The morning news., 1897-08-28
COTTON.

COTTON.
It has been a week of lively fluctuations
IN the cotton futures market while Au-
gust spots have been steadily advancing
AT New York spot cotton has been selling
at Lie for middling, while a Savannah
the price was rs cents, part of the differ
seuce however was made up in the fact that
the savannah price was for new cotton,
while that at New York was for the old
crop staple. Old cotton here was worth
13c more than the quotation in the new.
The local market advanced 1sc early in
che week. but remained quiet as the offer
1ngs were light, and the principal buyers
for export had not all returned TO the
city. The movement continued slow dur
ing the week, the receipts being fifteen
times as many bales as were received the
same week last year.
The sales for the week were rs bales.
The continued rains during the past two
weeks it is said. retarded the harvesting
of the crop, consequently the movement
has been retarded. 1t is expected that the
receipts will start to come in at a lively
rate in a few days The market to-day
rema ined unchanged. The tone of the mar
ket was quiet, with sales of 116 bales.
The following were the official spot quo
tatiOns, al the close of the market, at the
Cou on Exchange to-day:
Coed middltng ...........................
M0ldlng ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Low mlddllng ............,.............. .6A
Good ordinary NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Market quiet; sales 116; for week, us
Receipts-The receipts of cotton a this
we're 776 bales upland and bags sea is
l}nd against IA 445 bales upland and 1856
tags sea island last year.
The particulars of the receipts were as
follows Per Central railway, 80 bales;
per Savannah, Florida and Western rail-
N1V 95S Ia les. Dpr CDar1pston and Gayap-
nah railroad, % bales; per South Bound
railroad AZ bales; per Florida Central and
Peninsular railroad, q bales; per Georgia
and Alabama, 26 bales; per Savannah
steamers, "a bales.
ExporJs-The exports for the past week
were 920 bales upland and 405 bags sea is
land moving as follows: To Baltimore
80 bales upland and no bags sea island ;
po New York, 427 bales upland and 405 bags
sea island; to interior mills, 443 bales up
land
Stock-The stock on hand and on ship
board to-day were 1,289 bales upland and
e.4l7 bags sea island. against 17,416 bales
upland and 2,231 bags sea island at the
corresponding time last year.
Sea Island Cotton-The movement of sea
ISLAND cotton has not commenced yet, con-
eequent.y there has been no market dur
1ng the past week; besides the buyers have
hot yet returned ana the demand is very
light. There will probably be no change
IN the nominal quotations until the re-
feipts begin to come in and the buyers
are in the market. The sales for the
week were II bags The quotations were
hominaly follows:
EAtra choice Floridas ..............141R
1holce Floridas ............ ...... .1312414
Extra iine FlOrdas ................13
T"hcN Georglas .................".l2 @l2l2
E-N'ra choice Georgias ............ .111ad112
-aolce Georgias ..........-.........u M11la
Extra fine CpOrpias IN 07fO
Neol gas .'..................... a 9i2
-Iedium hne Georgias ............. 81a
oLn'hCh GeorgiaS .....-...........
The receipts for the past week were 9
uass against 1856 bags the same week last
The exports for the week were 4O5 bags.
moving as follows: To Liverpool, 30 bags;
70 northern ports for domestic consump-
non 31j bags.
exports same week last year. 135 bags.
l"e total receipts from Sept. to date
amount 10 SLIPS bags, against 77,419 bags
LOT Inc corresponding time last lear
ihe io1al exports from Sept. ] to date
%'noun' to 1899 bags. moving as follows:
10 Great Britain, 40.lS9 bags; to France.
'.'' oags' 20 the continent, 2,664 bags: TO
.'..Aern ports for domestic consumption,
ne total exports for the same period
s's' year were 1855 bags.
oNh on hand and on shipboard to-day
Ge 0H bags, against 2,2M bags this
Caarleston. S. C.. Aug. 27.-sea island
'''" market: Receipts for the week.
Si2 bags ''''''' 'o'e' S'oeh'
ga'lluons-Medium fine. off color. 1ic:
-i'h hne' l5ai6c; fine. lSc: fully fine.
extra fine. 2S033c
'o'Al receipts since Sept l. 1896.
pave "een 94So bags, against 10 51s bars
tas
sept j. 1896, nave been 9675 bags.
lo3r. ''' '''e same tine last
I...,...ol I.'.''n4aa receipts. exports and stocks
wed this day ................ ea
- ,.'i same day last year ...... 4l5i
Ra..,,,i ,ine day year before last. lCG
i''l past week ................. 7S5
.','i same week last year.. 4gti
"'' same week year bfore last 2gl
rihfe sept. J., tS95..........Stt s5f
same time last year ......77s.5i6
I..,,. 1"ne ume year before last.9i6li2
-,.',' ln's week. coastwise....... 1928
d.,I. uce sept Z, isgG-
,..'ai Britain ...................... IS si9
Fc .''t..t'' .t''ts................... 1851
r.t.r 'I.'ntnt ......................872.5 .5t3
Ttt '.slNisc .........,.............l2ig gss
Hst.. .," ts's''s'...t..... .i3i 100
S .l i'" tsttttst.+, ,s....,......... SGD t.s
"I hand this day............... ,as
nhnd same day last year,. 1861
and Stocks at the Ports
'. . NAf 'ttts.tt....t..t.... sfil
'i"l week ................. 491l
''Ht year tts................ III.
year before liHt .......... sWi
.Aa' week ................. 2.ai
iat veHr ................ G.ff7
faf before llst ........ fMl
since Sept q. $500 y. .r3s al
f'ff before iaat. t.........1.8a a