Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-02
COTTON STATISTICS.
Official Report for the United States for the
Commercial Year Closing with August.
Largest Crop Ever Grown.

NEW ORLEANS, La, Sept. 1.-The
cotton exchange issued to-day an oficlal
report of the cotton crop of the United
States for the commercial year ending
! with the close of August, 1890, made Up
by Secretary Hester. The report states
the total crop amounts to 1881 1922
bales, exceeding the largest crop ever
grown by 265, 4S9 bales, and the crop of
last year by 1913 ,092 bales. Every
point throughout the cotton belt
has been thoroughly investigated
by telegraphio and other information
from the exchanges, railroad officials
and mill owners. It has besn
checked and reohecked, so that
the statements will bear the closest
scrutiny. The report comments
on the different methods in vogue for
computing the cotton crop. 1t objects
to the way in which the cotton move
meut of brunswick, Ca, Is now counted
and suggests cotton exchanges; insists
that the Brunswick figures be made
up at some other important cotton
ports. 1t also objects to the method OF
deductIng cotton consumed in Southern
cotton ports from the totals of cotton
shipped across the Mississippi and Poto-
mao rivers. 1t claims that such
system is not only misleading, but
enormously decreases the figures
of Northern consumption. The leading
feature of the report Is the census of
Southern mills. Secretary Hester has
obtained reports from every mill in the
South aud claims that his state
ment does not contain a single
element of estimate. The information
under this heading is quite elaborate,
embracing larger field relating TO the
consumption OF cotton in the South and
its progress than has yet been compiled.
The total consumption OF the South for
the past year is reported at SIC, 360
bales, against 4Sl ,235 bales last year.
The number of mills in operation is 27O,
with l65 100 sptndles. Thirty-nine new
mills, with 24l 1854 spindles, have COM
menced work during the year, and if
teen new mills have been completed, and
will be at work this fall. Forty-four
mills are Idle, q number
of which expect TO start
up again at an early date. The total
number of mills in the South is now 1886
with 40 ,8I9 looms rank !, $40 ,29l spin
dies. Secretary Hester says the increase
of spindies during the past
year. is equivlant to nearly
one half of the entire number reported
in the south by the census of 1880. The
census of that year showed I64 mills
with 56I 1850 spiudles. The gain within
the past ten years has been 172 mills
with / .226 AT splndles, the increase
in the number of bales of cotton
consumed having been 357 ,6l5, or more
than lS9 per cent.
With reference to the cotton move
ment for the year, the statement makes
the net receipts at delivery ports $751;
ia, q gain over last year of 3O6 1929
bales; over land direct to northern mills,
937 Al, a decrease from last year
of l21S bales. The Southern consump-
ton, exclusive of 80 ,2l7 bales taken
from Southern outport, is 516 ,677,
gain over last year of 67l9 bales. The
total crop Is 1911 1922 bales,
a gain over last year of 373 ,072 bales.
Foreign exports, including So .49l bales
to Canada, were 1876. 53l, a gain over
last year of los ,253 bales. The takin2s
of cotton during the year for consump-
ton in the United States amounted to
2 BAG, 152 bales. or this l ,799 1858 bales
were to Northern spinners, against
l 1856 ,979 last season.
This shows an increase of only 13, 279
bales against an increase IN ne south or
nearly 6S 900 bales. Not only 10 the
crop of lSS9-90 the largest crop ever pro-
duced, bat it has moved off with unex-
ampled rapidlty and brought full prices
throughout the year, netting to
the farming interest handsome
surplus. One of the curious features of
this years movement was the shipment
of more than 1000 bales of American cot
vi
Pacific railway to Japan. Fifty bales
were also shipped to Japan from port
of New York.