The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-03
COTTON.

There was an improvement in the for
eign demand to-day, but futures at New
York were lower at the close The offer
ings in the local market were light and.
the transactions amounted to only 245
bales. The tone of the market improved,
but the quotations were unchanged. AT the
first call at the Cotton Exchange, the mar
ket was bulletined quiet and unchanged,
with sales of $50 bales; at the second CALI
it was bulletined steady and unchanged,
with sales of SO bales: at the last call. it
closed steady and unchanged with sales of
SO bales.
The following we're the official spot quo
tations, at the close of the market, at the
Cotton Exchange to-day:
Good middling ................".........5
Mlddhng ............''.s.'..'. '.''''''.''o $40
Low middling ................................4
Good ordinary ............................4 9-l6
Market-Steady; sales, spot, 245; f. o. b.,
300.
Sea Island Cotton.-The market was
steady and unchanged, with fair demand
and sales made on basis of the following
quotations:
Extra choice ElorldaS ..............,14 Q15
Choice Floridas ......................132
Extra fine Floridas .................13
Fancy Georgias .1215d13
Extra choice Georgids .......+.,....R @12H
Choice Georgias .....................n Ql1R
Extra fine Georgias .101z
Fine Georgias ........................9 % 9l2
Medium fine Georgias .............. 81
Common Georgias ...................
Savannah receipts, exports and stocks
Receipts this day ..................... 4,724
Receipts this day last year ............ 1851
Receipts this day year before last -. 1856
Receipts since Sept. /, 1897 .......... s97S, 314
Same time last year ...................708,7 69
Same time year before last ......... 593, 5A
Exports, coastwise, this day ........ 1,762
Stock on hand this day ................111,8 1893
Same day last year .................... 81, 706
Receipts and Stocks at the Ports
Receipts this day ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 43,326
This day last week ................. 33,022
This day last year .................. 11,222
This day year before last .....,..... 1854
Receipts past five days .............. 166,543
Same days last year ............... 70.3T
Same days year before last ........ $500
Total receipts since Sept. l, 1897. :. g. 6S3. $3.50
Same time last year .................5,573,32 1
Same time year before last ..... ,939
Stocks at the ports to-day ..........1, 298, 692
Stock same day last year ........1 DIG, $3.50
Receipts This Week Last Year
Saturday ........1s,2S3 Wednesday ....n,222
Monday .....1S192 Thursday .....l5, 70S
Tuesday .........227 700 Friday ........14,0 S3
Daily movements at other ports
ENTHUSIASTICALLY; middling, 5lsc; net re-
ceipts 10,4S9; stock, 224,44.
New Orleans-Easier; midding, SIC; net
receipts, lS,O31; sales $500; stock, 556,576.
Mobile-Quiet; middling, sac; net re-
ceipts, S17; sales, 1000; stock 69,231..
Charleston-Quiet, steady; middling SIC;
net receipts. $50; stock. 41,3sS
Whining ton-Firm; middling, 52sc; net re-
ceipts 572; stock, 1888.
Norfolk-Steady; middling, SIC; net re-
ceipts, 1893; sales, 1906; stock, 1887.
Baltimore-Nominal middling, 55sc; stock
31,2O5.
cJau, vorI1 O,,ia+. r,fddlinor Z * 1eo. ,,os
receipts, 2,502; gross, S,5S2; sales, 300;
stock, -167, 437.
Boston-Quiet; middling, 15-16c.
Philadelphia-Quiet; mddling, 3-16c; net
receipts, $780, stock, 10290.
Daily movements at interior towns
Augusta-Steady; middling, 5lzQ5 s-16c;
net receipts, 800; sales, 405; stock, go, S46.
Memphis-Steady; middling, 5-16c; net
receipts, 1,734: sales 5000: stock, 1887.
notwithstanding, 51zc.
st. Louis-Quiet and unchanged;
middling. 5ssc; receipts, $3.50; shipments,
3,7GS; stock, II ,633.
Houston-Steady; middling 5 7-16; sales,
Sl4; receipts, 4.1O5; stock. 6s.27S.
Exports of cotton this day
alveston-Coastwise, 3.
New Orleans-To the continent, $500;
coastwise, AIS.
Mobile-CoastWise IT'S.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, 1,762.
Norfolk-Coastwise, 1,572.
New York-To Great Britain, 1888; to the
continent 200; forwarded, 1,474.
Total foreign exports from all ports this
day: To Great Britain, S526; to the CONT
nent, $500.
Total foreign exports from all ports thus
far this week: To Great Britain, 1888; to
France, 7,272; to the continent, 84,87.
Total foreign exports since Sept /, 1897:
To Great Britain, 2,237, COS: to France, Co.'S
III: to the continent, 1872, 1888
Liverpool, Feb. Cotton spot firm, In
considerable demand; prices firm; Ameri-
can middling. 3 3-16d; sales, 1900 bales.
of which 500 were for speculation and ex-
port and included 1920 American; re-
ceipts, 1900 all American; futures opened
quiet, with moderate demand and closed
quiet and steady; American middIing. low
middling clause February, 3.09d; Februa-
ry-March, 3.09d sellers: March-April. 3O90D
3.l0d sellers; April-May. BOD sellers; May
June, 3.10Q3.11d buyers; June-July, 3l14
S12d value; July-August, 3d2@3. 13d: Au-
gust September. s.1sd sellers; September
October, 3.13M3.14d sellers; October-No-
vember, 3.14d sellers; November-Decem-
Der, 3l4M3.15d sellers.
New York, Feb. 2--The volume Of spec
ulation in cotton to-day was small. the
total transactions reaching hut 20 400 l,atos