Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-01-17
THE COTTON CROP.
Testers Weekly Cotton Ex-
change Statement.
'OREIGN EXPORTS SHORT.
The Movement Failing Off--Stocks at
leading. Centres Have Decreased
Hestsr's Analysis of the Cotton Move
ment for the First Four Months.

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Secretary Hester's weekly New Or
leans cotton exchange statement issued
before the close of business Friday
shows falling of in the movement into
sight compared with the seven days
ending this date last year in round
figures of Sc, 600 bales, with the same
days year before last of 1000 and an
increase over the same days in 1898 of
%, 900. For the ten days of January
the totals show loss from last year of
8S, 600, from the year before last 49,
000,, and an increase over 1898 of &c.
900. For the 1872 days of the season
that have elapsed the aggregate is be-
bind the 1872 days of last year 2,151,-
300, of the same days year before last
578, 900 and is ahead of the same time
in 1898 by l6S,0O6. = The amount
brought into sight during the past week
has been 157, ,S88 bales, against ala, ,349
for the seven days ending this date last
year, 164, ,894 year before last and 1885,
326 for the sama time in 1873, and for
the. ten days of January it has been
230, 489 this year, against 1881 last
year, 273, ,918 the year before last, and
204, 079 in 1898. The movement since
September / shows receipts at all
United States ports 1868, 1876, against
5,641, 1888 last year, 4,417, ,221 for tine
year before last and 3,741. ACT in 1898;
overland across the Mississippi, Ohio
and Potomac rivers to,Northern mills,
and Canada 67,761, against 773.254
last year, 602, 498 year beforelast, and
5S2, 2,308 same time in 1885,. interior
stocks in excess of those held at the
close of the commercial year 512, 1893,
against 494, 804 last year, 361, 739 year
before last, and 327, ,743 same time in
1893; Southern mill takings 420, ,0l9,
against 403, $40 last year. 35S, 552 year
before last and 343, ,016 same time in
1898. These make the total movement
for the 1872 days from September to
date 5,162, ,359, against 1912, 1856 last
year, 5,740, 010 the year before last and
4, ,994, ,543 in 1898. Foreign exports for
the week have been 100, 795, against
.274, ,078 last year, making the total thus
far for the season 2, 333. 1862, against g.
3TS, 401 last year, or d decrease of L.
545,049. The Northern mill takIngs
durings during the past seven days
show an increase of 8, ,234, as compared
with the corresponding period last year,
but the total takings since September1
have decreased 3S7,s17. The total
takings of American mills, North, South
and Canada, thus far for the season
have been ], 1,517, 7S1, against 1900, 481
last year. These include 1,092, 641 by
Northern spinness, against /, ,480, 45S.
Stocks at the seaboard and the 90 lead
ing interior centres have decreased dur
ing the corresponding period last sea-
son of 10S, 416, and are now 131 ,821
smaller than at this date in 1895. In
cluding stocks left, over at ports and
interior towns from the last crop and
the number of bales brought into sight
thus far for the new crop, The supply
to date is 5, 472, ,313 bales, against T.
549, ,016 for the same period last year.
1t must be remembered that the
weekly, monthly and seasons compar-
sons in Secretary Hester's reports are
made up to corresponding date last
year, year before and in 1898. Com
,parisons to close of corresponding weeks
are misleading as totals to close of this
week last year would take in 133 days
of the season, year before last, 134
days and in 1898, 1S5 days, against 1872
days this season.
Secretary Hester has issued q state
ment analyizing the movement OF the
cotton crop for the first four months Of
the present season, say from Septem-
Der /, to December 81, inclusive, COM
pared with the previous three years,
He shows that the actual delivery OF
cotton from the State of Texas has been
1856, ,324 bales, against 2.328, lat last
wear and /, 497, 656 the year before;
that the amount brought into sight,
which includes interior town stocks, In
excess of September /, as shown by
railroad returns. ETC., in each OF the
three groups OF States has been 1, 406,-
667 bales in Texas, 1856, 49S in other
gulf States and ], 1866, 10 in the ATTAIN
tic States, deficit in Texas compared
with last year of 1,0O4, ,345, of year be-
fore last of 126, ,247, and with 1892. the
6, 70n, 900 crop year, Of 15lsl9O, a
deficit in other gulf States OF 44o, lso
under last year, gain Of 23,538 over
wear before last and gain over 1892 OF
S75. .544; deficit in the Atlantic States
Of 612, 260 under last year, 4Sl ,5l3
under the year before last and S2,939
under 1892.
After December 81, the movement
into sight in three groups In the past
three years wasa follows: Texas, last
year s92, ,946; year before last 525, LAG,
ana in year before latter $50, 6S6; other
gulf States last year 997, 492, year be-
fore last 6S1, ,317 and in year before lat
ter 6s1, SIT; Atlantic States last year