The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-19

The rosin market was unchanged, with a
good demand The wholesale markets
were steady.
The Cotton Exchange and Board of
Trade will be closed tomorrow, Jan. 10, in
Observance of Lees birthday.
The following resume Of the different
markets, both local and Geographic will
show the tone and the EQUATIONS at the
close to-day:
COTTON.
Heavy receipts at the ports and interior
towns, and the New England cotton mill
strikes were too much weight upon the cot
ton market and the declines to-day heav-
Ter than they have been within five or six
weeks The market on future months
dropped to the lowest so far this season.
January options declined 6 points and
March points on the day. The local
market became dull, but quotations were
unchanged At the first call at the Cot
ton Exchange, the market was bulletined
quiet and unchanged, With sa,es OF II
bales; at he second call, the market was
quiet and easy and unchanged, with sales
of 46 bales; at the last call the market clos
ed dull and unchanged with sales of 625
bales.
The following were the official spot quo
tations at the close of the market at the
Cotton Exchange to-day:
Good m1ddllng ............... .....~....55
MlddnhS .................. .....,.........0 3-l6
Low mddllng .......................-.....4 rs
Good ordinary ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Market dull; sales, spot, $50; {. o. b.
2,75O.
Sea Island Cotton-The market was
steady with fair demand Sales were
made at the following quotations.
Extra choice Florldas ..............4 q15
Choice tlorldaS ......................l31
Extra fine Floridas ..................13
Fancy GeorgiaS .....................l212GI 13
Extra choice Georgias ..............12 l12h
Choice GeOrglaS ....................n U11R
Extra fine Georgias ................1012
Fine Georgias .......................9 a 915
Medium fine Georgias ......;........ S12
Common Georgias ..................
Savannah Receipts, Exports and Stocks:
Receipts this day OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 4,2O5
Receipts this day last year.......... 3 ,4S3
Receipts this day year before last. 2252
Receipts since Sept. l, 1897 ...........y!660 500
Same time last year .................. 6G4 Oh
Same time year before last ........ 5S3 539
Exports, continent, this day ...... 1925
Exports, coastwise, this day ......... 2O96
Stock on hand this day ............... 100 920
Same day last year Recommendations. 81 661
Receipts and Stocks at the Ports
receipts TINS Gay ...'.....''......... 1901
This day last week ............,... 49577
This day last year NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 21330
This day year before last ........... 469}
Receipts past four days ........... 1854
Same days last year ................. 8OO71
Same days year before last ........ 5000
Total receipts since Sept. !, 1897. . C, 2O4, 7S7
Same time last year ................ &, $40 500
Same time year before Ii st ........3 S25 500
Stock at the ports to-day .........1, 300 991
Stock same day last year ........1, 0SS, sos
Receipts This Week Last Year
Saturday. .25,lG0 Wednesday ..18,627
Monday. SIP Thursday ...13. 572
Tuesday. p, $3.50 Friday .....19. 500
Daily Movements at Other Ports
Galveston--SteadU; middling, 51a; net re-
ceipts $685. sales 1.OO4; stock, 223,55s
New Orleans-Quiet; middling. 3-16; net
receipts, 2lG359; gross, 22,440; sales. 800;
stock. 5HS93
Mobile-(Quiet; middling, So; net receipts
1856; sales, 1,4O0 stock, 66,477.
Charleston-Quiet; middling, 51t net re-
ceipts, 57i': stock. 41.967
Win ington-F'irm; middlihg 53s; net re-
ceipts. 4S1; stock, 24267.
Nor folk-Quiet; middling, ZIG: net re-
ceiptsj, 1888; sales, $50; s. ock, S?,135
Bal .tmore-Nominal; rniddling, SIS; net
recei pts, 1,022; stock, 31,t60.
New York-Quiet; middling ST. net re-
ceiI It's, 500; sales, Al splnners; stock, 49,
867
}8oston-Dull; middling. SIS; net receipts,
l, 426: gross 8.lS6.
Philadelphia-Quiet; rniddling, 6ls; stock,
: ,SS9.
Daily Movements at Interior Towns
Augusta-Quiet; middlng. 51a; receipts,
1,568; sales 495; stock, 5000.
Memphis-Steady; midding, 3-16; re-
cepts. 1926; sales 30O0 stock. 19S,567.
st. L.ouis-Dull; middling, 53s receipts,
1891; shipments, 1,729; sales, 200; stock,
7Q.95O.
notwithstanding So
Exports of Cotton This Day
Galveston-To France, co.'s; to the con-
tinent. 1.154
coastwise, 2.375.
Mobile-Coastwise S31.
savannah--To the continent 1925; coast
wise 2.096.
Charlestons Coastwise, 145.
Norfolk-Coastwise, 2.467-
New York-To Great F;ritain, 1857; to
France 2,623; to the continent, 1883; for
warded, 1888 S67.
Total foreign exports from all ports this
day: To Great Britain, l1,O74; 10 France.
SOL; TO the continent, II 1852.
Total foreign exports from all ports thus
far this week: To Great Britain, A, S38; to
France 1885, to the continent. 9.S27.
Total foreign exports since Sept. l, 1897:
To Great Britain, 2,02l, 2S7; TO France, 81,
$780, to the continent, 1,656,SO9.
Liverpool. Jan. 1S.-Cotton, spot, moder-
ate demand: prices lower; American mid
ding, fair, 9-S2d; good middling, 5-16d;
midding, 3-16d; low middling. 3 1920:
good ordinary, 27sd ordinary. 2 23-32d.
Sales. 1000 bales, of which 500 bales were
for speculation and export, and included
$500 bales American. Receipts. 11,1O0 bales,
all American Futures opened quiet. with
a poor demand and closed easy: American
niddling, low middling clause, January,
3.Osd; January-February, 3.07d3.JSd sellers;
February March, 3.0SG3.O9d sellers; March
April. 3.0sd sellers; May, 3.O9d buyers; May
Iune 3.O9G3. lOd sellers; JunerJuly, 310ll