The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-08-25


recorded in corn and corn products. Eggs
.,d at poe a dozen, the market being
se3utNy supplied. Other markets Were
firm and unchanged.
THE fo.owing resume of the different
markets will show the tone and the quo
t3tions at the close to-day:
COTTON.
Under the excitement of a rising futures
market spots moved up &c to-day. There
was a fair demand and the reported sales
v.tre 1871 bales. The receipts were light,
h. me only IS bales The posting of a mum,
b.~ of foreign steamers 10 load cotton here
for Sentember-Octobers shipment caused
some comment on change. There is hard
" enough cotton on hand TO fill one ship
now but it is expected that when the
ships arrive there viii be plenty of cot
tom to fill them.
The following were the official spot quo
tations. at the close of the market, at the
Cotton Exchange to-day:
Good middliu9 OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, ISs
Middhng -
Low middllng ..........'...'..'''.'.''.' o3i
Good ordinary ............. -............... 6Ss
Market steady; sales 1871; middling same
dIy last year. 7l2c.
savannah Receipts Exports and Stocks:
Receipts this day Observation-Disclosures. SO
Receipts this day last year .......... 1888
Receipts this day year before last %
Receipts since Sept. 1, 1S96...........s44,S1
Same time last year ...................77O,5 3l
Same time year before last 1854
Exports coastwise this day ......... 302
Stock on hand this day ............... 1875
Same day last year ........-...,......, l4,SH
Receipts and Stocks at the Ports
Receipts this day .................., 1916
This day last week ................ 3,6Oo
Tais day last year .................. 1926
This day year before last ..,........ 731
Receipts past four days ........... 15,6S8
Same days last year ........,...... 3z,54
Same days year before last ........ 2,459
Total receipts since Sept. l, 1896. .6,661,O79
Same time last year ..............5,24 9, 654
Same time year before last .........7,9S7,9 72
Stock at the ports to-day S3,2H
Stock same day last year .......... 176,476
Receipts This Week Last Year
Sa-urday....... 1910 Wednesday .....13 124
Monday. boss Thursday ....... 9,O26
Tuesday........ 1926 Friday ..........13, 1873
Daily Movements al Other Ports
GaIveston-Firm; middling, IA net re-
ceipts g96: sales, 542; stock $3.50.
New Orleans-Firm; middling, lie;
net receipts, 1034; gross, 2,07S; sales, $50;
stock. 1880
Mobile-Firm middling, IA net re-
ceipis, II; stock, 1911.
Chareston-Firm; middling, rs; net re-
ceipts, a; stock L. 05
Wilmington - Quiet; middling,, rs; net
receipts, 10; stock, 355.
Norfolk-Quet; middling, s; net re-
celpts. @5l; sales, 1; stock, $50.
Baltimore Nominal middling, 81;
stock $50
New York-Quiet middlng. s; net re-
eeipts, none; gross, 252S; sales, S4S; spin
rers 80; stock. ia
Boston-Quiet; middlng, s; net receipts,
IS; gross, 2SS
Philadephia-Firm; middHng, sA; net
receipts, 20l stock, 1888.
Daily Movements at Interior Towns
Enthusiastically; middling. 7l2; net re-
celpts, lA; sales 16; stock, $50
Mempnis-Firm; middling, Z -16; net re-
certs. $; sales, So stock, 400.
n. Lous-tlrm; midding, z 11-16; stock,
Dln.einln1ati-Quiet; middling SIS; net re-
ceipis. 34 stock 1918
holston-Firm; middling. S-16; net re-
Vp.s &513 sales, 595; stock, 1900.
Lou sNlle-Quiet; middling, s.
exports Of Cotton This Day
~" 0rleans-To Great Britain, $50
Nonhe-Coastwise, S.
HaFdnnah-Coastwise 3O2
thafleston-C oastwise, 20.
Y Winning ton-Coastwise, 49,
~" lolk-To Great Britain ass; CONT
hent, l0l; forwarded. 1s2s
30, onto Great Britain, POI.
't ioIelsn exports from all ports
WIS daE-To Great Britain. 1.2O9: to
.t' r. none; to the continent. 100.
iotu foreign exports from all ports
a,, '5 iti inns week-To Great Britain, p
-, TO rance, DO; to the continent, 593
I'd. foreign exports since Sept l. 1896
~ ~, Great Britain, 3OiO.9@; to France,
','ii'i 20 the continent, 2,l49S41
t.t '''' Aug a, 4 p. m Cotton. spot.
l..t'td demand, prices higher; American
i't.l',''+ iair 2l-S2d; good midding.
.-'-I american middling.44d: low mid
t-sI; good ordinary, ld: ordinary.
l''. The sales of the day were 1000
is' o. which 500 were for speculation
wort ana included 4. 300 bales Ameri-
.'.pls 1900 bales, including 40 bales
lures opened strong with "a fair de-
,i dAd closed barely steady; American
''Ns low mddling clause August.
"ayers' August-September. i.05d.
september October 363d sellers;
MOVE mbor. 3.57d. sellers; Novem-
T. .-Deeember 35id, sellers. December
'a.F. $3.50, sellers: January February
buyers; February March. 358m
Settlers. March-ApriI S5id buyers:
A'V d55d, sellers May-June, 356d
p'embcr. fO5d
Ok. Aug 2i-The cotton market
steady az an advance OF to )
. r-i. .H 'h over accumulation of buying
NNI promptly reacted without caus-
surprise on the part OF the local
''' in view OF the constant adj
. o. Yesterday. There was "a good
long cotton for sale aud the
r nom this source continued more
eminent throughout the session.
''''lHf prices were the best of the
except for August and were FOL.
I = u"'llhc OF % TO ~ points ON the
POSITIONS with the market tu-
80 az nee loss Of 20 . points