The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-25

pOrtS OF the market Will not De received.
The following resume Of the different mar
kcts, both local and telegraph, will show
Tho tone and quotations at the close to-
day:
COTTON.
The local market remained unchanged
to-day with the tone quiet. The sales for
The day were Az bales. At the Cotton Ex-
change at the first cal, the market was
hnIlefined quiet and unchanged, with sales
Of 2 bales. At the second call, it was the
same with sales of 470 bales. Al the last
call it was unchanged, with no sales. The
Cotton Exchange wall be closed Friday
and Saturday, and no reports of the move
ment of cotton Will be received. The tele>
graphic markets will not be received, con-
seqilently the regular weekly cotton re-
port will not be published in Saturday
Morning News.
tations at the close of the market, at the
Cotton Exchange to-day;
Good middling ...-.....................-6 1916
Middling -........s.............,.6 9-l6
Market quiet; sa.es, 472 bales
Sea Island Cotton.-The current week in
the sea island cotton market closed to-
night. The receipts for the week were 1854
bags; sales S572 bags; exports lO2l bags;
stock 81 3S7 bags. The receipts for the sea-
son have been g. 469 bags, against 59,077
bags last year. The market for the week
was quiet, the sales being made on a basis
of the following quotations:
Extra choice Florida's .............16 d1615
Cho.ce Florida's ....................15 @l5l3
Extra fine F'lorida's ...........,.....1 ia
Fancy Georgia ....................l3 ul112
Extra choice Georgia's ......-......12%
Choice GeorgiaS ..............-.....12 412l5
Extra fine Ga and fine Fla. s.. .uAG111a
Fine Ga. s and medium fine Fla s.l018q11
Medium fine Ga. IS and com. Fla.'s. 94q10
Charleston, S. g. Dec: 900 24,-sea
expofts. 48s Bags sales, Is bags stoek
6,l56 bags; medium fine, 1S12c; fine, 21c;
fully fine. 23q24c;
RECEIPTS this day .;.........,............ 4,591
Receipts this day last year............ 100
Receipts this day year before last. 1922
Receipts since Sept. l, 1896. .......... .600,5S9
Same time last year. ............49 S, COS
Same time year before last. .67O,377
exports, coastwise, this day.......... 915
stock on hand this day. OH
Receipts and Stocks at the Ports
Receipts this day .................... 1919
This day last week .................. IS, $50
This day last year .................. 9,132
This day year before last........... y. 4o5
Receipts past SIX 772'e5S
Same days year before last......... 25l,S2T
Total receipts since Sept. 1, 1896. .4,66l,77S
Same time last year ................ ,llS
Same time year before last. 4,S7S. 124
Stock at the ports to-day .........1 ,2S4,9SS
Stock same day last year. 49,. .l,O6S,4Ol
Receipts This Week Last Year
Saturday. 1878 "Wednesday ....Sd, 4 49,
Monday. Thursday 1919. 9, ~
TUESDAY. 4f.lU friday .. 40 i5J
Daily movement at other ports
GalVeston-Quiet; middling, ga; net re-
ceipts, 6,916; gross, 1884; sales, I19; Stock
New Orleans-Quiet middling, 6a4 net
receipts, 1888; gross, 1880; sales 2'OVo;
stock $50, 4S3.
ceipts, 1866; sales, 400; stock, 4S,94S.
Charleston-Quie middling, 9-l6; net
receipts, Ass stock, 55,O22.
Whining ton-Firm; middling, ZIG; net
1 IAN
Norfoik-Steady; middling. 6sd net re-
ceipts, 4,176; sales, 1871; stock, 99,6oO
Baltimore-Quiet; middling, rs; gross,
New York-ouiet; middling, rs; net re-
ceipts, 1921; gross, 1924; sales, 100; stock,
2S20H
Boston-Steady; middling, rs; net re-
Philadelphia middling, rs; net
receipts, 1918; stock, 1861.
Daily movement at interior towns
Augusta-Steady; middling, 1916; net
receipts, 1910; gross, 2,244; sales, 673; stock,
Memphis-steady; middling, S-16; net
receipts. S,20S; gross, 1857; sales, S,7OO;
ST. LouisMsteady; middling, 1916; net
receipts, 1907; gross, 4,777; sales, 100; stock,
Cincinnati-Quiet;m iddling, 81 net re-
ceipts, 1857; sales, 300; stock, 5O59.
Houston-Steady; middling, "a net re-
ceipts, 1885, sales, 1873; stock 52,46s.
Louisville-Quiet; middling, ia.
Exports of Cotton This Day
Gaiveston-To Great Britain. $685.
New Orleans-To France, $500; CONT
Moble~To Great Britain, $3.50; coast
savannah-Coastwise, 915.
Charleston-To Great Britain, 6,474;
Wiimington-ro Great Britain, 1Os2s.
NOrfolk-To Great Britain, 1891; France,
800; coaStwise, 3,2l4.
New York-To Great Britain, l,5IO; CONT
nent, 1923; forwarded, 332.
Boston-To Great Britain. 2,6iS.
Philadelphia-To Great Britain, oSl.
Total foreign exports from all ports this
day: To Great Britain 1903; TO france,
300; to the continent, 6,O19.
Total foreign exports from all ports thus
far this week: TO Great Britain, ~ lao; 10
France, 4072S; to the continent; 5o,l69. 90.
Total foreign exports since Sept. j. .o 20
TO Great Britain, l,700,O00; 70 FRANCE oos'-
Sl3; to the continent, 1,0O62O4.
Liverpool Dec. "A, 1880 p; m.-Cotton
demand fair, prices Favorable 70 buyers onS
American middiing, l-32d; sales l2,OOo
American, H. 100; speculation and export
500; receipts 5000. American. 4,SOO; futures
opened quiet demand moderate; American
middling, low middling cause, DecemDeI
lid; December-January 3:5id; January
February, S57qS5od; FEBRUARY MARCH, ,el
GIri1 -Inne b5gd Jnne-J1y
5.6qd; July-August,' 3.6laS.6Od; Futures
quiet. Tenders, 100 bales new dockets and
l2:l5 D. motion, American low mid
ding and lower grades, 1-S2d lower; other
spot grades unchanged; American mld-
ding fair, 4asd; good middling, 3-S2d; mid,
ding, 4 1-32d; low midd4ing, 29-S2d; good
ordinary, 25-32d; ordinary, 3 19-52d.
p m.-Cotton, American, low, middling
clause, December 3.60Q3.6ld sellers; De-
Gember-January, S.5Sd sellers; January
February. February-March, $3.50 sellers
March-April, 357GlS.5Sd sellers; April May
9.oSd sellers; May-June. 3.59d sellers, june
July,3 59aS6od; July-August, 360q3.6ld sell
ers; neutrality-suspicious. 3.5SQ3.59d. Futures
closed quiet but steady.
Liverpool, Dec. 24-Followipg are the
weekly cotton statistics. Total sales Of
the week. G5,O00 American. 62GOO; forward
81 to spinners. 7l000; actual exports 6,00O
sotal import. $4,000. American. 10000: to-
lal stock, $4,000, American, 10000; total
ahoat $4,000. American, 100000. Specula-
TORS took LOO; exporters took 200.
New York. Dec. - .--noon.-Cotton flu
lures opened steady; January 6.79c; Feb
nary, 6.S9c; March G9Sc, April 7.06c;
May, I.llc. June. Zoe.
New York, Dec. q, p. m.--COtton fu-
'nres closed quiet and steady; sales. 2e3.J0O
,iales. December. este: January, GS3c; Feb
INdry. b,9lc. March. T.U0es ADrli lose. Nav.