Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-12-22
COMMERGlAE.
Tno oeIton Crop


that the ricking IS nearly aud wear
ranted the expectation of Tie largest crop rrCduce
any such depression prices had feared
following remarks Up the subtet from the New York Journal
OF Comm cree with corrections regard the receipts
Lager have enabled make, will be neither med
# interest cotton planters and dealers.
The cotton crop 1853 market amounted
blIe being 757 greater than that 1851
9962 greater crop 1867, aud 53 36 greater thIn
the crop t, which the gts crop made pre-
vou the The crop for the currsnt year sJ9
is now estimated Goo to 45O0OO tales Our
impression is that the prospect fair for of 100000
bales.
The picking of the favorable
especially in the Southwestern States, where, nowh
standing the ale beginning there fine ckng Gays
January O. The previous year IL saso not little
considering the extraordinary and the consequent dh uly
in obtaining sufficient labor do it justice in preparation for
mark that il is OF better quality, and thus far has reached
in better order than previous This is
degree Of all sections The Gufcoons look bright
and ami tue FLORIDA coton, which last year WIS
complained of md than other, in far Letter
dion but the Upland ctOns show the creates. improvement
The Atlantic States have sent forward the best aPe 10 tie finest
order WI c has from that section aud, Of
all the Upland c5cn that from South lolna soSs the os
improvements not eny in Cn' IN length OF h6re and
actual value to the The hue weather has iOub
contributed TO THIS Improvement but is chiefly owing,
dertAhd' 20 me 81 AYR care aAeh IN me cultivation, ana s
cay the attention given to manGTing ard preparing The soil
Many have feared that tie great demand for cotton and the Ia
rapid rendering the planters careless and
sloyeny the cultivation their fields and the saIded eottons
with heightened Qualification that call the public attention to
tie improved app the cotton crop for the current
Their will undoubtedly poor and dirty tent for
ward later IN these when the geanngs Of the Acids col
rce the be far above the quality Of the pre-
year, while at the tune the quantity largely ncre
ed The receipts Of cotton all the ports the lat ST
adcs, l,e7 bales, against 57isO bales to the
last year; showing increase Of 2j4 Il bales.
The wonderfully stained when the
VrOdUcon carefully considered. This has been owing
part the great abundance Of capital at low Of inter
and part the increased consumption Of this saple
and the prospect Of continued prosperity to tbs great spinning
interest both continents. For the ending June Both,
e the highes; monthly average price Of mddng upland
Nes York IL the lowest 9c, and the yearly
Oc. For tie succeeding (lSj6 y the Highest
average l2c For the year mkt succerRg e57 The
hg monthly average 5sSe, the lowest 9c the
yearly average 21se. For last c4l year (3 D. the
hgf est monthly average 81, the loves Ic the
early average 2c the maThe having been seaier than
for either Of the ceding three he lowest prices
usually been reached during the inter hs but this hiss
been without eNcptOnL The present price
diGg uplan rhs ITket IL and it has bren
found necessary the any considerable
&c sustain prices II the large have estimated
it, the vau, at the Of Ia would be upwad5
Of two hun red AMI twenty million dollars, nearly all Of which
would he available the SOuIhen planter his gross cash
The actual value Of the portion Of the crop
foreign during tie las. fiscal year gvel in the
house retur at t0i 1888 be cJun;ed the
balance Of when total mpor three
dred and forty million dollars. Unless there should
expected depression in prices the value exported during TIE
ret Will show that large total. Taken
WHOLE the cotton Inter in prosperous
condition.