The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-13

80 cents, with a good demand, but the re-
ported sales were limited The cotton mar
ket was quiet and unchanged with sales
of asa spots. The job sales were 1,525 bales.
The market for bran advanced cents.
changed.
The following resume of the different
markets. both local and Geographic, will
show the tone and the quotations at the
close to-day:
COTTON.
1t was another duh day in the local mar
ket The future markets Influenced spots
to a quieter tone, but did not excite trad
ing. Holders still refuse to sell at the
current price, and the f. o. b. buyers are
not able to fill their orders at the present
quotations. AT the Board of Trade, at the
first call, the market was bulletined quiet
and unchanged, with sales of 235 bales.
At the second call 1t was the same, with
safes of pa bales. At the last call the
market closed easy and unchanged, with
sales of bales.
The following were the official spot quo
tations at the close of the market, at the
Cotton Exchange to-day;
GOOD middlng OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Mtddllhg ................ .................5A
Low middling .........................4 1916
Good ordinary .........................4Ss
Market quiet; sales, spot, 4S4 bales; f.
o. b., 1,525 bales.
Sea Island Cotton-The market was
steady The sales were made on basis
of the following quotations:
Extra choice F'loridas ..............H 115
Choice tIoridas 1904
Extra fine Floridas .................13 OBJ
Fancy Georgias ...................,.12 1s&13
Extra choice Georgias .............12 Q12h
Choice Georgias ...................n Q11A
Extra fine Georgias ................10h
: ahe Georglas ...........,........... "a 91a
Medium fine Georgias .............. So
Common Georgias .................
Savannah Receipts, Exports and Stocks
Receipts this day ..................... APO
Receipts this day last year........... 1,719
Receipts this day year before last. $50
Receipts since Sept. l. 1897. ...... .9O7. 500
Same time last year. =. ....s..ss.64S, 5s3
Same time year before last. .552 AIS
Exports, coastwise, this day......... 4.3S3
Stock on hand this day............. LAG, 1884
Same day last year,................... Is, 615
Receipts and Stocks at the Ports
Receipts this day ................... 1925
This day last week ............. A 523
This day last year ................. 2O,574
This day year before last ......... 1902
Receipts past five days ............. 200, G21
Same days last year ............... 101. Alb
Same days year before last ....... 76. 800
Total receipts since Sept. l. 1897. SOC, 267
Same time last year ................51S s 494
Same time year before last ........3. To-, 921
Stock at the ports to-day ..........1 ,2S4. $40
Stock same day last year ........1, 156, 9-S
Receipts This Week Last Year
Saturday. .20,134 Wednesday .. 20, 574
Monday. 30 4S9 Thursday ......16, 1926
Tuesday. .........3021 PIG Friday ....29, SIS
Daily Movements at Other Ports
Galveston-Firm; middling, ) GIG; net re-
ceipts 9,917; sales, 222; stock, 2O5, 1876.
New Orleans-Easy; middling, 5A; net
receipts, 2O.716; sales, $500; stock, 513,Si0.
Mobile-Quiet; middlng. 81; net receipts;
1882; sales 1000; stock. 65,576.
Charleston-Firm; middling, 81; net re-
ceipts. 252; stock, 4.5S5.
Wilmington-Steady; middling, 7-16;
net receipts, as; stock, 2,2i2
Norfolk-Dull; middling, 51a; net receipts,
2,943; sales $50; stock, S7.916
Baltimore-Nominal middling, 55s; net
receipts, 2,115; stock 31,267.
New YorlS-Dull; middling 15-16; net re-
ceipts. $685. stock, 1869.
Boston-Quiet; middhng s 1916; net re-
ceipts. 2,016
Phladelphia-Quiet; middllng, 3-16; net
receipts, 442; stock, 1888.
Daily Movements a Interior Towns
Augusta-Steady; middling, 9-16; re-
ceipts, 1851; sales, 266; stock, 5,523.
Memphis-Steady; midding, 53s; receipts,
2,Si6; sales, 5000; stock, 1924.
St Louls-Quiet, lice lower; middling,
5as; receipts, 4,259; shippers, 1927; sales,
260; stock, TOTO.
Houston-Steady; middling. 7-16; re-
ceipts 1884, sales, GS9; stock, 6s,61S; ex-
ported tomorrow, 5000.
Notwithstanding SIX.
Exports of cotton this day
New Orleans-To Great Britain, 21250;
to the continent, 1900; coastwise, 1888.
AIobile-Coastwise, 3.
avannah-Coastwise, 1888.
NorfollS-Coastwise, 1852.
Total foreign exports from all ports this
day-To Great Britain, 1880; to France,
none; to the continent, 1900.
Total foreign exports from all ports
thus far this week-To Great Britain,
90 1885, to France, 1924; to the continent,
31,9S6.
Total foreign exports since Sept. l, 1897
To Great Britain, 1,947,9 $40; to France, 527,-
1885, to the continent, 1,5s5.999
Liverpool, Jan. 12.-Cotton, spot, good
business done; prices unchanged; Ameri-
can middling 3 31-32d; sales 600 bales
of which 1000 was for speculation and ex-
port, and included 200 American; re-
ceipts, 26,500 bales, oil American; futures
opened quiet, with a moderate demand,
and closed steady; American. low mid
ding clause, January, 3.10d, sellers; jan
uary- February, 3.09d buyers: February
31Od, buyers; April-May. 3 1908. lid buy
ers; May-June, 3.1103. I'D. buyers; June
July, 3.12d3 I'D buyers; Juy-August. 3 10
a3.l4d, buyers; August-September, 3.14@
Bid, sellers; September-October. 3.l5d,
sellers; October-Novenber, 3.156l3 16d, SELL
ers; November-December, 3.1Gd value
New York. Jan. 12-Opcning easy at
unchanged prices, TO decline OF Q points,
the cotton market showed a further loss
of PAS points, more directly due to Judi
cious pounding of the bear interest than
the absence OF the supporting features. A
large Greek house and large PhIladel-
phia house, which have been steadily buy
ing late, continued to sell to-day. Later
there were some buying orders, a good
part Of which, It was claimed for Wall
street account. This led to the arrest OF
the downward tendency OF the market
and led to conservative covering. The
market was finally easy at net loss OF
4Q6 points.
New York. Jan. Il, noon.-cotton fu-