The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-13
THE RUSH ON THE waARvEs.

A sight Worth Seeing at the Presses
and on SAipboard.
The wharf front between the Merchants
and Miners Transportation Company's
wharf aud Harmou's wharf and both in-
cIuded, is well worth visit at this season
of the year, aud more particularly this
month than any other. The berths in front
of the congresses are filed and the big
ocean freighters lying two and three tier
deep, all taking cotton. There is a perfect
jam of cotton on the wharves, on the decks
of the steamers and every available space is
packed with cotton and is only relieved by
the masts and spars Of the ships. To the
observer chaos seems to prevail
Everybody is talking and yelling and
hustling, yet with all this the "tramps" are
being filed with COTTON, and it is q rare
thing at this port Tor one of them to be on
demurrage. They ara generally filed up
and ready to clear when their lay days ex-
pire. Business this season commenced late,
but 1t is going on with rush.
Yesterdays cotton receipts at this port
were l5,S34 bales, against 1875 bales the
same day last year. 1t is noticed that the
receipts are running remarkably even this
year, and that there is seldom any unusual
variation from day to day, the receipts of
each day being generally slightly ahead Of
the same day last year.
Yesterdays Charleston News and Courier.
| contained a card signed Rice Planter"
warning the rice planters against the pro-
| posed mill trust. The writer held that the
object of the trust was to control the rice
| product of the south, and thus enable the
trust to dictate prices, and not to keep out
foreign rice. He advises all the rice plan r
| ers in any section to Concentrate all their
| shipments on one mill, and thus insure
business to that mill that would make 1t an
inducement TO keep out of the trust.
The Macon TelegrapHs Corner Man has
figured out that October crop reports are
rot worth very much as a basls of calcula-
ton Of the amount OF the crop. In 1888
the October condition was 7S.9 and the
crop of that year was 6,935.0J0 bales. In
1889 the October condition was placed at
Sl.4 and the yield was $4,000
bales. In 1890 the October condition was
placed at 80 per cent, not quite so good
as the previous year, and 7, go, 900 bales
was considered a high estimate. The re-
suit was crop great deal more than a
million bales over the estimate. This was
because il was the fist season in a long
| number of years that the long fall allowed
the whole crop TO mature. The amount of
the yield depends entirely upon the weather
cohultons after OCT. j In 1act, almost en-
tirely upon the weather in October. II the
month is warm and dry the yield will be
heavy, If cold and wet the yield will be
light.
Dan Talmage's Sons rice circular states:
Latest advices respecting domestic crop
give promise OF slight gains in states along
Atlantic coast, and equal of last year IN the
| southwest Louisiana shipments are show
ing considerable per cent. of light rice. and
estimates regarding its out-turn may have
to be materially modified. Growth in the
several states is as follows: North Caro-
lima, 215,O00 bushels; South Carolina, l, ITO, =
900 bu shels Georgia, $50, 900 bushels: Lou
isiaua, 2.750,000 bushels; Florida, Texas.
etc. l75, 900 bushels; total. f. $50, 900 bushels;
reduced to clean, $50, 900 barrels. Crops
coming forward to milling centers are find-
ing ready sale at high average values. Mar
ket steady, with strong undertone.