The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-21


,,.s lo.al and Geographic, will show the
land quotations at the close to-day:
COTTON.
TIL. z,o+ market was bulletined "qui-
~" 9rf unchanged at the Cotton Ex-
49, TODAY. There was a good de-
- - however. and the offerings of local
me- me- we're pretty well absorbed. The
,sin-s to-day were 1,15S bales, all OF
--st,L were Of the new crop, and go to
local factors. -oo
,r5e receipts at the ports We're $3.50
- Galveston received 2,6H bales; New
orleans received l,4S9 bales, and Charles
,5n received 4O4 bales.
nv f-,t1res closed very steady at New
work the market having advanced about
% ,oin+s and closing about Is points
hove the closing on Wednesday. The
sslss were 200S00 bales.
,rbA following were the official spot quo
tstions. at the close of the market, at the
cotton Exchange to-day:
Good middling. ..............'....-'''''.
1u5dlfuz ........................... 7-l6
LOW ruf5dling ..................---.-..-f S-lo
Good ordinary ---.'...o lo-Io
Market. quieter; sales, 90.
Sea island Cotton-Nothing new devel-
oped IN this market. There were no re-
1,orts Of sales being made, though the few
buyers on the market were looking over
Renorts of damage still come from the
sea island cotton districts. Private adj
vices received to-day from Clinch county
state that the crop has been ruined to the
extent of third of what a month ago
was expected would be the yield. 1t is
also stated that in the Clinch county sec
zion the crop will be considerably smaller
than it was last year.
savannah Receipts, Exports and Stocks:
Receipts this day ...................... 1lo5
Receipts this day last year .......... 272
Receipts this day year before last .... q
Receipts this day in 1898 ............. $50
Receipts since Sept. l. 1895, ..........76l, SIS
Same time last year ..................9 44, l41
Same time year before last .967. Sl2
Same time in 1893 ....................7S S, 15S
Exports, coastwise, this day ........ 1O9
Stock on hand this day ................ 1922
Same day last year .................... 4,673
Receipts and Stocks at the Ports
Receipts this day .................... $50
This day last week................. 1857
This day last year................,.... SOP
This day year before last .......... 2,545
This day in 1898 ........................ 1880
Receipts past six days .........A.. 3O,S7O
Same days last year ............... 2,O6S
Same days year before last........ n,4S4
Same days in 1898 .................. 10,50l
Total receipts since Sept. l, 1885. s. 211, 143
Same time last ear................7,93 1886, 141
Same time year before last. 929, 424
Same time in 1898 ...................5,0 97 ,0O2
Stock at the ports to-day........... 1914
Stock same day last year........... 297, 1872
Receipts this week in 1893
Saturday ..........2,l 1877 Wednesday -, SOB
Monday ".........1,421 Thursday ......1, 800
tuesday .........2,224 Friday .........2, 256
Daily Movement at Other Ports
alveston-Steady; middling. ~; net re-
ceipts, 2,6i7 sales, 1885, stock. IS, 133
New Orleans-Firm; middling, IA; net
receipts. 1,439; stock 1892.
Mobile-Firm; middling, rs; net receipts,
50; stock, 1926.
Charleston-Firm; middling, III; net re-
ceipts, 404; go new; stock, 11,1S7.
Wilmington-Firm; middling, ~; net re-
ceipts, 4; stock, 1,199
Norfolk-Firm; middling rs; net re-
ceipts. IS; stock, 1891.
Baltimore Nominal; middling, 81;
gross receipts, 500; stock, 4O21.
New York-Steady; middhng, S7-1e; net
receipts, none; gross, 1O5; sales, LIS;
stock, 1891.
Boston-Quiet; mtddling, 8 SIG; gross, 1S.
Philadelphia-Dull; middling, S1-16;
stock. 1888.
Daily Movements at Interior Towns
Augusta--Firm; middling, 75s; net re-
receipts, S76; gross, S7S; sales, Sc; stock,
3O2
cepts, 1888; sales, LOO; stock, 14221.
st. Louis-Firm ;middling, Z; net receipts.
2; gross, 81; sales, 62S; stock %. 1886
Cincinnati-Firm; middling, IL; net re-
ceipts, /; stock 1903
Houston-Steady; middling, Ills; net
receipts, 4,449; stock u $3.50.
Louisville-Firm; middHng, 75k.
Exports of Cotton This Day
SaVannah-Coastwise, 1O9
New York-To the continent 167
Boston-To Great Britain, 9O4
Iotal foreign exports from all norris
this day-ro Great Britain, 9O4; to the con.
tlnent, 1877.
Total foreign exports from all ports thus
lar this week-To Great Britain. 10 734: 10
France, Us; to the continent. 2214
Total foreign exports since Sent. / 1Se5
10 Great Britain, 2,264,255; to France.
4b4' S43; to the continent, 17S7, O13.
Liverpool Aug. 90 1890 p. m.-Cotton-
demand moderate; prices easier; Ameri-
can middling, 43sd. Sales, 1000 bales;
american, 5000; speculation and export
1VO; receipts, 2,200, all American. Futures
opened easy; demand good; August 4.2Sd !:
August-September, 4.24G4 2564 29d; Sep
temDer, 422d; September-October. ARA
4'lS94 I'D; October-November 416674 lisa
Ing I'D; November-Dec December, 4l564 140
4'Io44.I 4di Overwhelmingly. 4.14G4. 156l
i ~ = 1Sa T. Ifq4.lSd; January February
W liz " t.l0lU4 I5lI a. Hon. l36f4. lad: .
ary-March, 416Q4 15d4.14d; March
april 4l6Q4.15d; April-May, And; MAY
une, 4Ild. Futures quiet at the decline
Iz;io p m.-American spot grades S-32d
rover American middling, fair, l-S2d
good middiing, 22-32d; middling, 417-82d
low middling, 47-16d: good ordinary
45-lGd; ordinary. Hsd.
p m-August, 4.2S6I429d buyers: Au-
56uSl-Septembcr, 4.25d sellers; September
Cctober 4l9d sellers; October-Novenber
"a sellers; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. ALSO
4'i04 buyers; December-Jan Also
7'ioq buyers; January February, Asa
7.Iou buyers; February March. 416a4. ia
Senersi March-April, 4.17d buyers; April
-lay' 4.l8d sellers May-June. Asa. 19d
'uyers. Futures closed steady.
Now York, Aug. 20, noon.-Cotton futures
opened steady al a decline; August. S.OOc;
september, T.6c; October. isle; November
"66c; December. 1880; January. 1850.
New York, Aug. 20. p. m.-Cotton fu
-lres closed very steady: August. 2o..
September SOC; October s.1Sc; Novon,.
GER Se9c; December, SHE; January. sis.
February. 8.22c; March. S27c; April S31c
sales. 2OS,1G0 bales.
New York, Aug. 20.--Riordan & Co say
oI cotton: The course OF to-day's market
was n genuine surprise 10 the traders. I.iv-
t'pOCl this morning had "A had bro.l- 49,,