New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-10
COTTON AFFECTED BY RUMORS.
SLIGHTLY nAsIER on TIKI WALL STREET RE
FORTS ABOUT CUBA

SLIGHTLY HAsIER on TIKI WALL STREET Ht'-
FORTS ABOUT CUBA.
Thar, vssa decided Improvement In the business
done In actual cotton al the leading spot markets
Yesterday Orleans reported sales OF ZOO bales
Augusta Liz Memphis io@ Mobile 60 galveston
1863 Norfolk 20. Savannah 80 Houston 2o' ana
Ncw.York 20 Liverpool sold 1900 bales. Receipts
at the ports were 1880. against ll.s2 last year.
while exports were 1900 bales for the day
Thes. figures with crop advices from Alabama
Texas. Louisiana and Georgia. saying that the
season continues backward In those States. did not
have the effect they would have had. because IN
the late dealings the talk in Wall street about 'N-
Iected forclbe action by President Cleveland III
IN. Cuban matter led TO nervousness and desire
10 realize August after selling up TO '.'5 closed AT
7ss the lowest There wac no, much doing now
over and the total sales were only $500 bales.
Houston received yesterday INA against "f last
vear and expects to-day 90 to GO against loS5 last
year New-Orleans expects to-day l"o 10 Low
against 2c25 last year 1t IS expected that the
amount coming In sight this week VIII De 'ooo
hoIes against 90 last week. and 1000 last year
The North Carolina crop report. the first OF the
season. reported a favorable weather for poughns
in that state TIE planting season in North Caro-
Ina does not begin until April 10 Further South.
I'm Texas. cotton Is already through the ground
Report from Albany. Ga; Eufaua. Ala; GAMMA
Ga; Troy Montgomery and OZARK. Ala, say that
the season ~ backward. Sales or nluies nave Dec"
heavy on account OF small sales In previous years
II was either buy mules or make no crop FER
t,llzer sales are below last ycare. From the far
southwest where cotton planting began on March
Is these advices came among others:
Hope Lavaca County. Tex.-The cold north
winds have damaged crops In this section All 'he
cotton that up Will have 10 be repIamted ,..,
Brownsville Cameron County. Tex.-Very little
has planted II this sssson not not S Svnr
discouraged
Kenney. Austin County. Tex.-from me pes. IN
IN. cotton VIII not be more than last year
and In many not as much.
will not come up Till 1t rains as the ground Is
becoming very dry.
Secretary Hester's analysis OF tho movement OF
the cotton CROP by groups OF States for the seven
months from September l. 1885, to the close OF
March, 1885, issued yesterday. shows that the entire
increase for tho month OF March over last year
over 1884, the $4,000 crop year. and over 1893. the
G 10000 crop year. In other Gulf and Atlantic
States. Texas showing a falling off from the March
movement Of all the past three years, Mr.. Hester
shows that the amount In sight from Texas was
this year 1886 bales last year s7es. year before
last 81 322 and year before that no. From other
Gulf States this year 1885 last year 2l421. year
before last. s255 and year before the latter 92272
23iO36 year before last l2e446 and year before the
latter H. S0. making the total for all three groups
1885 ihis year against aal e, $500 ss, last year. 'S
For the seven months from September to the
close Of March. the actual delivery OF cotton from
year and lsSOG2 the year before that.
New Orleans. April AN signs point out that
the enormous acreage increase IN rexas ~ largely
thousand dollars offered here against crop Of
10000 bales; $1,000 that Texas itself is under