The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-12


COTTON.
The local market was quiet again to-
day, with light sales. At the regular Cali
at the Cotton Exchange the market was
bulletined quiet and steady and unchanged
with sales of 100 bales.
The following were the official spot quo
tations, at the close of the market at the
Cotton Exchange to-day:
Good middiing ...........................6
Mlddiing % l1-l6
Low middlIng ...........................5
Coca ordinary ...h.-........,,..........5ss
Market quiet and steady; sales, spot, 100;
{. o. b., 500.
Sea Island Cotton-The market was
quiet and steady; quotations follow:
Extra choice Floridas ......s.......14 @l41a
Choice Floridas ...............s.., 10 ldiSia
Extra fine Floridas ................. 1212d12%
Fancy Georgias .l21aU12A
Extra choice Georgias ..............12 G12A
Choice Georgias .10s4 G11A
Extra fine Georgias ................10 @10ia
Flne GeofglaS ................. $50 9I2
Medium fine Georgias ............... S2
Common Georgias ....................
Savannah Receipts, Exports and Stocks
Receipts this day ..................... 615
Receipts this day last year .......... 1876
Receipts this day year before last 769
Receipts since Sept. /, 1897, .........1, 6S,OS1
Same time last year .................. S2S, 06S
Same time year before last .......... 736. 745
Stock on hand this day ...........!.. 33,S6S
Same day last year .................. 20,
Receipts and Stocks at the Ports
Receipts this day ........,.as.s......s 1853
This day last week ........,...,..... 1926
This day last year ................... 7,4S2
This day year before last ........ 1888
Receipts past five days .............. 25,495
Same days last year ................ 25,748
Same days year before last 4. H.. 27156
Total receipts since Sept. l. 1897, =. 1866 2S1
Same time last year ............s.. C, ,9n
Same time year before last g.......5. O31, 225
Stock at the ports to-day s.%s-ss.s 1885, 9l
Stock same day last year .......... 1850
Receipts This Week Last Year
Saturday. 607 Wednesday ....66Ss
Monday. Thursday ......S 1OS
Tuesday ...........T.482 Friday ..........2 43S
Daily Movement al Other Ports
Galveston-Steady; middling, l1-16c; net
receipts, 1888; gross, 1888; sales, ga; stock,
5O.129
New orleans-ouiet; miadling, l1-16;
net receipts, 1,411; gross, 1,4l1; sales, 1850;
stock, 220,713.
Mobile-Quiet; middling, 11-16; net re-
ceipts, 8; gross, 8; sales, 400; stock 1872.
Charisston-Steady; mddling, sac; net
receipts, 1873; gross, 1873; stock, 1910.
Wilmington-Firm; mlddllng, &c; net re-
ceipts. SS1; gross. 991; stock, 1889
Nopfolk-Quiet;s middling, csc: net re-
ceipts, 40; gross, 450; sales, SO; stock, A.
6S5
MISUNDERSTANDING; mjddling, 5-16c;
gross receipts, 948; stock, 1854.
New York-Quiet; middling, 63sc; net re-
ceipts, 29O gross, 2.17O; sales, 1,022; spin
ners, q; stock 49, 54
Boston-Steady; middllng. csc; net re-
ceipts, 1,224; gross. 3257.
Philadephia-Quiet; middling, 6ssc; net
receipts, 25; gross, %; stock, 1884
Daily Movement at INTERIOR Towns
Augusta-Firm; middling. 6lkc; net re-
ceipts, 153: gross, 1853; sales, rs; stock. 49,
49,
Memphis-Quiet; middling. 13-1sc; net
receipts, 251; gross, 251; sales, 1000; stock
Sc. 462
st. Louis-Quiet; middling. SIC; net re-
ceipts, AIS; gross, 9S4; sales, S2l stock &c.
94S
Cincinnati-steady; middlng, &c; net re-
ceipts, 527; gross, SCI; stock. 9,3OS.
Houston-Steady; middling, 11-16e; net
receipts, 22s; gross, 226; sales, 42s; stock,
1870.
Louisville-Quiet middling, SC.
Exports of Cotton This Day
Norfolk-Coastwise. 4OS.
New York-To Great Britain, 3,1S1;
France, 125; continent, 1.046. .WS
day-To Great Britain, 3,lS1s TO France,
125; to the continent, 1,0i6
Total foreign exports from all ports thus
far this week-To Great Britain, 30 743 to
France, 1,156; to the continent, 1891
Total foreign exports since Sept. /, 1897
To Great Britain, 3201, 454; to France, 1884,
693; TO the continent, 2726,7l6.
Liverpool, May H. p. m.-Cotton: Spot,
moderate demand; prices, f-32d lower.
I'D
middling. 7-l6d American middling4
3 9-16d good ordinary 9-32d; ordinary
3 3-32d. The sales f'the day were 10000
bales, of which 100 were for specuia-
ton and export, and included 1900 Amer
ican' receipts, 1000 bales, including 100
American.
Futures opened quiet, with moderate
demand, and closed quiet. but steady;
American middling, low middling clause
May, 3.3ld buyers; May-June. 3.3ld buy
ers; June-July, S.s1@3.32d buyers; July-Au-
gust, S22d buyers; August-Septemb
932d buyers; September October, 3.51N3. 32d
sellers; October-November 3.30Gf3. Sid buy
ers; OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, 330d buyers;
December-January. S.3Od buyers january
February, 33OQ3.Sld buyers. t--
New York, May 1.-THE cotton market.
took the back track to-day to the extent
of to 10 points under liquidation follow
ing disappointing English advices which
were decidedly contrary 10 expectations IN
view Of the decreased acreage indicated BY
Yesterdays government report There
was considerable liquidations by the
houses Of the stronger class. The decline
was arrested by Wall street and Liver
pool buying but speculation was intmated
by the possibility Of unsatisfactory. news
from the seat of war and the volume Of
business was small. Conflicting and
ti1e.f3.