The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-03-23

net receipts to be 3l,62s against 1921 the cor,
responding day last year, falling OF OF l5S2i
| bales since Friday last The shipments to
Great Britain were 80 $50; continent, 1850; chan
mel ports, S,l53; France, S,10S The stock on
hand at all the ports is S96,jO0 bales
THERE is some talk Of the erection of Il cotton
mill in or near Milwaukee
Gle says: There isslnore demand for shipping
yarns. Cloth is dulFwith small sales prices are
steady.
The first machine for carding rowing and
spinning cotton made in the United States was
manufactured in 1856.
The Austin New Revellle says that the val
ley of the Muddy river, in Lincoln county, l.
well adapted to growing cotton. On the virgin
| river, tributary of the Muddy 1t docs well
All the cotton fabrics worn by settlers on the
| Virgin river are woven by the St George, mil
| from the cotton raised by the farmers thcm-
| selves
| The Lawrence, Massachusetts, Pacific mill cor
pOration announces a reduction of wages OF the
| mule and ring spinners. The latter, all women
| dies are thus stopped.
There are several cotton factories in the south
ern portion, of Tennessee. There is one in
Nashville which has 400 looms, one in Memphis,
one in Paris one in Pulaski, one in Carroll coun-
| ty, two or three in Lawrence county, and num-
Der of small concerns i'll other localities; they
are in prosperous condition, paying large
profits.
There is great howl all over the world at
| present about the putting of sand tn bales OF
| cotton shipped from the southern states, and
| it is said to be operating against American
cotton, and greatly 10 the advantage of East In
dian cotton in the markets of Europe. Not only
sand, but water, seems to be put into the cotton
to increase its weight 1t is a little queer that
these cotton plots happen at the same time with
speculative cotton exchanges, which were
hardly heard Of before the war.
St. Louis Republican,: The deferred advance
in cotton appears to be gaining strength and APP
closer barometer
C ton mems hopes is rising steadily, and the
spectators who were not swamped or
froze out at the last break are moving
about with buoyant hearts and, spring-likee
step they gaze on the blackboard ana
watch the quotations of their favorite option as
cending steadily, decided upward movement
has been acquired and once more the bulls are
prancing around in the arena and airing their
heels in defiance of the bears, who appear to
have somewhat suddenly disappeared from their
accustomed haunts. They have concluded that
it Is bad weather TO carry short contracts, and
have accordingly covered and gone oveT to the
long side.
Al the Cotton exchange yesterday it was
claimed that the increase was caused by
strong demand from spinrers and the eX-
haustion of the crop, which has become a pal
Fable fact to the conservative British spinner.
Very few spectators, and these q mere handc
full seem to be banking much on reports of
short acreage for the ensuing year elsewhere;
in other markets the floods have exercised
steady influence in converting the bears HOW
ever, the parity between carry anu ldle futures
has been disturbed by the speculative element
who are already discounting the crop OF lSS2-e3,
as may be perceived by the quotations tor sep
tember delivery which were yesterday fye
points higher than for May delivery.
prominent factor accounted for 1t as follows:
'There is a very enormous impression in regard
to the Mississippi floods" he said. THE people
of the, north and east are all the time talking
about the sedimentary deposit which acts as
rich fertilizer to the lands after the waterreeedes
That is all nonsense, and granting that II was
true don't You think sixty days delay in plant,
ing would tell on the strength of the cotton CROP
The planters should have their blowing all
finished now and the seed In the ground by the
first of April but I'll bet that many of them Will
not have an acre seeded by the middle of May;
Again after the waters recede on the Hooded
farms the value Of the land for planting pur-
poses is almost wholly destroyed by the sand.
blanes,' which are caused by the deposits from
the river. The silt and sand separate and are
deposited in long hillocks over the farms, and
are packed so firm that with the keenest Yankee
pillow four mules could not drag 1t through the
soil"
Another broker when asked about cotton,
facetiously replied THE world is cold and
naked. and Adam and Eve never more dili-
gently sought for leaves than the splnners hunt
for King Cotton now. The spot demand mas
never been more urgent since 1867
Amap OF the flooded district carefully pre-
pared for the New York Herald affords a means
of roughly estimating the cotton contingent ia,
does not attempt 10 estimate the liability, but
we have taken the the counties more OF less IN
undated from its map and footed up the enure
crop In each under the census of 1850 The total
in Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee and Lonsi.
ana In that year was 67h oOi bales The amount
at stake has been stated much larger than this.
But in a number of those counties the submer-
sion was only partial and in several very slight
Perhaps hall the above total would represent
the extent Of the cotton cultivation actually put
greater or less risk Of curtailment
The New Orleans Times Democrat says: ~
not too much 10 say that the planted area OF
the Mississippi valley Will be 20 per cent less
than last year. Nearly the entire low country
between Memphis and Vicksburgis under water
now, or likely 90 be before the end Of the month,
while the crcvasse Mt Kemps, in Tensas parish,
viii inundate lar c and fruitful region between
Nicksburg and the mouth Of Red river. We are
aware Of the existence ola roseate heofy rela-
tive toplanting afer the subsldence Of high wa
ter We have heard the beautiful legend Of the
farmer who followed the retreatng Hood plant
ing as fast IS the land emerged. and who made
large and lucrative crop that year. But We class
this story with the fables Of hsop and La ron
taine. except in a few phenomenal instances
which ere TOO rare 10 serve A. standards. The
fact g.. that nothing j. 80 improbable as cot
ton made from a planning after an overflow, un-
less the seed can be put IN during the irst week
Of April II is not only that the planting j. set
back % an unnatural and uniayornble time
most auspiciOus conditions. unlikely but that
the retirement Of the water a nearly always FOL
lowed by the appearance q fnyriads Of grass
worms which prey upon vegetation. especially
upon young cotton and pea wines, " hlch conihii,
4 marked infusion Of sacchariue. We knuH 81
nothing 20 difficult or improbable ~ me
making Of cotton upon lands which have been
under u-nfer during the months 81 March and
April Whatever theorists and Missionaries may
sav aeriru1fure under such circumstance, D.
a. HaHH sIIHHH4 In a ri