The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-29
COTTON.

the close to-day:
COTTON.
Cotton futures were on somewhat OF a
boom to-day, on account of the rumors of
the improved political situation. The ed
vance was about 10 points. The local mar
ket remained quiet and unchanged, with
sales of $40 bales. At the first call at the
Cotton Exchange, the market opened With
sales of 125 bales; at the second caH it was
unchanged, with sales of 81 bales. At the
last call the market closed quiet and I'M
changed, with sales of pa bales.
The following were the official spot quo
tations, at the close of the market, at the
Cotton Exchange to-day:
Good middling ..........................5
Middling Observation-Disclosures. GIG
Low middhng ..............,.....,.....5
Good ordinary OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Market-Qulet; sales, spot, $40; F. o. B.,
GOO.
Sea Island Cotton-The market was
quiet and steady al the following quota
tons:
Extra choice Florldas .............14 G1fs
Choice Floridas .....................l3 dlSl2
Extra fine Floridas .12l2Gl2A
Fancy Georgias .l212@l2A
Extra choice Georgias. ............2 Ul2A
Choice GeorgiaS .lOAQllA
Extra fine Georgias ................1O Gl01s
Fine Georgias OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. $50 9f2
Medium fine Georgias .............. So
Common Georgias ............,....
Savannah Receipts, Exports and Stocks.
Receints this day ................... GIG
Receipts this day last year.......... 93S
Receipts this day year before last. 4SS
Receipts since Sept. !, 1S97........1, 1150l9
Same time last year ................. 79O54
Same time year before last ...... 694 400
Exports, coastwise, this day ..... 1856
Stock on hand this day ......... 592S0
Same day last year ................. 90 1913
Receipts and Stocks at the Ports
Receipts this day ...................... 1902
This day last week ................. 1920
This day last year ,..........."...... 6,7O9
This day year before last ........... 1850
Receipts past three days ............. q, 109
Same days last year .................. 1858
Same days year before last ........ 1859
Total receipts since Sept. l, 1897 ....7 SH, $40
Same time last year .........,.......6,2l 0lW
Same time year before last .......... A, 739, %2
Stock at the ports to-day ............ 933,232
Stock same day last year ............ 731, 10
Receipts this week last year
Saturday. 9,1d Wednesday go. 9,4S7
Monday. 100 Thursday ....106a
Tuesday ...........9,9 1897 Friday .......... S,9H
Daily Movements at Other Ports
enthusiastically; middling, 59s; net re-
ceipts 2,544: gross, 2,544; sales, 1870; stock,
100, 1877
New Orleans-steady; middHng, 514; net
| receipts. S,751; gross, 3,751; sales, 4,10O;
stock 421 ,224.
|. Mobile-Steady; mIddling, 9-16; net re-
ceipts, 1852; sales 600; stock 29,95l.
Wiimington-Steady; midding, so; net
| receipts, 566: stock 12,124.
| Charles on-Quiet; middling, 5h; net re-
cepts, LOIS; stock, 1925.
Norfolk-Flrm; middling, 81; net re-
ceipts, 473; gross, 47S; sales, 5l2; stock,
! 1882.
Bosion-Dull; middling, Ga; net receipts,
| 1923; gross. ALL
New York-Quiet; middlng, 6M; net re-
cepts, S2O gross, 5,446; sales, 300; stock,
1893 1885,
Batimore-Nominal; net receipts, none;
gross, 9i2; stock, 29,755.
lphia-Firm; middling 63s net
receipts 1903; stock, 11418.
Daily Movements at Interior Towns
Augusta--Quiet and steady; middling,
19-16; net receipts, 1853; sales, 107; stock,
3,43O.
Memphis-Steady; middling, 51a; net re
ceipts, 1861; gross. 2,292; sales $50; stock.
96777.
st. Louis-Quiet; middling, 55s; net re-
ceipts. LAP; gross. 1872; stock, 64,952
Cincinnati-Quiet; middling, 81; net re-
| ceipts. 374; gross, 374; stock, 1857.
HOuStOn-tRuleL5 HluQlluS, 49, net re-
cepts, 1906; gros, 1906; sales, 1872; stock,
1853.
Louisville--QuIet; middling, 5 1916.
Exports Of Cotton This Day
| Galveston-To Great Britain. e,223; to the
| continent 1904, cOastwise, 1851.
New Orleans-To the continent, $500
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, 1856
Charleston-Coastw 646.
| Norfolk-Coastwise, 9l7.
New York-To the continent 4039; for
warded. 65S.
Total foreign exports from all ports
! this day-To Great Britain, 6,223; to France,
none; 10 the continent. $500
Total foreign exports from all ports thus
] far this week-To Great Britain, 1859;
! 10 France, none; TO the continent, 3029l.
Total foreign exports since Sept. /. 1897
TO Great Britain, 2,s4ss92; 10 France,
| 724,9H; to the continent, 2,432,65O
Liverpool. March Is. 4 p. m.-Cotton,
! spot, moderate business prices unchang-
ed; American middlng. 3 5-l6d; the sales
Of the day were 5000 bales, Of which 800
we're for speculation and export and in
cluded 100 American; receipts 2,4o0 bales,
| all American.
Futures opened quiet, with a moderate
demand and closed steady; American
middling, low mlddling clause, March,
Mareh-April, S16@S.17d. buyers; April
May, 3.17d sellers; May-June, S.l7d buy
ers: June-July 317d, buyers; July-August
3f7G53. 18d, sellers; August-SepteHbe
BID, sellers; September-October, S.169
Bid, sellers; October-November. 31ed
buyers; November December, 3.16d, sell
ers; December-January. 316d sellers; Jan
uary- February, S.16d. sellers
New York, March 2S.-Developments IN
to-day's cotton market were OF sensa-
tional nature and trading was very active
for these times. AT the start both bulls
and bears manifested little desire to oper-
ate, preferring TO walt the outcome of the