The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-25

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So eAports .6Tl, 200
STOCK on hand this day ...........155.l 1855
STOCK on hand same day last year 1855, $40
Receipts and stocks at the ports
Receipts this day ............... 54SS4
This day last week .......... g. ass
rms Gay last year .................. 3S,I79
This day year before last...... 1870
Receipts past week ..........,.. 35S. S34
same week last year ............... 3O7, 9O7
same week year before last....... 22O,616
Total receipts since Sept. l, 1897. IS. 1875, 795
Same time last year ................4. 691 .62S
Same time year before last. 800 9(S
Stock at the ports to-day. 1874. 247
STOCK same day last year. ,319, SO
Daily Movement at Other Ports
New Orleans-Cotton quiet; quotations
revised; sales, 2,2OO; ordinary. 49sc; good
ordinary 4&c; low middling, 7-16c: mid
ding, 0ssc; good middling, Csc; middling,
FAIR, &c; receipts, 20,156; stock, 400, 5S7
Galveston-Cotton firm; 51kc; sales, 4S3:
receipts, 1892; stock 1S9, 1911
Mobile-Steady; SIC; sales, 1000; re-
ceipts, 1,S42; stock, 5S,9l7
SaVannah-Steady; middling, 3-16; sales
1850; receipts, S,4l9; stock, l5,515.
Charleston-Quiet; S-16c; receipts, 1904;
stock, 49, 202
Wiimington-Firm; 53sc; receipts, 2.O72;
stock, SS,4i6
Norfolk-Firm; SIC; sales, 721; receipts,
S.7S6; stock. IS. 102
Baltimore-Firm; 55sc: receipts, 5,225;
stock, 1880.
Boston-Steady; 1916; receipts, net, l.
1872; gross, 1870
New York-Quiet; middling, 7-16c; net
receipts. 46S; gross, $40; sales, none; stock
1O5, ST.
Philadelphia-Quiet; CSC; receipts. 1856;
stock, 1854.
Daily Movement at Interior Towns
Memphis-Steady; 5-16c; sales, $500; re-
ceipts, 27O9; stock, 151.S79
Augusta-Firm; 9-16c: sales. 973; re-
ceipts 1899; stock, 1916
st. Louis-Receipts, 619O; shipments, s.
759; stock, g. ia
Houston-Quiet; middling, 51a; sales, 40;
receipts, 6,102; stock, 1916
Exports of Cotton This Day
Galveston-To Great Britain, $3.50
New Orleans-To Great Britain, 1888; to
France, 4S4; to the continent, 7,776; coast
wise, 1,254
Mobile-Coa stwise, 667
Savannah--To the continent 1925.
Charleston-To the continent, 1900; coast
wise, 343.
Norfolk-To the continent, 200; coast
New York-To the Continent, 1896; for
Warded, 2,7S4
Total foreign exports from all ports this
day: To Great Britain, 1874; to France,
4S4; to the continent, 2O,172.
Total foreign exports from all ports
thus far this week: To Great Britain, no.
sol; to France, 42,127; to the continent, no.
92e
Total foreign exports since Sept 1, 1897:
To Great Britain. 1861 IA; to France 1884,
SIS; to the continent, 136S9S2.
Liverpool, Dec. 2.-Cotton, spot fair
demand prices firm; American middling,
7-S2d; sales 1900 bales. of which $500
We're for speculation and export. and in
cluded 100 American; receipts, $1,000
bales. including 2O,4O0 American.
Futures opened and closed quiet, with
a moderate demand; American middling,
low middling clause, Bid buyers; Janu-
ary-February, Slid sellers; February
March, 311Q3.12d sellers; March+April,
9.12d sellers; April May, 9.13d values; May
June S14d buyers June-July, 3.16d sellers;
July-August S16d3. I'D buyers; August
September, 3.17qS. 1Sd buyers; September
October, 3.1SQ319d buyers; October-No-
vember, 3.19Q3.2Od buyers. To-days de-
liyeries were 900 bales new dockets and
1900 bales old dockets.
New York, Dec 24.-With brace of hol-
days at hand in the cotton markets of
New York, New Orleans and Liverpool,
there was a natural desire to even up out
standing contracts and to avoid risks in
making new ventures. To-days market,
therefore, while opening steady at a de-
cline of 1Q2 points, ruled irregular and
moderately active. English cotton market
accounts were not as hoped for, while re-
ceipts were inclined to broaden out, which
led to a little local liquidation, increasing
the decline to 3G5 points. Sellers were
conservative, however, and at best 1t was
a small market. The close was dull at a
net loss of 5 to points
New York, Dec "a, noon.-Cotton fu-
lures opened steady; sales, 1880 bales;
January. 5.7Sc; February $500; March,
5S5c; April, $500; May, $3.50; June, 5000;
July, colo; August, 608c; September, 609c;
October, 6.12c; November 6.l4c; December
ste.
New York, Dec. "a, p. m.-Cotton flu
lures closed dull; sales 10000 bales; jan
uary, 574c; February, 577c; March, 5.S2c
April, 5.87c; May, 592c; June, 5.97c; July,
cole; August, 6.05c; September, 6.04c; Oc-
tober, 6.05c; November, 6.07c; December
5.7Sc.
New Orleans, Dec. A-Cotton quiet and
steady; sales, 22,S0O; December, 53Oc bid;
January, $780, 6c; February, 5.40Q5.4lc;
March, 5.46G5.47c; April, 5.51q552c; May,
5.56GI5. SIC; June, 5.6l@5.62c July, 5.66Q667c;
August. 57O6I5.72c; September, 5.73Q575c.
New York, Dec 24-Riordan & Co. say
of cotton to-day: christmas week has
witnessed trifle more activity in the cot
ton market and the indications are that
not last much longer now. Owing to hol-
day LIQUIDATION, in which, until to-day,
short covering has been the principal fea-
ture. prices have advanced slightly. To-
day the tables were turned and instead of
shorts being the chief liquidators, the
longs were unloading. A decline of one
sixty-fourth in Liverpool started the sell
ing and prices here were two points at
the opening After the opening there was
a fair demand. Sellers were in the major
ity and the market had an easy undertone
throughout the session. Receipts were
very heavy.
May opened at $3.50, advanced to 59Sc,
declined to 5.92c, aud closed at 5.92 to o.9Sc,
with the tone of the market duh.
The short covering that has occurred
this week has undoubtedly left the market
poorly fortified to resist on. enormous
movement in January, should such
movement be forthcoming
1.-THE bulls however are not worried and
claim that exporters all over the south
are short of Immediate deliveries and they
will stand ready to take the cotton if it is
received, and prevent a heavy movement
from exciting any great effect. The way
the market has held up under the stag
gering movements of November and De-
,a,,,l,or hos converted many ODqratOrs to