The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-15
COTTON.

COTTON.
The local spot cotton market remained
quiet and unchanged to-day The sales for
the day were 523 bales. At the first call,
at the Cotton Exchange, the market was
bulletined quiet and unchanged, with sales
of 1870 bales. At the second call, it was
unchanged with sales of ID bales. At the
last call, the market closed quiet and I'M
changed, with further sales of 800 bales.
The following were the official spot quo
tations, at the close of the market, at the
Cotton Exchange to-day:
Good middling ............................5 7-16
MlddllnS 3-16.
Low middHng OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Good ordinary OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 9-16
Market-Quiet; sales, spots, 523; F. o. B.,
1850
Sea Island Cotton-The market was
steady and unchanged, at the following
quotations.
Extra choice Floridas .............14 ais
Choice Floridas 3izM14
Extra fine Flordas .................13 M13l2
Fancy Georgias .l212nl3
Extra choice Georgias .............12 612A
Choice Georgias .....................11 ql1l2
Extra fine Georgias ,...............10lA
Flne GeorSlaS Observation-Disclosures. 9l2dlO
Savannah Receipts Exports and Stocks.
Receipts this day OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 12S44
Receipts this day last year ........... 9,6l1
Receipts this day year before last. 430l
Receipts since Sept. /, '97............7 290
Same time last year .........,..........5i7,4 3G
Same time year before last ..........47l 6S4
Exports continent, this day ........ II .275
Exports coastwse, this day........ 1870
Stock on hand this Gay ..............153 $40
Same day last year ...................l2j i4S
Receipts and stocks at the ports
Receipts this day Observation-Disclosures. g. S25
This day last week ................... 6jSS7
h &c do 11gt
This day year before last .......... 42Ol2
Receipts past four days ............. 203 sol
Same days last year ................ 1S5, 1O6
Same days year before last .......... 117,274
Total receipts since Sept. 1897. .4,655, 100
Same time last year ..................4,24 3,022
Same time year before last ........ 30O3, S27
Stock at the ports to-day ............1, 125,3l1
Stock same day last year ............1, 1854, 976
Receipts this week last year
Saturday. 1876 Wednesday ....46 26S
Monday. So 440 Thursday ......3S, $50
Tuesday. $3.50 Friday ..........6l,1 79
Daily Movements at Other Ports
Galveston-Steady; middling, 5 TIC; re-
cepts 1884; sales. $50; stock, 240,126.
New Orleans-Very firm; middlng, 5A;
receipts, 1898; sales, G,250; stock, 1885, 39.
Mobile-Quiet; middling, 3-16; receipts,
$780,; sales, 500; stock, 54523.
Charleston-Steady middling, 3-16; re-
ceipts 1,707; stock, 46, 461.
Wilmington-Quiet; middling, 52k re-
ceipts loo; stock, 1905
Norfolk-Steady; middling, 519; receipts.
5,555; sales, 800; stock 1881.
Batimore-Nominal middng, 55s re-
ceipts, 749; stock, q, 345.
New York-Quiet and steady; middne,
SIS; net receipts, 1856; gross, 1853; sales,
700; stock, 81 527.
Boston-Steady: middling 5Z: net re-
ceipts, 1887; gross, 1872.
lphia-Qulet; middling, 61s; re-
ceipts, 81; stock, 1869.
Daily Movements at Interior Towns
'Augusta-Firm; middlng, 512; receipts,
2,24s; sales, 67S; stock, $3.50. 2
mphis-Steady; middling 81 receipts,
$3.50; shipments, SIT; sales, $500; stock,
141 TIP.
St Louis-Quiet and steady; middiug,
3 5-16; receipts, 1896; shipments, SAY; sales,
1855; stock, 61632.
Enthusiastically; middling . 7-16; net re-
ceipts 1882; sales 1886; stock 1898; ex-]
pected tomorrow, 1900 to 5000.
Louisville-Steady.
Exports of cotton this day
Galveston-To Great Britain, $780, to
France, $3.50
New Orleans-To Great Britain, 1850; to
France, 500; to the continent, 14S0.
Mobile-Coastwise, $3.50.
Savannah-To the continent, II 275; coast
wise, 1890
Norfolk-Coastwise, 355S.
New York-To Great Britain, 255l; to
France, 1884; to the continent $685. for
warded, 2.407.
Total foreign exports from all ports this
day: To Great Britain, 1884; to France,
12033; to the continent 29,633.
Total foreign exports from all ports thus
far this week: To Great Britain, 81 no; to
France, 1913; to the continent, 1852.
Total foreign exports since Sept. !, 1897:
To Great Britain. 1856, 453; TO France, 423,
3l3; TO the continent, 1,183 339.
Liverpool, Dec 4.-Cotton, spot quiet;
American middling, 7-32d; sales 10000
bales, of which 1000 bales were for specu-
lation and export, and included 800 bales
of American; receipts 5000 bales, includ-
ing 10000 bales American. Futures opened
quiet with moderate demand and closed
steady; American middling, low middling
clause. December, 3.O9G3.10d sellers; De-
cember-January, 3G9Q3.10d sellers Janu-
February, 3O9Q3.10d sellers; February
March, led buyers; March-April,
3.10d3. lid sellers; April-May, 31103.12d|
sellers; May-June, 312q3.1Sd buyers; June
July, BAD sellers; July-August 3.15d buy
ers; August-Septembe 3.16d sellers; Sep
TENDER October, 317d sellers; October-No-
vember. s.1Sd sellers.
New York Dec. 1.-THE cotton market
was exceptionally narrow and destitute of
interesting features, opening quiet with
prices unchanged to one point lower, work
ing with the unusually narrow range of
three points and closing quiet, net un-
changed to two points lower. A weak I'M
dertone prevailed for the most part Of the
session, as cables were disappointing. Port
receipts were greater than estimated,
southern spot cotton markets without
snectalIy encouraging phases and above