The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-11
COTTON.


COTTON.
The influence of the controlling mar
lets caused a firmness in the local mar
ket but the offerings were limited and the
sales for the day were only 357 bales. At
me Cotton Exchange at the nrst CALL the
market was bulletned firm and I'M
changed with sales of "A bales; at the
second call it was unchanged, with sales
NJ &; bales. AT the last call II remained
6rrn and unchanged, with further sales
Of ~ bales.
The following were the official spot quo
tafions. at the close of the market, at
The cotton exchange, to-day;
Good middling .............''.....'....1 s-i6
Middling .............- ........-......--.l 40
Low middling .........-'...'.--..'.....
Market firm; sales, 367.
So island Cotton-The market was
ouiet and unchanged. The last reported
sales were at the following quotations.:
Choice E7loridae. .16l2QG71z
Extra fine Floridas. @l6
Fine Floridas. nominally..........14 @141s
Extra choice Georgias nominal
Choice CIeOrglaS. .l412d ID
Extra fine Georglas.. 512qIf
Fine Georgias. f....;...'.......'''.-1S 'GhS54
Medium fine Georgias.
Medium GeorglaS. .-..............lZ
common GeorgiaS ..................n 4ll12
savannah receipts, exports and stocks
Receipts this S DAY ,s:t ,,eor Si9
Receipts this day year before last. LII
Receipts this day in 1898. l,5ll
Receipts since sept. l. 1870. .s......- .OOt,ltt
Same time last year .................. S46, 4l3
same time year before last ........SS1, All
Fxnorts coastwise. this day ........ 3,2i4
Stock on hand this day ............ 6l,725
Same day last year .-....;...;:..,-.. 6l,2Sl
Receipts and Stocks at the Ports
Receipts this day .................. 149U8
This day last week ................. 15lT
This day last year ................. AZl9
This day year before last ......... 42l4
This day in 1893. ............... 12,2S4
agf
Same days last year .............. 69Ol1
Same days year before last......... 1922
total receipts since Sept. /, 1885. 5SS 25S
Same time last year ............s.,.6 ,yol ~
Same time year before last ........5 Sl2 909
Same time in 1898 ....................4,42 9 GOT
Stock at the ports to-day .......... 730565
Stock same day last year ......... 93l, us
Receipts This Week Last Year
Monday 81 Thursday .....iS55S
Tuesday. PAYS Friday 20 S79
Daily Movement at Other Ports
ce GayeSg 5 Eaea @ide sroek & net re-
New Orleans-Firm; middling, SIS; net
receipts. 6,052; gross, 1884; sales, $3.50:
stock, 2S4 203.
Mobie-Quiet; middling, rs; net receipts,
Il; sales. 400; stock, 1851
Charleston-Steady; middling, 5-16; net
receipts, 469 stock, 81 .O61.
Wilmington-Quiet; middling, rs; net re-
ceipts, 173; stock, 1901.
Norfolk-Quet; middling, 77-16; net re-
Baltmore-DuIl; middling, IL; gross re-
ceipts, $40; stock 19OS4.
New York-Steady; middling, IA net re-
ceipts. TIC; gross. 1904; sales. 4,427; spin
ners, $50; stock, 1892.
Boston-Steady; middling, Ills; net re-
cepts, 749; gross, 1886.
Observation-Disclosures; middling, 8; net re-
ceipts, 3; stock, 10,0S9
Daily Movement at Interior Towns
Aaulgus;tGaa-steady; m, mnaiddling, "; net re-
Memphis-kirm; middling, ~; net re-
Seeipts. pa; gross, AGO; sales, 1900; stock
ST. Louis-Steady; middling, III; net re-
ee:pts, %; gross, 1924; sales, 1850; stock,
cincinnati-ouiet middling, 7 7-1s; net
Houstonn,mosteady; niddling. TX; net re-
Louisville-Quiet; middling, 79s.
Exports of Cotton This Day
New. .Orleans-To Great Britain, $40.
Mobile-Coastwise, 100.
Savannah-CoastWise, 3214.
lmington-Coastwise, 500.
Norfolk-To Great Britain, $50; coast
wise, SIG.
France, 1907 forwarded, 500.
Total foreign exports from all ports
this day: To Great Britain. 11.741; to
France, 100; to the continent, none.
Total foreign exports from all ports
thus far this week; To Great Britain
4s$n; to France. 1881; to the continent
l.,
10 Great Britain, 1646, 253; to France, 49,
Sgl; to the continent, 1923, 446.
Liverpool March 10, 1890 p. m.-Cotton
demand moderate; prices firm; American
middling, 11-32d; sales, 1900 bales; Ameri-
can, ll,O00 bales; speculation and export
SO bales; receipts, 10000 bales; American,
-fiOO bales. Futures opened ffrm; demand
fair March, APO; March-April 41Sq4.19
April May, 4.1764 160417; May-June, 4.16
J.une-July, 4.15@4.16; July-August, Ais;
Aug4st-September, 413Q4.12Q413; Septem-
N)CtODer-N
900; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, 1853. Futures,
nrm, at the advance.
u 40 D. m.-American spot grades, lid
higher; American middling fair, 4 $500;
good middling, 4 15-32d; middling, $780,
low , middling, 5-16d; good ordinary S-l6d;
Al p. m.-American middling, low mid
9Iing clause; March, 4.1Sq419, sellers;
M9rch-April All, sellers; April-May, 4.16,
July Ala, sellers; July-August, 4.13d4.14,
Value; August-September, All, sellers; Sep
S%ember,October, 4o2q4.O3, sellers; October
November, 1853, sellers; November-Decem-
per S.61, sellers; December-January, 1851,
sellers. Futures closed quiet. but steady.
New York, March 0.-Noon-Cotton fu-
March, 7.45c; April, 75Sc; May 7.57c; June,
''6Oc; July 7.63c; August, 7.62c.
New York, March 10, 4 p: m:-Cotton
March. 7.42Q74 4c; April 1889; May, 1850;
June, Isle; July, 7.64c; August, 764c; Sep
77edm16er, Use; October. 72Sc; November,
New Orleans, March 10.-Cotton futures
steady; sales 6O,700 bales; March, 7.47c;
april L47c; May, 1850; June, 752c; July,
!.5Sc; August, 7.44c; September, 715c; Oc
7z0oeoer, 706c; November, 7.04c; December,
New York, March 10.-Riordan & Co. say
OF cotton to-day: Another sharp adj
vance in Liverpool this morning caused a
higher opening here, May selling on the
esll at 7.5Sc, but there was more cotton
onering at the advance than anybody
wanted and the market gradually gave
way, until May had sold at 7.4Sc. Then the
prices began to harden and May rallied
10 752c little before the close there
was a rush to cover shorts, like that of
Yesterday, and May advanced to 1850.
gloslng firm at 1897. SC, and not for a
long time have the bulls felt so encour-
Sgeq as this afternoon. There was much
ouylng for rise, as well as TO cover
shorts, and some traders now talk of
CehtS for May. but southern enthusiasm.
Wnleh is the backbone of every success
I IuI pun movement, is now conspicuously
lachng and there are more southern or
GERS to sell than to buy. Prices may go
esoiin,eWhat higher, but we have slender
latin that the Improvement will last"