The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-23
COTTON.

COTTON.
The movement of cotton to this port dur
,na The past week was heavy. Prices re-
rn5fned low and the local sales were only
moderate The disposition of spinners to
blv from hand to mouth and the heavy
offering of spots from the south kept the
tone of the market quiet and down. There
was a better feeling during the past few
DAYS. however, and friends of cotton were
anxiousiy expecting the long looked for ad-
vance. There was a fair demand each
day,
The local market for spots opened Sat
1lr5aV at a decline of 1-16 cents on all
grades middling being quoted at 39s cents.
on Monday there was another decline OF
1-l6 cent with the tone of the market easy.
An advance in futures on Tuesday stead
led the market somewhat and caused a
better demand at unchanged prices. On
Wednesday the market remained unchang-
Cd but the tone was again easy with light
sales There was a little better demand
Thursday and the tone was quiet and un-
changed To-day the market was I'M
changed with sales of 10 bales at the
opening. LAT bales at the second call, and
80 bales at the close. The tone at the
close was quiet and steady.
The following were the official spot quo
tations at the close of the market at the
Cotton Exchange to-day:
Good middling .............,....-.,....5 1915
Middling ................ ...........''''o S-1o
Low middling .....5A
Good ordinary ..........................4 l5-l6
Market quiet and steady; sales 1,416; for
the week, 6,656.
Receipts-The receipts of cotton at this
port from all sources for the past week
were 50 1863 bales upland and 1888 bags sea
island, against 1874 bales upland and
ASS bags sea island last week.
The particulars of the receipts were as
follows: Per Central railway, S7,4l2 bales
per Savannah Florida and Western rail-
way, H1T bales; per Charleston and Sa-
Vannah railroad, 5S5 bales; per South
Bound railroad, 1888 bales; per Florida
Central and Peninsular railroad, 2,046
bales; per Georgia and Alabama railroad
1889 bales; per Savannah river steamers
$40 bales; per carts, 81 bales.
EXports-The exports for the past week
were 1926 bales upland and 521 bags sea
island, moving as follows: To Baltimore
1410 bales upland and no bags sea is
land; to New York. 9514 bales upland and
521 bags sea island; to Boston, 2,0l4 bales
upland; to Bremen, 1929 bales upland; to
Hamburg, 400 bales upland; TO Genoa,
6759 bales upland; to Barcelona, $3.50 bales
upland.
Stock-The stock on hand and on ship
board to-day were 126,259 bales upland and
12,569 bags sea island, against 1896 bales
upland and $1,000 bags sea island at the
corresponding time last year.
Sea Island Cotton-The situation in the
sea island cotton was unchanged during
the past week. European spinners tele-
graphed orders at decline and wondered
why they were not filled, while factors
held the market steady at the ruling quo
tations. The receipts were 1888 bags,
against 449S for the same week last year
The sales for the week were 1928 bales
at unchanged quotations. The following
were the prices at which the sales We're
made.
Tone quiet and steady.
Extra choice Floridas. nominal. 141s
Choice Floridas nominal ..........13 ola
Extra fine Floridas, nominal. ...121A
Fancy Georgias 2121l3
Extra choice Georgias .1214 6121a
Choice Georgias .1lA412
Extra fine Georgias ...............l Jog
The receipts for the past week were
2SS9 bags, against 4,49S bags the same
week last year
The exports for the week were 521 bags,
of which 339 bags were to Liverpool, and
-2 bags to northern ports for domestic
consumption.
Exports same week last year, 2,562 bags.
The total receipts from Sept. to date
amount to S,6O6 bags, against 22,S7S bags
Tor the corresponding time last year.
The total exports from Sept. 1 to date
have been ASA bags, of which 1,240 bags to
Great Britain, % bags to France, 200 to
the continent, and $50 domestic.
The total exports for the same period
last year were 1856 bags.
Stock on hand and on shipboard to-day
"'fe 1868 bags, against $1,000 bags this
DAY last year
Charleston, S. c., Oct. 22.-sea Island
cotton market: Receipts for the week, 400
3ss; exports. 65; sales. III bags; stock,
s.Zl5 bags
Quotations omitted.
tot. l.,
Teen l.lg bags, against 2,774 bags for the
same time last year. The exports since
4 sept J. 1897, have been IS bags, against 7SS
''-S Tor the same time last year.
savannah receipts, exports and stocks
L''elNed This day Northumberland. SOP
,1ceiFed anne day last year 5,766
r,'ee.Fed anne day year before last $685.
r'sNiNed past week ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 65,2OS
1toeVed same week last year .....,. 1922
Il c'l'ed same week year before last 1858
receipts snce Sept. l. 1895 ........... 1881 ,69S
eipts same time last year ...... .262.707
s. Ii,s'epJs same time year before last 259, $50
I-NporJs past week, continent ...... 33,3lS
q 1,A'oI's past week. coastwise go. 1888
y exports for week ................ 46,777
Exports since Sept. l, 1891
81 r. GI''' Britain ....................... n,S9
4 H. AUG" ............ .,........,,...... None
1,,.N conunent ....................... 95,642
4 IT,, IoI' ign ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. OL5A
! V....1 N''49O ''s's's..s. 'otovt
iy.h exports ......................." 200, 9l5
IT. ports Same Time Last Year
r. I4edt Britain NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. None
nv rance ............ .................N None
IT,. -Ie continent ..................... 69.771
1ot foreign ............................ G., I'll
p T1 eo2stwise .........................1 100, 1853
So exports ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 169, 1924
NJ 81 ON hand this day ................ 13S, 1928
II P,o,ttu hand same day last year ..1l6,366
a Pqrrfo,p ana Stocks at the Ports
q ~ pts his day .................. G., 1858
gay last week. ....,......... A,S75