The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1866-10-25
Cotton Statistics.


with appreciation as having been made with
considerable care.
The stock Of cottor in New Orleans, Mo
bile, Savannah, Charleston, Florida, Texas,
New York aad inland points, from August
81 to October lst, including 1852 bales in
Florida, j0e is, vas 224, 907 bales The
receipts at all points, as compared with 1860,
give the following results-decrease at New
Orleans. Mobile, Savannah, Charleston, Vir-
ginia, North Carolina, &c., 75 bales-in-
crease, Florida, New York, Texas, 1,4S4 ,378
bales.
The i5relgn Ieoe. pts compared with 1860
exhibit decrease, to Great Britain, France
and other ioieign ppfts Of 1871 800 bales.
To domestic ports the exports are Zoe, 964
more than i'll 1860, aud the stocks on hand at
all the ports show an increase, compared with
1860, Of 1873, 900 baIe-
The adgiceJ from nearly every portion of
the Southern States continue very unfavora-
bic in rcgad to the crop. Notwithstanding
this, Noytheru succulators insist that there
will be large yield, and their estimates
range from 100000 to 100000 bales.
The Dispatch, then, quotes from the New
York Tribune, which says
Undoubtedly, the growing cotton has sui
fercd by the heavy rains Of last month and by
the worm, so that the crop viii not fully JUS
tify the reasonable anticipations Of midsun-
mer; yet the croakers' estimates of an aggre-
"a Of EkAN m 1 hi.
ready seen to be absurd The latest estimate.
from the planters point Of view makes the
crop 100000 bales We still believe il
viii be 1000 1000 which, at present prices.
will net the growers $240, 900, 900, and com
mand in the worlds markets at least $780,
10000 Nor do we believe the price viii
be materially reduced, save for month or
two, because OF rush to realize early TO
meet pressing engagements. The world is
still cotton-hungry, and 200 900 900 vii net
fatiaie its appetite. We predict that cotton
will be higher next April and May, than
throughout November aud December of this
year, because of the mortgages and accep-
tances to be met by sales this autumn Two
million bales is barely half crop, where a
whole one is urgently needed. There is no
fear Of glut for the next four or five years
The cotton circular Of Messrs Neil, Bros.
& Co., says;
The vast area Of country in which cotton
is grown, aud the fact that most Of those who
make coed crops keep silent on the subject,
should make Us cautious about believing, too
readily. a "short crop cry"
After which the following query is cited as
put by tho ssgaoiouo commercial editor Of the
New Orleans Times:
"W hle many remarks are made in regard
to cotton, some outsider steps up and says:
Why is there 50 great demand for bagging,
rope and iron ties? What makes India sell
at 80 to 40 cents? w hat is it wanted for il
the worms have eaten up the cotton--ceared
up entire fields in twentyfour hours 1t is
a knotly question. We do not undertake to
solve it.
The demand for rope aud bagging, the
Bulletin suggests, is confined to the wholesale
importers, whose means Of making correct
estimate can be no better than those Of the
planters and the press.
The estimates Of experienced gentlemen in
tie South, which arc cited as Ell titled to much
consideration, are given, which range from
1000, 600 to 100000 bales The majority
fix thor estimates at about 1885, 900 bales
The amount of the several cotton crops eff
Tie L. S. for the fifteen years Immediately
preceding the war is there given, which
ranged from l,778,G51 bales in 186l-64 to
4,675,7.10 bales in 1S5960.
The Sea Island crop ranged, from 1853 "a
to 1850 20, from 88686 bales to 40. 500
bales.
lie production, as stated in the census of
1860, in the Z. s. in 1860 was 5,3S7 ,O52
bales, ard in 1850 it was 2,445, 1893 bales.
The gecei PTS Of cotton on the Goth Novem-
Der, 1860-Cl, in New Orleans Mobile, FIori-
da, Texas, SlyaunaA Charleston, North Caro-
liza, Virginia New York, at dates ranging
from March l 10 August 81 We're a,498, 1892
bales, and the stocks on hand at those pc
riods were 58.868 bales.
.om this statement the receipts at the
various points stated lack 1,88007O bales OF
reaching the amount put down by the census
bureau as the crop OF 1860, and this large
deficiency could not have been in the hands
of producers and such Spectators as held
small stocks at inland towns So the census
bureau estimates returns must be fully 900,
o00 above the actua! crop
From the above statistics the Bd.!eln con
cludes that nothing is exhibited to change it,
belief in short crop, 1t says the estimates
Of the Tribuue are based upon the A grcultu-
"a nurenu at Washington and upon newspa-
pef reports from the planting districts, both
Of Wlich have been shown to be very uncer-
tain. tt adds, that the factors of Mobile e>ti-