The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-08-14
COTTON.


Th local market has been very quiet
during the past week, the duIlness being
caused. principally by the light offerings
The receipts for the week We're only 95
b,rss the sales $50 bales for the week, and
al the close Of the market to-day the stock
of up,ands was only 125 bales. The new
cotton has been neglected, but old cotton
has been in good request At the Cotton
Exchange to-day the reported sales We're
d baes.
The following were the official spot quo
taions at the close of the market. at the
Cotton Exchange to-day;
Good middNug .....................,.....
NidlIing NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. IA
Low middlinS .,......................... rs
Good ordinary
Market quiet and firm; new cotton neg
lected; sales, 60; sales for week, $50.
PeceiDts-The receipts of cotton at this
mort from all sources for the past week
we're 50 bales upland and Is bags sea ISL
and against 1,215 bales upland and bags
sea island last year.
The particulars of the receipts were as
follows Per Central railway, "a bales;
pe- Savannah Florida and Western rail-
way 30 bales; per Charleston and SaVan-
nah railroad, none; per South Bound rail
road ] bale; per Florida Central and Pc
rirsuar railroad, II bales; per Georgia
4 and Alabama, > bales; Beaufort steam
ers, Is bales
EXports-The exports for the past week
were 657 bales upland and 175 bags sea
island moving as follows. To Baltimore
d bales upland and no bag sea island; to
New York, 105 bales upland and IT'S bags
sea island, to interior mills, 53l bales up
land,
Stock-The stock on hand and on ship
hoard to-day were l25 bales upland and
A1 te1a O afF hall
upland and $50 bags sea island at the
corresponding time last year.
Sea Island Cottop-The receipts for the
week were IS bags, but no new cotton was
amons the arrivals The market remained
quiet and nomnally unchanged. The sales
4 Tor the week were POS bags. Quotations
remain unchanged, as follows:
n Extra choice Floridas ............14l2
n Choice FlOrdas .l3l204
Extra fine Floridas ...............13
FancF Georgias ....................12 Gl21s
Ezra choice Georgias .............1112qll%
Choice Geors.as ....................n @1lh
Extra tlae Georgias ................lO @lO1s
me Georgias observation-disclosures. q 952
Medium fine Georgias ............. Sl2
common GeOrgias ..........,.......
The receipts for the past week were Is
bags, against bags the same week last
year.
The exports for the week were It's bags,
DtAs7-'f
northern ports for domestic consumption,
li5 bags
Exports same week last year, none.
The total receipts from Sept. 1 to date
amount to $500 bags. against 1928 bags
l9I tae corresponding time last year,
Inc total exports from Sept l to date
amount TO 79.5lS bags, moving as follows;
10 Great Britain, 40. $50 bags; to France,
"'@' bags; to the continent, p 64 bags to
''Ilaefh pores for domestic consumption,
|l8 bags.
The total exports for the same period
4a,' year We're 75,441 bags.
sock ON hand and on shipboard to-day
were '6S bags against 2165 bags this
a3} last year.
Charleston s. c.. Aug. 1S.-Sea island
,oIen market Receipts for the week,
1ss exports, none; sales, 50; stock, 500
Q4otauons-Medium fine, off color 14c;
msi.Im fine. loo; fine, 1Sc; fully fine, 19Q
-'c' extra fine 2SdS3c
Inc total receipts since Sept. l. 1896
nave e"en 9,479 bags against i05lj bags
',' ue same time last year The exports
me sept !. 1896. have been 1923 bags
-a1st 9sl5 bags for the same time last
i 'annah Receipts. Exports and Stocks.
. u Fe' mis- day ..................... 6
4 'iNea same day last year ...... 4G7
n Defea anne dav year before last IS
ID l.o. f"aN week ................... %
Il ttl same week last wear ~ 1222
r's9 same week year before last 167
II a. pts since Sept. /, 1896. ......... 81. $50
g. pa anne time last year. .......7 56 US
/ same time year before last94S 737
'H-s week, coastwse ...... S32
,. t's since Sept. !, 1886
II 4.,it Britain ...................... 4S 2G3
II r .'"-' '.....,...................... 1884
NJ d, 'n' continent .................37 No az
"A '~.t' '"H' Use ........................422 800
/ Total '-i -''''...,'.................i3 1876 liO
/ ~t,t NivIlr Recommendation. .S5S 1870
s.-H 'N hand this day ............. 7ey
%" ndnd same day last year. 6 426
i .''s and Stocks at the Ports
N APIS lis day ............ $50
II .. ,'S Iast week ............ lG6
n 9's last year ............... 2 i0S
II r. '.F Year before last ...... 4t2
II Same. a.. -s' week .t............... 1917
II ,-,,., week year before last 1gi0
N SAM, ris since Sept. l. 1896. g 62l g96
N ,mc ,i-5. ,ast year 1929
n Stock &, a. year before last .......793 3,J76
XSl0.F a. poI's to-day .......... 1850
r .iHe day last year . 199 M
C,ia movements az other ports
II osi.,. ,'1-8uiet. middlinp. "a. NOT re-
Nl, sales, 3; stock. 5.IiS.
III r.t Easy; middling. 2 1t-i6.
Mofr los' sales 200. stock. II. ii5
l. r.ai.,. N'ihing doing: mlddling. 7st net
p stock. 1873.
aIr.. n-Flrm middlng. ~: net re-
r .fl's a59; stock 200
10 quiet. mddling "a: stock.
a 'h-Flrm; mfddiing 81. "a, 49,