The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-09
COTTON.

COTTON.
The market remained quiet and easy
and unchanged at each call at the Cotton
exchange. The total sales reported for
tbo dav were 646 bales, of which 407 were
rep5rted at the first CALL 1872 bales at the
second and AZ at the close.
The following We're the official spot quo
4 tations at the close of the market, at
the Cotton Exchange, to-day:
Good middling OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. f-l6
Middlng ....... S-l6
Low middling ....................."....
Good ordinary Observation-Disclosures. "A 9-l6
Market quiet and easy; sales, 646.
Sea Island Cotton.-The market remain
ed quiet and steady at the following quo
tatons:
Extra choice Floridas ......141b015
Choice Floridas ....................14 OLLIE
Extra fine Floridas, nominal .....121aQ1S
Fancy Georgias ..:................21 2qlS
Extra choice Georgias ........... 12A@12%
4 Choice Georgias .1154Ql1
Extra fine Georgias ...............1012
Fine GeOrgiaS ...................,... 9126plO
Savannah Receipts, Exports and Stocks
Receipts this day .............,....,.. 1927
Receipts this day last year ....... 4,S5
Receipts this day year before last. 3,457
Receipts since Sept. l, '97........... Al, 1856
Same time last year 347, 239
Same time year before last .......... 1873, 52S
Exports Great Britain, this day -. 6,S2i
Exports, continent, this day ....... Il, 653
Exports, coastwise, this day ....... 2.T5
Stock on hand this day .............. .129, S97
Same day last year .139, OPS
Receipts and Stocks at the Ports
Receipts this day ................... g. 79
This day last week .................. Sc, ITO
This day last year ................. 1881
This day year before last ......... 38,S17
Receipts past three days ........... 1874, SSS
Same days last year .............. S7,710
Same days year before last ....... &C, 100
Total receipts since Sept. l. 1897. q 1925, OS1
Same time last year ...............2 703, 073
Same time year before last .......1, 1861, 3S1
Stock at the ports to-day .......... 793, 803
Stock same day last year ............1 113 $3.50
Receipts This Week Last Year
Saturday ........37 $50 Wednesday al ,424
Monday .........49,751 Thursday As, 7O9
Tuesday .........49, 62 Friday ........56, SO
Daily Movements at Other Ports
Galveston-Easy; middling, $751; net re-
ceipts, % 703; sales, S42; stock, 222 2O6.
New Orleans-Quiet; middling, 5ss; net
receipts, 1851; gross, 1924; sales, 2,150;
stock 203, 4S7.
Mobile-Quiet; middling, 514; net receipts,
$40; sales, 100; stock, 1875.
Charleston-Dull and nominal; middling,
81; net receipts, 1888; stock, 6S,274.
gton-Steady; middling, 1915;
net receipts 2,6O1; stock, 20 LOG.
Norfolk-Quiet; middlng, 53s net re-
ceipts, 5,41S; sales, 2,149; stock, 4l,553.
acknowledgements; middling, SIS; gross
receipts, 1,225; stock 1886
New York-Quiet; middling, 5b; net re-
ceipts, none; gross, 1908; sales, 1,192; spin
ners, 1921; stock, 75,457.
Boston-Dull; middling, 6; net receipts.
1857; gross, 6, 126.
Philadelphia-Q Quiet; middling, 61s; net
receipts, 1879; stock, 6412.
Daily Movements at Interior Towns
Augusta-Steady; middling, 53s; net re-
ceipts. 2,66i: gross, 2772; stock, Il ,O55.
Memphs-Steady; middling, 5ss; net re-
ceipts, $3.50; gross, 1926; sales, 1000; stock,
1908.
ST. Louis-Quiet; middling, 5 7-1s; net re-
ceipts, 1,751; gross, $3.50; sales, 400; stock,
1864.
Cincinnati-Quiet middllng, 81 net re-
ceipts 835; stock, 6,9SS.
Houston-Quiet; middlng, 5as; net re-
ceipts, 1856 sales, 467; stock 53254.
1ouisville-Qulet; midding, So
Exports of Cotton This Day.
Galveston-Continent SS0S; coastwise,
1889
savannah-To Great Britain, 6,S24;. CONT
nent, 4,553.
harleston-Continent, 10700.
Wilmington-Continent, Il, 407; coastwise,
30S
Norfolk-C oastwise, 2SS5.
New York-To Great Britain, 967; for
warded, 4,625.
Boston-To Great Britain. 67S.
Total foreign exports from all ports this
day-To Great Britain, S,469; to France,
none; to the continent, 1868.
Total foreign exports from all ports thus
far this week-To Great Britain, "a, 121; to
France, 500; to the continent, 4,40S.
Total foreign exports since Sept. /, 1897
To Great Britain, 776,S1S; to France, 225 AGA !;
TO the continent 608,0S0
Liverpool, Nov. s, p. m.-Cotton, spot.
IN good demand; sellers offer freely; prices
We're unchanged; American middlng, SID
The sales of the day were 1900 bales, of
winch 1000 bales were for speculation and
export, and included IL 200 bales American.
receipts, 5000 bales, including 1860 bales
american. Futures opened easy, with
moderate demand, and closed steady;
american mddling low middling clause,
oIVa3l1d sellers; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS,
@HQ309d buyers; December-January, 30S
a5eSd sellers; January February, S0S9
5'09d sellers; February March, 3.O9d buy
ers; March-April, BOD sellers; April May
S'lld buyers; May-June, 3.12G3.1Sd sellers;
Juhe-July, 313GS.14d sellers; July-August,
SIfg5l5d sellers; August-September S.15d
buyers
New York, Nov Section market open
ed at loss of 16l4 points, and before the
uay was out showed an additional loss OF
wI' points. January contracts sold down
70 ot2c, this being the lowest figure in
over Two years, and within nc Of the low
eSl price in the history of cotton statis-
ues The weakness of the market was
uHe,tIy the result of predictions of over
mining receipts at interior points. as
wen as of a deluge of cotton at the ports
y-uorrow. In addition to this pressure,
"s English cotton market closed at net
o5s OF ll2Q2 points, while reports from
,a'uutacturing circles in New England
II7 Tor selling cotton, and liquidation
my .'lne very general, including active SELL
I7 lor English accounts. There was not
H., Upfh selling by the shorts themselves,
t pi.ees intimida ting ITEM to some ex-
co ana causing the more prudent to
i,.'r The market closed easy at a net
b,ll OF SQS points. Total sales. 1880
onr" York, Nov. s, noon.--Cotton futures
L,,p steady at the decline; sales, $500
NJ, January, 5.60c; February 5.75c
/ So .l; 91Sc; April, 5,91c; May, 5.S7c; June
5eo Jruty' 5.96c; August, 6.OOc November
~ december, $3.50
nr''" york, Nov. 8. A p. m.--Cotton flu
uar,. Giosed easy; sales, 1759OO bales; jan
Anr5iii. o'ge February. 5sse; March 5.72c