The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-23


Total receipts since Sept. l, 1895. u 457, 447
Same time last year ...............7, 7S9, 946
Same time year before last ...6,177 ,01
Stocks at the ports to-day ....... 784,S73
Stock same day last year .......... 971, 348
Daily Movements at Other Ports
Cialveston-Easy; middling 6; net re-
ceipts, 1891; gross, 1891; sales $780, stock,
1920.
New orleans-steady; middling, 11-1s;
net receipts, 1854; gross, s,072; sales, 300;
stock, 81, 1922.
Mobile-Dun; middling, 5 11-16; net re-
ceipts, 40; gross, 49, sales, 100; stock 49,,
121.
| Charleston-Nominal; middling, 6; net re-
ce4pts, 101; gross, 101; stock, 1891.
Wilmington-Quiet; midding 6; net re-
ceipts, 81; gross. 81; stock, 1888.
Norfolk-Nominal; middling, G; net re-
ceipts, 296; gross, 1856; stock, 1900.
Nominal; midding, 64; net
receipts, 455; gross, 955; stock, 2S,42S.
New York-Quiet midding, 5-16; net re-
ceipts, 651 gross, 1901; sales 2,225; stock,
139,O2O
Boston-Qulet; middling, S-l6; net re-
ceipts, 1852; gross, 1924.
Philadelphia-Quiet; middling, 9-16; net
receipts, 100; gross, 1870; stock, 1913
Daily Movements at Interior Towns
Augusta-Duu; middlng. 6 5-16; net re-
ceipts, 24S; gross, 24S; Sales, Sl6; stock, 49,
sos.
Memphis-Quiet; middling, 57s; net re-
ceipts. 1884; gross, 2,92l; sales, $50; stock,
IS, 14S.
receipts. $50; gross, 2,9S1; sales, 81; stock,
Cincinnati-Lower; midding, 6; net re-
ceipts, 46O; gross, AGO; sales, 500; stock,
SPAS
Houston-Quiet; middlng, 6; net receipts,
6.713; gross, 6,71S; stock, S0,9S.
LouisviIle-Steady; middling, 6ss.
Fports of Cotton This Day
New Orleans-To Great Britain, 2oO;
coastwise, 1904,
Mobile-Coastwise 100.
savannah-To the Continent, 700; coast
wise, 3,O7
lNorfolk-Coastwise 1881.
Tlaltimore-C oastwise 1900.
New York-To Great Britain, 1877;
continent, 7O4.
Boston-To Great Britain, 1870
Total foreign exports from all ports this
day: To Great Britain, 6,l5s; to the con-
tinent, 1404.
Total foreign exports from all ports
Tins far this week: To Great Britain, A.
SEQ; to France 800; to the continent, g.
Total foreign exports since Sept l. 1898;
To Great Britain, 3,O6S55 to France 65S,-
6O4: to the continent, 1921, 44S.
Liverpool, March p, p m.-Cotton,
SPOT. quiet; prices Unchanged American
middling g 11-82d. The sales of the day
were 10000 bales, of which 500 were for
speculation and export and included 900
Americans; receipts. 5000 bales, including
5 100 American.
Futures opened quiet, with moderate
demand. and closed quiet at the decline;
American middling, low middling clause,
March, 31Gq317d sellers; March-April,
2 16G3.l7d sellers; April May, 316Gl3. I'D
sellers; May-June, SID sellers; June-July,
g I'D buyers; July-August, 3.17Q31Sd sell
ors: August-September, S.l7d buyers; Sep
tenber-October, aid sellers October-No-
vember. S1ed3.17d sellers; November-De
cember. S16d buyers; Overwhelmingly,
S16d buyers; January-F February, S.16d
buyers.
New York, March 22.-The cotton market
was moderately active, taking the day as
a whole, with the swing of prices quite
extensive Early phases Of the situation
were against continuation Of yesterdays
inward movement, but later developments
were of more reassuring nature, AMI
the net results of prices changed proved
ouite gratifying to the friends of the sta
ple. The opening was steady, with initial
sales at prices / to points below yester-
days closing figures.
This decline was followed by a further
drop of 2d3 points shortly after the call
under adverse cables. talk OF big receipts,
and good weather news.
Liquidation set in on small scale, and
considerable short selling was INDUCED in.
The foreigners were also Identified with
the selling movement, this latter class OF
business being chiefly in the new crop po-
sitions. The long faction was badly hand
Icapped by the refusal Of outside investors
to support an aggressive bull campaign.
having not yet recovered from the heavy
losses of the past two weeks Near mid
day, however, there was a change In the
tenor OF Southern advlces, and the Dear