The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-16


Good middling ....o lO-l6
Mddling .."....................... ...o7s
Low middling .......................''''' o-Io
Good ordinary .......,...............'...o
Market-Quiet; sales, spot, 1877; t. o. b.,
1450.
Sea Island Cotton-The market was
quiet and steady with a fair demand for
offerings i'm special lines. The quotations
were as follows
Extra choice Floridas .............A ql5
Choice Flolidas ......................l31
Extra fine Floridas ...............,lS
Fancy Georgias ,lz12QlS
Extra choice Georgias ..............l2 @l2A
Choice Georgias ...--....-.......'..u Qll7a
Extra fine Georgias .................lO1s
Fine GeorgtaS OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. " S72
Medium fine Georgias ............. 81s
Common Georgias ..........".,..... 3
Savannah receipts. exports and stocks
Receipts this day ...s.........,...,., 5000
Receipts this day last year l,l55
Receipts this day year before last 3t66
Receipts since Sept. /, 81 ............l,Ol3 1926
Same time last year .................. 7zSS4l
Same time year before last ......... oz25n
Exnorts coastwise. this day ....... 1915
Stock on. hand this dayss.........,'.. lOSVIi
Same day last year .........t. &c.. oIoi
Receipts and stocks at the ports
Receints This day ..................... 32,5i4
This dav last week ............ 359l9
This day last year .................... Ioo5o
This day year before last ........... 1851
Receipts past four days .............. 5Soo5
same davs last wear ............ HIPS
Same days year before last ......... 6J'5OI
Total receipts since Sept. l, 1897 ,7,Oz9' oS9
Same time last year ..........., ....,o, I69, liz
Same time year before last ...4,2H, 9a
Stock at the ports to-day 7. ~.......l '262'6O6
Stock same day last year ........... 90S,SlO
Receipts this week last year
SATURDAY.. ,4S7 "Wednesday ....Z, l4O
Monday. Is $40 Thursday ......R.675
Tuesday. 1858 Friday .........ll, 492
Daily movements at other ports
Galveston-Firm; middlirg, US; net re-
cepts. 2,67S; sales, BIG; stock, l99 l96.
New Orleans-Quiet; middling, GIG;
net receipts, 1885, sales, $3.50; stock, 56l'-
Mobile-Easy; middling, 5 11-16 net re-
ceipts, 1,S4O; sales, 800; stock 50,267.
Charleston-Stead middling, 57s; net
receipts 2S2; stock, 2i,l96.
Wimington-Firm: midding, 5H net re-
cepts, 729; stock, 1919.
Norfolk-Firm; middling, 5s; net re-
ceipts. 1,9O5; sales 367; stock, 641SS.
Nominal; middling, 6; net re-
ceipts. 1,4O1; stock, $3.50.
New York-Quiet middling, 81; net re-
ceipts, ISL; gross, 2,429; stock. 1S2,96S.
Boston-Steady; middling, Ga; net re-
cepts, 937; gross, 1888.
iladelphia-Steady; stock, 15,O77.
Daily movements at interior towns
Augusta-Quiet; middling, 57sa5 15-16;
net receipts, $50; sales, S39; stock, 59,42O.
Memphis-Firm; middling. 55s net re.
CENTS, 1890; sales, 900; stock 131, oil.
st. Louis-Steady; middling. 59s; net re-
ceipts, 6,593; shipments, $3.50; sales, 100;
stock, II ,416.
MISUNDERSTANDING, So.
Houston-Steady; middling, Slice;
sales, ISL; receipts, S,1A; stock. 63,lOl; ex-
pected tomorrow, 200.
Exports of Cotton This Day
Galveston--To Great Britain, 1876
New Orleans-France, AS; continent,
$3.50; coastwise, 2,164.
Mobile-Continent, 100; Coastwise,, 800.
Savannah-Coastwis LOIS.
Charleston-Continent, 200; coastwse,
1881.
Norfolk-Coastwlse 1875
New York-Coniinent, S,216; forwarded.
TAI.
Total foreign exports from all ports this
day-To Great Britain, 5,90S; TO France,
H. AS; to the continent, u, 166.
Total foreign exports from all ports thus
far this week-To Great Britain, 80. 63s;
10 France 1857 to the continent, 3S525.
Total foreign exports since Sept. /, 1897
To Great Britain. 2,4190S6 to France, $685.
8s1; 10 the continent, 198S,O9
Liverpool Feb. 15.-Cotton. spot mod
crate demand prices lower; American
middling fair. 324d; good mddling S1kd;
middling 11-32d; low middling, 3-16d;
good ordinary 1-32d; ordinary, 27sd. The
sales of the day was 5000 bales, of which
1000 were for speculation and export and
included 1900 American. Receipts, 1900
bales, including 1920 American.
Futures opened easy with a fair de-
mand, and closed barely steady; Ameri-
can middling. low midding clause, Febru-
airy, 3.17n31sd value; February March.
3.17d31Sd value; March-ApriI, 317a31 sd
value; April-May 3.1sd sellers; May-June.
3.1SQ3.l9d sellers; Jpne-July, 3.19d sellers;
July-August, 3.19d3.20d sellers; August
September, S19q32Od buyers; September
October, 5000 buyers; October November.
S.90Gls. I'D sellers; November-D December. 3.2O
G3.21d buyers.
New York. Feb. 15.-Although Hauidation
was the principal feature of the fore
noon trading in cotton futures the course
OF the early market was gratifying TO the
long interest considering the bearish pur-
port OF English cables Whereas drop
Of s0p1O points had been looked for as a
response to q decline Of points IN the