The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-05

Grades. The wholesale markets were
steady and generally unchanged. The fol-
lowing resume of the different markets
VIII show the tone and the quotations at
the close to-day:
COTTON.
There was another decline of 1-16 cent
In the local cotton market to-day. The
demand was fair at the decline. and
the sales for the day were 1888 bales. At
the first call, the market was bulletined
quiet and easy and unchanged, with sales
OF lgS bales. At the second call, it was
al a decline of Lilo cent on all grades, with
sales of 475 At the last call, it was bulle-
tined quiet and unchanged, with further
sales of $50 bales.
The following were the official spot quo
tauons, at the close of the market, at the
Cotton Exchange to-day:
Good middllng ..........................5 7-16
MlddhnS ..'..-'..'''..........s.... ,....,5 S-l6
Low mlddllng .....,.................... .4B
Good ordinary ......,...................4 9-16
Market quiet; sales, 1883.
Sea Island Cotton-The market was quiet
and steady. The quotations are as fol-
lows:
Extra choice Floridas .141AG15.
Choice Floridas .....................14 Q1413
Extra fine Floridas, nominal. 49, .1215G13
Extra choice Georgias ..12AQ121A
Choice Georgias .11Aq11%
Extra fine Georgias ...............1O15
Fine Georgias Observation-Disclosures. 912010
savannah receipts exports and stocks
Receipts this day Observation-Disclosures. 1920
Receipts this day last year .......... 5,344
Receipts this day year before last. 1897
Receipts since Sept. l, 1S97........... AT, 1894
Same time last year ..................332,20 5
Same time year before last......... .31S, 1898
Exports, coastwise, this day .......... 1920
Stock on hand this day ..............1 40, 86S
Same day last year ...................1 lac, 626
Receipts and stocks at the ports
Receipts this day .a,................. 62,747
This day last week ................. 46.026
This day last year ................... 42,573
This day year before last .......... 20 2S7
Receipts past six days ...........y. 296, $50
Same days last year ................. 24S, 936
Same days year before last .........- ISL. 403
Total receipts since Sept. l, 1897 2, 419, 55S
Same time last year $50, S3S
Same time year before last ....,.....1,75S ,74S
Stock at the ports to-day ........... III, S06
Stock same day last year .........1, 0g7, 466
Receipts this week last year.
Saturday. ....... 1884 Wednesday ....H, 105
Monday. 966 Thursday ......42,573
Tuesday. .50,9OS Friday ........64, 524
Daily movement at other ports
Galveston-Quiet; middling 512; net re-
ceipts' 16,O0S; gross, 1903; sales, 402; Stock
2OS,9S6
New Orleans-Easy; middling. 59s;snet
receipts, 1859; sales 200; stock 1920.
Mobile-Quiet; middling, 5A net ere
Cepts, 2264; sales, 200; stock, 1924
Charleston-Quiet; middling, 5 5-16; net
receipts, 1o,947y stock, 56SSS. Fl
Wilmington-Quiet; nllddling, 53s; net re-
ceipts, 3,140; stock, 35141.
Norfolk-Easy; middling, 51a; net re-
ceipts, 26OO sales, 7S7; stock, 5000.
Baltimore-Nominal; mddling 81; gross.
ass; stock, 1885,
New York-Easy; middling, 6; net re-
ceipts, IT'S: gross, 1872.
Boston-Quiet middling. g. net receipts,
1.001; gross, 1,064.
Philadelphia-Quiet; middling 6A; net
receipts, 925; gross, lob; stock, 5,762.
Daily movements at interior towns
Augusta-Steady; middling 7-16; net
receipts, 2,O5S; gross, 2125; sales, 946; stock,
So 49,
Memphs-steady; middling, SIS; net re-
ceipts, 1854; gross, 31OS; sales 5000; stock,
7O939.
st. Louis-Quiet; middling, 7-16; net re-
ceipts, 1927; gross, 1857; sales, 127; stock,
81 1858.
Cincinnati-Quet and steady; middling,
57s; net receipts, 7S5; sales $50; stock,
6,752.
Houston-steady; middling, 7-1s; net
receipts, 10,405; sales, S72; stock, 3D. 78.
Exports of cotton this day
Galveston-To Great Britain, ~, 359 coast
wise, 3,6O6.
New Orleans-To France. $500; to the.
continent, 5066.
MObile-Coastwise ia.
Savannah-Coastwise, 2.230.
Norfolk-Coastwise, 2,15S
Batimore-Coastwise, LOCO.
New York-To Great Britain, 3345; to
the continent, 1876; forwarded, SOB.
Boston-To Great Britain, 1O24
Total foreign exports from all ports this
day. To Great Britain, 21,S23; to France,
$500; to the continent, 1922.
Total foreign exports from all ports thus
far this week; To Great Britain, 100 1903; TO
France, $3.50; to the continent, $685.
Total foreign exports since Sept 1, 1897:
To Great Britain 725,9Q9; to France, 2O1,249
to the continent, 50S,949.
Liverpool Nov. A.. 4 p. m.-Cotton, spot
good business done; prices lower; Ameri-
can mddling, fair 1920; good middling,
Esd; American middling, 9-32d; low mid
ding, 8 5-92d, good ordinary, 1-32d; or
dnaIy, 2 2T-32d. The sales of the day were
1000 bales of which 1000 were for specu-
laion and export, and included 1900
american; receipts, $1,000 bales, including
llW0 American.
Futures opened easy with a moderate
demand and closed steady; American mid
ding, low middling clause. November,
ia buyers; November and December,
i0d buyers; December and January, 3.10d
buyers; January aud February. S1Od buy
ers; February and March, Slid sellers;
March and April, S.11G3.12d buyers; April
and May, 5.12q3.1Sd buyers; May and June,
Slld sellers; June and July, 3.15d sellers;
July and August, 3.16d sellers; August and
9'ptember, Sid sellers.
New York, Nov. 4.-Cotton to-day made
new low record for a period of fifty
years, with the exception of the year 1894,
when January cotton touched SIS. To-day
Iasllow. point for January was 5,74. The
local market had fairly steady start at
u'out yesterdays closing figures, English
cotton market advices posted at the open
ing hour here being'l less unfavorable than
h"I been expected In view of our decline
"l yesterday Later cables were decidedly
"iVerse, and our market developed great
sAl OF Weakness which resulted in a de-
CHne Of to points. There was very
rue buying support other than furnished
NY the shorts themselves. Some of this
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