Janu-
b.55c: February, G.65c; March, 6.73c;
lri' GS0e: May, 6.S7c; june 6.92; July,
NeW York. Dec. o. Riordan & co. say
cotton to-day "rhe cotton market
Ioie a more healthy aspect to-day than
ONE time past. The advance was but
A 'Aing, but that there was any advance
an IN the faC7s OF the enormous re-
pls ana the Indifferent attitude of LiV-
1 Pq9i y pretty good evidence that the
"datiou OF the weak longs Is substau-
ana complete. and there IS no more
Il .pl 10 be Snug altered at bottom prices.
Il ~ en- opened at G.e2e. ana after rallyng
N'aoc, closed a 6.9dlt6.97c with the tone
agN. Aiter the close 6.A1c was freely
r Ior March. Unless receipts tomorrow
g4ia BE indeed crushing. we expect
iher lmproyem,nt"
New Yark, Dec. p. Tho SUMS review
Sott9n, SAYS; spot cotton here was
5nan8ed. Saleii OF Al bales for spinning
-yl delivered on contract. Duilncs7
ne principal feature Of the day'a
ikei The trading ~ times were al
iieless bat the prices scored
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