The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1892-11-29
COTTON IS KING.
THE PRICE OF THE ROYAL STAPLE
IS RAPIDLY ADVANCING.
Trade Has Commenced to Pick Up, Col
lectiOns Are Good, and the Farmers
Are Selling Their Cotton.


and the end is not yet in sight
Already the staple has advanced a hundred
points within the last few days.
The demand for cotton is simply magnlt-
cent while the crop though excellent, is
smaller than in past years
That is the reason for the steady rise in
the market, to make a long story short.
Over "a Million Bales Short.
Estimates place the crop of cotton for the
| present year at least % per cent below that
of last year and many put the deficiency
as low as a falling off of 30 per cent
| Expressed in bales-Which is merely an
| approximate statement of course-the yield
| of the cotton belt falls short by at least
| 100000 bales over that of the year 49,
The reason for the shortage, as given by
the cotton merchants of Atlanta, IS not due
50 much to climatic disadvantages such as
inopportune rains and long droughts, but
largely to the fact that the formers have
failed to plant as much cotton as usual.
The solution of the matter therefore, as
| far as the yield of cotton is concerned, Is
| found in the seed planting last spring.
Fewer cotton seed We're scattered III the
ground and the acreage which had prevl-
| ously been devoted to that staple was set
| apart for another sort OF crop.
The result of the short crop, therefore,
| which is largely below the demand Tor cot
ton, means plenty of ready money III the
| south.
Result of CIevelands Election.
| If the price continues to climb it will
certainly be 81 godsend to the country
for if the farmers ever needed money, they
need it right now and that badly.
But God rules and The farmers OF Geor-
gia will be happy yet.
IF the lick keeps up said Il seed planter
t.lfipV wifi Il
face, there will not be IL third party man
in Georgia Mr.. Cleveland has a hand IL
this affair and you can talk about short
crop to those who listen to you, but demo
cratic rule has excited confidence and lifted
the depression which has existed Tor Sucn
q long time over the southland.
Whether or not the election OF MI. Cleve-
land has had anything to do with the rise
in the price of cotton IS neither affirmed
nor contradlcted.
They happened along about the same time,
for which the god of the harvest and the
honest toilers of the country are to be ex-
tolcd
There is no doubt that Mr. Clcveland,s
election is very refreshing accohpanl-
ment. 1t has certainly restored Il happier
feeling and a better cheer among the farm
erS in this section of the country, but 10
say that Mr. Cleveland's election was the
cause would be q statement OF sucn sweep
ing nature and wtthal of such latitude as
to excite the criticism of the better class
of thinkers though not essentially III Va
rance with the truth.
The nrohablo cause of the increase III
the price is due to the limited area OF the
cotton crop and the excellent character OF
the sta, F, throughout the entire belt
The |, ality of the cotton was never pet
fer 4 ,el known classilier who has been
connect ( with the firm of ;. NJ lnmah ~
90 4 that the cotton is the best he
has SCI in several years. 1t is perfectly
white Il clean in texture and the only
drawback is the quantity OF leal aSSocla'eo
with it.
stress of the Georgia Farmers.
The farmers of Georgia for the last ten
years at least, have suffered from the
drought and heavy rains, which have every
year resulted IN poor crops;
They have worked nara eacii year ai'u
from Gay to day they have toied III the
hone that the crop of the incoming year
wGuld enable them to pay the debt OF me
last. but somehow or other instead OF hit
ing the mortgages, they have added to the
weight Of their burden and times have
been rather hard with the Georgia farmers.
The tArmng lands of the state though
rather hilly around Atlanta. are considered
as fertile as the farmer is likely to ind i'll
these parts.
Ant something has been the matter each
wear and The fault has not been in the
ground nor in the farmers. The cause or
these poor crops has been a problem,-a
mystery that perhaps the weather can solve
but u truth, that with or WITHOUT
solution, is just so.
Things are Looking Brighter.
The gradual increase in the price of cot
ton for the last few days, however. has had
n very wholesome and beneficial effect upon
the planters throughout the entire south.
IT looks as if the southern country is
about TO experience an lmproYemeht or some
kind in the mercantile world, and if things
keen ND. the belief will be ever more gem
eraI that our people will be entering upon
an era of better days.
Cotton has commenced to roll into mar
kCt as fast rs the wagons can roll III over
the country roads.
The experience of last year has taught
the farmers lesson, and thus instead OF
waiting for their own prices. they are taking
what seems to them tar price LOT the
staple.
Coming Into Atlanta.
The cotton was brought into Atlanta yes
tclday from every point OF the compass.
IL comes from the north, the south, the
east and the WcSt-trom nearly every pl;ln-
tation around Atlanta.
Inc city was literally flooded with far
mers and TRUSTING the proceeds OF their
cotton into their pockets, they started Tor
home with a good natured smile resting
upon their faces.
They had marketed their crop, or rather
a large part of it, and feeling the approval
which came from the satisfaction OF know
ing that they had realized a fair profit, they
were satisfied with their years work and
willing that others should take the chance
of making more by mourning the risk of
LOSING all.
But the price of cotton, from the present
indications, is likely to advance still higher.
There is no telling the price it will reach
if the rate of increase continues i'll the
same ratio.
Merchants Everywhere Encouraged.
The merchants of Atlanta, and through
out the country generally, have commenced
to feel the good effects of the of cot
ton.
Several of the leading bankers We're seen,
among them the head of the Atlanta Ma
tional, the Merchants, the Capital City,
Lowry's, the American Trust and Bank
ing Company and the Gate City National,
together with several others, and the pre-
vailing sentiment among those holders of
the bag was that money would be easier
in the south during the next winter and
summer than for several years past.
THEY MET AND FOUGHT.
A Lively Row Between Newspaper Men in
Meridian.
Meridian, Miss, November PA street
encounter occurred yesterday afternoon
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