The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-17
COTTON.

OOIIONs
The local cotton market is stil tagging.
There is no prospect of an early improve
ment, though further advances and a much
better demand are expected in the near
future. There were no changes in quota
lions, the market closing firm at Wednes-
days closing. There were no reported
transactions. The receipts showed up
some better as compared with the same
day last year.
The following were the official spot quo
tatons, at the close of the market, at
The Cotton Exchange to-day:
Good middling ................-..........7 5-l6
Mddllng ......... .............s..........I Lilo
Low mtddling ..........................6 S-l6
Good ordinary '.......'...''..''....'..'o 1916
Ordinary ............................ Nominal
Market steady; sales none.
Sea Island Cotton-The market is firm.
There were sales of 275S bags for the
week. ending last Friday, while the re-
ceipts were 1927, against Also bags for the
same week last year. There is good de-
mand at quotations for medium volume of
receipts. Following are the quotations;
Fancy Floridas ...............,.....l52
Extra choice Floridas ..............15
Choice Floridas ......................14R
Fancy Georgias .135sd13&
Extra choice Georgias ............. .1314Ql33s
Choice Georgias ..................,..l2 AdlS
Extra fine Georgias ..............l2 Q121s
Savannah Receipts, Exports and Stock
Receipts this day NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. S,202
Receipts this day last year ........... 1891
Receipts this day year before last. 1888
Receipts since Sept. l, 1899. ......... 1872, 553
Same time last year ...................b Dol COL
Same time year before last ......... .54S, 97S
Exports, coastwise, this day ANN. 226
Stock on hand this day .............. .123, 953
Same day last year northumberland 5S, S6S
Receipts and Stocks at the Ports
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This day last year OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 56,O24
This day year before last ..........,. 55,1e8
Total receipts since Sept l, 1899 80 4S4, 1856
Same time last year .................3 1872, SIT
Same time year before last ..,.....3, 231, 797
Stock at the ports to-day ........,... 933,092
Stock same day last year ...........1, 143 ,S57
Daily Movements at Other Ports
alveston-Easy; middling Z 5-16; net
receipts, 1O923 gross, 1928; sales 1853;
Stock 232, 1893.
New Orleans-Quiet, steady; IA net re-
ceipts S,S7s; gross, S,S78; sales, 1850; stock,
SO7, S75.
Mobile-Nominal: mlddling, 7; net re-
ceipts, 172: gross, 172; stock 1889.
Charleston-Nomlnal; middling, ~; net
receipts, 6,552; gross, 6,552; stock, 1896
Wilmington-steady; middling, 49, net
receipts, rs; gross, us; stock 1911.
Norfolk-Steedy; middling, IA; net re-
ceipts, 1863; gross, 4,669 sales, l49; stock,
49, 25S.
Baltimore-Nominal; middling, 71a net
receipts, none; gross, 100; sales, 100; stock.
New York-Quiet; middling, 9-16; net
receipts, 656; gross, 2,91S; sales, 423; stock,
103 1880
Boston-Quiet; middling, sic; net re-
ceipts, 1877; gross, $50.
Philadelphia-Firm; midding, 7 1876.
net receipts 542; gross, 542; stock, $500.
Daily Movements at Interior Towns
Augusta-Steady; middling, IA net re-
ceipts, 1854 gross, 1854; sales, 22l; stock,
40 POI.
Memphis-steady; middling, IA; net re-
ceipts, 3.717; gross, 5,S13; sales, 2,45O; stock,
| 164,796
ST. Louis-Quiet: middling IL; net re-
ceipts. .991; gross, 6,293; stock 95,6O7
Cincinnati-Quiet; middling, 75s; net re-
ceipts, 99l gross 931; stock, 17159.
Houston-Quiet; middling, IA; net re-
ceipts, 1906; gross, 1906; sales, 6S3; stock,
,O51.
Loulsville-steady; middling, 7lh.
Exports of Cotton This Day
Gaiveston-To the continent $3.50; coast
wise, BAGS.
New Orleans-To France, $500; CONT
nent, 255.
Moble-To Great Britain. 2,GOs; coast
wise, 20.
Savannah-Coastwise, 226
Norfolk-To the continent, 200.
New York-To Great Britain, 724; con-
tinent, 1874.
Total foreign exports from all ports this
| day: To Great Britain, 1888; to France,
| $500; to the continent, 4,9SS
Total foreign exports from all ports thus
far this week: To Great Britain, 1901;
to France, 1878; to the continent, 74,2S1.
Total foreign exports since Sept. 1, 1889:
To Great Britain, 673,11i; to France, 26l,-
All; to the continent, sos, 524
Liverpool Nov. 16.-Cotton: Spot quiet;
prices unchanged; American, 3-32d; the
sales Of the day were 5000 bales, of which
500 were for speculation and export ana
included $500 American; receipts, 1000
bales, including 1900 American.
Futures opened and closed easy at the
decline; American middling, low middlne
clause, November. 36l03.62d sellers; No
ember-December S.6O63.61d value; De-
cember-January, $3.50 buyers; January
February, 3.5Sd buyers; February Marcn,
3.57G3 SD sellers; March-April, 3.57d buy
ers; April-May, S.57d sellers; May-June.
3.56M3 SD buyers; June-July, 3.5eG3 SD
sellers; July-August. S.56d sellers August
September, 3.54d sellers.