The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-03
COTTON.

tations at the close to-day:
COTTON.
The spot market took a tumble to-day.
There was a decline of 1sc on the day.
Tho demand was fair at the lower prices,
and the reported sales for the day were
Sj bales The receipts increased to-day,
and were 116S bales.
Al the first call at 1880 o'clock a. M.
at the Cotton Exchange, the market was
buuetined steady and unchanged from
Yesterdays closing quotations, with sales
Of 50 bales. At the second call at 1870
o'clock p. m, it was bulletined at de-
cline of 1-16c on all grades with sales of
@ bales. At the third and last
cali at o'clock p. m, the market closed
steady at a further decline of 1-16c. with
sales of 1879 bales.
The following were the official spot quo
tations at the close of the market, at
the Cotton Exchange to-day;
Good middling ........ ...................7
Low middlng ...'........'..'.''....... ..6ss
Good ordinary observation-disclosures.
Market steady; sales. 635.
savannah receipts, exports and stocks
Receipts this day Observation-Disclosures. ,16S
Receipts this day last year .......... $3.50
Receipts this day year before last. 1876
Receipts since Sept. l, 1S97.............. ,537
Same time last year .................10,647
Same time year before last .......... $3.50
Exports, coastwise, this day ....... 2S1
Stock on hand this day ......,....... 9,O45
Same day last year ....................33 , $50
Receipts and stocks at the ports
Receipts THIS day .................... 7,026
This day last week .................. 3,047
This day last year .................... 1851
This day year before last ............ ATS
Receipts past five days .............. AZ, 913
Same days last year .........I........ 49, 907
Same days year before last .... II, 4OS
Total receipts since Sept. l. 1884,. 13,152
Same time last year .......,.,........ AZ, 1870
Same time year before last .......... 1O117
Stock at the ports to-day ............ SO,779
Stock same day last year............254,72 9
Receipts this week last year
Saturday ..... ,S47 Wednesday =. 1854
Monday ....... "a, $40 Thursday 1851
Tuesday ....... .10,S45 Friday .........21 ,21S
Daily Movements at Other Ports
Galveston-Quiet and steady; middling,
s s.i25 net receipts $685. Sales 49, stock
New Orleans-Quiet; middling, Lie;
net receipts, 1900; gross, 2,o97; sales, $50;
stock, 44O7
Mobile-Nothing doing; middling, 7; net
receipts, "a: stock, 1878.
Enthusiastically; middling. 65sG624;
net receipts. 201; sales, $50; stock 1,722.
Wilmington-Quiet; middling, z; net re-
Ceipts, 81; stock, 343.
Norfolk-Steady; middling, lis; net
receipts, 81; sales, SO; stock, 81.
Baltimore-Nominal; middling, IA;
stock, 100.
New York-Dull; middling, 1916; net
receipts, none; gross, 1888; sales, PSI, all
spinners; stock, 42,014.
Boston-Dull; middling, 1916; net re-
ceipts, S.; gross, 1874.
lphia-Firm; middling, 1-16;
stock. 1853
Daily Movements at Interior Towns
Augusta-Easy; middling, 7B; net re-
celpts, 57l; sales, 1893; stock, 1889.
MemFhis-Firm middling, 7-16; net re-
oeipts. z; stock, 2,517.
St. Louis-Steady; middling, rs; net re-
ceipts. SO; sales, 81; stock, 1868
Cinctnnati-Quiet middling 8; net re-
celpts, 81; stock, 1925.
ENTHUSIASTICALLY; middlng, 1-16; net
receipts, 9,S73; sales, 1855; stock. 2O,666
Loulsvlle-Quiet; middling, "a.
Exports of Cotton This Day
Observation-Disclosures, 37O2.
New Orleans-To Great Britain, 1886.
Mobile-Coastwise, IA.
SaVannah-Coastwise, 231
harleston-Coastwise 2S2.
Norfolk-Coastwise, 46.
New YOrk-Continent 125; forwarded,
g.
Total foreign exports from all ports this
day To Great Britain, 1886; to France,
none; to the continent 125
Iotal foreign exports from all ports thus
lar this week: To Great Britain, 1856;
To- France none; to the continent, 125.
Total foreign exports since Sept. l, 1897:
To Great Britain, 1886; to France, none;
10 the continent, 125.
Liverpool, Sept. 2, A p. m.-Cotton, spot,
moderate business and prices higher;
American middling, sgd; good middling,
s9-l6d; American middling, 5-32d; low
fI-52d; low middling, 1-32d; good
gg[linary' 29-S2d; ordinary, 2S-32d.
me, me sales of the day were
20OO bales, of which 1000 were for
Speculation and export. and included TO-
sp bales, American; receipts, COCO bales,
800 American
Futures opened quiet with a moderate
osmand and closed easy; American mid
Jung, S63G4GO sellers; September-O cto-
ger, 5.56d sellers; October November, $3.50
oi9l sellers, November $3.50
o'9d sellers; December-January, 344d3.45d
S,eiers5 January February, S.44d buyers;
1eoIuary March, g. 45d sellers; March
SNu, S.45a3 i6d buyers; April May, 1860
g'e buyers; May-June. 3.47d3 48d buyers;
'une-July 3.4Sd8.49 buyers.
Wv York, Sept. 2.-The cotton market
GD.Aed with prices unchanged TO points
nsaer steady in tone, with the dealings
,a"ly on the more remote deliveries.
'''t9 q subsequent lllpiON EUeHl OF
1'a points, after which the market made
saarp break that ended by considerable
eNcfement towards close steady al net
r's of Hail points, or at about the low
Vl level of the session.
The early Improvement resulted from a
e',ter class of private than public news
rom Liverpool, the former Indicating
S.H. encouragement regarding the Man
ester outlook. LiquidaN don became quite
s'"'rl, and local sentiment was finally
vt'dedly bearish on the rapid increasing
movement a other towns Shorts were,
,'i the most part, the buyers, on all weak
I'erVals New Orleans sent buying Or
p'fs Selling was arrested by the gen.
'al factory accounts from Fall River.
New York, Sept. 2, noon.-Cotton fu-
'1res opened steady; sa.es, 9,1OO bales; jan
I,liy, 6.SSc; February, G.92c; March, 6.95c;
nnpsi' o9Sc; May. T03c; September, 7l9c;
q az ODER 6.9ic; November. 6.Slc; December,
, New York, Sept. ,. A p. MIXTURES clos
q steady; sales, 111,S00 bales January.
S7 S-, February, csc; March, 6.75c; April,
has May, csc; September lose: Octo-
100, November S zoe. Dn,.prnIar & =