New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-27
THE SNAIL COTTON NOTEMENT.
HARDLY HALF AS MUCH COTTON BEING RECEIVED
AT THE PORTS AS LAST YEAR-AN
ANTE-HOLIDAY MARKET.


ANTE HOLIDAY MARKET.
Receipts OF cotton at the ports yesterday were
81 I6 bales against port receipts OF 6593s for the
same day last year and $500 bales for the
responding day in 1925 The port receipts yesterday
were only barely half of the receipts last year.
but not much than half OF what they were in
1885, when the total outturn 100000 bales.
Unless the cotton is being held back In the South
in quantity and with persstency never known
before low price high price, these receipts indi-
cate a crop under 100000 bales Inc exports from
the ports yesterday 1880 bales, were nearly as
much as the receipts The true outcome of this
remarkable cotton crop has become matter Of
tremendous and increasing interest 10 the CONNER
cial world.
The receipts at the reported interior towns yes
,erday were on scale with these at the ports. or
scracey half Of last years. Memphis got 2SI bales.
against 4o39 last year. Houston got l24s2 against
1914 last year. and expects to-day 5000 to 5000
against es75 last year; Cincinnati reported 3422'
AGAINST 5.i55 year and Augusta 49, against s5
last year.
The trading on the Nev-York Cotton Exchange
Yesterday was of the usual ante-holday character,
the dlness being intensified by lack Of orders from
Chicago and the South. owing TO the prostraton OK
wires by the storm. The close showed net loss OF
70 points March closing at s55, after selling up
10 $50 The bears exhibited some Texan cotton
stallq on the floor with 5ols on them 10 show that
there vas A chance for n top crop in Texas The
disoatches telling OF a raging blizzard OF snow IN
that end Of the cotton belt rather broke the effect
OF these cotton stalks 1900
.not sales in Liverpool again heavy. RoCO
halas Futures in that market closed at net gain
OF 2-Sid
Southern spot markets were generally lilo hlgner'
Tho snot sales were only moderate. howeve' New
Orleans selling 300 bales and Memphis 1900
The average OF the estimates of the cotton yie.e
nv, 1s1 members of the New-York Cotton ExchanS"
ia : OF so2 bales. The highest estimate is slw"O
and the lowest 6,l5OO0O. Last year the average OF
tho members estimates 9,2i9SSs bales The crop
r.s OIL 900 bales This would prove, II II proves
rvtbina that the guesses of the hoor brokers' OF
60 New-York Cotton Exchange were not OF much
value 1900.
The following crop advices were received yester-
day: > 1919, -.
Tav.Orleens Nov. ga Dallas Crexas) special 70
.s,ra Times Democrat" says: 'SnoWstorin Taseu
thare fo,r hours yesterday; also al. over Norm
RS and Indian Territory. This beats the RECORD
for TeXas Understand reports fran as iar SCUM
Ioi An.onio that any chances of top crop are
pI2cnc re,rsesns Nov 26-Gentleman just returned
,r, Atlanta says this crop Is not bIoGOVO aholhei,
~ raves for one OF the largest cotton actetase
pnmses In this city. just returned IRON SCUM ~,
uf,, end Mississippi. Gays il is Impossible LOT
~ cron "a be 100000 Another writes a frenu
eli, on ma, being held back In Alabama ne wv
boats with 500 ba.es, viii, 1t Is sup
pt1onIy Illustrates cotton is not being ne.d oacK