The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-16


cotton market remained quiet and UNI
changed, with limited sales reported. The
wholesale markets were steady and gen.
orally unchanged. The following resume
of the different markets, both local and
Geographic, will show the tone and the
quotations at the close to-day:
COTTON.
The local spot market remained quiet
and unchanged, with light sales. At the
Cotton Exchange at the first call the mar
ket was bulletined quiet and unchanged
with sales of 2S4 bales. AT the second
call 1t was quiet and unchanged, with sales
of 247 bales. At the last call the mar,
ket closed quiet and unchanged, with no
sales reported.
The following were the official spot quo
tations, at the close of the market, at the
Cotton Exchange to-day:
Good middling OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 1-l6
Midding observation-disclosures. .............5 $40
Low Middling .........................,4 AS
Good ordinary ....4 9-l6
Market quiet sales, spots, 531 bales; f. o.
b., g. $50 bales.
Sea Island Cotton-The market was
steady and unchanged, at the following
quotations:
Extra choice Floridas ............4 ais
Choice Floridas .l3124l4
Extra fine Floridas .................13 @l3l2
Fancy Georgias l212ql3
Extra choice GeorgiaS .............12 0l2A
Choice Georgfas ....................u ONE
Extra fine Georgias ..................lO12
Fine Georgias Observation-Disclosures, 91aq1O
Savannah Receipts, Exports and Stocks:
Receipts this day Observation-Disclosures. 1928
Receipts this day last year........... 1879
Receipts this day year before last.... 3O59
Receipts since Sept. 1, 1S97...........750,9 l8
ca iTf1p q = h
Same time year before last.......... .474,7 53
Exports, continent this day.......... 1856
Exports coastwise this day.. 5,005
Stock on hand this day............. ,.142, Sl4
Same day last year ...................12O,94
Receipts and Stocks at the Ports
Receipts this day ................... 70,492
This day last week. $500
This day last year INSTRUMENTATION. 46,26S
This day year before last........... 2S,999
Receipts past five days.............. 274,29S
Same days last year................. 23l, S74
Same days year before last........ 1929
Total receipts since Sept. l, 1897. A, 726, 252
Same time last year .................4,2o 9, 29O
Same time year before last.".......3, O32, SS6
Stock al the ports to-day. 1880
Stock same day last year..........,.1, 273, 295
Receipts This Week Last Year
Saturday. ......49,736 Wednesday 80. ,26S
Monday ......... SO, 440 Thursday ....... IS, $50
Tuesday .........719 $50 Friday ......... 81 ,179
Daily movements at other ports
alveston-Steady; middling 5 5-16 net
receipts, 1924; sales, 147; stock, 25S,367.
New Orleans-Steady; middling, 54; net
receipts, 1898; stock 376,964
Mobile-Quiet; middling, 9-16; net re-
cepts, 1907; sales, 500 stock. %, 535.
Charleston-Steady; middlng, S-16; net
receipts. 1904; stock, 49,40S.
Wilmington-Firm; middling 5ss; net re-
ceipts, 4,OO4; stock, 39,O99
Norfolk-Steady; middling, 519; net re-
cepts, 6, 1872; sales, 1,141; stock, S4,505.
Baltimore-Nominal; middlng, 55s; mn
| receipts, $50; stock 20,475.
New York-Quiet; middling, 57s; net re-
cepts, 1888; gross, 1881; sales, 107 all spin
ners; stock, 94,l32.
Boston-Quiet and steady; middlng, SIS
net receipts, 1921; gross, 5,444.
Philadelphia-Quiet middling, 6ls; net
receipts, 446; stock, II, 1O5.
Daily movements at interior towns
Augusta-Firm; middling, 51a; net re-
ceipts, 1,196; sales, 719; stock, 55S37.
Memphis-Steady; mbddling, 81; net re-
ceipts, 5,2O2; sales. 94oO; stock, 1888.
St Louis-Steady; mddling, 5 5-16; net
| receipts, $3.50; shipments, S,2O7; sales 800;
stock 132,27S.3
Houston-Steady; midding, 7-16; net
| receipts, 1911; sales. COB; stock, 1925.
Louisville-Unchanged.
Exports of Cotton This Day
New Orleans-To Great Britain 1917; to
Savannah-To the continent, 1861;
| coastwise, 5,005.
| leston-Coastwise 127.
Norfolk-Coastwise, 964.
New York-To Great Britain, 1898; to
| the continent, 455; forwarded. 2S3S
Total foreign exports from ali ports this
day: To Great Britain, 81, 2O4; to the con-
! tinent, 24,697.
Total foreign exports from all ports thus
far this week: To Great Britain, 62,974;
to France, 1898; 10 the continent, 1O1,669.
| Total forein exports since Sept l. 1897:
! To Great Britain. 1,4s7,657 to France, 423-
$40; to the continent. 1.20S,036
6Liverpooh Dec 15.-Cotton, spot, in fair
| demand; prices fair; American midding
| fair, 3 19-32d; good middling, 3 1l-32d; mid
| ding, 3 7-32d; low midding. 1-16d good
| ordinary, 2 13-16d; ordinary, 2%d The sales
of the day were 1900 bales of which 1900
were for speculation and export and in
cluded 1890 American; receipts. $1,000
bales, including 5000 American. Futures
opened quiet, with a moderate demand,
| and closed barely steady; American mid
! ding, low uiddling clause, 3.09d buyers
observation-disclosures. S09d buyers; January
| February, 8.09d sellers; February March,
3.O9d3. l0d sellers; March-April, 3 lOd buy
| ers: April-May, Slid buyers; May-June,
3.1203. 1Sd sellers; June-July. S.13aS. Id
| buyers; Juy-August. 314d3. 15d buyers
August-September 3.15d3 .l6d buyers; Sep
| embeT-October, 3.16d3 It'd buyers; Octo-
ber- November, 3. l7@3 .1Sd buyers.
New York. Dec. 15.--The cotton market
made quiet and steady start at unchang-
ed prices to an advance Of l point suisse
quently advanced 102 points. but ruled
generally featureless and quiet news being
either scarce or of Indifferent purport. The
market IN the afternoon was irregular ul-
| der local liquidation, following rumors OF
| easier southern spot markets and report
| been further4educed. Futures closed dun
at net loss of 1q3 points. The Liver