The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-30
COTTON.

of 4 to D points. The local market was
quiet and unchanged at each cali at the
Cotton Exchange. The, reported sales
we're bales at the first call, 500 bales at
the second call and 81 bales at the clos
ing call.
The following were the official spot quo
tations at the close of the market at the
Cotton Exchange to-day:
Good middling ......................,...5 ZIG
Middling ............,.. ........>.........5 3-l6
Low middling ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Good ordinary .................,......... 4 GIG
Market quiet; sales, spots, 59l; I. o. b..
900
Sea Island Cotton-The market remained
quiet and steady at the following quota
tons:
Extra choice Floridas ............14 OILS
Choice F'lordas .13I2@H
Extra fine F'loridaS .................13 G13l5
Fancy Georgias .1212Q13
Extra choice Georgias .............12 @12A
Choice GeorgiaS ......... III Mll1a
Extra fine Georgias ....... LOLA
Fine Georgias ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 3 q 912
Medium fine Georgias .............. S12
Common Georgias .................. s
Savannah Receipts, Exports and Stocks:
Receipts this day ....................... 2S6S
Receipts this day last year............ S,515
Receipts this day year before last. 50
Receipts since Sept. l. 1897. .S5O6SS
Same time last year ...................6 lS, 455
Same time year before last............5226 61
Exports, continent, this day ......... 1890
Exports, coastwise, this day.......... 1858
Stock on hand this day .............. 1853, 1853
Same day last year ....................11 ia $50
Receipts and Stocks at the Ports
Receipts this day. Observation-Disclosures. A,541
This day last week .................. A, 273,
This day last year ........"......... a,554
This day year before last....,...... 17,433
Receipts past five days ............. POI, 131
Same days last year ................. 1876, 307
fNafn Iac
Total receipts since Sept. l, 1897. 400. 1926
Same time last year S32, 243
Same time year before last. g, 465, 200
Stock at the ports to-day. ,2O3, 400
Stock same day last year. ..........1 S12,55S
Receipts This Week Last Year
Saturday. Wednesday ....S7, 554
Monday. 500 Thursday ......37,97O
Tuesday 1901 Friday .........H.2OS
Daily Movement at Ports and Interior
New Orleans-Cotton steady; sales $3.50;
ordinary. 4ssc; good ordinary, 4s4c; low
midding, 1-16c middling, 5ssc; good mid
ding. 55sc; middling, fair; receipts, 14,191;
stock, 1901.
GaIveston-Steady; Size; sales, 1871; re-
cepts, Il, 46S; stock 210651.
Mobile-Qulet 514c; sales, 600; receipts
$500; stock, s. $685.
Charleston-Quiet, s-1sc; receipts, 1872;
Wilmington-FIrm, $50; receipts, 764;
stock, 81 0S5
Norfolk-Quiet, SIC; sales, sos; receipts,
2,S12; stock, 1882.
Baltimore-Nominal, SIC; receipts, 2SS3;
stock, 1856.
New York-Quiet, 15-16c; net receipts,
1874; sales, none stock, 114,s2s.
Boston-Quiet 15-16c; net receipts, 2,547;
gross APPS.
Phiadelphia-Quiet, S-16c; receipts, 11S; |
stock, 12,216
Memphis-Steady. Lice; sales, 800;
receipts, 1852; stock 1899.
Augusta-Firm, 9-16c; sales, 1872; re-
ceipts 92l; stock, 61966.
Houston-Steady: middling, 81; receipts,
1881; sales, 254; stock. 1883; expected TO-
morrow, $500.
ST. Louis-Quiet; middling, 53s; receipts,
s,154; sales, 4o5; shipments, 1871; stock,
1857.
Exports of Cotton This Day
Galveston-To the continent, S,OS9.
New Orleans-C oastwise, 6,4S1.
Mobile-Coastwise, sos.
Savannah-To the continent. 1890; coast
wise, 4.6s3.
Observation-Disclosures, 252.
Norfolk-Coastwise. 1925.
New York-To Great Britain, 1,16O for
warded. 1890.
Total foreign exports from all ports this
day: To Great Britain, 1,160; to France,
none; to the continent, 10,SS9.
Total foreign exports from all ports thus
far this week: To Great britain, 46,0s6; to
Trance, 1884; to the continent, 50470.
Total foreign exports since Sept l, 1897:
TO Great Britain, LIB, sos; to France, 1884,,
$50; to the continent, 1,426,432
Liverpool Dec. 29.-Cotton, spot, good
business done; prices unchanged; Ameri-
can middling, 7-S2d The sales of the day
were 1900 bales, of which 1,000 bales were
for speculation and export, and included
II 400 bales American. Receipts, $4,000
bales, including $500 bales American.
10 -
demand and Closed quiet, but steady;
American middling, low middling clause,
December, Bid buyers; December anu-
ary Bid buyers; January-February, $40
as lid sellers; February March, 3.100S1ld
buyers; March-April, Sid buyers; April
Nav. 312d buyers May-June 3.13d3 lid
sellers; June-July, 3146fS.15d buyers; July
August, 315a3. 16d buyers; August-Septem-
her. 31e6l3 I'D buyers; Superintendent
317d3.1Sd sellers; October-November, 3,1Sq
219d sellers.
New York Dec. 29.-The cotton market
opened quiet but firm, at an advance OF
2 to points, and subsequently ruled toll |
erably active without a further general |
Improvement in prices The early inns |
provement was the result of liberal spot
sales Q2.000 bales) at Liverpool for Christ |
mas week." small pore and interior re- |
ceipts, generally firm advices from south |
crn spot markets, indications of broad |
cning demand from exporters at full prices |
and accounts from Fall River and other |
summing localities of New England indi- |
eating acquiescence in the recent reduc- |
ton In wages and making It probable that
there will be no strike attempted this win |
Ter.
In the afternoon the market was some
what depressed by Indications Of broad |
ening movement of cotton tomorrow, New !
Orleans being estimated at 1900 to 1900 |
bales.
The market was finally steady in tone.
al a net advance of 2di points.
New York. Dec. 90 noon.-Cotton fu- |
lures opened quiet and firm; sales, $500; |
January, 57Sc; February, 579c; March, |
5.s2c; April. 5S5c; May 5.9lc; June. 5.95c; |
July. 6Ooc. AuHust. 6.oac; September, 6.O6c; !
October, 60Sc; November, GIG
New York. Dec. 90 p. m..cotton fu-
lures closed steady; sales 1850; January. |
Bloc: February. 5.7sc; March. 5.sec; April, |
ss6c: May. Sole; June, 5.9ic; Jaly. G.l9c; |
August, colo. September, 6.02c; October !
6Olc. December. 5,7so.