The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1893-12-10
A GAIN IN TIE YIELD.
Detaiss mis- Reasons for i,ciievinn
That tho Cror WI, Repeh siN
Miuions, EtEhs fsvndred rhpu-
aand oafcss-rcss % 1ettcr.

The roat has heretofore publisncd thu
hghfsA Al nfsel recently gwen out ~ Mr.
shepptfson. and nov follows this up y itn
the fill text or his letter,
Nrkkfa s al lhNaap 4 co. Atlanta. Ca
bear s,rs; csttSlsink Wal, your REQUEST
for niy personal opinion Of the probable
s,ec ii ths cotton crop. 1 beg - state TINT
reliable advlces RECEIVED in The papt Tow
days from every etS'len 81 the cotton
bell tend 10 confirm the Correctness Ok TIE
conclusion reerleusiy rcefnsn ny anc 'nat
the actual yield would pfqtaplY pe about
narketoa during the Inst season that the
actual growth ef TINT season wna pfopn-
bly, not over et.'p. 90 bates.
+ ! think the yield OF the present crop will
chow tho following RAMS over last i~Ason
VIZ Two hnhrred and Nifty Thousand bales
IN the two Cnfoiinas. Georgia and r'loriuai
sgoooo bnles m Alabama MfssinslpM and
Louisiana, AMI I50up1 bales d, ArlSanses
fnNlSihk a tutaf Enai, OF az uVN pnieh y a
eiace the Texas yinid at spV bales, be-
ine & loss 81 gbe.tcH The general rtsrit
for otner sectiens "a about al last season.
The not gain over last season * tnuS lndi.
Gated 10 be 4ooo,p baleu making a total
The est,n,ate ~ the Atlantic states Is
very mi, as the south Carolina crop mas
prove 70 be no iarser than last scaNon. AS
this feaaon cotnmencad with comparative.
commercial crop should be moro likely bt-
love the average Yield az considerable cot
ton may bc carried over 20 the next ara-
son should the low rglres continue
IN my opinion the weather conditions
since October J, while contributing mute.
ssaliy 10 the quaity. mar elided very sltlie
the crop and enabling 60 be- picked rarisl-
" md N. good cQndtIon the weather
could hardly have paen more favorable
prevented new growth. ara hence there
has been no top crop 81 consequence. As
the country roads eyeigwllgrc have been
the cars needed. there has been every fa-
cllity for marketing the crop quickly, MY
correspondents unite in reporting that
picking ana marketing have been rapid
beyond precedent Ia many sections pick
ing II over, and II IL likely it Will all
he practically finished this week. In vlew
the crop, think tile port
movement Is fuliy 4 week Ia advance OF
last season and TINT onehesf OF the port
receipts Tor this season had reached the
Ports by November y, rs grs-half Of Inst
esason's receipts at the ports mad reached
the ports on November =.
Taking this az q bnpfs let us ser what |
II would indicate for the crop. On Mo- |
vomher ~ the receipts az the ports were /
$40 900 bnlea This would give 6l4uOpD |
bales as port receipts for the season. me (
nNarlnnd movement to the Northern mills /
were 5000 bales less than to the uatne /
time last year. but We VIII assume that k
The movement for the entire seDson VIII |
e sns HS sha, as 'as, ycsr Lct as als9
take the Same as last season. Using |
he figures Of the New Orleans cot I
on exchange for The overland movement
he two Items 1.eleoOo bales 10 tho indls
,ated port receipts no result is a COM (
nercihi crop Of e.7sopoo bales As the