The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-26


market were very light to-day. After the
close of the market buyers We're said to
he offering 1-32c above the market quo
tation as futures showed a little advance
and closed steady at New York with sales
of $4,000 bales. At the Cotton Exchange
at the first second and last calls the
market was bulletined quiet and easy and
unchanged from Saturdays closing quo
tations. The sales for the day were 1872
bales.
The following were the official spot quo
tations at the close of the market at the
Cotton Exchange to-day:
Good middling ...........................5
Mdding ........................ 512
Low middling OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES S-l6
Good ordinary .............-.............4
Market quiet and easy; sales, 1872.
Mddhng same day last year, 1-16c.
Savannah Receipts, Exports and Stocks:
Receipts this day ....!................, 1851
Receipts this day last year .......... 1924
Receipts this day year before last -. 1880
Receipts since Sept. l. 1897 ..........S50,9 19
Same time last year .........-........2I4,5o 800
Same time year before last ...s.....274,0 54
Exports Great Britain, this day -. II 800
Exports continent, this day .......... 9,0Sl
Exports coastwise, this day 1000
Stock on hand this day ............ .129,6l6
Same day last year ..................1lS,15 1854
Receipts and Stocks at the Ports
Receipts this day ................... 69,57S
This day last week ................. 69,052
This day last year .................. 1888
This day year before last ........... 60,SS
Receipts past three days .....,..... 126,l4
Same days last year ................ 114,S40
Same days year before last.......... 1O7,7A
Total receipts since Sept. 1, 1897. ,033
Same time last year .2,O95,0O9
Same time year before last ........1, 453,S $50
Stock at the ports to-day ........... 6S2,838
Stock same day last year .....,.....l,O6O'OSS
Receipts This Week Last Year
Saturday ........40,917 Wednesday ...45,566
Monday ..........7S 1923 Thursday ....49,5S9
Tuesday .....64,542 Friday ........60,246
Daily Movements at Other Ports
Galveston-Weak middling, 5.1S-16; net
receipts, 431S; gross. 24,S1S; sales, 1873;
stock. 1858.
New Orleans-Quiet; middling, 50; net
receipts, 1857; gross, 15,54S; sales, 5,1O0
stock, 149.3O4.
Mobile-Dull; middling, 9-16; net re-
eeipts, 6405; sales, 200; stock, 26,5O9.
Charleston-Nominal; middling, Gle;
net receipts, 6,2OS; stock 54,O56.
Wilmington-Quiet; middling, 09s; net
receipts, 3,201; stock. S3,347.
Norfolk-Quiet; middling, 1-16; net re-
ceipts, 1920; sales, 444; stock, Sl,910.
MISUNDERSTANDING; middling, 9-16;
gross, S19 stock, 1854.
New York-Dull; middling, 1-16; net
receipts, none; gross, 1913; sales, 500,
stock, 60552.
Boston-Quiet; middhng, SIS; net re-
ceipts, SS5; gross, 5,SS7.
Philadelphia-Quiet middling, 6 bic;
net receipts, 527; stock, S,157.
Daily Movements at Interior Towns
Augusta-Quiet; middling, 11-16; net
receipts, 1907 sales, 1893; stock, S1,5S6.
Memphis-Quiet; middling, 5&; net re-
ceipts, $3.50; gross, $685. sales, 4,OOO; stock,
@, 564.
ST. Louis-Quiet; middling, 1916; net
receipts, 9S9; gross, $3.50; sales, 800; stock,
"a, 1853.
Clncinnati-Quiet; middling, 6; net re-
ceipts, 1853; Stock GIG.
Houston-Easy; mddling, 5%; net re-
ceipts, 1905; stock, 5S,7O2
Louisville-Quiet; middling, 6.
Exports of Cotton This Day
Galveston-To Great Britain, 22,S50.
Molile-Coastwise, 1854.
Savannah-To Great Britain, 11,610; con-
tinent, 9,0S1; coastwise 2,0S0.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, 728.
Norfolk-Coastwise, 2701.
New York-To Great Britain $3.50;
France. 1852; continent, 944; forwarded, g.
Boston-To Great Britain. $3.50.
Total foreign exports from all ports this
day-To Great Britain, 1910; to France, L.
052; to the continent, 10025.
Total foreign exports from all ports thus
far this week-To Great Britain, 1854; to
France, 1852; to the continent, 25S53.
Total foreign exports since Sept. l, 1897
To Great Britain, 566,6S5; to France, 122, 1853;
to the continent 1863 500.
Liverpool Oct. %, p. m.-Cotton; spot
fair demand; prices lower; middilng fair,
-'-32d; good middling, 39sd; American
mlddling, 17-32d low middlng, 1920;
good ordinary, $500; ordinary. 1920.
Inc sales of the day were 1900 bales, of
winch 500 were for speculation and export,
and included 11,400, American; receipts, o.
II Vp bales, including q 700 American. Flu
lures opened easy with moderate de-
mand, and closed quiet; American mid
H uuns, low middling clause: October, 3. %
4o.-od sellers; October and November,
II o.-d5 2ld. sellers; November and Decem-
Der 3lSa3. 19d, sellers; December and Jan
uaiF, S.l7Q31 9d, sellers; January and Feb
nary 5.lSd3 .19d sellers; February and
March. SD sellers; March and April,
g. ,sq5 god, buyers; April and May, S.204
-.'' BUYERS; Mey and June, 3.2l@3 ,22d,
buyers June and July .22Q3 23d, buyers;
'1ly and August, 3 2Sd3 Did, buyers.
NeW York. Oct. 25The cotton market
ol'Ned steady, with prices lQ2 points high.
81 on light local and some foreign buy
ing following a favorable class of cable
VS.. turned weak and feverish later I'M
"ulralions of weakness abroad, with
."s on stop orders a feature AT 4
.'''N prices ruled barely steady, show
A net loss of lM2 points, Sales to
,-" me were $1,000 bales. Buying was
tIrd'd by estimates of free movement
Ut. porJs. Absence Of outside support
''eN 'e discourage the bull faction, and
'a"N IN. early session the market show
''Ae cooperative energy.
ne" York, Oct. 25.--Cotton futures OPEN
sl.'dy sales, 5000 bales; January, $3.50;
iN1ry, 6.03c; March, 6.07c; April, 61Oc
i- ..,6'; June, 619c; July. 6.2lc; Octo-
"''e' November 5,96c; December,
'' m.-Cotton futures closed steady
ar, 49,. bales; January 5000; Febru-
"g5e March, 607c; April, Gle; May
97.. T Sore 61sc; July, e.22c October
Il W, .N|' rmber 5.95c; December, 5.97c.
rlr," T., cans La. Oct. 25-Cotton flu
III na1,,, "uI. sales, 27.SOO bales October.
a5.ei.o. November. .5.67c; December. 5.es
II a5-r,." Saouary, 56565 CSC; February, $40
M5St.. ,larch, 5,756b5 &c., April, 5.S0@
Nay, 5.S5a5 sec.
'rk Oct. 25.-Rlordan & Co., says