The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-13
COTTON.

COTTON.
The inward trend of the local cotton
market kept up to-day, and the result was
an advance of 1-16c on all grades. There
was A little more offered than during the
nrevious days of the advancing market,
IVA at the two calls the reported sales
Tsra 71g bales AT the first call at the
cotton Exchange, the market was buile-
fned quiet and unchanged with sales OF
9fo haIes. At the last call a ! O'Clock, the
market closed firm at an advance Of l~l6c,
with further sales of 500 bales.
The following were the official spot quo
ta-fons at the close of the market, al the
Cotton Exchange to-day:
Good middling 1916
Middng ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Low middling ...........-.'..-.'.'' o-lO
Good ordinary ..............O
Market-Firm; sales, spot, 7l9; t. o. b.,
Savannah receipts, exports and stocks
Receipts this day .................... Z,6Oz
Receipts this day last year Las
Receipts this day year before last :. $50
Receipts since Sept. l, 1887 ........"l,O Oo,253
Same time last year ................,. I2o,lSi
Same time year before last ......... 625,o44
1,vnorfs continent. this day .... 1850
I3Tports coastwise. this day .. 573
Stock on hand this day ............,. lO2,4u
same dav last year ............. 6S,453
Receipts and stocks al the ports
Receipts this day mot including New
York. Baltimore and Philadelphia 26,SS7
This day last week .................... St'z1
,rbis dav last wear .,.............. 15,4S7
This day year before last ............ 1870
Total receipts since Sept. l, 1897. .6,956,SS
Same time last year .5,I3f,4f4
Same time year before last .........4,A4,64
Stock at the ports to-day ........... Il, ZSS, 443
Stock same day last year ............ SO5'5I5
Receipts this week last year
saturday......15,4S 7 Wednesday ....12, 14O
Monday. 1880 Thursday ...D,675
Tuesday. 15,69S Friday I'LL, 492
Daily movements at other ports
Galveston-Firm; middling, 1916; net
receipts, ass; sales, 921; stock, 2OS,SO5.
New Oreans-Quiet; middling, 59s; sales
$3.50
Moble-Firm; middling, 55s net receipts,
1909; sales, 900; stock, 7S,1S9
Chareston-Firm middling, 55s; net re-
cepts 1853; stock, 26,S42.
Wilmington-Firm; middling, 55s; net re-
ceipts, ST. stock, 1904
Norfolk-Firm; middling, SIS; net re-
4 ceipts, SS2; sales, 499; stock, 65,221.
n Baltmore-Holiday.
Boston-Quiet; middling, Ga; net re-
ceipts, 81; gross, 1855.
ladelphia-Holiday.
Daily movements a interior towns
Augusta-Firm; middling, 1886; net
Ia
Memphis-Firm middliug, 55s; net re-
ceipts, BIAS; sales 1,400; stock 1891.
St. Louis-Firm; middling, SIS; net re-
ceipts, 2951; sales, 104 stock, 1920.
Houston-Quiet; middling, 5 11-16; net re-
ceipts, 1856; sales, 100; stock, 62550.
Misunderstanding. 81.
Exports of Cotton This Day
. Galveston-To Great Britain, 1858.
n New Orleans-To Great Britain, $500;
continent. $3.50
sayannah-Continent. 1850; coastwise,
n E72
Norfolk-Coastwise, SAG.
Total foreign exports from all ports thus
lar this week-To Great Britain, 1853;
TO France, none; to the continent, 1920.
Total foreign exports since Sept. l, 1887
a TO Great Britain, 1888, S51; to France,
65221; to the continent, 1887, 692
Liverpool, Feb. 12.-Cotton, spot, in fair
demand and higher; American midding.
lair, 25-32d; good middling, 17-S2d; mid
allng, 39sd; low middling, 3 1920; good ord
mary, Lied; ordinary, 2 29-32d; the sales
OF the day were 10000 bales, of which 500
We're for speculation and export, and in
Guided $500 American; receipts, II 900 bales
including 1880 American.
Futures opened firm with a fair demand
and closed barely steady; American mid
uing low middling clause, February, 3.21d
sellers; February March. SID sellers;
-larch-April, 3.21d sellers; April May, 3.21
VdEd sellers; May-June, 322d sellers;
SSaddnte-July, S22a3, 2Sd sellers; July-August,
'-od sellers; August-September, $3.50 buy
([si September October, 3.23dS. 24d buyers;
peloper-November, 3.24d selers Novem-
'Sr-December. S.24d buyers.
we" orleans, La. Feb. 12.-Cotton fu-
tuIes steady; sales, 10000; February NOM
llI,tI' March. 5.65@566c; April, 571d5.72c;
lay o15q5.76c; June, 5.S0G5 Sic:
10y, 5.S505.S6c; August, $500
Fo ooS; September, 5.91Q5 92c; October.
'0Q ''Soc; November, $3.50, asked.