The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-02-11

ton circles, and the tone of the markets in.
dlcates settled condition of affairs gener-
ally. herecent declines of the staple had
q ,demoralizing effect upon dealers every
where, but the reaction in futures TODAY
presagos more favorable state of affairs.
fluctuations at this season of the year may
De looked Tor, but the prices Of spots will be
controlled IN the end by the worlds visible
supply. Daily and weekly receipts are not
considered, if consumers have enough to
supply their immediate wants, and can see
a sufhciency to fill all their future require
ments
GOOD Ordinary Observation-Disclosures. OK
i Low middling. .................... lOK
Good middiing ''''''''''''''' 1Oss
| The cotton statement below shows but
Deggarly receipt of cotton here for the
week, but when it is remembered that the
roads have been impossible for loaded
teams all week, the falling Off in the re-.
ceipts here can be accounted for. If we
should have good roads in the next week
the returns will be widely different from
those of this week.
COTTON STATEMENT
For the week ending February 9, 1852:
Stock on hand September LIST ,. ss7
Received this week ................ AZ
T, previously .................2I 17l-24,2ls
/ ri
Shipped this week .................. ss7 '''''
previously" ,.,,,,,...,,...2 l74-23, 76l
STOCK ON hand, ....,...,......,". 1924
Rainfall 2.67 inches.
The Liverpool market is reported fiat
and decline of a sixteenth is again chron-
icled, middlings, 6 ZIG; Orleans 81; receipts,
| $500; sales, 5000, Of which $500 were Amer
lean, and 900 for expectation.
The market in New York opened NOM
inal, and closed quiet, middlings, III; sales,
$40.
New, Orleans opened steady and closed
irregular, middlings, liz; sales, 1900.
| Galveston closed irregular, middlings,
IL !; receipts, l,l79; sales, $40
81. Louis closed steady at decline of an
eighth Of cent since last reports, mid
shipments, l,S3S. Stock on hand, 79,14S
bales.
The cotton movement shows the net re-
eelpts for the week to be S6,744 against 1884,.
2lS for the corresponding week last year, a
falling of Of AZ 400 bales. The shipments
to Great Britain were 81 ,256, continent 49,
33I, France 265, channel ports none. The
stock on hand was l,lls.Sll, an excess of
nearly 27i 900 bales over last year.
There is 81 5000 worth of cotton stored
in Atlanta.
a southern paper says: Bradstreet's of
January % in its review of the cotton Gro ID
OF lSSl.S2, puts the probable total crop at
5,OSl ,203 bales, and Mr.. j. b. Lalitte, in his
circular, under date of January 81, shows
almost beyond doubt that $4,000 is an
outside estimate, and that under certain
contingencies the crop may not turn out
more than $4,000. Messrs. Ellisons' last
circular estimates that with crop of $780,
900 there will be an ample supply, but any
thing below that figure would be likely to
cause some excitement and higher prices.
The chances for cotton for the balance of
the season should then be good, and lower
prices, rs looked forward to by some par
ties, an impossibility, even should consump-
ton not increase in Europe, which, how.
ever, is very likely. as trade has generally
been better and the agricultunsts are also
IN better position than for several years
past,
Mr.. BOWMAN, in his work on the structure
OF the cotton fibre, shows fact not gener.
ally known, that American cotton boasts of
a comparatively short fibre. We have gem
orally claimed to raise the finest cotton in
the world, and our good uplands sell better
than the product of other lands; but, at the
same time, II cannot be disputed that our
cotton is OF shorter staple than that oimany
other countries that We have distanced as a
producer. Ofcourse our sea.island cotton
Is the finest raised and with the longest
staple, averaging 90 inches. The cot.
ton grown on the Pacific islands runs
from l.6C to l.Ss inches IN length; that from
| Venezuela, lao inches; that from the Peru
Wan coast and Egypt, 100. that from the
Greek islands LIS; Brazilian and West In
dian, LIS TO 81; Orleans, our best grade,
ll0 uplands, /, aud Texas cotton, 95,
! iN.
But while these countries may excel us
IN the length Of staple, We are far ahead in
The matter OF whitencss and strength of
more, aud thus manage to control the cot
ton market Of the world, and produce the
best grades of this fibre.
The tendency of the cotton, when lonr
under cultivation In the same field Is to de-
teriorate not only In yield, but In the quail.
ityof the staple produced. Notwithstand.
ing this tendency, we have been constantly
improving the quality OF cotton produced
by us, and now turn out better staple than
ever before, This Improvement has been
conspicuously noticeable since the war.
Before that great epoch In our history, low
grade and short staple cottons were
much more abundant In the south
than they are to-day. 4 more
In the selection of seed have enabled
us to. make great improvements. Georgia
has been particularly attentive to the
cultivation ofcctton and has produced wen.
deriul results on its wurn.uut lands As
vet NO necessity has been felt FOR this care
aud attention In the cotton districts of
Louisiana, Texas and Mississippi, where ma
ture needs no assistance.
There is no reason why, In the course OF
time, We cannot still further improve and
develop the staple OF our cotton. In for.
mer days some sca.island cotton was raised
on The Mississippi coast, where IL did we'll,
bas this oIop has iatt.rly been given up.