The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-21
COTTON.

quotations at the close to-day:
COTTON.
Although there was another decline of
716 cents a the opening, which brought
middling down to Lice the lowest price
since the season opened, there was a little
better ceiling afterwards, and the demand
increased The sales for the day were 2,511
bales.
Al the first call at the Cotton. Exchange,
the market. was bulletined quiet at 1-16
cent decline, with sales of 746 At the sec
ond call, il was quiet and unchanged, with
slIes of l. 607 bales, and at the last call'it
closed quiet and unchanged, with further
sales OF 1853 bales.
The following were the official spot quo
tations at the close of the market, at the
Cotton Exchange to-day:
Good middling ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 6 1916
MddAng .....'........''''.'..'''' Lilo
Low middling Observation-Disclosures. Ills
Good ordinary ................,........5 5-l6
Market quiet sales, 2,511.
Nnddling same day last year, Use
savannah Receipts, Exports and Stocks:
Receipts this day ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1886
Receipts this day last year ............ 5,414
Receipts this day year before LAST. 4,119
Receipts since Sept. l, 1897. 499
Same time last year ....................92,3S
Same lime year before last ...........5l, 008
Exports, continent, this day ......... 5000
s.t5U
Same day last year .............-.......63,8 29
Receipts and Stocks at the Ports
Receipts this day ...................... 46,504
This day last week .......,............ 32,162
This day last year Observation-Disclosures. 81, All
This day year before last .............. ,2S9
Receipts past three days .............. "a, 1853
Same days last year ................... IS, AT
Same days year before last ........... $685.
Total receipts since Sept l, 1897. .S76, 15S
Same time last year ..................549,12 8
Same time year before last .......... ISL, S65
Stock al the ports to-day 800, $3.50
Stock same day last year .......,.... 530,07S
Receipts This Week Last Year
Saturday. 1906 Wednesday ....S3, $50
Monday. 81, Ali Thursday ......S1, 642
Tuesday. so, 1854 Friday ..........H,46 2
Daily movements at other ports
Galveston-Easy; middling, 65sc; net re-
cepts, 14,447; sales, 1884; stock, S3,114.
New Orleans-Easy; middling, 61ac; net
receipts S,52S; gross, 9,491; sales, $500;
stock, $3.50.
Woodworking doing; middling, 7-16c;
net receipts, 2,403; stock, 1911.
Charleston-Quiet middling, SIC; net re-
ceipts, 5092; stock, 26,619.
Wilmington-Quiet; net receipts, 3,791;
stock, 1854.
Norfolk-Quet; middling, csc; net re-
ceipts, 1887; gross, 29S7; stock, 7,247.
Balumore-Nominal; middling, 67sc;
gross, TO- stock, S34
New York-Easy; middling, csc; sales,
53f; stock, 80, 1863, (actual) = = ~
Boston-Quiet; middling, SIC; net re-
ceipts, none; gross, $50.
Philadelphia-Quiet; middling, 71sc; net
receipts, 81; stock, 2,126
Daily movements at interior towns
Enthusiastically; middling, 5-16c net
receipts, 3,315; gross, S,415; sales, 2,O4S;
stock, 9,521.
Memphis-Easy; middling SIC; net re-
. . oil 1 ctO
1857.
St Louis-Quiet; middling, 65sc; net re-
ceints, 500; gross, lib; stock S;163.
Cncinnati-Easier; middling, 624c; net
receipts, 100; stock. 1886.
Houston-Easy; middling, 9-16c: net re-
Ceipts, 13, 722; sales, 673; stock 61,391.
Louisville-Quiet; middling. &c.
Exports of cotton this day
New Orleans-Coastwise 5,212.
MObile-Coastwise, 1888
Savannah-To the continent, 5000.
arleston-Coastwise, 1926
Norfolk-Coastwise, $40.
New York-To Great Britain, 800; to the
continent, 1900; forwarded, 6,219.
Total foreign exports from all ports this
day: To Great Britain, 800 to the continent
t2lo
Total foreign exports from all ports thus
Tar this week: To Great Britain, 6,1O4; to
the continent, 1880.
To Great Britain, 25,682; to France, Il, 105
to the continent, AZ, S4
Liverpool, Sept. 20, 4 p. m.-Cotton, spot,
III talr demand; prices lower; American
mddling, fair, 1920; good middling
3-l6d American middling, 1-32d; low
mddling, 29-S2d; good ordinary, 25-32d;
ordinary 1921; the sales of the day
were 1900 bales, of which 500 were for
speculation and export, and included II 300
baIes American; receipts 1000 bales, in
Guiding 1900 bales American.
FUTURES opened easy, with fair demand
ana closed steady; American middling,
low middling clause, September, 3.5Sd sell |
ers; September October S.49G3. sod buyers
october November 343d buyers; Novem-
uef-December, 3.40d buyers; December |
January, S.39434Od sellers; January-Feb-
Luafy 3.39d buyers; February March, 339
Vo.Fd buyers; March-April. 9.40d buyers
Aprl-May, said buyers; May-June, 342d |
buyers; June-July, 3.43d sellers.
New York, Sept 2o-The cotton market
made a steady start at an advance of go |
'ol"ts, early cables showing less decline |
Liverpool than expected, and also an
mgI'dSed demand for spot cotton. Private |
t".les also pointed to broadening specula- |
u.D' but after the first call was over, liz |
e"aaon set in on a somewhat heavy |
&C. or these times, and prices broke
t points from the highest. January
y'...a''s sold down from 6 66c to 663c, and |
ing the rest of the list. There were
Ateivals of rally; but. in the main, |
Ca 'Het showed a decidedly weak UNI |
'-' primarily due to big receipts and |
e,''''s ton 20 ignore the yellow fever
IA the afternoon the market was
a. "e2ular, and at times decidedly |
row. .0Ier heavy estimates for to-mor- !
~ hoNemcnt The close was easy /
0st decline of 3@9 points
t." ork, Sept 90. noon,-Cotton flu
'3'1ed steady at the advance; sales
January, 6.66c February. 6.67c; |
t.,f.' ''Ie; April, G.7ic; May, 6.7Sc Sep /
s i59e; October. csc; November. |
poeamber, 66le
u... 'rk Sept 20. p m.-Cotton fu-
IT,. Used easy; sales, 1oS.5OO bales; jan |
Ami. -.' February, 655c March. &. soc: !
,ar o0-a; May, G.e6c; September csc; |
CAc ''igc; November, G. i5c; December, |
He.- }''eans. Sept 20.-Cotton futures |
G'.el and steady; sales, 800 bales: |
A'er, G.40c BID; October G.14g1G i5c.