The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-09-04
HESTER'S REPORT.
Statistics as to the Cots1n Crop-New
Southern 1pindles.

Southern Spindles.
New Orlearls, La, Sept. Secretary
Hester-s-- Kew Orleans Cotton Exchange
repors6u the cotton crop was issued in
fpf to-day.
r After stating the crop for 1s99-'94 was
T549S79 bales. an excess Of S49. 452 over
last year, ne says The largest part Of
the gain was in the group of Atlantic
states consisting Of Alabama, Georgia,
Florida and North Carolina, which ran
ahead The gulf states, Arkansas, Lou
isiana, Mississippi and Tennessee, in
creased 35l, 900 bales, while Texas dropped
on $1,000.
Mr.. Hester puts the average CONNER
cial value Of the crop at $3.50 per bale,
against $3.50 last year, 81. so in lSJl-'92; ;
and the total value was 1888, lis, 600,
against s2S4 $50 00O last year and 1885,,
sl2, coo the year before. showing the re-
marEable fact that while the output Of
the last year has been S49, 452 bales in eX-
cess of the year before, its commercial
value is 1892 900 less.
Mr.. Hester says that with an average
of ~ cents per pound, which the crop
brought, planters, as a class, would have
been bankrupt had they adhered 10 their
old policy OF all cotton and little or no
food crops, and instances the significant
fact that the cotton states produce over
was consumed where grown.
In reference to acreage he says the pub
Iished estimates are sui unsatisfactory,
and comments on the intention OF d change
Of the basis of comparison on that subject
by the United States agricultural depart
ment being first made known through an
English source.
From this information the statstician
of the Washington department has writ
for m 1rla mo bnT Of hn
giving as his opinion that the cot ton
acreage of 1898 was 10000, 900 acres. or
more than 5000 coo acras over the hereto
fore published estimates
MIR. Hester announces the result of his
Investigations IN this movement under
new system, saying that several hundred
thousand bales have hitherto been cred
ited by the trade TO Gulf states which
properly belonged to Atlantic states, and
that the facts show the seat of cotton
production has not been moving westward
as rapidly as supposed.
The commercial crop in bales is given
as follows In thousands and bales, for
1894 Alabama $50, Arkansas 625,
Florida 0, Georgia 1875, Louisiana 400,
South Carolina $50, Tennessee, etc, 275.
Texas and Indian Territory 2,059. Total
crop : OOO bales.
In relation to American miles Mr.. Hes
ter says the season has been anything
but favorable, north or south
On the heels Of their largely decreased
takings for 1929, northern mills show a
further reduction for the past season of
So, lib bales. The effects of the financial
stringency and delay as to tariff legisla-
ton also were decidedly depressing intiu-
euces in this industry, aud for the first
time since the war setback is to be re
corded.
Instead of an increase of 81, 900 bales,
which, with anything like last years
crop, would have resulted from bringing
into full play the new spindles added in
the early part of the present season,
southern consumption has fallen off pa
383 bales. The total takings north, as
shown below were / sol, l73 against l 49,
2s6 last year and 2, 1870, 166 the year before.
while the mills in the south report as
their consumption Including takings
from ports 7lS,5l5 against 743,4S4 in
1928 and 6o6,0S0 in lS9l-92.
Commenting on the outlook for cotton
consumption in the south, MIR. Hester
says, with return to normal conditions
there is promise not only for an increase
OF $1,000 bales per annum in the products
OF mills now in operation, but ables show
twenty-one new mills not completed with
nearly 200 spindles, besides thirty-six
idle mills with 10000 spindles, a good
part of which would be brought into
play
In other words, the south has 1900. 900
splndles with a ConSumptive capacity of
900 bales per annum.