The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-05-02
HEsTER's FIGURES


Movement Fell on over a Hundred
Thousand FOR April.
Now orleans, May l.--Secretary Hester $
New orleans Cotton Exchange statement.
issued today, covers the monthly move
mcut 10 the close of April and the weeks
figures TO May I Inclusive. Compared with
last year. IT shows loss for the month IN
round hgurcs Of Ia. 0N bales, compared
with the Year before a .oss Of $500 ana
with ls'3 "A gain OF $500.
Tho total for Aprii WIS 2in.i5S, against
Si2.,2S fast year. ~ 40 the year before last
and 20g i32 In lS93. rhe decrease IN the
amount of the crop brought INTO sight Tor
tho eight months from september TO Aprn
Inclusive is ., $50. 10 under last year, isN,-
slS nndrr the year before last. wale AN
oNcoss Is shown az $40. 2oS over 1873.
The movement from September TO the
Close OF April inclad"N total receipts 81
all United States delivery ports Of i,ssS,2
against i..3l LAB last year, l.bS-,Si2 tho year
before and i.lSs,,-5 same time IN 1888,
Net overland movemon, by railroads
across the Mississippi. ONO ana Potomac
rivers 7ai.ljs against l,olp,l 3i last year,
7sS.1ii Year before last and Sh'vSJ same
limr IN 1873
Souihcrn mill tatings exclusive OF guam
INV consumed hy Southern outports 7gs,-
"a. against G,iG,i last year. a90a5i year
before aud 5alSNr same time In 1893 ana
interior stocks in cNHrss OF those mold ut
lhc commandments Of the season ,iGS.
against ilL3np last year RN9l year before
and l5501i same time IN lnsi.
These make tho total amount of tho
cciiou crop brought into sight during the
. .ht months ending close of Anrll, dbGi.
10. against aoSI, 6li last year. OoiOl year
before last aud 6.-l2,d2 same time In 1895
Northern spinurr> took dnrlns Aprll g.
alT bales. against IN ,9ia last year and No.
~ fhv year before increasing the total
flr cigh, months 10 9.4W1li, neuiust aeiJ,-
sai last year and 1853 ia the year before
THIS makes their average weekly tnkinss
f,v the season i2S2S, against os,sib lasl
year and 80 ~! IN, year before.
Foreign experts for the first eight
months OF the season have been 400 Sog
bales showing u decrease under last sea.
son Of 2.0,2,ui9 aud decrease under tn,
same period Year before last OF 6lh6iS
'rhslc has been d, loss In foreign exports
during April compared Win Aprl last
year Of i5>,lh and saln for the same
pcrinl year hrfore last ~ 6as
sstucl,s at the seshoard aud twenty
lending southern interior markets at tine
lose of April were Si9ida, against SiS. $40
The same date last year and ,N.a>6 The
Nrar before.
Including ports and interior towns lett
over from The previous season and the
nilmhrr OF bales of the current CROP
hrnughi into sight during the eight
months supply hnf hccn b'l'.nF, against
a71s.GN last year and "a, >" lhe ycor he
a6 sS-ioo per cent Of the cotton cror HAD
hocn marketed. for the same eight months
la is9f he percentage NJ the crop brought
! into sight was % qa-ln0 and for the same
time iu 1888 TIN percentage marketed was
~ il-l(0 per cent.
In addition 10 the monthly figures Hes.
ter ISSUED today a statement or the weekly
movement for the seven days ending May
l. inclusive. show total brought into
| Sight this Noar - ,SNd against 6s.old for the
year 7o4eS wear before last, and 60 2pl
same time IN 1888.