The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-03
COTTON,

The local cotton market remained
steady and unchanged, with a fair de
mand for spots. The reported sales for
the day We're 1,1S0 bales. At the Cotton
EXchange at the first call The market was
buHetined steady and unchanged. with
sales OF TAI bales. AT the second call il
was unchanged, with reported sales of 325
bales. At the last call the market closed
steady and unchanged, with sales of ia
The following were the official spot quo
atoms, at the close of the market. at the
Cotton Exchange to-day:
5000 mlddllng .........................53s
1I|uuiliS .......................b ls
Low Low IniddLng 1916
Good ordinary .......................4 AZ
M Market steady; sales, spot i,lSo; f. 0. b..
j., savannah Receipts. Exports and Stocks:
receipts TINS day OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. g. Az
Receipts this day last year .......... AM
receipts this day year before last . 1923
accepts since Sept. /, 1897 .,......... 655, $40
Same time last year ................! 4SS9iS
Same time year before last ...........4241 6S
STOCK on hand this day ..............1 1876 SAT
Same day last year ..........,. 1913 S13
D Receipts and Stocks at the Ports
receipts THIS day ,................ So S74
rms day last week ................ 50 1874
This day last year t.................. 1861
This day year before last ......... 25,5lO
Receipts past six days ........,.... 342777
Same days last year ............. 225 SIS
same days year before lasl - $3.50
Total receipts since Sept. ], 1897 4O35, 232
,1.(l
Same time year before last .....2' 5i2 29i
Stock a. the ports to-day ........1.0i8,3ii
Stock same day last year ,.........1, 217,S)6
Saturday AZ. SIS "Wednesday tti5 90 4a2
Monday........ 0,140 Thursday .3i56l
tuesday; 80. S56 Friday ..........42,195
Daily Movements at Other Ports
Calves ton-Firm; middling 5ss; net re-
cei[ts $685. sales. 62S; stock 30. 469
New Crleans-Steady; midding, 81; net
receipts, 170S7; sales, $500; stock 33S 2S5
Mobile.Steady; midd,ing, 5 S-16; net re-
ceipts, S2l0; sales, 500; stock, %, 955
rlesto,9aoa ~ middling, 3-16; net
receipts, 1,lSS sales, so; stock, 81 ,906.
Wilmington-Frm middling, 53s; net re-
ceiipts. $,l73; sales, 1l6; stock, 49, 1858.
NorfoIk--steady; middling, 81; net re-
Baltimore Nominal midding, 55s; net
receipts, 1924; stock, / 952.
New York-DuL; mddling, 1885, net
receipts 2SS3; gross, lab; sales, none;
Boston.3.Dun; middung. 511-16; net re-
celpts, l,276; gross, 4,5l8
Phiadelphia-Quiet; middling, 1-16; net
receipts, 335; stock 6,5l5.
Daily Movements at Interior Towns
Augusta-Firm; middIing, 8 7-16; net re-
celpts, 93l; sales, rs stock, 40 POS.
Memphis-Steady; middlng ~; net re-
ceipts, $3.50; sales, 4.000 stock, i30 692
st. Louis-Steady; middling, 81; net re-
ceipts, 6,622; sales, 565; stock IS, 387
Houston-Quiet; middling 52sc; receipts
S,S2S; sales, 242 stock. u.s. sos
Exports OF Cotton This Day
SaVannah-CoastWise {, 1868.
New Hork-To the continent, 1900; for
warded, .094
Total foreign exports from all ports this
day: To Great Britain. 15,O9S to France,
$4,000; to the continent, 1i,6OO
Total foreign exports from all ports
thus far this week: To Great Britain. 3d.
S22; to France 6l,S4l; to The continent, 81
Total foreign exports since Sept. !. 1897:
7 To Great Britain, PHI to France, $685.
IlVerDOOl - demand
prices unchanged; midding fair 3 1924:
good middling, 11-32d; American mid
ding, 3hd; low middling, 3lsd; good ordi-
nary, Sd; ordinary. l3-16d. Sales, 1900
bales, of which 1000 were for speculation
and export and included 1920 Ameri-
can; receipts, 5000 bales. including 500
American. Futures opened quiet. with
moderate demand, and closed steady;
American middling, low middlng clause,
$.O9d buyers; January February, 3.09d sell
lers; February March. 3.O9d3l0d sellers;
March-April 3.10d sellers; April May, Sid
buyers; May-June, 3.12d3 I'D sellers; June
July, S19dS14d value; July-August. SI5d
sellers; August-Septembe 3t6d sellers;
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES .16a3 ia buyers Oc-
tober- November 3.17@3 lSd buyers.
Liverpool, Dec. 1.-The cotton exchange
will be closed Dec. % and q, and Jan. 1
and 2.
New York Dec. 1.-The course of the
cotton market to-day was, while upward
was not sufficiently so to traders who
have been operating for an advance on the
theory of diminished movement and a
belief in a decreased acreage Southern
spot cotton markets are, showing a fair
degree of stability and locally there is no
pressure to sell cotton The export move
ment Is quite active: The market was
quite featureless, with the variations only
3G6 points Prices opened steady al an
advance of 2d4 points. further advanced
1d2 points, but turned weaker near the
close under foreign selling, and closed easy
at a net advance of points to unchanged.
New York, Dec. 2-Cotton futures open
ed steady; sales, 1000 bales; February,
5.72c; March, sic; April, 5.8lc; May, $3.50;
June. 5.9lc: July. 594c; August 6.O0c; Sep
TENDER, cole; october, 6OOc; December,
see.
Cotton futures close easy; sales, 79,7CO
bales; January $50 Cd, EebruarSy ~. 57Oc;
$3.50; July $3.50; August, 59Sc Septem-
Der, 6.00c; October. 6.0Oc; December, sole.
New Orleans, La Dec. 2,-Cotton flu
lures, quiet; sales, Y, 400 bales; December,
5.21c; January, 5.3045.3lc; February. 5.3jd
g. 36c; March, 5.4lG5.42c April 5.46d5. &c;
May, 5.5la552c; January, 5.56q5.57c; July,
3. 6lq5 63c; August 5S6g56Sc; September,
New York, Dec. 2.-Riordan & Co. say
of cotton to-day: The dull spell In cot
ton was unbroken to-day. Liverpool dis
appointed the bears this morning as that
market was slightly higher, when some
decline had been expected. Prices here
were 70 4 points above last nights fig
ures at the opening. After the opening
the market settled down into state Of
lethargy, from which ii was not aroused
until just before the close, when the
execution of some Liverpool selling orders
and raiding by the local bears caused q
small decline. Receipts to-day were full
January opened at 5.69c, advanced to soc,
declined 20 5.65c, and closed at that fig
There ore no new features In the stua-
ton al present. Sentiment here continues
bearish."
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