The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-28

day in the leading markets was the strong
demand and large sales of rosin at the quo
tations. Spirits turpentine had part de-
cline of &C. but closed firm at 4012@4lc,
with a fair amount of sales renorted. The
cotton market was very quiet, the sales
being only % bales at unchanged quota
tons. The wholesale markets were fairly
active and generally steady. The follow
ing resume of the different markets will
show the tone and quotations of the day:
COTTON.
The local market opened up quiet. after
the holiday, and the reported sales We're
only % bales. The receipts were very
light At the Cotton Exchange, at eacn
call the market was bulletined quiet ana
unchanged The reported sales were %
bales, being made at the first call
The following were the official spot quo
tations, at the close of the market, at the
Cotton Exchange to-day:
Good middhng .......... ..........''''-.'' o1s
Middlng ....,.... ......... ...'.''''''''.' o7s
Low middling ............ ......'....'''.'-. o7s
Good ordinary -......'''''.''. ''''''-'''' 70
Ordinary ......... ..-.-........'-.-'' rs
Market quiet; sales, %.
Savannah Receipts, Exports and stock
Receipts this day .................'''
Receipts this day last year ....e... l'zo4
Receipts this day year before last. SeO
Receipts since Sept l, 1898. .....l, OS6, S2S
Same time last year ................l' ia O9o
| Exports. coastwise, this day l,SO0
Stock on hard this day ............ SZ,I6f
Same day last year ............-.... oo'9o9
Receipts and Stocks at the Ports
REGENTS mis- day ................... 1,16S
| This dav last wear .......... 7,S44
This day year before last .......... 7H6
REGENTS mast six DAYS ............... 4,506
same days last year ............... 1881
Same days year before last ........ 25.oll
Total receipts since Sept. l, 1895. 1851
Same time last year .................S,2bS ,Sof
| Same time year before last ..........6, 4l5,6ll
| Stock at the ports to-day ............ 1eo,OlS
| Stock same day last year ........... 6I6,S4l
Daily Movements at Other Ports
Galveston-Holiday; net receipts, 1921;
gross. 1921; sales, 1853; stock, 1887.
New Orleans-Steady; middling, 8 11-16;
net receipts, 2,S17; gross, 2,Sl7; sales, 5000;
stock, SS5s079.
Mobile-Nominal; middling, 5 9-16; net
receipts 1856; gross. 1886; stock 1867
| Charleston-Quie middling, 5l2; net re-
ceipts, 614; gross, GA; stock, 1850.
Wilmington-Qui middling SIS; net re-
| ceipts. 8; gross, 8; stock, 1855.
| Norfolk-Dull; midding, SIS; net re-
ceipts, 9S7; gross. 9S7; stock, 543l2.
Baltmore-Nominal; middling, 81;
| gross receipts, 651; stock, 1885,
New York-Quiet and steady; middling,
SIS; net receipts, 2S6; gross S,1S5; sales,
| 3O5; stock, 161 ,452.
Boston-Steady; middling, 61s; net re-
ceipts, 616; gross. SIG.
lphia-Quiet; middling, 63s; stock,
| 10, 800.
Daily Movements at Interior Towns
| Augusta-Dull; middling, 6 S-16; net re-
| ceipts, AZ; gross AZ sales 595; stock, 81, 945.
! Memphis-Steady; middling, ga; net re-
| ceipts. $50; gross, 1855; sales, 1900; stock,
| 1926, 5S9.
ST. Louis-Quiet; middling, 1916; net
receipts, 742; gross, 1,117 sales, $50; stock,
IS, 5S6.
Cincinnati-Steady; middling, 6; net re-
ceipts, 2OS; gross, 2OS; stock, 1926
Houston-Steady; middling, 5%; net re-
| ceipts, 500; gross, 609; stock, 4S,Sl4.
Louisville-Steady; middling, 6is
Exports of Cotton This Day
acknowledgements, 3.717. :
New Orleans-Continent, 1899
| Mobile-Coastwise 30.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, 1900.
Norfolk-Coastwise, 479.
New York-To Great Britain, 2,641; con-
| tinent, 1910.
Total foreign exports from all ports this
tinent, 1909.
Total foreign exports from all ports thus
| far this week: To Great Britain, 1884;
| to France, %; to the continent. 19,435
Total foreign exports since Sept. /, 1898:
To Great Britain, 3,214,4O5 to France, &c.,
SOL to the continent, 2,4S9.OOO.
Liverpool, April Election, spot, fair
! demand; prices unchanged; American mid
| ding fair, 29-S2d; good midding, 9-16d;
Il. 0 D
| ordinary, Sd; ordinary, 2 1850.
The sales of the day were 10000 bales,
of which 500 were for speculation and ex-
port, and included $500 American. Re
ceipts, 5000 bales, including 1900 Ameri-
! can.
Futures opened quiet, with a moderate
| demand and closed quiet and steady;
American middling, low middling clause
April, 3.19l73 20d sellers; April-May, $3.50
| 3.2Od sellers; May-June, 3.19G3 god sellers;
| June-July 3.2Od sellers; July-August, 8 GOD
| buyers; August-September 3.20d buyers;
| September, $685.. god buyers; October-No
| vember, 8 19d value; November December,
| 1898. 19d buyers; December-January, 3.1S
| as 9d buyers; January, S.1SdS19d buyers;
| February March 3.19d3. 2Od sellers.
| New York, April 27.-The cotton market
| showed surprising strength at the open
| ing considering the adverse character of
| the influence at hand. In the first place
| Liverpool cables reported considerable
softness in futures at that point as the
| result of active foreign liquidation and
| selling orders from this side. Coupled
with this news were reports from the cot
| ton belt that under perfect weather con-
| ditione the crop was making rapid head
way throughout the southern portion of
the belt with chopping in progress in some
| districts while in the northern section
| farmers were exertng every effort TO
! profit by the favorable climatic condi-
/ tons.
| The steadiness of the local market was
! hard to account fer. The crowd had look
| ed for quite a reaction from yesterday s
rise as a natural result of the bearish
news. The bull element were not slow
| TO profit by their advantage and by mid
| day had scored an advance of 2614 points.
| The features OF the day. speculauvely,
was liberal buying OF the summer months
| by a number OF local brokers, but for
what account II was impossible 10 learn.
| This particular demand gave rise to num-
| ~