New-York tribune., 1896-01-25
DECREASED COTTON RECEIPTS
THE MOVEMENT LESS THAN HALF OF
LAST YEARS.
A WAR SCARE" CHECKS ADVANCING MARKETS
STOCK or AMERTC.N COTTON IL
IINEEpnOI. DECILNING

LIVERPOOL DECLINING.
/ The brood Of Mother Carey's chickens which
hover around the ring OF the NcwYcrk Cotton FIX
change were thrown into futter again In the final
hour OF the trading yesterday. The gray and griz-
=led war scare reappeared in the guise OF a report
that the flying squadron was going to the Darda-
neles Wheat was rising rapid rate VIII
gave IL little standing and there was some selling
of cotton 10y a leading house. So after "A day OF
buovancv and bulllshness all around. the closing
prices showed net loss Of to points for the day
May closed at sli. The nyng squadron as an is
sue was as powerful as the Flying Duchman an
hour after the gong sounded. The selling at the
close was said TO be OF hedges by 5. NJ. Weld & Co,
against purchases Of spot cotton In the south
Friday is the end of the commercial week in cot
ton The weekly totals are footed up, and the
traders get their bearings. In view of the show ms
OF Yesterday tho dsinterosted outsider wonders now
much longer the assertion Of the bears that great
quantities Of cotton are being held back In the South
will be heard. ON every hand the extreme snort
ness of the crop is apparent. The figures OF Sec
rctary Hester found below give no reason TO DOUBT
that Ncs crop estimate of $4,000 bales is as near
CORRECT or nearer than the estimates of houses who
buy for spnners and rely on reports OF railway
agents" but who never furnish any details to an
inouisitive public. Mr.. Hester gives the amount OF
cotton coming In sight for the week at 1928 bales
agans, 2H 0is last year This Is decrease OF more
than % per cent from last years movement. III II
in line with receipts at separate and far-removed
points taken singly and IT is in keeping with the
movement the ports The movement Is sun
running with the crop OF 1865 when up to Febru-
arv there had come in sight 5,i71,to0 bales on
crop that turned 6jl2,e0 bales. Bears say that
bad weather accounts for the small receipts. yet bad
weather hardly accounts for drop OF one-halt In
the port receipts. Trains run In the rain. Up TO
date the crop is bearing out the estimate OF MT
Nell.
Some OF the commission houses whose circulars
9TH hcar for
hca,.v BUYERS Yesterday and have been for several
days.
cable adyices from Bombay stated that bills have
been introduced in the supreme Council abollshinS
all duties yarns and reducing TO "s pe' cent ''o
duty on woven goods
The mort NOV cmert as predicted fen 10000 bales
al der last years receipts being 10000 bales, against
29 last year The receipts at the posted interior
towns Yesterday gave Sign of that expected ava
larche Of cotton that was to come out In January.
Houston the greatest interior receiving town OF the
south got 773 bales against c1J las; year, and eX-
pects Oh Monday ~ 70 l.Np. against s'% last
wear Augusta got 80. against l.H", Memphis 49,
against l6l5. It Louis los. against -. ana Cincm-
natl 70 against l1i6 These dwndlins receipts
keen up too presistcn;.y 20 be- explained away by
weather stories OF the bears. who soon Al statistics
In fact tn, re- are accommodating evidences thai som"
of the bear. are growing tails AM preparing 10 de-
yclop horns
The stock OF cotton at Liverpool OF all kinds dld
not iucr.u-s "a bale IN IN" laNI Nffh ii'''f h'''
ev.d.rce that the maximum IN the stock there has
beer reached The stock OF American cotton IN
Iiveruool decreascd 1000 baie- and now stands at
aiS co. bal, against ls-SOu bales ~ this tim" last
wear. ana l.30ir' tho previous yrtf, H" Si".f, %
al. nls at Liverpool y now III ~' 9a.~. asrn's ,
~ ouu year and ll5l 90 in l'' Las E'~' ,i
and he maximum in ie} was not reached uniiI
March - The dsy rAi's al l]N''fZ%U' Z y.',",ra31 .31
there Ltd alvarce 1t should not h' forgotten tia
daily sales IN Liverpool OF this masrliul" VII fuhl
.r.ste %
cotton there un.ess replenishcI very heavily from
thi- side They cannot draw hraNi,y from thl@ s.H"
without putting up the price. Further confirmation
country were 1S5s bales. Spinncrs were again good
buyers ane the price wa promptly advanced IN
Stocks the thirty-one counted towns i'lI OF -'"'
bales. ~ ,
crop statement, from September 10 January ~ IN
cusiye P,ri receipts 3SgS 2Sy against 6't0.ss last
year: 47yi7S year before last and 3s2i11 FOR same
lime in 1886, overland to mills ana Canada; oS,los
G206Si for time IN ls9i; Interior stocks IN rN-
cess Of september i53l5. against 1916 last year
1894. southern Mil iaklngt. net. i3sNt against az
1g0 last wear 3sCS year before last ana 1855 for
time in 1873. brought into slHt curing lf' hays
to date. 5il1.GH against ttio "l last year, t"sos
year bcfor. lag; and 5.Z'70S for same time In 1893.
brought into sight for week. HES against PROB
for the seven days ended January - .ast year. no
is2 year before last and l02.ijs for same lime In
1888. brought into sight during first twenty -four
DAYS OF January, iS.'S against tb.2h ldst year
Richmond Va. Jan. 2i.-Fertz"r men and others
farmers hands now small ana he'd high. with good
demand from spiuners: All mills are at work on
fun time. 1t looks like higher market on this
Tacoma Jan. 4--Tcn cars loade: with cotton
from Mobile stand In the yards here waiting the
sailing of the next steamer for Yokohama.