The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-04
COTTON.

markets will show the tone and the quota
tons at the close to-day:
COTTON.
The local market during the past week |
was rather quiet. The quotations remain
ed the same for several days. but during |
the past two or three days the tone was
steady. The most notable change took |
place to-day, when an advance of lie |
cent on all grades was recorded. Factors |
and planters are still anXiously expecting |
The receipts at the ports have been heavy. |
Speculation in futures has been quiet, the |
lack of short selling giving some encour- |
agement to friends of cotton.
To-day al the Cotton Exchange the mar
ket was bulletined steady and unchanged |
at the first call, with sales of bales. At |
the second call it was unchanged, with |
sales of 5e7 bales. At the last call the |
market closed steady at 1-16 cent advance |
on all grades, with sales of 1G9 bales.
The following were the official spot quo |
tations at the close of the market, at the |
Cotton Exchange to-day:
Go9d mlddIlhg '.'''...'.'...........'.'..5 zig |
lhludhhg ..............'........,.. % S-le |
Low mlddIlng ...................'...'ts -
Market Steady: sales SPOT 679: for week
4.057; f. o. b., $780, for week, 1880.
Receipts-The receipts of cotton at this |
were 1891 bales upland and AVA bags sea
island, against SO 642 bales upland and 6, 146 |
bags sea island last week.
The particulars of the receipts were as |
follows: Per Central railway, "a, AS bales; |
per Savannah. Florida and Western rail |
way, 1897 bales; per Charleston and Sa
vannah railroad, 642 bales; per South |
Bound railroad, 1905 bales; per Florida |
Central and Peninsular railroad, 1,493 |
oaa15es{ per georgia ana Alapama fallroad,
4,776 bales; per Savannah river steamers,
S7S bales; per carts, "a bales; per Beaufort |
steamers, q bales upland.
E,Xports-The exports for the past week |
were 1920 bales upland and 1,762 bags sea
island, moving as follows To Baltimore, |
3,4l7 bales upland; to New York, 7OS1 bales |
IN Ia nd on * ID icld Qac-
ton, 2043 bales upland; to HaVre, l, $50 |
bales upland and 22 bags sea island; to |
sea island to Malmo, 800 bales upland; to |
Gothenburg, 1894 bales upland.
Stock-The stock on hand and on ship |
board to-day were los, 294 bales upland and |
2110 bags sea island, against 102,9n bales |
upland and 25,432 bags sea island at the |
corresponding time last year.
Sea Island Cotton-The market during |
the early part of the past week was cas- |
Ter, and some sales were made at prices !
slightly below the published quotations. |
During the past few days, however there |
was better demand and the prices stead |
led and went back to the former quota |
tons The sales for the week We're 1856 |
bales. The market closed steady at the |
following quotations:
Extra choice Floridas ............H @15
Choice FlOridas .1319014
Extra fine Floridas ................13 d13b |
Fancy GeorglaSS, ,....;;.........'......I21 2qlS
Extra choice FlOridas ............12 d12A |
Extra fine Georgias ...............101a
Fine GeOrgias Observation-Disclosures. 5000
The receipts for the past week We're 4. ia |
bags, against 6,l46 bags the same week |
last year
The exports for the week were /, 1872 bags, |
OF which 265 bags were to Liverpool 200 |
to Bremen; 252 to Havre, and 1,045 bags to |
northern ports for domestic consumption. |
Exports same week last last year year ,154 bags.
amount to 80, 3F bags, against 81, $50 bags |
for the corresponding time last year.
The total exports from Sept ! to date |
have been II fID4 bags. of which q S3 ha 2S |
to Great Britain; 1852 bags to France; $50 |
bags to the continent and 5469 bags do |
The total exports for the same period |
last year were q, 059 bags.
Stock on hand and on shipboard to-day |
We're PHO bags, against %, 432 bags this
day last year
Charleston, S c., Dec S.-sea island
cotton market: Receipts for the week l. 05S |
bags; exports, 1877 bags; sales, 400 bags; |
stock 5,467 bags.
Quotations: Medium fine, 1se; fine, 49,;
fully fine, 20d23c; extra fine, 26633c.
The total receipts since Sept. l, 1897, |
have been 5,S7 bags, against 7,21 bags |
for the same time last year. The exports
since Sept l, 1897 have been 1,042 bags, |
against $3.50 bags for the same time last !
sayannah Receipts, Exports and Stocks:
Received same day last year ......... 5393
Received same day year before last. 1899 |
Received same week last year ..... 427s9
Received same week year before last. 3201t |
Receipts since Sept l, 1897 ......... .662 1873 |
Receipts same time last year 81 |
Receipts same time year before last. 431 059 |
Exports this day, continent, ......... 1872 |
Exports past week, France ......... 1862 |
Exports past week, coastwise ...... 1881 |
Total exports for week ............... Al, $50
Exports Since Sept. /, 1897
no Great Britain ......'.'''.....'..'.. 3716l
10 France ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 2S,1J9 |
10 the continent OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. PSI S3S
5''dl foreign 81 e5l
Total tuyica |
Exports Same Time Last Year
10 Great Britain OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 26S22
To the continent ......................15 1882 |
r3Jai foreign ................'..'.''... .I94 1!9
Io.al coastwise ........................19 1884, ZIG |
Total exports ..........................3 1888 491 |
Sock on hand this day ..............i35,i Ot
stock on hand same day last year ..l2S, 403
Receipts and Stocks at the Ports
M GelPts this day .........'..'......, 5l,27S
MS day last week .................. 1901 |
Ials day year before last ........... 45, sos
E"rtipts past week ................. 1894 $50 |
same week year before last $50 231 157 |
5".al receipts since Sept. J. 1897. 4,0SS 209 |
s'me time last year ...............3,7S5.69 7
game time year before last .......2,65S 1S9
cock at the ports to-day .........1, 035 1854 |
sock same day last year .........L LIP, 100
Daily movements at other ports
OH, New .Orleans-Steady; net receipts, 49,
sales, $500; stock, By, sol.
harleston-Quiet; middling, 3-16; net |
"elpts, S,261; stock, 5l,372.
W llmington-Firm; middling, 5ss; net re-
'llts, 1893; stock 36 101.
enthusiastically; middllng,. SO; net re-
cepts, 5,sS5; sales, 1893; stock, 1889
baltimore-Nominal; middling SIS; net
'seipts, 2152 stock. Pills.
New York-Qpiet; middling, 1916; net
I'eipts, l569; sales. 1877, stock. 9S,0O8.
hoston-Dul; middling, 1916; net re-
Snlts, l,295; stock. 1855.
receipts, Sh.