The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-21
COTTON.

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l-ttr3 choice GeorgiaS ........'.''' i74III55,
choice GeorgiaS -, me-
Eytra fine Georgias ....'.''.'''''l ~
Nedium fine Georgias ............
Common Georgias .........,......;'
sa,annah receipts, exports and stocks
Paceipts this day last year -. Hoiniday
IICr,Its His daV year before last. Holday
Receipts since Sept l. 1896 ..'..''' ,1 tGoioi2
S1ne time year before last ......Hohday
tXports continent this day 1870 800
Fyports coastwise, this day ...... ~ 9S
SICK on 9a agf v 5HlT uaY Holiday
Receipts and stocks at the ports .,,,-
receipts this day ...-.,.....'..''''. a. - -
This day year before last ...;:::....H o,dodaS
Toral receipts since Sept. 4, 3d.? .Slg5l6
same time last y year iast i i9t,Vy
Stock at the ports to-day ..>.......'. 95z Seo
Stock same day last year ..'- ~. S"o49o
Daiiy Movement a Other Ports 40.
GaiVestonAHolidaY; net receipts, 5,If2;
sa es 300: stock, 112,S0S.
New OrIeans-Firm; middlng, Isis;
net receipts 4,297; gross, 6,1O6; sales 4'2Oo;-
S' %66iie"0Eet; middling 69s; net re-
ceipts $50; sales. 100; stock 29,09O.
Charleston-Firm: ,mnlddling, ga; net re-
Wfmington~ Steady; middling ga; ret
receipts, sc: stock, 126i1:
Norfolk-Firm; middling, SIS; net re-
ceipts. $50: sales, 1874; stock. 1S,47S.
Enthusiastically: middling, I lis; net 1e-
ceips, none; gross. 235; stock, 1904.
New York-Steady; middling, lls net
receipts, none. gross, none; sales, Il9;
spinners, 619; stock. az, ST.
PostOn-Steady; middling, rs; net re-
ccpts $40; gross, 2,2S6.
ImiauelDhla-tirm; mlddllnS, rs; net
receipts. 10S; stock 7,1S6.
Daily Movement at Interior Towns
AuguSta-Steady; midding, z; net re-
coipts S4S: sales. 329; stock, 42,O69.
Memphis-Firm; middling, 1916; net re-
cepts sol; gross, 1881; sales, 2,4OO; stock,
ST. Louis-Firm. middng. 67s; net re-
ceipls 6i9; gross, 1913; sales, 26O; stock,
Gincinnati-Firm; middling, 7; net re-
ceipts, 1152; sales, $50; stock, 1875.
Houston-Quiet; middling, 61s; net re-
ccipts, 20Il5; sales, 100; stock, 2SsO6.
LousVille-Quiet middling 67s.
Exports of cotton this day
Galveston-To Great Britain, S,746; to the
continent, 1856.
New Orleans-To Great Britain. 1850; to
the continent, S,075 coastwise. %,
Moble-To the continent, 4.0S7; coast
Savannah-To the continent, 5,711; coast
wise. 2,439
Norfolk-Coastwise 514
Boston-To Great Britain, 4S0.
Total foreign exports from all ports to-
day and thus far this Week-To Great
bHtaln, M3l6; to France, none; to the
continent, 22219
Total foreign exports since Sept l. 1885,
10 Great Britain. $500, 776; to France, 53l.
OSg; TO the continent, ], 461 S39.
Liverpool, Feb, 20, 1890 p. m.-Cotton,
ding, 8 29-92d; sales, 1000 bales, American,
S5n bales; speculation and export, 500
9aiesi receipts ll,OO0 bales American,
nan dpales; futures opened quiet with de-
March, March April, 3.53G3.54d; April
I4 I;y.' S,54d May-June, S.54QS55d; June
SGtI 200; July-August S55q$.56d Au-
Su3lIoeptemDer, 3.124353d; September
october 3.46d November December, 3.41
03l2d. Futures quiet
~ 7 30, p, m-Cotton middling fair,
I'D good middling, 1-32d; middling
"-s-o-d; low middling, 23-32d good ordi-
nary, l9-S2d; ordinary, 1920.
5eoruary, February March, March-April,
9is9l buyers; April-May, 355d BUYERS;
Ini3y. une, 5.55qS56d buyers; June-July,
temper, S.53Q354d buyers; Septem ber-Oc-
ioner, S.7aS. iSd buyers; October-Novem-
I ,cr' D. f545.44d sellers; November Deem
~ ".i-d buyers. Futures closed firm
New York, Feb 20. noon.-Cotton fu-
ru.SS pbSSned steady at an advance; Feb
44GaIy bS6c; March, 6.S5c April, 694c; May.
'-glc June, lose; July, 7O9c
New York Feb. 20, d. m-Cotton futures
CiDsed steady; sales, 100 bales; February.
ms March 6a1 6.S6c April 6.92c; May, 6.9Sc
nn,er 6.i4c; October ,6.6ic; November 6.66c
s, M@T York. Feb. 2O.-The total visible
N5 bales, of which 3. 523. sos bales are Amer
~ against 3.Sl5, l65 bales and g 35S pa
49, 1oitS respectively last year. Receipts of
,;} an ms week at all interior towns were
Zoo nales. Receipts from the plantations
bsies "''S' bales Crop in sight is 1926, 126
New York, Feb 20-Riordan e. Co saw
~ votion to-day: "The change in the tenn,
hdoI the cotton market this week has
bav Wy pronounced. The fluctuations
prices bas lhEequent and lively; the trend of
dietiornn ds peen upward and the dire pre-
oJ HonS OF the bears. so loudly proclaim-
da 'd5l week. have been discredited To-
KY ne market recovered from the weak
-, ~ OF yesterday afternoon. IiverDool This
t1itiuS cabld an advance of one sixty
bar IN mat market. and the opening
ar'' was SIX to ten points higher There
tno I !cW features to stimulate the trad
'HH AFTER the opening. prices sacged
az lNzng sales The close was steady
N''lue OF four points from the highest
-utes on the day. MAY oDened al Z 0ec
lTN| declined to $3.50 and closed at 92c
the ,yo, We Improvement in prices during
%. ,"''N mas not been great the feelings
cbs, trade nave undergone decided
t-t ana as is usual on advancing mar
"a 'lere are two bulls now where there
u.l one last Saturday. The advance.
Wllf helped. of course bv the naneu-
up5, bulls, has, as a fact been made
no w me- merits Of cotton. There has been
t.,.i' 'ulators to huy the market hut
,o,. mas been big demand for actual
u forqI ai iull prices, and this demand has
E1ror, me price of futures upward. The
a. .l'1n war clouds. while not regarded
l... l'us, have furnished about the only
han, Tor selling cotton short The re-
II t.t Iom the south concerning planting
" .s',,4"i been altogether satisfactory and
pr.,' ne new crop get a poor start the
s4t,' cotton might take jump Of sem
nf,r'' propprtionr. Considering all the
,1Y7 we think that conservative pur-
vs,L "i cotton made on moments Of
III hairo' should prove profitable. Monday
NIKE N3shingtou's birthday the exchange
4. Nr closed for the day -
,,''W York. Feb. % The Sun SAYS Of
D, @ spot cotton here was unchang-
iI.g uplands. nc. against nc last
49,. New Orleans and Gulf. 7asc against
.t. '-t year. The LIVERPOOL news to-
nr5 was better than had becneexpected
f. 'ntether with covering Of shorts and
5000 Jew buying for the local and south