The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-01

declined on common and medium grades
There was a steady business done in lum-
Der and a large number OF vessels cleared
for Northern ports, with fun cargoes
Other markets were about steady The
following resume of the different markets
viii snow the tone aud the quotations at
the close to-day:
COTTON.
4 general depression existed in the cot
ton market during the past week, and
the price for middling dropped TO 4&4c, the
lowest on record in the local market. The
reported sales for the week were 9.7l9
bales. Receipts increased steadily and
there were large lots arriving for export
AT the Cotton Exchange to-day the mar
ket at the first caiR was bullctined easy
and unchanged, with sales of III bales. At
The second caH it was steady and unchang-
ed, with sales of 100 bales; at the last
call it closed steady and unchanged, with
sales of 40 bales.
The following were the official spot quo
tations, at the close of the market, at the
Cotton Exchange to-day:
Good mlddling ...........................O l-l6
Mlddling ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Low middling ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
GOOD ordinary .......s....+....,''.'.. ''''4
Market steady; sales, $40; for the week
9,n9.
Receipts-The receipts OF cotton at this
port from all sources for the past week
were 54092 bales upland and s35 bales sea
island, against so, 1873 bales upland and 952
bales sea island for the same week last
year.
The particulars of the receipts were as
follows: Per Central Railway, S5,0SS bales;
per Savannah, Florida and Western Rail-
road, 9,402 bales; per Charleston and Sa-
Vaunah Railway 1,74S bales; per South
Bound Railroad, 1902 bales; per Florida
Central and Peninsular, 926 bales; per
Georgia and Alabama Railroad, 50l4
bales; per Savannah river steamers O47
bales.
Exports-The exports for the past week
were ,941 bales upland and 1876 bales sea
island, moving as follows: To New York,
1902 bales upland and 1876 bales sea island;
to Baltimore, S92 bales upland; to Boston,
1851 bales upland; to Bremen. q, $50 bales
upland; to Hamburg, 200 bales upland
Stocks-The stock on hand and on ship
board to-day were Ji,054 bales upland and
6,S42 bales sea island, against 64,647 bales
upland and 7,2l2 bales sea island at the
corresponding time last year.
Sea Island Cotton-The business of the
week was quiet. sales amounting TO only
3S4 bales. The receipts increased and ag-
gregated 935 bales for the week The ex-
u
demand will develop next week, as the re-
ceipts of new cotton are now reaching
proportions that fun lots of various grades
can be offered. The quotations were as
follows:
Extra choice Floridas ............14 d14h
Choice t'loridas ...................13 W1515
Extra fine Floridas ......,..... .121aGI12M
Nancy GeorglaS ..........,.........121 20p12&
Extra choice Georgias ............12 612A
Choice Georgtas ....................10A d11A
Extra fine GeorSias ..............10 Gp10M
flue Georgias '...'.'''............ 6BQ Va
Medium fine Georgias ............S 5
Common Georgias ..................
The receipts for the past week were 935
bales, against 952 bales for the same week
last year.
Exports during the week were 1856 bales.
moving as follows 25 bales to Liverpool
and Ill to Northern ports for domestic
consumption
Exports for the same week last year,
255 bales.
The total receipts from Sept. l to date
amount to 1,4S3 bales, against ,691 bales
for the corresponding time last year.
The total exports from Sept. / to date
have been lis bales. moving as follows:
To Great Britain, 3S6 bales to Northern
ports for domestic consumption, 7S9 bales
The total exports for the same period
last year were 500 bales.
Stock on hand and on shipboard to-day
we're 6,3i2 bales, against 1912 bales this
day last year.
Charleston, S. c., Sept. 80.-sea island
cotton market: Receipts for the week. 6s
bales; exports, none; sales, 50 bales;
stocks, 1,246 bales.
Quotations-Medium fine, 15Q16c; fine,
171aQlSc; fully fine 19q20c.
The total receipts since Sept. /, 1898, have
been "A bales, against 1872 bales for the
time la Tho
Sept l. 1898, have been $50 bales, against
20 bales for the same time last year.
Savannah Receipts, Exports and Stocks:
Received this day ...................... TO- Goa
Received same day last year....... 77O9
Received same day year before last. ssh
Received past week .................... 50. 027
Received same week last year,. 81 $50
Received same week in 1896. .......... 36S1
Receipts since Sept. ]. 1893. 1l5 1875
Receipts same time last year......156 1896
Receipts same time year before last.1l9. Al
Receipts same time in Recommendation
Exports this day, coastwise .......... 4y77
Exports this day, continent. u 090
Exports this week, coastwise. ....., II 1877
Exports past week, continent 21 .so,
Total exports past week.-............. BOT
Exports Since Sept. J. 1893
To Great Britain ..................N None
TO France ........................... None
To the continent Observation-Disclosures. 20 SfS
lOldl AC4eisH g. SIG
Total coastwise ........................ 81 1926
Iotal exports ','..'............. g. 271
Exports Same Time Last Year
10 Great britain '.'''.'.' None
10 france $500 '.'-'''............ None
10 the continent '''.'''.......,........ 43. 11s
total foreign '.......'................. 43. il9
Iotai coastwise .'........................ 40 1853
Iotal exports ........,.............. 49, 152
stock on hand this day................ g, 1891
stock on hand same day last year,. n, 1883
Receipts and stocks at the ports
Receipts this day ..................... G5. 100
This day last year ..-............... AZ. 231
rms day year before last............ 50, 703