The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-17
COTTON.

day:
COTTON.
The cotton market was quiet all over
the country to-day. Savannah was no ex-
ceptlon. The local market opened quiet
and unchanged. with sa.es of 125 bales. At
the second call at The Cotton Exchange
the tone was quiet and easy with prices
the same and sales 70 bales At the last
call the market closed quiet and easy,
with no sales reported.
The following were the official spot quo
tations, at the close of the market at the
Cotton Exchange to-day:
Good middlng ............,.............4 1916
MlddhnB ........,................45
Low mddling ....,................a..
Good ordinary .........................3M
Ordinary .......................3 Is
Market. quiet and easy; sales pa
Sea Island Cotton-The market contin-
ued without change I'm the situation Sales
were made on a basis of the following
quotations:
Extra choice Floridas ...........h.1sh
Choice Floridas ..................12%m 13
Extra fine Floridas ............a,.12 612h
Fancy Georgias .12lbd13
Extra choice Georgias ."........12
Choice Georgias 10&61t
Extra fine Georgias ...............10 @l0h
FINE Georgias .-.....................9 a 9l5
Medium fine Georgias .............. S1a
Common Georgias .............s
Savannah Receipts, Exports and Stocks:
Receipts this day Observation-Disclosures. 1893
Receipts this day last year ........ $3.50
Receipts this day year before last . 1891
Receipts since Sept. l, 1898 ...........5 5t, OO1
Same time last year .............,......548,978
Exports, Great Britain, this day -. TO- S25
Exports coastwise this day ........ 1855
Stock on hand this day ...............15SS6 S
Same day last year ...................140,2 S7
Receipts and Stocks at the Ports
Receipts this day ,...,............... S4,7S9
This day last year ...........,..,... 60,S2S
This day year before last ..s.s.s. G4,364
Receipts past five days ............. 302 51S
Same days last year .,............. 279 $50
Same days year before last ......... 1893 $50
Total receipts since Sept. /, 1898 .3,436 1913
Same time last year ................3, 176 6N
Same time year before last .......3, 09O 1877
Stock at the ports to-day ..........1, 112. 1923
Stock same day last year .......... 8S1, Sl4
Daily movements at other ports
Enthusiastically; middlng, AZ; net re-
ceipts, 1885; gross, 19,345; sales, 1854; stock,
32S,057
New Orleans-Steady; middling, 4 1916;
net receipts. 2O,59O gross. 20.590; sales, 1900;
stock. ,973
Moblle-Quiet; middling, AZ net receipts,
1885; gross. 2, $50; sales, 500: stock. 1920.
Enthusiastically; middliRg as; net re-
ceipts, 5O1s; gross, 50lS; sales, 500; stock,
GO ,41s.
wilmington Steady; niddlng, Az net
receipts, 4,4o3; gross 4,403; stock, IS, 495
Norfolk-Steady; middling, 5; net re-
ceipts, Ass; gross, AIS; sales, 5OS; stock,
1883.
Baltimors-Nominal: middling, 5M net
receipts, 1927; gross, 1899; stock, 1895.
New York-Steady; middling, 5%; net re-
ceipts, 2,O97; gross, 1855; sales, 2,159; stock,
1852.
Bosion-Quiet; middling. 5ss; net re-
ceipts. 1,167; gross, 9614.
Philadelphia-Quiet; middling 81; net
receipts $50 gross. $50; stock, 6107.
Daily movements at interior towns
Augusta-Quiet and steady; midding,
lie; net receipts, 1856; gross, 2,7O6; sales,
S44 stock, 36.14S
Memphis-steady; mlddling, 1916; net
receipts $3.50; gross, 5,575; sales, 1880;
stock, 1852.
ST. Louis-Quet; middling. 8; net re-
ceipts, 6S6; gross, 1922; sales $50; stock,
69,004
CincinnatI-Qui niddIng, 81; net re-
cepts, 1874; gross 1874; stock, 1886.
Houston-Steady; middling, Al; net re-
ttiPAnf 10000 btoFog lpBvoos odtSos fpot pAObhi
1861.
notwithstanding; middling. 5.
Exports OF Cotton This Day
Galveston-To Great Britain, COST; to
the continent, 1913
New Orleans-To Great Britain, $500;
to France, $3.50; 10 the continent, $3.50;
coastwlse. S44
Mobile-To Great Britain. 4.i27.
savennah-To Great Britain 1895;
coastwise. ,535.
Misunderstanding 2,516.
Norfolk-To the continent 1,lO0; coast
wise, 2.Os9
New York-To the continent, 2,290
Total foreign exports from ali ports this
day: To Great Britain, $3.50; to France,
s,499; to the continent. 1888.
Total foreign exports from all ports thus
far this week: To Great Britain, 3279 to
France, S7.490; to the continent S767l.
Total foreign exports since Sept. l. 1898
To Great Britain, 1.202 Ss1; TO France, ga
0i5; to the continent. SO9.s26.
Liverpool, Nov. 1G.--Cotton-Spot, fair de-
mand prices unchanged. American mid
ding, 1920. The sales OF the day were
1900 bales, of which 800 were for specu-
lation and export and included II 400
American. Receipts. 1880 bales all
American. Futures opened quiet with a
moderate demand and closed barely steady;
American middling, low middling Clause,
November 2.5902 cod, sellers; November
December, 259d, buyers; December-Janu-
airy. 258N2.59d, buyers; January February,
2 58Q2 sea- buyers; February March, 259d,
buyers March-April. 2.60d. sellers; April
May, 2G012.6ld, buyers May-June, 2.e00
ESQ, sellers; June-July, ICED. sellers; July
August 263d, sellers; August-Septembe
26303.0Od; mher-October 3.00d, value
New York, Nov G--Speculation IN cot
ton futures were again slow to-day, and
fluctuations usually narrow, with a gem
eral tendency downward. For a time
around The opening trading was moderate
~ active. with the execution OF early or
ders and evening up OF accounts by some
OF the less confident room operators, bus