The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-03


would not accept the declining prices and
the reported sales We're light AT the first
call at the Cotton Exchange the market
was buletined easy and unchanged, with
sales of 9S bales. AT the second call 1t
was bulletined easy and unchanged. with
sales of As bales. AT the last can the mar
ket was 1-16 cent lower on all grades.
with the tone quiet and sales of 3S9 bales.
The following were the official spot quo
tations at the close of the market at the
Cotton Exchange to-day:
Good middling ..............''.''''-''''
Middling NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. .....'.f S-lo
Low middling .......................'.'4 SIS
Ordinary .......:.'.''''''''' o-4o
Market quiet; sales. 4S2.
Sea Island Cotton-The market remained
steady, with a fair. demand and receipts
in fair volume. The quotations are as tol-
lows:
Extra choice Floridas. .............lS1s
Choice Floridas ...-......-.'..'''''Iz7 44lo
Extra fine Floridas ................l2 Ql2A
Fancy Georgias .lz129lS
Extra choice Georgias ..,..-......lz
Choice Georgias .lOS4dlI
Extra fine Georgias .............'.'U glO1a
Fine Georgias ..............'...'.''' y ~
Medium fine Georgias ..........''e2
Common Georgias .......-......'..
Savannah receipts, exports ana stocks-
Receipts this day .....-.....-.....'.''. o'o4o
Receipts this day last year. 1870
Receipts this day year before last 9'zlo
Receipts since Sept. l, 1888. .,........-4 zhUli
Same time last year ..............,. .458,8i4
Same time year before last......... ~ 500
Exports. Great Britain, this day.. III
Exports, continent, this 1ay.......... 1O'4e4
Exports, coastwise, this day...,:..... S'loo
Stock on hand this day ..,..,.,...... loe s9l
Same day last year ..-s- ...-.... - -''lo4o'o
Receipts and Stocks at the Ports
Receipts this day .......-.......'.'.'' os'lU'
This day last year ..............'..'' oo'oSO
This day year before last ............s 0i'lVI
Receipts past five days ............. 5zO'zlo
Same DAYS last year .................' zoo'Slz
Same days year before lasts.....-.. zO1,6o5
Total receipts since Sept. l. 1888 80 ooz' 10
Same time last year ..............'-.1'oo OIL
Same time year before last...........2,5 Oo, 20
Stock at the ports to-day. ..l ,V44 100
Stock same day last year........... 75O,ISS
Daily Movements at Other Ports
(ialyeston-Easy; middling, as; net re-
ceipts "a 1896; gross, A.396; sales, 2lo; STOCK
1852
net receipts, 21,s72; gross, A,S42; Sales l'S'O'
stock, 22S,TO
ceipts ], 6s1; gross, 1851; sales, 1900; stock,
Charleston-steady; middling, As; net re-
ceipts 1915; gross. 1916; stock. 1855
Wilmington-Steady; middling, as; net
receipts 1893; gross, 1913; stock, 39,3Sl
Norfolk-Easy; middlng. 5; net receipts,
!. SOC: gross, 53O6; sales, $40; stock, 5S,Z4
Baltimore-Nominal middling, 81; net
receipts, none; gross, OOS; stock, 4,564.
New York-Dull; middling, 5 BILE; net re-
ceipts, 1119 gross, 6,967; sales,~ q; stock,
Il 278.
Boston-Dull; middling, 5-l6; net re-
ceipts, 1899; gross, 1888
neutrality-suspicious.; middiing 9-16; net
receipts, 147; gross, 147; stock 1852.
Daily Movements at Interior Towns
Augusta-steady; middling, 5; net re-
ceipts, 1888; gross, 263S; sales, $50; stock,
3S .S8S.
Memphis-Easy; middling, A. net re-
ceipts, 5,344; gross, 5344; sales, 300; STOCK
ST. Louis-ouiet; middling. 15-16; net
receipts, 1881; gross, 1904; sales, 30; stock
! "a, 149
Cincinnati-Quiet; middling, 5is; net re-
ceipts, 1913; gross, 1913; stock, 1885.
Houston-Steady: rniddling, AS; net re-
ceipts. Is 500; gross Is, 500; sales, S74; stock
172, S3S.
Louisville-steady; middlng, 5ls.
Exports of Cotton This Day
New OrIeans-To Great Britain, 1000.
Savannah-To Great Britain, 7,277; CON
| tinent, 10. 4S4; coastwise 3765.
| Wilmington-To Great Britain, 1905.
Norfolk-To the continent, 100; coast
wise, AM.
New York-To the continent. 1900.
Total foreign exports from all ports this
day-To Great Britain, S2,S62; to the con-
| tnent. 12,4s4.
| Total foreign exports from all ports thus
far this week-To Great Britain, 1OO66S;
| to France, 25 ,5S6; to the continent, 81 ,3Ol.
Total foreign exports since Sept. !, 1898
| To Great Britain S23 706; 10 France, 14l,
SIS; to the continent. 5i5,S22.
Liverpool. Nov. 2.-Cotton, spot, fair de,
| mand; prices steady; American middling,
Sd. The sales Of the day were 10000 bales,
of which 1000 were for speculation ard
export and included $500 American; re-
/ ceipts, 10000 bales, including IS 400 Ameri-
can; futures opened steady, with moder-
ate demand, and closed steady; American
| iniddling low middhng clause, November,
! 2.590f2. cod buyers, November December,
/ 25sd buyers; December-January, 2.5Sd buy
| ers; January February, 2.589259d buyers
/ February-March 259M2 cod sellers; March
April 2.60d buyers: Aprll-May, 2.6ld buy
ers; May-June. 2.62d sellers; June-July,
2.6Sd sellers; July-August, 2.63QSoOd; buy
ers; August-September 5.0Od buyers.
New York, Nov. 1.-The cotton market
| developed no broadening speculative inter
| est and showed considerable irregularity
After opening steady az a decline of
points under disappointing English ac-
counts, there was a prompt rally TO the
| closing figures Of yesterday, and subse-
quently a net gain Of 2n5 points. The
| general course Of the market Indicated ner-
| vousness on the part of some OF the larger
shorts especially Southern parties. who
| had recently been consistent and heavy
sellers a demand 70 cover was feature
Of the session There was no particular
features or new developments to account
1 for the change in the attitude of this
] class Of traders, unless il might have been