The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-09

markets will show the tone and the quo
tations at the close to-day:
COTTON.
The local spot market remained I'M
changed, with the tone quiet and easy al
each call at the Cotton Exchange to-day.
Al ne first cell, the sales We're l25 bales;
at the second call 5U bales, and at the
last call, 4S bales. Futures at Liverpool
We're lower, while at New York the mar
ket closed about three points higher.
lattons, a the close of the marked, at the
Cotton Exchange to-day:
GoOu ilBddlhS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
3-lb
Low middhHS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Good ordinary Observation-Disclosures. 9-!G
Market quiet and easy; sales, spots, 22S;
I. o. b., , $50.
Sea Island Cotton-The market was
steady, with fair demand. The latest
quotations on which basis sales have been
made are as follows:
Extra choice Flordas .............14 615
Gnolce tloredas l3i2Ql4
ENtra flne FlOridas ...............l3 Nl3l2
Eancy Georgias ..................l2l2G
Extra choice Georgias .............12 0tl2A
CHolce GeOrgldS .................,...1 Mllla
extra fine GeOrgias ................1G1a
savannah Receipts, Exports ana stocks:
Receipts this day last year .......... 5S3j
receipts this day year before last . 5OS9
kecelpls since Sept l, 1897 ...,.......695 lSi
Same time last year ..................5l31 19
Same time year before last ..........452Glj
ENportS, continent, this day ........ 6S51
Exports coastwise, ibis day ......... 2ii9
STOCK on hand th3s day ..............14l3l j
same day last year ....................11ll 1876
Receipts and Stocks at the Ports
ReceiPts this day ..N................ $500
Ihis day last week ................ 4552}
This day last year ................. 4Sg37
This day year before last........... LAST
Receipts past five days ........... 25S2f6
Same days last year ............... 1S1932
same days year before ,asT 16i Q5t
Total receipts since Sept. !, 1897 ..4,S445Sl
Same time last year ................397 $40 S2S
Sars Atime year before last .2, 628 1873
So at the ports to-day .......... i, C53971
stock same day last year .........1, 217 $50
ca Receipts This Week Last Year
S5aturday 81 6S4 "Wednesday S31
Monday. 45,432 Thursday ..S4 53j
Tuesday. As SO Friday .......59 453
Daily Movements at Other Ports
iVeeSston-Sileady; net receipts. 12769;
sales, Co., stock. 2i5,3i3
New Orleans Steady middling. So; net
receipts, 1854; sales, 1850; stock. 1856 oil. =
Mobile-Quiet; middling. S-l6 net re-
celpts, 2,646; sales, 1000; stock, 42,042
Charleston-Steady midd.ing, 3 3-1G; net
receipts, Isis; sales, 800; stock, 1898
Whining ton-Steady; middling, SIS net
receipts, 1000 stock, IS, 539
Nortolk-Stcady; middIng, 55: net re-
cepts, 4,4JO; sales, LOIS; stock, II $50.
MISUNDERSTANDING; middiing, 5& net
receipts, $50; stock, 1888
New YOrk-Dull; middling 7-16: net re-
celpts, l,04l; gross 1921; sales, Is, all spin
ners; stock $3.50
i R9st sqac 81 middling 81 net receipts
Philadeiphia-Quiet; middling, SIS; net
receipts, 60i; stock, S79S
Dfily Moyements at Interior Towns
Angus la-Steady; midding, 81; receipts.
LIB sales. go; stock 52,721
Memphis-Firm; mddling, 81; receipts
1855 shipments, 1,6O9; sales, 5000; stock,
St. Louis-steady; middHng. 55-i6; re-
celpts, 96ll; shipments, S,79S; sales, SIS;
stock 81. 1S5.
ousto5n,moSteady; middLng, 7-16; re-
ceipts, SOP; sales 1901; stock ri 6l7
Exports of Cotton This Day
,Galyeston-ro Great Britain, 500; con-
New Orleans-To Great Britain. 500.
continent, 1850; coastwise. 25O2
SavanIn nal the continent, $3.50; coast
Norfolk-Coastwis 3,2O5.
New York-To Great Britain, 2,o9i; con-
tinent, 81; forwarded 2,S45.
Total foreign exports from all ports this
day: To Great Britain, 81 762; 10 France,
none; to the continent 20609
Total foreign exports from all ports
thus far this week: To Great Britain 90
is. -''''- ~ '''0 ''''''''' 90
Total foreign exports since Sept. ], 1897:
To Great Britain, 1SS9,7S7; TO France, 4O4.-
Sl6; to the continent, 1864, SIC.
Liverpool, Dec. 8.-Cotton, spot, fair de
mand, and prices lower; American mid
ding, fair, 9-16d good middhng, 15-16d
3-l6d; good ordinary, i5-16d: ordinary
I'D Sales, 1909 bales of which 1000
bales were for speculation and export and
Included $500 bales American. Receipts
5000 bales, including 20, coo bales Ameri-
can. Futures opened easy, with moder-
ate demand and closed irregular; Ameri-
can middiing, low middling clause, De-
cember, 5000 sellers; December-January,
309d; January February. 308d; February
March. 3.C9d sellers: March-Aprl, 5000
310d sellers; April May, 310d; May-June
3l2d; June-Juiy, 3.13d; July-August, 3.14d
September, S,l5m3.1Gd September
October 4.l5a4.16d; UctoberN ovember
317d sellers.
New York, Dec. Section was quiet to-
out the session the market was quite fea-
tureless the trading was for the most part
on local basis and very little of that.
the entire days business amounting to but
$1,000 bales The market was finally steady,
net unchanged to 8 points higher.
New York, Dec. 8 noon.-Cotton futures
bales; January $780, February, sic;
March, 5.76c; April 58lc; May 5.S7c; June
5.9lc; July, 5.95c; August sole; Septem-
Der, 6.03c; December, 564c.
New York, Dec. 8, 4 D. m.-Cotton flu
lures closed steady; sales, 81, 800 bales; Jan
uary, Sic; February, 5.76c March $500:
April, 585c; May, Sole; June, 5.95c, July,
$500; August. 603c; September. 6.O3c: Oc-
tober, 6.05c; December. $3.50
New Orleans, Dec. S.-Cotton quiet and
steady; sales. ll,2e9 bales; December. 5256D
J.ltcS JdIudi " Js0o'i9.OJcs feUfQAEy, J.38Nb
5.40c: March, 5.4lGI5.45c; April. 8 i9G5.5Oc:
May, 5.55c; June, 550a5 60c; July. 56iG6
5.66c; August 569a5.7lc; September, 5.7Jm
. re.
New York, Dec, S.-Riordan & CO. say
Of cotton to-day: Another very dun DAVIS
trading IN cotton resulted in slightly high
er prices The early news was rather an
offset. Liverpool declined one and one
half sixty-fourlh but Manchester trade
reports were good, and the labor troubles
there were reported as settled Our mar
lot q - 10.
decline the investment buying, which has
been continuous Of late, made itself fett
and selling orders made no impression up-
on prices. Receipts were again cOmpar-
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