Birmingham state herald., 1895-10-13
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SUNS COTTON REVIEW.

New York. Oct 2-The Suns cotton re- view says: Cotton rose to points. react ed and declined then again moved upward last nights prices of 6 to points, then fail ing and closing steady at a net rise of and points, with sales of 9S,000 bales. Liver sales of 1000 bales. Futures declined la a point, closing quiet New Orleans advanced to points A wager of 5000 even. that the taken here yesterday afternoon. A South Carolina planter says that. though the acre age was reduced in that state last year, only the crop will be fully 7,700,000. The Chronicle States that the temperature has been lower as a rule at the south during the week; that frosts have occurred in number of locali- ties, Killing in portions of Alabama, Missis- sippi and ArlSansas. but the resulting in that rain has fallen in most section and in some districts of Texas only precipitation is claimed to have damaged cotton: that pick ing has made rapid progress generally and in southwest Texas and few points else where is said to be approaching completion. and that the movement of cotton to the market is quite free.
 Northern spinners have taken thus far this season H,67i bales, against POP. 794 bales thus far last season; Came into sight during the week 3S0. .353 bales, against 409. .l54 bales. making the e 0t total II, in sight llls.2G bales, The worlds visible supply Is now 2,661. .64 bales, including 2.i053N bales American, against a total at this time last year of N,1So'voL oi "AiSii -uoo''oi i'thieS "Si can The exports from the ports thus far this season aggregate 172,S bales. against 496, ,034 bales at this time last season.
 The New Orleans receipts on Monday are estimated at Is. 900 bales possibly IT GOO bales. against 19, 570 bales last Monday. 25, 276 bales last year and 15 40 bales for the same time in 1883,
 The ports received 4,576 bales, against 35, 161 bales last week and 246,O54 bales last year.
 Spot cotton here was quiet and unchanged -167 bales were sold for spinning. Charles ton declined 1sc. Memphis sold 2l5O bales. New Orleans HOO, Augusta S96, Galveston 610, Norfolk 554 and Savannah 439. The ex- ports from the ports were S737 bales to Great Britain. Augusta received 2239 bales, against 235l bales last week and 1S45 bales for the same time last year: Memphis 5112 bales, against 3610 bales week and SITS bales last year for the same time: Houston 7530 bales against 10, 159 last week and 13 376 bales last year for the same time
 Today's features: Prices advanced in spite of anything that could be said against the market. There was more disposition to buy than to sell cotton, and prices accordingly advanced. The bulls estimate the crop at 6,500,000 to 100000 bales. and they believe that the receipts will soon fall off material ly. In fact. at some of the Texas points during the past week they fell off to q mark ed degree and the port receipts, moreover. fell below the estimate. The trouble Is on every good break a good many people are ready to buy and prices are tossed aloft again If the receipts fall off materially in the near future a big advance may be wit uesSa6