New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-04


.-ohattc exhibitions the cotton market has
i living lately have furnished the chief interest
,.culation down town. Yesterday surpassed
u ,'s predecessors All the big slump in the mar
80 :, saturday was recovered, and more besides
,,r the intervening holiday of Monday Liver
-, and New-Oreans had made prodigious ad-
p...s and there was nothing left this market
w.. "a follow suit as quickly possible. Opening
,.t,ons on the New-York Cotton Exchange
go the tremendous advance of 70 to 10 points
gar months and 90 TO 30 on late equal to from
s..n.s 10 81 % a bale Fear OF the Bureaus week
- ueather report kept the market strong all day
"a huy!ng by New-Oreans and New-York bull
,.ders closed 1t strong q TO q points higher than
s.,urdays close After the session synopsis OF
-. bureau report received from Washington
.rs eagerly scanned. The tired shorts said il
-, not as bad as expected: the bulls said It was
had enough.
The Bureau report says cotton picking is general
,x,r the southern portion OF the cotton region and
III, begin in the northern portion next week Com
saints OF too much rain. and shedding con-
,,nve from Georgia and Alabama. and the condition
=, the crop In Arkansas IS less favorable than
oreyiousy reported Cotton has improved in North
rsro,na and late cotton has been improved in
texas BY recent rains. which. however. have been
untavorable for the early crop. In Tennessee cot
ION Is suffering from drouth
The extremely light movement continues. Yes
,sriay port receipts were $3.50. against 6,IU last
year Receipts at Houston thus far this week
have been 5Oe bales against nearly 1877 last year
The bears anxiousy hope the great rise in cotton
will stimulate the marketing OF the crop. They
say all the private crop adv!ces are manufactured.
=, the crop movement does increase their
last argument Is gone. and they will be left with
out leg 10 stand and cotton will go TO 10
cents say the confident bulls January closed last
night at $ "a bid.
s Mum, Son & Co. remind the public that two
weeks ago they predicted Scent cotton for October
and we're laughed at on the Exchange. Spot cot
con advanced ll6 cent yesterday. mlddling selling
a, cents.
Private crop advices were worse than ever. the
ravages OF the boil being especially bad in the
Yazoo Delta and the Red River Valley They said
the negroes had prejudice against using paris
green and the worms were fattening on the bolls.
j. " Carpenter. president of the Maery Grocery
Company OF Natchez. Miss, writes as follows. un-
der date Of Angus; Is:
Planters are awakening to the fact that the
rust Considerable shedding and damage from boil
warns D@I TOWN ro s snIT we e nave no
worms. very late frost and good picking sea
IS is" almost mo everywhere Il viii undoubtedly do
much damage in this section, fear, in few days
Season sea- have much less than 10000 How much
am afraid to say, even you might think l am
It viii average ten to fifteen days. Last week I
travelled by daylight 500 miles through the cotton
belt, and did not enough open cotton to make
bale although l sat by the window of the car
and watched the crop all the way.
firm of prominent cotton buyers in Vicksburg
write as follows 10 J. c. Graham Co..
Competent authorities in our neghborhood are Of
the same opinion 10 the greatly diminished pros,
pectve crop. One gentleman who has travelled
over eight counties found worms everywhere. and
worse than the planters were disposed 10 believe.
He estimated the damage at one-thrd OF the crop
in sight.
Ano,ber gentleman saws:
The recent outlook for a crop OF three-quarters
OF a bale 10 the mas been cut down by the
worms 10 about one bale in five acres. Worms are
general all over the Delta
Other crop advices from the South follow:
Hope Tex Aug. u.-Cotton will be 90 per cent
under last year 49,
Mobile. Ala. Sept. THE cotton crop in Ala
hama and Mississippi from reliable informa ton.
has deteriorated fully 80 per cent from last year
Monroe. La, Sept. 2-Worms increasing rapidly
and destroying crop. No paris green in the market
New-Orleans Sept 1.-The Times Democrat OF
this city publishes to-day the State Commissioners
report and II shows decrease from last year
in Alabama OF % per cent Arkansas. % per cen,
Florida, 40 per cent; Georgia 80 per cent; Loulsl.
ana Is per cent decrease IN acreage and per cent
below the crop OF 1899 In condition Mississippi
suffering from worms and shedding North
decrease In acreage. South Carolina, Is per cent;
Tennessee 90 per cent; Texas az least q per cent,
wieh favorable weather hereafter Complaints are
general OF worms. shedding and lateness OF crop.
Round Rock, Tex, Aug. &.-ShowerS that nave
fallen have not even filled cracks IN the srouhu'