The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-21

advance IN pale TOSlH. All SIdUes ABOVE
7 rose 2oc a barrel with a good demand for
the offerings The spirits turpentine mar
uet was steady at SOC. with a slow de-
r,and. The cotton market was unchanged
with The tone easy and reported sales of
-ag bales. The wholesale markets were
steady and generally unchanged. The fol-
lowing resume of the different markets
will show the tone and the quotations at
the close to-day:
COTTON.
The local market was quiet to-day, with
reuorteI sales of only 1893 bales. The quo
tatious were unchanged and the tone of
the market was easy. At the Cotton EX-
change at the first call, the market was
buuetined steady and unchanged, with
sales of 755 bales. AT the second call it
was easy and unchanged, with no sales
AT the last call, it was easy and unchang-
ed. with sales of IS bales
The following were the official spot quo
tations a. the close of the market, at the
Cotton Exchange, to-day:
Good middling .........................5 1916
Low middlng ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Good ordinary .......................,...4 1915
Market easy; sales. 793
Sea Island Cotton-The market was quiet
and steady and unchanged. The quota
tons were as follows:
Extra choice Floridas, nominal. .1415
Choice FlOrdas, nominal .........13 ola
Extra fine Floridas, nominal ....12la
Fancy Georglas .l2l2ql3
Extra choice GeorgiaS ............124 M122
Choice Georglas ..lAqLz
Extra fine Georgias ...............101a
savannah Receipts, Exports and Stocks:
Receipts this day ..................... TO- 42S
hfs dow loci A
Receipts this day year before last. 1850
Receipts since Sept. 1, 1881. .......... .313,6O2
Same time last year .................25 20, 005
Same time year before last.......... .246 AL
Exports, continent, this day ........ $3.50
Exports eoastwise, this day ........ LII
Stock on hand this day ............. .127 4O3
Same day last year JIG, ISL
Receipts and stocks at the ports
Receipts this day .................. So 1872
This day last week ................... 40S10
This day last year .................. 46,SSS
This day year before last .......... 5O522
Receipts past five days ............ 25S 493
Same days last year.........,,..... 231,567
Same days year before last........ 215572
Total receipts since Sept. l, 1897. i, 63S 033
Same time last year ..............1, 8SS 662
Same time year before last..........1, 81, 1853
Stock at the ports to-day ........ SAC, Psi
Same day last year ................1 ,0141S2
Receipts this week last year
Saturday .......52, $40 Wednesday 1888
Monday ........65 1888 Thursday 1910
Tuesday ......66, $50 Friday ..........51,042
Daily movements at other ports
Galvest on-Easy; middling, 5 1915; net re-
ceipts Il, 924; gross, 1924; sales, S4S; stock,
1888.
New Orleans-Easy; middling, SIS; net
receipts, 1868; gross. II, $50; sales 1900;
stock 127S11.
Mobile-Dull; middling. 55s; net receipts,
$3.50; gross, $3.50; sales, AGO. stock, 22S5S.
ston-N ominal; nothing doing; net
receipts, 4,1S5 gross, Abs; stock, 1888.
Wilmington-Quiet middling, ga net re-
ceipts, 2,030; gross, 20S0; stock, 29,lf9
Norfolk-Dull; middling, SIS; net receipts,
4975; gross 4957; sales, 1870; stock, 32053.
Baltimore-Nominal; middling, 6is;
gross. 1855; stock, 1880.
New York-Dun; middling, 9-16; net
receipts 1887; gross, 1885, sales, 1,lS0;
spinners, 30; stock 54622
Boston-Dull; middling, 3-16; net re-
ceipts, LIB; gross, $685..
Philadelphia-Quiet; middling, 67-16; net
receipts 4O1; gross, 4O1; stock, 6S0S.
Daily movements at interior towns
Augusta-Steady; middling, 51s; net re-
ceipts, 1871; gross, 1887; sales, 90; stock,
g., 629
Memphis-Quiet and easy; middling,
57s; net receipts, 1914; gross, 407O; sales,
$500; stock, 1914.
st. Louis-Easy; middiing, 5-16; net
receipts. 1857; gross, 1926; sales, 1903;
stock, 20,S47.
Cincinnati-Quiet; middling, SIS; net re-
ceipts, 1,4OO; gross, LOO; stock, 6216.
Houston-Steady; middlng, SIS; net re-
ceipts, 6,715; gross 6,715; sales, 901; stock,
1882
Louisville-Quiet; middlihg, 6.
Exports of Cotton This Day
New Orleans-Coastwise 2,11O.
Mobile-Coa stwise, 1854.
SaVaOnah-TO the continent, $3.50, coast
wise, In.
Charleston-To the continent, 11,6O5.
Norfolk-Coastwise, 3,1S6.
New rk-Forwarded, $40.
Boston-To Great Britain, 1906.
Total foreign exports from all ports this
day: To Great Britain, 1905; to France,
none; to the continent, 1925.
Total foreign exports from all ports thus
far this week: To Great Britain, 66,314; to
France, 3SO1; to the continent 5SOSS.
Total foreign exports since Sept. /, 1877;
To Great Britain, 447974; to FRANCE NO.
426; TO the continent, 907, 9S2.
LIVERPOOL. Oct. 90 4 p. m.-Cotton, spot
fair demand; prices steady; American mid
ding 35sd The sales of the day were TO-
600 bales, of which 500 were for specula-
ton and export, and included S,4o Amerl-
can; receipts 33, 900 bales, including SO4
American. Futures opened steady, with
fair demand, and closed easy American
middnng lower middling clause, October,
5290 sod buyers; October-November, 3.22q
8.23d buyers; November December, 3.2Od
buyers, December-January, 319d3.2Od buy
Wis, January February, 3.1943.2Od buyers;
February March, S.20d buyers; March
April, Sid sellers; April-May, 3.22d SELL
ers; May-June, 3.23d sellers; June-July
%2303.2id buyers; July-August, 3.24Q3.25d
value
Nov York, Oct 2O-In view of our adj
vance OF Yesterday, the Liverpool cables
a hand this morning, our markets open
ed Disappointing and the first call showed
a decline of 4Gi6 points. This was followed
by further loss of 9Q4 points, predictions
OF a heavy movement Of cotton at the
ports adding to the weakness and causing
tho liquidation of number of long ac-
counts. while encouraging local shorts to
increase their lines. Fears of a reaction
as the result of possible
over selling, turned the mar
ket later. The upward movement was
accelerated by less satisfactory weather
conditions in the cotton belt; prices adj