The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-11-16

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year at 50, 1905, 900 lbs, against iG,074 ,lGi lbs,
last year. and 20,072, 669 lbs. in $50,
There were | ,4i0 pounds of diamonds
shipped to Europe from Cape Town last
year.
In Uvslde county, Texas, thirty-fourmen
own over 100000 sheep.
COTTON.
The receipts ofcottOn to-day We're light,
but fully up to tho demand. The orders
received here from spinners do not justify
any advance in prices, and
until Eastern and European spinners
send orders that will enable buyers here 70
buy at ruling quotations, the market will
not be active Prices at all the ports were
steady, but without indications OF further
advance. Spots were firm in Liverpool,
and an eighth higher than yesterday. We
quote the market to-day;
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low mlddnig' .'".'''''''''''''''' ~
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Good middling. ..........,.......,...".. lOA
MldoLng imr,..,,-,. ...,,,,,,..,..''',,.'''''l IL
In New York spots opened quiet and
firm, the demand and offerings being light,
and closed easy, middlings II rs. Sales
1,732
New Orleans spots opened steady, but
closed easier, middlings liz; sales 4,150.
The Galveston market closed steady,
middlingS III. Sales ,025; receipts ,4Sl.
The movement Of the cotton showed the
nett receipts at all the ports to he in four
days 10l ,63j against l20,S70 the same days
last year, being Il decrease of y, 235 bales.
The exports to Great Britain were $3.50;
France 3,70l; continent $50; stocl, on hand
day of November last year.
In Liverpool spots advanced q sixteenth
and the market was firm middlings g DIG;
Orleans ll-l6, Sales 12000,of which 900
were American; receipts Il, 100 of which
1900 were American.
Texas is now the largest cotton-produc-
ing State in the Union except Georgia and
Mississippi, as is shown by the statistics of
lSSO1. Her product last year was SO3,6l2
bales. How much it may be this year can
only be determined when the crop is mar
ketted Her increased acreage planted in cot
ton, it is said, amounts to fully 5000 acres
over last year, when she had BIB, 1872
planted to cotton alone. Although Georgia
last year produced Sl5,44l bales, she had
planted 26l7, l3S acres, an excess over
Texas of l43 400 acres. Last year Georgia
produced about one bale to every three and
scycn-tcnths Of an acre planted, while
Texas produced Il bale to every two and
tyo-thirds Of an acre Mississippi planted
2,003330 acres and produced 955S0S bales
being nearly bale to two acres and one
third In 1871 Texas had only 800, 937
acres planted, and shows the largest in
crease in acreage since that time ofany State
in the South. The general average of cot
ton to the acre throughout the States is
about one-third of u bale of about 400
do weight n ri
however, the average yield in 1880 was con-
siderably over one-half bale per acre. Nir-
ginia, Missouri, Indian Territory and Ken
lucky, not usually regarded as cotton
growing States, had, in 1850, it is estimated,
an area aggregating %, 5lS acres planted to
cotton, which produced a, 100 bales.
The New Orleans Democrat says the in.
crease in the size of the bale of cotton still
goes on, and there is no knowing when the
acme will be reached. 1t was not so many
years ago that such thing rs bale of 375
pounds was common. 1t then became 400
pounds For the last five or six years the
ing il at $50 pounds, but when the census
was taken in 1850 1t was found necessary to
increase the official bale, and it was estima-
ted Mt 475 pounds. Last season the bale
grew considerably, and it has already be-
gun to grow this year. The average weight
of the bales received at our ports during 0c-
tober was 4S2 IL, while for November it
was iSG IL. At this rate we will
soon reach the Texas standard of 5l4
pounds.
The United States will manufacture more
cotton goods this year than ever before.
The commercial reports show that the
Southern mills have taken 1900 bales so
far, against 80, 900 last year, an increase of
70 per cent, while the Northern mills have
increased their consumption from 29l ,9li to
ia 4S0 bales-an increase of 10 per cent.
The Manchester (Eng.) Guardian says the
weekly figures show the sales to have been
81 1850 bales. The trade have taken 81 450,
exporters 0, 800, and spectators also. Stock
is reduced 1900, and now stands 1850,
against 800 200 bales same time last year.
American stock is il6,060 bales, against 227,
500 year ago Cotton at sea for Great
Britain is 100000 bales, against 30l 900,
while American at sea is l6i,000 against
1851 900 last year,
FUTURES.
Futures were unsettled to-day aud de.
clined both in New York and New Orleans.
In Liverpool they went off sixteenth,
while spot cotton advanced rs much. We
quote:
NEW YORK, November l5.-Futurcs closed
| steady although there was gradual decline dur
| ing the day. They opened at II II for January
and closed at 202 Sales, 10000
YESTERDAY. TODAY.
! November. ..,.,,,..".,,ll 76@ll IS II 7l@ll u
December. ,,,,,,,..,,.,',lll 9O@ll 96ll Sl@ll y
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