The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-07

Stock same day last year...........1, lib ,044
Daily Movements at Other Ports
Galveston-Quiet and Steady; middling,
ca net receipts, 1,761; gross, 1,761; stock,
96,627.
New Orleans-steady: middling, 1-l6
net receipts. $3.50; gross. $3.50; sales, ZOO
stock, 1856. Ais.
Mobile-Firm; middling, ST.. net receipts,
1,465; gross, .465; sales, 1000; stock, 23,27S
Charleston--Firm middling, ST. net re-
ceipts, 49l; gross, 491 stock, 9,2s5.
Wilmngton--Flrm; middling, 6; net re-
ceipts. 225; gross, 225; stock, 9,7S6.
Norfolk-Firm; middlins, SIS; net re-
cepts, 1,74S; gross, 1,74S; sales, 149; stock,
47.92O.
Baltimore--Nominal middllng, 61S; gross,
$40; stock, 21,b17.
New York-steady; middling, 6 9-16; net
receipts. AL; gross, 2,777; sales, 2,525; stock,
1127O3
Boston-Quiet; midding, GIG; net re-
celpts. 401; gross, 1850.
Philadelphia-Firm;m iddlIng, 1916; net
receipts, 1926; gross 1926; stock, 9,s49.
Daily Movements at Interior Towns
Augusta--Quiet and steady; mlddling
6ss; net receipts. 1882; gross, 7S2; sales. 1876;
stock, 30 S25.
Memphis STEADY; middling, 6ls; net re-
ceipts, 1858; gross 1905; sales, 2,l50; stock,
$685.
st. Louis-Steady; middling, 1-16; net
receipts, 394; gross, S,1SS; sales 2S9; stock,
71,454
CIncinnati-Steady; middllng, 6b; net re-
ceipts, $40; gross, $40; sales. so; stock,
1920.
Houston-Steady; middling, 81; net re-
ceipts, 1,411; gross, 1,411; stock, $1,000.
Louisville-Steady; middling. 81.
Exports Of Cotton This Day
Galveston-To Great Britain, $685.
France, 2,224; continent $780,
New Orleans-Coastwise, 374.
Mobile-Coastwise, 324.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, 23i7.
Charleston--Coastwise, 1923.
imington-Coastwise, 100
Norfolk-To Great Britain, 3,4O7; coast
wise, 1851.
New York-To the continent, 653.
Boston-To Great Britain, 1923.
Total foreign exports from all ports this
day-To Great Britain, 1881; to France
2,224 to the continent, $685.
Total foreign exports from all ports thus
far this week-To Great Britain % .GO3; to
France, 2,224; to the continent, 12,1H
Total foreign exports since Sept. /, 1893
TO Great Britain. 3,019.2H; to France
636 34S to the continent, 2224,728.
Liverpool. March 6, 4 p. n.--Cotton: Spot,
middling fair, i'd; good middllng, 2l-S2d /;
middllng. l5-32d; low middling, 1921;
good ordinary, 1920; ordinary, 29-32d.
The sales of the day were 1900 bales, of
which 900 were for speculation and ex-
port. and included 11,2OO American; re-
ceipts 1900 bales, including 11,40O Ameri-
can. Futures opened steady with a fair
demand and closed quiet, American mid
ding, low middling clause, March 325d,
buyers; March-Aprll, $3.50, buyers: April
May, 3.25d, buyers; May-June 3.25a3 96d,
buyers: June-July, 3.26d, sellers; July
August, 326d, buyers August-Septenihe
3.26d sellers; September October, o2Gd,
sellers; October november, 3.24d, value;
November December, 3. 24d. sellers; Deem
ber-January, 3.24d, sellers; January Feb
ruary, 3.24d, sellers.
New York, March 6.-There was quite
a furry In cotton when business opened
this morning. The first call developed the
presence of a good many buying orders
from the South and also in the hands Of
houses here with foreign cottons The
advance in futures at Liverpool, and the
Increased spot sales there were said to be
due to a reduction by Neil in his crop
estimate. While the local traders were
disposed to disparage Neills figures, on
their merits, they were not disposed 10
disregard their effect on the foreigners
and there was quite scramble to cover
short contracts, which lasted some time
after the opening. On the call prices adj
vanced l to points and further improved
to points.
The buying was stimulated by very I'M
favorable reports from the cotton belt re-
earding the effects of bad weather and
Indicating that field work, which had been