The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-10-01
THE COTTON CROP.
Total BALES Raised for the Year 3. s27. - H.
land MOVPmnPt.

land MOVemnet.
The crop committee of the nationa
cotton exchange have issued their re
port making the total crop for the veal
ending September l, 1875, 1897, $40 bales
of which 1854, AS were exported foreign
l 200, 473 taken by home spinners includ
ing 126, $50 for net southern consumption
sea island crop 1857 bales, including
8,139 Florida; 1,074 Georgia, 1908 SOutl
Carolina, and 166 Texas; average weight
of crop 46S pounds per bale, sea island
392 pounds per bale. Relative to the
overland movement, the report says il
occurred to our committee that ifin com
putting the overland movement, state
ments could be obtained of the railroad,
leading out from the points Ofcrossing or
the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, setting
forth not only the aggregate quantity OF
cotton transported, but also detailing
points of destination, a complete check
would be afforded against statements OF
overland receipts at the Atlantic ports
and rjce Uersd. A difficulty in the way
of obtaining such a check has hitherto
been the custom OfbillinC cotton through
to delivery ports and changing by telc-
graph the destination of such shipments
while in transit to mills in the interior.
Special inquiry has been made upon this
point, and we find that little, if any,
through cotton has been diverted from
the original points fdestinatiOn this year.
In tracing the overland shipments a.
shown in the annexed statement we have
i'll all cases credited these as receipts at
the first delivery port touched. This was
necessary in order to
AVOID CONFUSION.
and especially to conform with the Gus
tom of counting cotton as net the first
port at which it is received, or through
which it may pass. For example, cot
tons shipped from the interior to Provi-
dence, passing through New York, and
so with like shipments, via other ports
to ports or to the mills. The difficulties
of working up these details has been en-
HANGED by the fact that few transporta-
ton companies kept their books so as to
be enabled to furnish anything but the
aggregate quantity of cottons handled,
and it was therefore necessary to over
haul this years business, item by item,
to arrive at the facts. In most cases
this was done by railroad officials them
selves, whilst in others access was cheer
fully given to the representatives Of the
national cotton exchange to all records
from which could be extracted the nee
cessary information. With these re-
marks your committee submit the fig
ures of
THE OVERLAND MOVEMENT.
for the year ending Aug. 81, 1875: Ship
ped from st. Louis, 1913, sos; carried
north across the Mississippi, at Hanni-
bal, S,425; carried north from Grand
Tower and Carbonate, 455; carried
north from Carlo, via Cairo and Vim
,ennes railroad, 32,717; carried north
rom Cairo, via Illinois central railroad,
81, 10; carried north from Evansville,
via Evansville and Charlottesville rail
road, 9,423; carried north from Louis
Vile, via Ohio and Mississippi railroad,
IS, 142; carried north from Louisville,
via Jacksonville, Madison and Indiana
polls railroad, 1l6,72l carried north
from Louisville, via Louisville, Cincin-
natl and Lexington railroad, 81, 800; re-
ceived at Cincinnati by river, 1925;
shipped to mills adjacent to the river to
points above without touching at Gin
oinnati, exclusive of cottOns to Mays
Vile, counting in southern consump-
ton, 1919; total, 456, 962; less ship
ments from st. Louis to Louisville
counted at both places, l,047 shipments
from Carbondale to st. Louis, counted
at both places, 81 ; shipments from Cairo
to St. Louis, counted at both places,
975; shipments from st. Louis to Gin
cinnati by river, 33 shipments from St
Louis to New Orleans by river, 302
total 2S5; total overland 454, 467; de-
duct receipts overland at New York,
Boston, Providence, Philadelphia and
252,6l6; from Mobile and
other out ports by rail and river to in
teriOr, ISL 1858; less deducted at New
/ rleans, 100, 22S; less deducted at Savan-
nal,, 1852; less deducted at Charleston,
{, 900; less deducted at Norfolk, 400;
total to be deducted from shipments
from Mobile 4l,1l1, leaving O,247
making total receipts at New York, BOs-
ton, etc, and interior, 1862, 1868, leaving
direct overland movement not elsewhere
counted 1864.
We have made special inquiry relative
to the item of
SHIPMENTS TO THE MILLS
adjacent to river, etc, which is set down
above as 1919 bales, and have traced
the actual shipments as follows To
Pittsburg, 400; Cannelton, Ind, 1860;
New Albany, Ind, 1879; Evansville,
$50; total 1919. In addition to the
above, 1850 bales were shipped to Mays
vile, which went into southern consump-
ton; 253 from Cincinnati to Pittsburg,
and 800 from the same place to Allegheny
City, Pa, the two last being already ac-
for in the Cincinnati figures.
These are mentioned to indicate that no
point at which cotton could have been
taken either for consumption or in tran
sit along the Ohio and Mississippi rivers,
has been neglected.
The following shows the production of
cotton by states:
Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, $685.,
1872; Alabama, 320,822; Texas, 368, 245;
Florida, 81, 467; Georgia, 576, 1874 South
Carolina, 439, $50; North Carolina, 10l
161; Virginia, All ,664; Tennessee, Ken
lucky, Missouri, etc, 444, 800 Total
crops in the United States 1915, 1921
S45; at ports at commencement of the
year 124,O11; total 1851 $50; exported
during the year 1854, 44S; sent to Can
ada, 1888; burnt :, 1879; stock Sept. 1st,
1875, II, Alb; total 2,75l, 1888; taken by
spinners in the United States ,200,473;
taken by spinners in southern states,
127 ,6l3; total takings by northern spin
ners ,070, $50.