The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-09-13

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TIE frat table is presented after the man
ner Id which the figures are teleRraphen DAILY
to the Exchanges, the excess over tne Total,
according 20 the Exchanges figures, consti-
tuting the usual net cofEectiohs, na1e ~
from SAMPLES waste, etc, at ports, less de-
auctions or additions Of interchanges between
delivery ports where proper allowances have
not been made
Aeeorlinz Is the Cotton Exeh ange tele-
grams the recei pts at the ports for
the year ending close OF August, 1872
ryars ...,-..-.......... 4 IA, SIS
lions for wear ar s'se - .:s s75s
Making aataaI total for year .-...- "a 45I 1853
The srallness Of the corrections, which by
comparison with previous years, are less
than could reasonably nave been expected, 70
due to the Exchanges having included 10
their daily and weekly kilograms several
minor ports not formerly counted until the
close OF the year. Again the Pensacola net
receipts reported to the Exchanges included
T634 haIes from Mobile and the Savannah net
1857 bales from Brunswick, both amounts
counted twice; these and other minor al5fra-
tlons, Of Ike nature, contributing toward
reducing the excess.
careful com pilation OF tine
FOREIGN EXPORTS,
port by port, shows an excess To the total for
the year Of 1905 bales over 1877 8, Great
Britain having taken 5310 and continental
ports 243 S45 more than last year, while the
shipments to France nave fallen Off u, 1877.
and those 10 channel ports show decrease OF
81 Obj bales.
The manner In which the statements of the
OVERLAND MOVEMENT
OF the National Cotton Exchange are made up
ss 90 clear that no study should. IN reality, be
required To understand and appreciate every
figure at its proper value for comparison.
80 many inquiries are constantly made,
however regarding various points in the
staten ents, that q few words OF explanation
may not be amfss.
Al III the statement of port receipts every
outlet from the Rio Grande to the coast or
Maine ID carefully watched, and the move
ment theTefrom noted, so ln the Overland
every crossing on the Ohio and MISSISSIPPI
rivers, BY which cotton may leave the States
where 1t Is produced, is reported upon.
On the Mississippi river Hannibal Is the
point farthest north where cotton is nandied.
Ihe shipments via this point are almost ez-
cEusiveIy from Texas, being transported over
the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad to
Hannibal, where they cross the river and are
taken TO Chicago BY the Chicago, Burlington
and Quincy Railroad, there breaking outk Tor
distribution TO different lines en- route TO hnal
points of destination III the West. The next
point OF crossing Is at st. Louis, which - led
principally BY the st. Louis and Iron Moun-
tain Railroad, stretching almost dlagonaliy
through Arkansas to Texarkana, Ark, where
1t connects with the railroad BY stem OF Texas.
st. Louis ID also fed by Memphis and minor
points on the Mississippi river. NO cotton
crosses the river between St. Louis and Cairo.
Ghe cotton received at Cairo, which is
merely point CT transit for the staple, 10
principally from Memphis and places on the
lower Mississippi river; the Mobile and OHIO
and the Chicago, vt. Louis and New Orleans
Railroads being feeders TO moderate extent
OF the two roads leading North and East from
Cairo. The shipments for 1879 also include
1853 bales received from interior points In
Texas-and Mobile has shipped %, 329 bales
overland via Cairo,