The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-17

Stock at the ports to-day ..s........ 4S6, 14S
Stock same day last year ........... 72S,9l7
Receipts this week in 1888
Saturday .:.......3SI Wednesday 80. A. go
Monday ..........S793 Thursday ........ 1881
Tuesday. 1921 Friday ..........-2,SOS
Daily movement at other ports.
Galveston, steady; middling, ILLS; net
receipts, $50; sales, 700; stock, 1909.
New Orleans, easy; middling, ll-16; net
receipts, 1874; gross, S07; sales, 1850; stock,
Mobile, quiet; middling. rs; net receipts.
1853; sales, 100; stock, 12,ll7
Charleston, quiet: middling, III; net re-
Wilmington, quiet middling. 77s: net re-
ceipts, 1853; stock, 4,465.
Norfolk, firm; middEng, ILLS; net re-
ceipts. 1885; sales, 26; stock, 1883.
Baltimore, nominal middling, bid;
gross 1888; stock, 1878.
New York, quiet; middling, IBIS; net
receipts, none; gross, 1885, sales. 165;
Boston M quiet; middnng. rs; net re-
Phil PPbjIadeiphia. quiet; mfddling. 8 S-16; net
receipts, 60; stock, 1892.
Daily movement at interior towns.
Augusta quiet middhng, Ills; net re-
ceipts 1856; sales, 16O stock, 1894
Memphis, firm; middEng, IA; net re-
ceipts 2O6; gross, POS; sales, ESQ., stock,
st. Louis, quiet; middling, 9-1s; net re-
ceipts, So; gross, 129i stock, 81, 3S2
Cincinnati quiet; middling, rs; net re-
ceipts $685. stock, 4,52S.
Houston steady; middling, ~; net re-
ceipts, LOIS; sales, 80; stock, 21,2SS.
Louisville, firm; mlddling, 8.
Exports of Cotton This Day
Gaiveston-To Great Britain. 6,5l9; coast
New orleans-To the continent. 1,6S1;
cosatWise $50.
Mobile-Coastwise 22l.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, 1877
Wilmington-Coa stwise, 2,357.
NorfOlk-CoastwiSe $50.
New York-Forwarded, 1854.
Boston-To Great Britain, 2S92.
Total foreign exports from n, all ports r, TINS
none; to the continent, 1851.
Total foreign exports from all ports thus
far this week: To Great Britain q 1857;
to France 4,S09; to the continent, 1881.
Total foreign exports since sept L, 70:
To Great Britain, 1,93S, 9l2; to France 49,
617: to the continent, 1.54 1874.
olie ter american 'i middiing, ed sales. To-
000 bales; American. $500 bales; specuia non
American, 300 bales; futures opened
quiet; demand moderate. American MD
ding, low middling. clause, Aprll-Mlaay,
41Sd: May-June ia; July-August, 4: l3d;
August-Septembe 4.10d; January-Febru-
ary SGD. Futures quiet and steady.
l2:45 p. m;17Spot grades u l1sd seood
middling, 1920; midqling, 4ssd; Low low mid
ding, 9-32d; good ordinary, 5-S2d; ordl-
D. MIXTURES, April, 4.19Q4 pod sell
ers: April-May, 4 19d sellers; May-June,
417d4 iSd buyers; June-July, 4.l5Q4 l6d;
Ssg besr i tt B@nye "a SS
Der, 4.O20403d buyers; October-N November
S6la3. ed buyers; November Dece mber'
"a sSss e gIa Sus Futures
New York, April 1s, Noo n > zStt 1tf fu-
772c: june and July. LAC August, Ire
September 1850; october, 1850.
New York, April 16, p; motion Z, ~ odo
f 5ass e Apf q 7so Msy ac June and
July, T. 76c; August, 7.55c; September, 7.5Sc;
October. Use; November and December
New Orleans. April 16.-Cotton futures
quiet and steady; sales 1900 bales; April,
7.52c; May, 1850; June, 7.osc; July. I;SIc'
695c; November, 691c; December, 6.95c;
New York, April 1s.-Riordan, & Co. say
of cotton: This was another day of bull
manipulation, with the result that prices
of May, June, July and August were ad-
Vanced several points with a sympaIheuc
but smaller Improvement IN the fall ana
winter months August opened at 7.74c
receded to 7.72c, rallied to IIbc, ana CLOSED
a. 7.756I776c, with the tone quiet and
steady The accounts of the progress Of
the planting all over the cotton belt are
exceedingly favorable and the advance,
in the face of liberal and persistent Of
ferings. was only accomplished by the
sheer force of buying by those who are
Interested in forcing an improvement
There is now not the slightest doubt that
mere Is a COInDlIdAion 70 iudAE q nAslei
market for the months of this crop. To-
Gay proved very eonelusively the power
Of this combination. II is just as well to
recognize the fact that IL can put up the
price of the summer months to any figure
II peases, but such combinations are form
90 not for their health, but TO make
money. In the absence Of any considera-
Die short interest * Is difficult to under
stand what Is 10 be gained by an artificial
lse which cannot hold q moment longer
tnan IL IL supported by those who caused
q Nobody knows who and how many
are IN the combination. or how FAR II pro-
poses 70 push the advance. In any event
ne leader Is pretty sure 70 take good care
himself, ana II disaster should over
axe his small fry following. 4 viii be
Ylly his history repeating Itself"