The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-18
COTTON.

LAC of spOts were only 90 DdlSS. Al the
o,u ar the Cotton Exchange the mar
~ 1as bulletined steady and unchanged,
M no sales At the second call it was
MANNED quiet and steady and unchang
ai+b sales of 50 bales, and at the clos
If tbe market it was bulletined quiet
"5d steady with no sales reported.
Tbo following were the official spot quo
..tions at the close of the market, at the
4 C,,ton Exchange to-day:
4 Good middling ...........5 15-16
4 Hn5dling .............. .................,.55s
4 Low middlinS .'.'''....o o-lo
4 c,od ordinary NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. l-l6
Market quiet and steady; sales, spot,
/ s.; f. o. b., 100
,oond the market being steady, on a basis
Of the following quotations:
/ Trtra choice Floridas ...........14 Q1415
4 Choice Floridas ....................S Q1315
/ Extra fine Floridas ................1 2l2Q12A
4 Fancy Georgias .212q12&
4 Extra choice Georgias ............12 Q1214
4 Choice Georgias ....................1o AG11A
Extra fine Georgias ................10 Q1012
A Fine GeOrgias ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. q 912
4 Medium fine Georgias .............. So
n Common Georgias ...............
savannah Receipts, Exports and Stocks:
Receipts this day .................... 2,674
Receipts this day last year .......... 1854
Receipts this day year before last. 2,29S
Receipts since Sept. l, 1897. ........1, 09S, 013
Same time last year ............... Isl, 1872
Same time year before last ....... 6S2, 4S8
Exports coastwise this day ....... A7
Stock on hand this day .......... 1896
Same day last year ............... 54,O96
Receipts and Stocks at the Ports
Receipts this day .................... 1855
This day last week ................ % AT
This day last year ................. 1874
n This day year before last ............ 1923
4 Receipts past six days ............. 1851
n Same days last year ............. $3.50
Same days year before last ..... IS, 593
Total receipts since Sept. 1, 1887. u. 69S, 794
Same time last var ................6, LOG, 429
4 Same time year before last ........4, 627, 0S5
Stock at the ports to-day ..........1 ,041 $50
Stock same day last year ..l...... 777,725
Receipts This Week Last Year
Saturday ....... IL, 604 Wednesday -. 7,451
Monday .........1O,127 Thursday .. 1921
Tuesday SAT Friday ....... Ia, 6S6
Daily movements at other ports
i Galyeston-Easy; middling, 1915; net
receipts, lbs; gross, 1,7SS; sales, 1,163;
stock 1885, 1913.
New Orleans-Steady; middling, 9-16;
me- receipts, 4,S21; gross, 1921; sales, 7,4OO;
stock a. 10
Mo0le-Quiet; middling, 5%; net re-
ceipts' l552; gross, 1,552; sales, 200; stock,
2LG5.
Charleston-Quiet; middling, 5 9-1S; net
receipts, 256; gross, 256; stock. 27.sSS.
Wimington-Firm; middling, 81; net re-
celps, %2; gross, 2S2; Stock 17,765
Norfolk-Steady; middling, So; net re-
celpts' 02S; gross, SIS; sales, 30; stock,
@&
Baltimore-Nominal; middling, 61s; gross
receipts, 454; stock, 81, 46s
New York-Dull; middling, 61s; net re-
celpts, 1924; gross. 1887; sales, 1867 all
spnners; stock, 1S9,O61.
Boston-Dull; middling, SIS; net receipts,
PSI; gross, 2.255.
PhiIadelphia-Quiet; middllng, 63s; net
receipts 669; gross, $50; stock, 1O,369
Daly movements at interior towns
ENTHUSIASTICALLY; middling, 1915; net
AS7. 97' Oio' s'0oN'
Memphis-steady; middling, 55s; net re-
l@0l3 ''-0V' ''o0N'
o. Louis-Quiet; middling, 11-16; net
receipts l42; gross, 1853; stock, 67747.
-CncIhnau-Quiet and steady; middling.
g ~ 5,o net receipts, 14S6; gross, 1,4S6; stock,
LOU llo3uuS'on-Quiet; middIing, 81; net re-
1888 -''''' se'ieS' 20 s'ocA'
11oulsyille-Quiet; middling, S 1916.
HApoits Of Cotton This Day
EG2 ''iioe' o'f2'' coast"ise'
rr N@% oreans-To Great Britain, 1000;
Sauce' 400: coastwise, 200.
mo6ile-Coastwise. SAL.
SdVahnah-Coastwise. 1.O97.
nDoeiLII,oIk-Coastwise. 1881.
oditmore-Coastwise. ono
1soS iork-To France, $40; continent,
Tposlon-To Great Britain. 1866
da,. wa, =, lotelgn exports from all ports this
Sa- 10 Great Britain, 3.O66: TO France
'-T', TO the continent, 1,5O2.
f,r '. .a foreign exports from all ports thus
~ IN olls week: To Great Britain. n. 1S5:
7,,, 'auce 6,267; to the continent, 42115.
70 ,g % foreign exports since Sept. l. 1897:
es. 4leat Britain, 2,749,Sl3; to France, 72S,-
I'm, ~ me continent, 2,297,312.
far POOL March II, 4 p. m.-Cotton, spot
dl%, 'enand; prices full: American mid
Amsri,11dlr S9ld; good middlng, sgd;
da dh middling. 11-32d. low mid
, r''ns' 7-32d; good ordinary lid. ordi-
1oon 50 The sales of the day were
,l,. bales, of which 500 were for spec
AM and export, and included 900
ra ,, ''can receipts, 5000 bales, no Amer
3s,, es opened quiet with a moderate
lean l', ond closed barely steady: Amer
Z tSl,l '..VallnS, low middling clause March.
l1,o,... buyers; March-April, 31SG3.19d
KY ' ~ April-May. 3.1S6l3. l9d buyers;
AK June S.l9d value; June-July, $3.50
er. '"ue; July-August, 3.19dS pod buy
Ss,t uSust-September 3.196IS GOD value:
to1,r H,l.oer-October, 319G3 .20d sellers; Oc-
D. oVember, 3.l9d buyers; November
seroIL.oo S.l9d; MISUNDERSTANDING, S.l9d
favor, ork' March lin response TO a
dio5 cue early English cable and pre-
mor.r Tor comparatively small port
f9r,,--'Ht the local market for cotton
a5ysr opened steady. but quiet, at an
o3ari OF l@2 points Buying on the
ac75r, was chiefly for account of local
Inc 49, ana Liverpool. a heavier feel
less '''oped shortly after the call under
and assuring news from Washington
56e 1o.aal liquidation ana prices eased Off
t.lrS JUS A no tir1e however. did the
s,ra,.., 'lAe the aggressive. owing 10 the
Sln-a'" OF Southern spot markets The
1ee.. was also checked by favorable
te5r5,..o ON Manchester and the continent
Vas ys,. yarns and cloths Business
''y light during a greater part OF