Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-02-01
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Movement Of the FIrccv staple Tor
the Month Recorded
Now Orleans. Jan 9l.--Secptary Hcs-
tors New Orleans cotton exchange
statement issued today covers the
monthly movement to January N. The
January total Of cotton brought into
sight r., with the exception Of January.
1898. the smallest for TINT month since
1858. Compared with last year Il shows
a loss In round figures OF 4Ol 600 bales.
with year before last 1863. 900 and ~
ahead of 1893 by 52.00O. The total for
January was 6lS.7eo against l,0l9,7o7
last year, 7SSOSo the year before last
and h66,I23 In 1898. Tile decrease In
the amount OF the crop brought into
sight for the Ave months from Septcm-
her to January 81 inclusive was ., 49,
81 under last year, 7O3,673 under tho
the year before, while an excess Is
shown OF let, 800 over 1898,
The movement from the nrst OF Sep
TENDER to January 81 Includes total re-
ccipts at all United States delivery
ports OF 4,o2ii40 against $500 ,as7 last
year. 4.S7O,Ol6 the year before last and
4OO3,a9S same time In 1893 net over
land movement by railroads across the
the Mississippi, Ohio and Potomac
rivers 594,3il against S92,GS2 last year,
0j0.9Si year before last and 695, Asa same
time In 1898; Southern mills takngB,
| exclusive OF quantity consumed at
/ sNNAhhNAh hhAlAAANt HNfFshn ukNltlNI AuN,=
| COO lust year. iOS,3i5 year before last
| and 3D9,10S same time In 1893, and in
| tcrlor stocks In excess OF those held at
! the commencement Of the season 447. 70
! bs3 against il7,695 last year. 3aiS2i yon'
before last and Se3,021 same time In
/ 1888.
These make the total amount of tho
cotton crop brought into sigh, during
the i've months ending January n g.
5l0,699 against S,0iiAIa last year, casa
~ year before last and & 1856. COZ same
| time In 1898.
Northern splnners took during Jan.
| unry lG3,23i bales against 2OJ a53 last
year and 1880 the year before. In
creaslng the total for tho Ave months
TO ltae,ll3 against Ices eG3 last year
and l,llS.@6l the year before. This
makes tho average weekly taklngs for
the. season bi,S6l against "A, 900 last year
and bl,lIl the year before. Foreign eX
norts for the first Ave months OF the
season have been 9,121, 400 bales. show
ing decrease under the last season q,
l,S93,S63 and decrease under the same
period year before last of Si2,aS6 Tho
loss IN foreign exports during January
compared with January last year have
been 55O.sl7 and for the Same period
the year before aO31St,
stocks Mt the seaboard aud twenty
nine leading Southern interior markets
AT the close of January were /, iSg, 360
hgNlhst l.opl,tN the rame date last
year and l.S34,a52 tho year before In
Guiding ports and interior towns Lett
over from the previous season the
number of bales Of current crop brought
into sight during the i've months Tho
supply has been 5.s60,55S ngainst
10000 last year and 6,5Gl,I the wear
before Up 10 the close OF JANUARY
last 50 9-i00 per cent OF the cotton crop
had been marketed ana for tho same
ilve months In 1894 the percentage of
the crop brought Into sight was 81 si-1Ol
and for the same tame IN 1899 tho nor
ccntage marketed was 20 ai-10D The
movement into sight for the past weei,
has been lS,,99a bales against els.b7a
for seven days ending January 81 iast
year. io6.0S5 for the same seven DAYS
year before last and lla,lT9 for the
same days In 1888