The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-22
COTTON.

tbe.ouotations at the close to-day:
COTTON.
The local market remained quiet and
,,,,banacd to-day, with sales of 1,07S bales.
A. fbe first call at the Cotton Exchange,
tb. market was bulletined quiet and I'M
hanged with sales of 1,057 bales. At the
l',ond ,.au it was quiet and unchanged,
,,..tb M sales reported. At the last call
If was quiet and unchanged, with sales Of
The following were the official spot quo
+a+{ons at the close of the market at
the Cotton Exchange to-day
Good mildling ..........................5 l3-l6
AiddlinE .......'''.'''. '''''.'''''''''''o $40
Low middling .............................5
Good ordinary ......................,...4 l5-l6
Market quiet; sales, 1,07S.
Sea island Cotton-The market was quiet
and steady and unchanged. The quota
lions We're as follows:
Extra choice Floridas, nominal. .141s
Choice Floridas, nominal ..........13 ola
Extra fine Floridas, nominal ....121a
Fancy GeorgiaS ...................l212Q
Extra choice Georgias .............12A@l212
Choice Georgas ....................nAQR
Extra fine GeOrgias ................lO12
Savannah Receipts, Exports and Stocks:
Receipts this day NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 1OO54
Receipts this day last year .......... 493o
Receipts this day year before last. 74O4
Receipts since Sept. l, 1891. 1856
Same time last year ................. .256941
Same time year before last...........25 3S45
Exports, continent this day .......... 400
Txports, coas twise, this day......... 2271
stock on hand this day .............. $780, 1856
Same day last year ...................11 lis, 300
Receipts and Stocks at the Ports
Receipts this day .................... 1928
This day last week .................. 4422
This day last year .................... 1910
This day year before last ........... 49, 600
Receipts past six days ............,. 3O6 1876
Same days last year ................. 2770T
Same days year before last ......... 254 222
Total receipts since Sept l, 1897. II, 691, 296
Same time last year .................1,9 29 1872
Same time year before last ........1, 3l0603
Stock at the ports to-day........... 646592
Stock same day last year .......... i, 032, 6S7
Receipts This Week Last Year
Saurday......52,546 Wednesday ...46SSS
Monday. .65,1S3 Thursday ......454 40
Tuesday ......... &c $50 Friday ........ .51042
Daily Movements at Other Ports
Calves ton-Quiet; middling SIS; net re-
ceipts II 500; sales, 1,547; stock 1859.
New Oreans-Quiet; middling, SIS; net
receipts, 1926; gross receipts, II ,534; sales,
$3.50, stock, 1882.
NoDile-Steady middling, 59s; net re-
ceipts, 1,411; sales, 300; stock, 22,929.
Charleston-Quiet; middling 9-16; net
receipts, 1865; sales, 1850; stock, 1876
ceipts. 2,195; stock, 26, 1853.
Norfolk-Dull; middling, SIS; net re-
celpts, 5.403; sales, COS; stock, 1862.
Baltimore-Nominal; middling, 61s; gross
receipts, 1885, stock, 1905.
New York-Dull; middling. 3-16 net re-
ceipts, 1854; gross receipts, $3.50; sales, GA,
all spinners; stock $3.50
Boston-Dull; middling, 3-16; net re-
ceipts, 446; gross receipts, S22.
Philadelphia-Quiet middling, 7-16; net
receipts, 400; stock, 1928.
Daily Movements at Interior Towns
Augusta-Steady; middling, 5 1916; net
receipts, 2'779; gross receipts, 2,944; sales,
lab; stock, SPA.
Memphis-Quiet middling, SIS; net re-
ceipts, 5,376; gross receipts 5,575; sales g.
Goo; stock, 81 422.
ST. Louis-Quiet; middling, 1916; net
receipts, 1,600; gross receipts, s, 16O; stock,
21,759.
Cincnnau-Quiet; middling, SIS; net re-
ceipts, SIS; stock, 6,255.
Houston-Quiet middling, 57s; net re-
ceipts, $50; stock, II 1868.
sville-Quiet; middlng, g.
Exports of Cotton This Day
Galveston-To Great Britain, 6S41;
France, 5000; coastwise, 1,547.
New Orleans-To Great Britain, 4503.
coastwise, $500
savannah-Contnent, AGO; coastwise,
2271.
harleston-Coastwise, :, 722.
Wilmington-Contnent 1906.
Norfolk-To Great Britain, 5,666; coast
WISE $685.
New York-France. 10; continent 100;
forwarded 1853.
Boston-To Great Britain, 1851.
Total foreign exports from all ports this
day-To Great Britain, is, sol; to France,
$40; to the continent 1896.
Total foreign exports from all ports thus
vi taff
to France. 80, 6T; to the continent, 1884.
Total foreign exports since Sept. l, 1897
To Great Britain, 1856 525 to France, 49,
1875; to the continent, S22,SSS.
Liverpool, Oct. p, p. m.-Spot, good
business done; prices lower; American
midding fair. 3 15-16d; good middling. 3
Sgd American middling, 19-32d; low
mddlng, 15-32d; good ordinary, 11-32d;
ordinary, 5-32d Sales of the day includ-
ed 1850 bales, of which LOCO were for
speculation and export and included H. 400
americans. The receipts were $4,000 bales,
including IS, 400 bales American. Futures
opened quiet, but steady, with a moderate
demand and closed barely steady; Amer-
Iah mddlng, low middling clause, Octo-
ger 3.30d, buyers; October November,
I'D, buyers; misunderstanding, 3.2O6p
%-ld, values; December-January. S.20d.
nlyers; January February, 3.20d, buyers;
february March, 320d321d, buyers;
S--o3 23d, sellers; May-Juue, 3.23d, buyers;
SSo,Inte-July, 3.24d, buyers; July-August,
S.25d sellers.
New York, Oct 21.-The cotton market
opened steady at an advance of points
ana turher advanced 2d3 points in the
H-st hour early cables being better than
tNlTeted in view of our decline Of yes
telzaay The net advance was reduced to
'- points by noon, later cables not meet
1.s eNpectations. Buying by q leading
GIeeA house and by a leading Philadelphia
nouSe caused some anxiety on the part
me shorts in connection with reports
I'ostS IN Texas Mississippi and Ten
aSer' Covering became feature in
IG yiternoon and the market turned de-
"V"i! hrmer. Private cables stated that
,i0 English cotton trade was becoming
tL Iled IN view of the frost advices from
nus SIDE The market closed steady at
NJ "S. ADVANCE of Sd4 points. Total sales
'ulures were 111,9O0 bales.
NV, NV York, Oct, 81, noon.-The cotton
',fi AeJ opened steady at the advance;
ar' S q 200 200 bales; January, 6.l0c; Febru-