The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-01


Sea Island Cotton-The market remained
quiet and steady, with Light transactions
The quotations are as follows;
Extra choice Floridas .............14 @15
Choice Floridas .....,..............131s
Extra fine Floridas .................13
Fancy Georgias .12l5G13
Extra choice Gergias ...............12 G12A
Cholce Georgias .,..................1 01lh
Extra fine Georgias ................101a
Fine Georgias .......................-9 a 9ik
Medium fine Georgias ............. Sih
Common Georgias ..............S
Savannah receipts, exports and stocks
Receipts this day ............... 1898
Receipts this day last year,...,.. 1852
Receipts this day year before last 2,Olss
Receipts since Sept l, 1897. ANA. 4, $50, 653
Same time last year ................ 750, 702
Same time year before last....... So. 100
Exports, coastwise, this day $500. 1,400
Stock on hand this day ....... $3.50
Same day last year ...............3 6S379
Receipts and Stocks at the Ports
Receipts this day .............. s4.s55
This day last week .................. 39S9S
This day last year ........... 14c0e
This day year before last .......... 1854
Receipts past week ............. 5l5s2
same week last year ................ 80, IFS
Same week year before last - 70 511
Total receipts since Sept. /, 1897 q, 323. 413
same time last year ................5 92l 985
Same time year before last ....4. $50 4l3
Stock at the ports to-day ......1, %, 425
Stock same day last year - $40 9G2
Receipts This Week Last Year
Saturday. ...... 100 Wednesday e955
Monday. ...14,OO6 Thursday .....11, 75S
Tuesday. .1763s Friday .... II 535
Daily movements at other ports
Galveston-F'irm; middling &c; net re-
ceipts 1920; sales, sos; stock, 15S,S31.
New Orleans-Quiet; middling, life;
net receipts, 601a; sales. 1850; stock, 554 1926.
Mohile-Steady; middling, 1l-16c; net re-
ceipts 1,291 sales 100; stock, 46, 425
Charleston--Ste middIing, sac: net
receipts. 2,149; sales, ls; stock, $685.
Wilmington-Firm; middling, 5s4c; net
receipts, 40S; stock, $3.50.
Norfolk-Firm; middling, l5-lec; net re
ceipts, sos: sales, S47; stock. 63,S76.
misunderstanding; middling, 6lsc; net
receipts, 1.40S; stock 2,0S5.
New York-Dun; middling. 65-q6c. net
receipts, no; gross, 1925; sales, 600; stock.
2o0.6l6
Boston-Quiet; middling, . o-4oe. net re
ceipts, pa; gross. 7,724.
Philadelphia-Quiet;m iddllng, 65-Isc; net
receipts, s97: stock, II ms
Daily movements at interior towns
Augusta-Firm; middlng, sac; net re-
ceipts S51; sales, $685. stock SASH
Memphis-Firm; niddling, SIC: net re-
ceipts 9ss; sales. $780, stock, lOs.4i6.
st. s-Firm; middling, sac; net re
coipts. 3; sales, 100: stock, 70127
misunderstanding sac.
Exports Of cotton this day
Galveston-To France 40S4; to the CONT
nent, 3I6; coastwise, 5.15S.
New Orleans-Coastwise 3120.
Mcbile--Coastwise. 600.
acknowledgements, 400.
Observation-Disclosures, 339.
Norfolk-Coas twise, Al
New York--To the continent 5,2I3; for
warded $3.50.
Total foreign exports from all ports this
day: TO Great Britain, l. TO France, f,0st;
10 the continent, 1923.
Total foreign exports from all ports thus
far this week. To Great Britain. 1854: to
France, 20.447; to the continent. 80 1853.
Total foreign exports since Sept /, 1897:
To Great Britain, 1872, 4s7; to France, 679
6i2; to the continent. 2.0S9575.
Liverpool, Feb. 2S.-cotton-Spo good
business done; prices lower: American
middling, fair, 3 27Qs2d; good middling.
l9-32d, middlng. Tiled; low middline.
Sled: good ordinary. SID; ordinary, Sd;
the sales of the day were 1900 bales, OF
which 1000 bales were for speculation and
export, and included 1920 American; re-
ceipts. 1900 bales, including 1900 bales
American.
Futures opened quiet, with moderate
demand, ana clOsed quiet, but steady.
American middling, low middIlne clause,
March. 3.z4us25d buyers; March-April, 1924
az 25d; April-May, 3.2i48. 25d buyers; May
June. 3.25d sellers; June-Juiy 325d value:
July-August 3.25d buyers; August Septem-
Der. 3.25d buyers: September October. 3.25d
value; October November. 3.2ias.25d buy
ers: November-December 3.ziQ3.25d buy
ers: December-Jauuary, 32f0325d.
New York. Feb. g. "A decline Of 2isd IN
- frr. ~ I
Indications point 10 eager buyers OF spots
Ut any concession. After opening steady
at a decline OF 2a2 points, our market
showed encouraging signs OF inherent
strength Liverpool was an active buyer