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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-05
OCEAN EREIGHrs.

Cotton-Market quiet. Rates quoted are
per 100 pounds; Boston, per bale, SIPS;
New York, per bale. S1.00; Philadelphia,
per bale, $l.CO; Baltimore, per bale, S1.O0;
to Liverpool, via New York, &c; Bremen,
via New York, 3Sc; Antwerp, via New
York, Sec: to Havre, via New York, 3Sc;
Amsterdam, via New York, 43c; Genoa,
via New York, 43c; Reval, via New ork
65c; Hamburg, via New York, 3Sc. Direct:
Barcelona, 4Yc; Genoa, 40c; Bremen. 30c
ReVal, Acc; Gothenberg and Warburg, 47c
Lumber-By Sail-Freigs;ts are steady
at ruling rates. Foreign business is more
or less nominal. The rates from this and
nearby Georgia ports are quoted at S425D
$50 for range including Baltimore and
Portland, Me. Railroad ties. base "A feet,
l6c. Timber rates. 50c@$l.OO higher than
lumber rates. To the West Indies and
Windward, nominal; to Rosario, $l200G
1900 Buenos Ayres and Montevideo, $40 90
011.00 to Rio Janeiro, Sl4Ol; to Spanish
and Mediterranean ports, 1l.30di150 to
United Kingdom for orders, nominal for
lumber. 4-pound IS standard.
By Steam-To New York 500; to Phil
adelphia. SC0; to Boston, $500; to Balti-
Naval stores-By sail-The market is
quiet. Large sized. Cork for orders are
Is Cd; Genoa, IS 3dM3s Cd Adriatic. 2s 6dD
Ss Cd; South America, rosin, Csc per bar
rel of $50 pounds. Coastwlse-Steam-T
Boston. lie per 100 pounds on rosin, 90c
on spirits. to New York. rosin. SIC per
100 pounds; spirits, SIC; to Philadelphia.
rosin. nc per 100 pounds; spirits, soc; to
Baltimore, rosin, nc per 100 pounds;
sDirits Zoe.
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Food of Southern Slaves.
From the RaItimore SIM.

FROM the Baltimore sun.
The New York Medical Record of Feb
Is contains a statement Of the conclusions
reached by DIR. Moreau de Tours after
careful inquiry as to the average amount
of meat and heterogeneous food consumed by
countries. "The best fed class of 1aborers
the world ever saw" says DR.. de Tours
was the southern negro in slavery times
Each adult received weekly three pounds
or bacon or pork, ten pounds of farinaceous
food Casually fresh corn meaD, and Vege-
tables of every species ad libitum. Each
negro then" says our author, consumed
annually $50 pounds of meat of a quality
superior to that Of any European people
whatever, being from two to three times
superior in point of nutritive value. To-
day while the supply is not 50 sure by
any manner of means as 1t used to be,
the southern negro lives more luxuriously
not merely than any other laborer, but
than the middle classes of any European
nation whatever. Compared with like sta
tistics of Asiatic peoples, the figures are
absolutely startling. The American labor
er consumes twice as much meat and nj
trogeneous food as the Frenchman, while
the American, while Austrians, Italians
and the Spanish consume still less Many
circumst ances contributed In the south
during slavery times to secure kind treat
ment Of the negro, however incredible
this may seem in the north, where every
thing is viewed from the commercial point
of view. Northern people have imagined a
state of things In the south that did not
exist, for the reason that they lacked the
southern point Of view and did not take
the trouble TO get the facts.
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SPOT COTTON HIGHER.
THE ADVANCE OF FUTURES CAUSES
ARISE N LOCAL SPOTS.

The offerings Light at the Advance
and Very Little Business Done.
spirits Turpentine Declined 3-Sc
from Yesterdays Price-ROsia in
strong Demand-Other Markets
quiet.
savannah. March A-There is a better
ceiling in the cotton market to-day. Flu
lures at Liverpool and New York were
higher and the local spot market ad-
vanced 1-16c in all grades. There was
very little offered at the advance. conse-
ouentIy the trading was light. Spirits tur-
Dautine declined sc to 265sc. Resin was
in strong demand, and all offerings were
-aken. il is said, at an advance on the
quotations. The security market was
steady, with a good demand for bank
stock. but offerings were light. Other
markets were quiet and unchanged. The
following resume of the local and tele-
graphic markets will show the tone and
the quotations at the close to-day:
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NAVAL STORES

Spirits Turpentine-The weakness in
the market for the past few days was
FULLY demonstrated to-day by a decline or
Sc There was a fair demand at the de-
cline, but the sales were limited. At
the Board of Trade, at the first call, the
market was bulletined duh at PC. Sales
OF p casks were reported at 26@4c. At
the last call. at O'Clock, the market
closed firm at 26Ssc, with sales of ~
casks.
Rosin-The market was firm and report
ed TO be al an advance on the official quo
tations. The demand was strong, and II
IS said that all avilabe offerings were
taken by the exporters. At the
Board of Trade at the opening and clos
ing the market was bulletined firm and
unchanged, with no sales reported. The
of Trade
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Sched uIe > In T.

butcher. &c; green sailed. 4c Wool
quiet; prime Georgia, free Of sand burrs.
and black, WOO, 13c; blacks, Ice; bury, 7G0
Sc; wax, 25e: tallow, 4c. Deer skins 1Sc
Bagging and Ties-The market is firm;
jute bagging. pa pound, SIC. 2-pound. SIC;
l%-pound. SIC; quotations are for job lots,
iron ties. large lots. soqS5c; smaller lots,
soc.
Dry Goods-The market is firm and
Georgia brown shirtings. a. 4l2c; q, &c;
"A brown sheetings. &c; white osnaburgs,
7l2c; checks, 4Q51zc; brown drillings, 60
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bale, against 51I-5S pounds per bale last
year Detailed averages are as follows:
Texas. 525.12. decrease under last year
Is Louisiana. $1,000 decrease. 2s2: Ala
oamas ~, decrease. 2, Georgia, $50 de-
crease. 49,. South Carolina 4glS3 de-
crease, 81. North Carolina, 5000. de-
crease, 100. Virginia. 4S4S4 decrease
l-45s Tennessee. including Memphis ST
Louis and overland. 5l0S1. decrease. 80
Net decrease for the whole. 6.I3 pounds
per bale.
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ders, S462i9Q4S7la; short clear sides SLY
05. p. Whisky, Sl.22
Cincinnati, March 4.-Flour and wheat
unchanged. Corn steady; No > white.
&c; No. mixed pc. oats unchanged.
Pork easy; mess, S975: clear mess, $3.50:
FAMILY, 5000. Lard quiet; steam leaf.
aAci Kettle lard, sac; prime steam, sales
az 525c Bacon quiet; loose shoulders.
5l2c; loose short ribs. 5ac; loose short
clears, 59sc. Dry salt meats easy; loose
shoulders sc; short ribs, sc: short clear
sides Sac boxed meats Ac more. But
ter active; fancy Elgin. 25c. Whisky. 81 p.
ST. Louis. March Flour unchanged.
Corn easy; March. 26Ac bid: May 27l4c
bid; July. 2SldM2S2sc bid. oats. July, 19Ac:
May, 20iac. Wheat unchanged. Butter
firm: Elgin creamery, 23isM24c; cream
cry extra firsts 2Od23c. Pork, standard
mess, new, @.S5; old, 1875. Lard. prime
steam, -$52lac. Bacon, shoulders. size;
longs, SIC; clear ribs, 5Ssc; clear sides.
sac. Dry salt meats, shoulders, 4Ac
longs, &c; clear ribs. 5lsc; clear sides,
SIC. Whisky steady, Sl.22.
Baltimore, March FLOUR dull. Wheat
duh and easy; No. red, spot and March.
7312H73Ac; May. 731sd73hc; southern by
sample, 76uNc; do on grade, 7ll5dHl2c:
Corn dun: mixed spot and March, 1854
3334c; April. 34M3ihc May, 4AH35c;
steamer mixed. 329sn32iac; southern. 34G
35o. Oats steady; No. , white western &c
bid No. . mixed do, 25izM26c. Rye quiet
and steady 43G 44c, nearby; 45d46c, west
ern. Hay firm: Si6.00n16.50. Grain freights
very dull Coffee firm. l33sc.
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Naval Stores Statement
took on hand and on ship

board tO-day........... 9712 15q S26
Stock same day last year. 1880 1866
Receipts same day last year 109 1854
. Charleston, S. c., March 4.-Turpentine,
nrm at 261zc asked; sales none. ROsin firm
sales none; b, T.10; C. Sll5; ID, S12O; E.
N:35; f, $40; G, $3.50; H, Sl.65.
Wilmington, n. c., March 4.-Rosin firm;
strained, Sl25; good strained, S1.50 Spirits
turpentlne firm; machine, &c; irregular,
2613c. Crude turpentine steady soft, S1.S0;
virgin SL70. Tar steady at SOC.
Receipts spirits turpentine, II casks.
New York March 4.-Rosin firm, fair
demand; strained common to good,
$l671sq1.7O. Turpentine quiet, firm, 2915d
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Total visible supply .....3 ,7S4.W8 479i,7i9
The imports into continental ports the
past week have been 125,OCO bales
The above figures Indicate a decrease
in the cotton IN sight TO date of LOO, gu
bales as compared with the same date
of 1885, a falling off of 609, 342 bales from
the corresponding date OF 1894 and a de-
crease Of 400, 1876 bales from 1888
India Cotton Movement From All Ports
The receipts and shipments of cotton at
Bombay have been as follows for the
week and year. bringing the figures down
to Feb. ~
Bombay Receipts and Shipments for
Four Years
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The visible supply Of cotton Feb. 2s. as
made up by cable and telegraph Is as fol-
lows. The continental stocks as well as
those for Great Britain and the ahoat are
this week S returns and consequently all
the European figures are brought down TO
Thursday evening. But to make the to-
tails the complete figures for Feb. %, we
add the item Of exports from the United
States. including in it the exports of FRI
dy only:
1896 1895.
Stock at Liverpool bales. i, 10000 1,Sl4G00
Stock at London 500 COCO
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RICE.

Market quiet; common, &c; fair 21b6
head, 4I4d4l5c.
Rough-Upland per bushel, 4Oa6Oc; tide
water. 50qSOc. Stock at mills, about ITO,
900 bushels.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-01
VERY BADFOR TRADE
=-=--=s
ARE The PRESENT POLITICAL CON-
DIYIoNs THROUGHOUT THE
UNITED sTATEs.
CREDITS ARE SHORTENED.
BRADsREET's SAYS THAT THE Po-
LTTICAA UNCERTAINTY CAUSES
THE TROUDEz.
COUNTRY ORDERS ARE CANCELLED
In Spite OF the CurtnilmeRt of Pro-
ductiOn stocks Continue to In
crease Generally.

NEW YORK, July S1,-Bradstreet's
tomorrow will say; Political uncer-
tainty continues an unfavorable factor
in trade, and industrial and mercantile
lines are unusually dull, Mercantile
credits are closely scanned, and in
many instances shortened. Merchants
In Northern Louisiana and Southern
Arkansas have Cancelled orders for fall
delivery in some cases owing to the
effect on trade of the drought there.
The industrial situation is less favor
able. Among manufacturers of iron and
steel 1t Is regarded as serious in some
lines, owing to the surplus and falling
off of demand. The production of pig
iron is further curtailed, yet stocks in
crease. The outlook is for a further
decline in iron and steel prices. Chi
cago offers concessions on pig to bring
bids for round lots. Curtailment of
products in cotton fabrics continues yet
fall purchases are of small volume. De-
mand for boots and shoes also smaller.
Exports of wheat flour included as
wheat from both coasts Of the United
States for this week amount to 2,484,-
600, as compared with 3,074,00O bushels
last week.
The total number of bushes failures
throughout the United States this week
is 294, as compared with $50 last week.
The increase, as contrasted with a
corresponding total in 1895, is seventy
three, or an average of ten each day
during the week. AS compared with
the last week of July, 1894 this weeks
increase is seventy-four. There have
been almost twice as many business
failures this week as in the correspond
Ing week of 1892. There are thirty
seven business failures reported from
the Canadian Dominion this week, six
more than last week, thirteen more
than in the corresponding week last
year. and only six more than in the
like week in 1894.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-01
New York Produce.

NEW YORK, July 31.-Flour-Receipts, 49,.
600 bbls; exports, IA, COL bbls; quiet but firm
on winter wheat brands. Rye -four, dull;
fancy, ss.6562. 80. Cornmeal-Slow. Rye
Steady. Barley-Quiet. Barley malt-Nomi-
nal. Wheat-Receipts, 102, 800 bu exports,
1890 bu; spot, dull but firm; No. hard,
7034 @71c (. o. b. afloat. Options ruled firm all
day excepting for an early afternoon setback,
due to local realizing, and closed AQ3sc net
igher. Bull factors were heavy showers
through the West absence of pressure short
covering and bullish miller report. No.
red August, 635sc; September. 63A@64ssc,
closed 6414c. Corn-Receipts, $500 blu; ex-
ports 10. 1872 bu; spot dull; No. 2, 909sc; ele-
vator; options frmer on too much rain in
Kansas and yesterdays export demand at
Chicago. but finally eased off, closing un-
changed; August 1880; September, 30ssc.
Oats-Unchanged; exports, q, GOO blu; receipts,
20 coo bu; spot dull but firm. Hay-Steady.
Lard-Dull; Western steam, $3.5093.75; re-
fined steadier. Pork-Firm and active Rice
Firm. Copper-Steady; brokers, $11; ex-
change, s19.75. Lead-Steady; brokers, $3.50;
exchange, $2.S5@2.9O. Tin-Quiet; plates
firm. Coffee-Options ruled steady at points
decline, followed by European weakness,
local support poor: undertone weak under
continued full Brazilian reports; closed quiet
and steady, 5 points down to 10 points up.
Sales, 1880 bags, including August s1O@10.50;
September, s9.55@s.70 October, s9.1e09. %
March, sS.95G9.10; spot, Rio dull, mild quiet;
Cordova, 16@1S; sales 500 bags; Rio No. at
10 cents and up. Sugar-Raw, firm; REIN
ing, &c.
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THAT STOCK WAS THE PIVOT
UPON WHICH THE MARKET
SWUNG.
ST. PAUL A POOR SECOND.
NO MOVEMENT IN THE GENERAL
LIST AND PRICES WE'RE IR-
REGULAR.
EVIDENCE OF PROFESSIONAL WORK
Fluctuations Were on a Fictitious
Basis and Trades Were Held
Down to the Limit.

NEW YORK, July 31.-Sugar stock was the
pivot of today's speculation and figured for
$4,000 shares out Of aggregate dealings of
about 100000 shares. The greater proportion
OF the business was transacted in the after
noon operations. Aside from st. Paul, which
was poor second to Sugar in point of activ-
ity, the average movement of the general
list was insignificant. The course of prices
was irregular until the last hour when de-
cided strength was manifested under the lead
ership of Sugar. Trade was disappointed
at the failure of London prices to respond to
the rally Inside manipulation of Sugar
became quickly evident at the low point, and
rally occurred of 1ss to 104%. The general
market, which was as completely under the
control of the professional dealers as here
tofore, rallied alphabetically to a frac-
tional extent with the grangers, Leather
preferred, Western Union and Chicago Gas
the most prominent.
About O'Clock Sugar again taken in
hand on very large orders and further adj
vance was engineered in it to 1865, a gain of
25s per cent from the lowest point. The
other shares again fell in line, and extreme
recoveries took place in the later dealings
ranging from l to per cent, the last in
Lackawanna. The coalers had been an ex-
ception to the early downward trend New
Jersey Central rising 21a per cent in the face
OF an unfavorable report for the six months.
Iowa Central preferred, Leather preferred
anu ln0 granSefS ana SOuCnWeStornS were
conspicuous in the rallies. The depression
in the iron Industry was reflected in a
break of per cent in Illinois Steel. Man
haitian and Chicago Gas made full recoveries
from the early declines. Near the close prices
shaded off slightly on realizings and rise in
call money to per cent. The list generally
left off strong with slight gains.
The railway and miscellaneous bond market
presented but few features of interest, al
though decided strength noted in some
of the bonds of receivership properties. The
sales were $739, 00G. Ohio Southern frsts was
conspicuous for decline Of AZ per cent to
7O1a, with full recovery. Other impor-
tant changes are: Advances, Atchison, Col
orado & Pacific firsts 5; Kansas Pacific con-
soils, 3; Chesapeake & Ohio consols, s. and
Brooklyn Union Gas 5s, ~.
The more important declines were in St..
Paul, H. D. Is, 8; Northern Pacific and
Mantana frsts, trust receipts, Western
North Carolina first As, Nashville, Chattanooga
consol IS and Illinois Central Western lines
frsts, per cent; Wisconsin Central firsts
trust receipts 2; Erie, prior lien, As, Ia and
Harlem frsts, IL per cent
Governments advanced sharply on invest
ment purchases of $34, coo.
Silver certificates reacted early to 6834c,
but rallied to 691sc near the close on deal
ings Of $22 600.
The following were the fluctuations in the
leading railway and industrial stocks yester-
day.
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MINNEAPOLIS MARKETS.
Trade Light and Fluctuations of
Prices Narrow.

Trade was very light in speculative wheat
and the market was narrow in theuex treme
Jhe Northwest was inclined to sell out a
little on the prospects of better pedestrian
were manifest some time ago. But there
was not enough selling pressure to offset, the
bullish feeling at Chicago, where early in the
session.. on strength at st. LOFTS, their mar
ket made fair advance. The local market
followed and held the advance for as@time
but when buying orders began to dry up a lit
tie prices Sagged off to a point even with
yesterdays close There was very dull
and slow market for cash wheat
Received-Wheat ia cars, 1913, $40 Blu; oats.
23,96O bu; barley, 1880 blu; rye 800 blu: fax
1880 bu; OIL 2SO,6O2 lbs; -four, $50 bbls; mill,
stuffs. 80 tons; hay, 159 tons; fruit, CSC. 78O
lbs; merchandise, 1,366,S6O lbs lumber, s
cars cars; barrel stock. 2scars; machinery, 332. 200
IDS; COAL III tons wood, AZ cords; brick
72,00O; lime, l car; cement, 1900 bbls; stone
and marble, 16 cars, dressed meats so 600
lbs; hides, pelts, etc, 900 lbs; wool, 10, 900
lbs; railroad materials, IL cars; sundries, 8
cars; car lots. All. g
Shipped-Wheat, "a cars, 1880 bu; oats.
16,l2o bu; hour. 1880 bbls; millstuffs. 724
lbs; lumber, As cars; barrel stock, / car;
machinery, 349, 400 lbs; COAL 10 TONS pig iron
20 tons; ties, 2 cars; live stock. 1 car; butter,
13 cars; car lots, 591.
Following are the closing quotations: No.
l hard, on track,,> 567sc; No. l northern
July, 551sc; September, 551sc December 81 nc
on track, 557sc; No. 2 northern on track.
551sc. Cash sales by sample and otherwise
include the following sales: l car No / hard
T. o. b., 5S1ac; "a cars No. / northern 5sNc;
l car No. northern, f. O. b. Sic; cars No
1 northern, hard variety, SIC; 2 cars No. 3
northern. 55c; 9 cars No. 2 northern 551hc.
cars No. northern, 55%c; 4 cars No 2
53c; car rejected, 2 lbs off, &c; 1 car sam
pie wheat, lbs off, 40c; car No. white
oats, 1Sc; 8 cars No. oats, 18c; car No. 3
rye &c; cars No. rye, new, 27c: car
rejected, z lbs off, 54Hc.
FLOUR-First patents S3.400S.6G per Dbl.
second patents, So. 20G340; first clears s. 700
ESQ; second clears $24002.45 low grade and
red dog are quotable at S1@1.05 per Dbl in lutte
Flour shipments, 81 $40 bbls.
HAY-Coarse and off color, s2.50@3. so per
ton; medium, s4@5; choice to fancy, s5.b066
timothy, $999.50 Receipts 159 tons.
CORN-No. 8, 221z@23c. Receipts none:
shipments, none.
oATS-No. white. 1s@1S14c; No. 8, 17A0
1Sc. Receipts, % cars; shipped, II.
BARLEY-A@2313c Receipts. 8 cars;
shipped none.
RYE-No. 2. &c. Receipts, 9 cars; shipped,
none.
BUTTER Creameries-Extras perfect goods.
131ac; frsts, lacking in flavor, almost per-
feet, 12lsc; seconds, 10Q11c; thirds, S69c:
limitations, frsts, 10@uc; limitations, seconds
Sq9c. Dairies-Extras, 12@125zc; firsts lack
ing in flavor, sweet, 91A@101ac; seconds, 71zQ
&C.. Ladles-Extras. 10c; packing stock, grass,
bbls, &c; grease butter, clean, &c.
EGGS-Strictly fresh, 81 G81ec. Cases re-
turned, 12c less. Sales are made subject to
| Gambling, with loss off on rotten and broken
eggs
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-01
STOCK REVIEW.
The Fear of a Panic Is no Longer
Marked.


NEW YORK, July 91-Bradstreet's
review of the New York stock market
will say: While low records were made
in the prices Of many stocks early this
week, and while the subsequent raj
lies have been moderate, change has
occurred in the temper Of speculation
on the exchange. The declines were
not accompanied by decentralization,
and the fear of a panic, so prevalent
in the preceding fortnight, has disap-
peared. In fact, the depressions were
more the work Of manipulative opera
tors working on the bear side than the
result Of liquidation Lack Of public
interest in current speculation, how
ever, gave opportunity for such ma
nOeuvering, and though London seems
inclined to buy, there is no outside sup
port, and the market has been and con-
tinues q purely professional one, so far
as its quality is concerned.
The change of feeling which the
street has displayed is, however, more
important than any slight improve
ment in the quotations. 1t Is due to
the energetic and successful steps taken
by the banks and bankers here and
elsewhere to restore the. treasury gold
reserve and to put check upon gold
exports In both respects the financial
interests engaged in the work have
been completely successful The fur
Their alleged fact that large importing
interests are also in sympathy with the
arrangements have an important fac
tor. ,.
The inactivity of the investment
bond market and the unwillingness Of
investors to do anything even in the
best class of municipal obligations
has been referred to. Startling evidence
of this want Of confidence was afforded
by the practical failure of the 31z per
cent. bond issues offered by the cities
Of New York and Brooklyn.
Crop prospects, though, on the whole
excellent, have received scant atten-
ton, and the street is not particularly
Impressed with the outlook for railroad
earnings, in view Of the shrinkage of
mercantile business and consequent
falling off of traffic The features of
the actual market have been mainly
the stocks, which are the favorites Of
SPECTATORS and speculative manipula-
ton, notably Sugar