The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-11-12
MOVEMENT OF COTTON.
! Condition of the Market as Shown by New
Orleans Exchange.

Condition of the Market as Shown by New
Orleans Exchange.
NEW ORLEANS, November 1.-The
October crop statement issued to-day
by Secretry Hester, of the New Orleane
Cotton Exchange, shows the largest
movement Of cotton during any single
month in the history of the trade, the
total number of bales brought in sight
during the thirty-one days having
reached 1,731,803, against 1,6Sl,219 in
October, 1889, an increase of 1OO,494
The statistics of trade prior to the cur
rent year show that on only three occa-
sionS have monthly movements reached
as high as 100000 bales. These were
in October and November, 1889, and in
December. 1887.
The movement from the 1St of Sep
tember to October 81, includes total re-
ceipts at all United States delivery
ports of 2,084,O03, against 1,SS4,0 ,053 last
year and 1,458,284 in railroads across
the Mississippi, Ohio and Potomac
rivers are 1888, against 1880 last
year and 1907 year before last. South
ern mill takings, exclusive of quantity
consumed at Southern out ports 99,S4O,
against l0O.595 last year and 90,9S4 the
year before, and interior town stocks in
excess Of those held at the commence
ment of the season 334,67I, against 16S,-
1863 last year and 2l7,602 year before
last.
These make the total amount OF tbs
cotton crop brought into sight during
September and October2 ,5S3 .327. against
2,300,30 last year and 1884 year be-
fore last, aud an excess during this
year of 2S3, ,i20 bales over the correspon-
ding two months OF 1889 and S43.SSO
ahead Of the same time in 1888.
Northern spinners took during Octo-
Der 3ll, ,l56 bales. against 223, 3,29S last
year, increasing the total for the two
months to 445, ,633, against 333. 500 last
year and +Gl $50 the year before.
This makes the average weekly TAX
iugs for the season o1.1t2 bales. agaigst
80, ,2S3 last year and $1,000 the year be-
fore. The foreign exports for two
months have been $40, showing
at excess over the heavy shipments Of
last season of S5,154 and over the same
period of the year before last OF A, ,401.
The gain in foreign export during Oc-
tober, compared with last October: has
been 81 1919. The stock ar the seaboard
and twenty-nine leading Southern in
terror markets at the close of October
were II556,455, against 165.030 for the
same date lest year and Sll ,139 the year
before.
Including port and interior stocks
left over from the previous season, and
number Of bales Of The current crop
brought into sight during the two
months, the supply has been 2.G0o, lIO
bales. against 2,363,G70 last year and
,, 135, 1130 the year before.
Up to this date last year 3l.46 per
cent of the crop had been marketed,
and for September and October of 1888
the percentage OF crop brought into
sight was 1886. With all this large
movement to market. showing an eX-
cess to date of 2S3, l20 over last season
and 643,3S0 over season before last sup
ply has moved off so rapidly 10 foreign
and domestic consumers that stocks at
| the close of October were but 81 ,45O
bales larger than at this time last year
and il, 10 ahead of this date in 1888.