The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-05

grades unchanged. The wholesale mar
kets were steady with a fair movement
in the various departments. The follow
ing resume of the different markets will
show the tone and the quotations at the
close to-day:
COTTON.
Another drop was recorded in the cot
ton market to-day. The receipts at the
ports were liberal. Spots at Liverpool
were 1-S2d lower and futures declined
1-S2d to- S-e4d on the day. At New York
spots were Is cent lower and futures de-
clned II points on the day The local
spot market was dull and neglected and
the prices declined 1-16 cent, with sales
of only 80 bales for the day. At the Cot
ton Exchange at the first call, the mar
ket was bulletined quiet and unchanged
with no sales. At the second call it was
quiet al a decline of 1-16c on all grades
with sales of 80 bales. At the last call. it
was quiet and unchanged with no further
sales reported.
The following were the official spot quo
tations at the close of the market at the
Cotton Exchange to-day
Good middling ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Lie
Middling ............-.......''..'o .S-l6
Low mddling ........................6 DIG
Good ordinary ..........................6 5-l6
Market quiet; sales, 80.
Sea Island Cotton-Ihe market remain
ed quiet and unchanged. as follows:
Extra choice F1oridas ............15
Choice F:OridaS ...........-..........l4
Extra fine Floridas ................19 913h
Fancy GeorgiaS .....................l 2H2tql3
Extra choice Georgias ............1lA
Choice Georgias .........,............u OLA
Extra fine Georgias ................lOla
Fine Georgians ...................... 912qlO
Medium fine Georgias ..............9
Common GeOrsias ................S
Savannah Receipts, Exports and Stocks:
Receipts this day ...................... 26O6
Receipts this day last year. 2152
Receipts this day year before last. 1757
Receipts since Sept. 1, 1896. ........-.75S20 1
Same time last years..................65 65l0
Same time year before last..........83S4S 2
I.Exports,-coastwise this day......... JSS
Stock on hand this day............... 64,2SS
Same day last year ................... 81 liz
Receipts and Stocks at the Ports
Receipts this day .................... ll,1oS
This day last week .................. 9,240
This day last year ............ 1882
This day year before last. 16,1S5
Receipts past six days.............. 71,466
Same days last year.................. 6S,479
Same days year before last......... 101,629
Total receipts since Sept. l, 1896. ..5,961, 536
Same time last year..................44S S,SI
Same time year before last........6S9S, 230
Stock at the ports to-day. SS4.4G
Stock same day last year........... 776,S49
Daily movements at other ports
Galveston-Quiet; middling, 3-16; net
receipts 31O4; sales, 600; stock, 1889.
New Orleans-Quiet. easy; middling, rs;
net receipts. 1891; gross. $3.50; sales, 1900;
stock, 357, 4OS.
Mobile-Quiet middling, s; net receipts.
BIT; stock, 24,227.
Charleston-Quiet; middling, 6B; net re-
ceipts, Ala; stock, 1899.
Wilmington-Firm; middling, z; net re-
ceipts, 2S7; stock, 12.4SS.
Norfolk-Quiet; middlng, Y 1-16; net re-
ceipts, 73S; sales 1884, stock, 17,4S3
Baltimore-Nominal; middling, rs;
gross, 265; stock, 1861
New York-Quiet; middling, 3-16; net
receipts, y; gross, 1914; sales, 227; stock,
262, 225.
Boston-Quiet; middling, sic; net re-
ceipts, 299; gross, 1893.
Philadelphia-Quiet; middllng, 7-16;
net receipts, %; stock, 5,141.
Daily movement at interior towns
Augusta-Quiet; middling, rs; net re-
ceipts, 96S; sales. S72; stock, S6,942.
Memphis-Steady; middling, z; net re-
cepts. AT; sales, 14O0; stock 1868
St Louis-Quiet; middling, Lie; net
receipts 1874; gross, 1875; sales, 50; stock,
Is, 922.
Cincinnatl-steady; middling. rs; net
receipts sos; stock, SIT.
Houston-Quiet; middllng, 7is; net re-
Louisville-Firm middling, 7ls
Exports Of Cotton This Day
observation-disclosures $40; coastwise, 927.
New Orleans-Continent, 800
Norfolk-Coastwise 252.
New York-To Great Britain. 1s5; CONT
nent 400; forwarded, POI.
Boston-To Great Britain 1861.
Total foreign exports from all ports this
day: To Great Britain, 3297 to France.
none; to the continent. lao.
Total foreign exports from all ports thus
far this week: To Great Britain, AZ. $50:
to France $3.50; to the continent, 32,677.
Total foreign exports since Sept. /, '96:
To Great Britain, 2571, 3ij; to France. 56l-
1888; to the continent, l,5l7s26; channel, g.
4S1.
Liverpool, March, 4, 1870 p. m.-Cotton
demand good; prices easier; American
middling. 4d; sales, 1900; American. H.
400; speculation and export, 1000; re-
ceipts, 1900, American, 12,l00; futures
opened quiet, demand moderate; March,
March-Aprl 3.57dS.5Sd April-May, May
June, June-July, 3.5sd; July-August $3.50
8.59d: August-September 3.55d: septem-
ber-Octobcr 3.5Od; October-Novembe
3.4Gd; Novem ber-Decemb December
January, 3.4id. Futures quiet at the de-
cline.
i2A5 p. m.-Cotton American spot
grades 1-32d lower; American middling,
fair 1880; good middling, $500; mid
ding, 31-32d; low middling. 3 25-32d; good
ordinary, 2l-32d; ordinary. 3 15-S2d.
4p. m.-March. 356d value; March~Aprll,
356d value; April-May, 1850 buyers; May
June. S56d3.57d buyers; June-July, 3.57d
sellers July-August. S.57d sellers; Au-
gust=september 3.5fd buyers; September
October 34S03.49d sellers; October-No-
vember, 3.43GG3.44d sellers; November-De-
cember December-January, 342d buyers.
Futures closed easy.
New York. March g. 4 b. m.-Cotton flu
lures closed barely steady; sales, $1,000
bales: March. csc; April, 6.9ic; May
G.96c June, 7.Oic; July. 70ic; August, 7.06c;
September, 6.T2c; October, 6.G2c; Novem-
Der 6Gic, December, 6.6ec: January, 6.7ac
New orleans, La, March 4.-Cotton fu-