The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-07
COTTON.

The local markets remained steady, with
very LITTLE doing. There was very little in
terest displayed in the market at the
opening after the holidays. At the Cot
ton Exchange at the regular call, at l
o'clock D. m, the market was bulletined
steady and unchanged, with sales of p
The following were the official spot
quotations at the close of the market dt
the Cotton Exchange to-day:
Good midul.nS .-.----....--......-......l ll-I6
AiddHng OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES glib
Low mtddhng ..........'''.----'-.--...'-1
Market steady; sales, p.
sea Island t'otton-The market was
quiet and unchanged, the last sales re-
ported being made at the following quota
choice Floridas ................... 16 all
Extra fine Floridas ................ IS Sal5l2
Fine FlOridas. nominally l3i@QH
Extra choice GeOrgias ............. Hi2ql5
Cholce GeorS-as ..........-..'.-... lS524i9
Extra fine Georgias ............... 12l2dlS
Fine Georgias .....-.-.....-.......- l212dl2A
Medium fine Georgias ............. 1112
Medium Georgias .........-......... 1O124u
Common GeOrgias ........-......... 10
Savannah Receipts. Exports and Stocks:
Receipts saturday ........-....-....... Ay4t4
Receipts TINS DAY ..-.:.................. yI9
Receipts this day last year ........... 1883
Receipts this day year before last 80. 1000
Receipts this day in 1893 ............... 2l99
Receipts since Sept. J. 1895. ...........103,36 I
Same time last year observation-disclosures l,S1
Same time year before last ...........9 l0l1S
Exports, continent, this day ......... Psi
Exports. ccastwise, this day .......... 5,496
Stock on hand this day ................ 1875
Same day last year .................... 1873
Receipts and Stocks at the Ports
Receipts this day .................. 1l,7S3
This day last week ................. 12,7S3
This day last year ................... 1875
This day year before last .......... 9,375
This day in 1873 .....,................ 1912
Receipts past three days ........... 1871
Same days last year ................ 2S,626
Same days year before last ..-..... 2O.026
Same days I'm 1893 .................. 25,745
Total receipts since Sept. /, 's5 ....4. 1884, 65
Same time last year ................7, 449, 0S2
Same time year before last ......5. 549,631
Same time in 1893 ....................4.6i4,23 5
Stock at the ports to-day .......... 52S,23S
Stocks same day last year ......... S29,754
Receipts this week in 1888
Saturday........ 1.ZI3 Wednesday 4,Sl9
Monday ........l8472 Thursday -. 6,697
Tuesday ........ 1856 Friday ......... 5,025
Daily Movement at other Ports
stock. 81 106
New Orleans-Quiet; middling, ia; net
receipts. 3 496; gross, 3,646; sales, 1,7l7;
stock, 1872 G69.
lIobile,-Dun; middling. 7 GIG; net re-
celpts, ZIG; sales, 200; stock, H,1S0.
Charleston-Quiet middling, w; net re-
ceipts, 663: stock, p, COS.
Wilmington-Quiet; middling, rs; net
receipts, 1853; stock. $3.50.
Norfolk Firm; middling, 11-16; net re-
celpts, JON; sales, rs; stock, A,612.
Baltimore.-Nominal; middling, rs; net
New York--Quiet; middling, *; gross,
sgSo; sales, 1883; spinners, 266; stock, 49,,
oston-steady: middling, 7%; net re-
ceipts, 7i7 gross, 2,417
. IPohhiladelphia-Quiet; middling, SIS; stock,
Daily Movement at Interior Towns
Augusta-Quiet; middling, 11-16; net re-
ceipts, 2S9; sales, 'SiS; stock, 20696.
Memphis-Steady: middling, 9-16; net
receipts, 100: gross, 500; sales, 1000; stock,
St. Louis-ouiet; middIing. TX; net re-
Sc 1871. 00N'
Cincnnati--Quiet: middIing, TX; net re-
ceipts, 4i4 stock, 1888.
Houston Holiday: stock 2021
Louisyillec7steady; middllng. rs.
Exports Of Cotton This Day
ston-Coastwise 2,70S
Mobile--Coastwise 800.
Saavannah-Contineut, 2571; coastwise,
mington-Coastwise, 200.
Norfolk-1Continent 300; coastwise. 1854
New York--To Great Britain 249:
France. $50; continent, 4.21O; forwarded,
Total foreign exports from all ports
this day: To Great Britain, 5,2i9; to
France, $50; 70 the continent, 1881.
c. Total foreign exports from all ports thus
far this week To Great Britain, 5249;
to France, $50; to the continent, 1917
Iotal foreign exports since Sept. 1.
France, 1868 to the continent, 1,484, $50.
New York, April G. Noon.-Cotton fu-
lures opened quiet, but steady; May, 1850;
June, 7.G5c; July, 7.GSc; August, soc; Sep
TENDER, 6.84c; October, 626c; November,
7.1Sc; December, 7.2lc; January, 7.26c.
New York, April G, p. m.-Cotton fu-
bales; April, 763c; May, 7.67c; June. 1910;
July, 1850; August, 1000; September. 7.S4c
October. 724c; November, 71Sc; Deem
Der, 120c; january, Use.
New Orleans, April 6.-Cotton futures
dull; sales 1890 bales; April, 1850; May,
G64c; June, 76lc; July, 7.6Oc; August, 74Sc;
September, 7;lGc; October, 6.97c; November,
6.42c; December 6.96c; January. &c.
New Orleans. April Cotton exchange
statement; Crop statement from Sept. /,
1885 to April 5, 1896: Port receipts, 4,S1O, 923
year before last and 4.552 21S for the same
Ilma in 1893; overland TO mills and Canada,
1894 and 7G7,52S in 1893; interior stocks in
2l2,715 in 1895, 1874, sG5 IN 1894, and 1924 in
against 6l6312 in iSg5, 5io,siS in 1894, and
5s223S5 in 1898; crop brought into sight from
sept. to date, 452.9l3 bales, against 9,225.-
- IN 1895, 6,926 1856 in 1894. and 6,O75,375 in
779Sg5i crop brought into sight for the week.
Qua bales against 124.Sl2 for the seven
Gays ending April last year, 49, 961, in 1894,
ana 60,963 in 1893; crop brought into sight
Tor the first three days of April, 25306
oales, against 3O.012 in 1885, 9435 in 1894,
ana o,21O in 1893. Comparisons in these re-
Potts are made up to the corresponding
uate last year, year before and in 1898, and
nor to the close of the corresponding week.
me Cotton Exchange statement issued
APrl 3, makes the average weight of o.
i1s ,4Ss bales Of the cotton crop. embrac-
.Ilg port receipts and overland for seven
months, to the close of March, 504 7-1OO
POUNDS per bale, against so s3-lOO pounds
per pale last year. Detailed averages are
hs follows: Texas 523 Sl-1OO pounds per
Dale, a decrease under last year of 94-1O0
Ponunds; Louisiana 500 63-100, a decrease of
1d-WO pounds; Alabama, 499, a decrease
OF pounds; Georgia, 4S3 $780, a decrease
oI . I-lOO pounds; South Carolina, 400 7-1O0,
q decrease of $500 pounds; North Caro-
ma, 4sO, decrease of 10 $500 pounds; Vir-
slnla 4s2 1900, a decrease of 12-1OO
pounds; Tennessee, etc, including Mem
decrease of 3 S3-1OO pounds. Net decrease
Tor the whole, 77-1G0 pounds per bale.
New York. April 6.---Riordan & Co. say
or cotton: Liverpool is closed until We'd
esday The decline in cotton was insig-
hlncant and the fluctuations narrow Au-
gust opened at 7.49c, advanced to 772c. re-
acted TO 1.6Sc and closed at 1897. zoe with
the tone quiet and steady. The growing
strength of the statistical position is pal
pable to every body, hut this fact offset by
the utter prostration of trade in cotton
FABRICS II Is a perfectly fair description of
the present situation Of the market to say
that nobody cares to buy cotton and few