The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-04-01
COTTON MOVEMENT.
Secretary Hester's New Orleans Cot
ton Exchange Statement.

ton Exchange Statement.
New Orleans, March 2G.-Secretary
Hester's weekly New Orleans Cotton nix
change statement, issued today, shows a
decrease in the movement into sight, com
pared with the seven days ending this
date last year, in round figures, of "a, 600
bales, decrease under the same days
year before last of $1,000 bales, and an
increase over the same days in 1894 Of
5000 bales.
For the twenty-six days of March the
totals show gain over last year of 10000
bales, a loss from the year before last of
167, 900 bales and gain over 1894 of
81, 900 bales.
For the six months and twenty-six.
days of the season that have elapsed the
aggregate is ahead of the six months and
twenty-six days of last year 1,452, 900,
bales; behind the same days year before
last of /, 240,000 bales, and ahead of the
same time in 1894 by $4,000 bales.
The amount brought into sight during
the past week has been 63,315 bales,
against 97,S13 bales last year, 1870, 72T
bales year before last and 57,506 bales
same time in 1894, and for the twenty.six
days of March it has been 329,32S bales
against 313, 1S5 bales last year. 496,611f
bales year before last and PAS, 1874 bales
same time in 1894.
These make the total movement for the
six months and twenty-six days from Sep
TENDER /, 7,143,548 bales, against 6,301,-
440 bales last year, 9,0S3, 523 bales year
before last, and $685. 42 bales same time.
in 1894.
The movement since September shows
IT'S bales, against 4,761, 439 bales last
year. 1872, 100 year before last and 81
419,56O same time in 1894. Overland
across the Mississippi. Ohio and Potomac
rivers to northern mills and Canada, no.,
247 bales, against 717,306 bales last year.
$780, 62 bales year before last and 1874, 696
bales same time in 1894. Interior stocks
in excess Of September /, 1929 bales;
against 265, 800 bales last year, 25S, 042
same time in 1894. Southern mill TAX
ings, 664, 224 bales, against 647, 1O4 bales
last year, 507 $3.50 bales year before last
and 526,S67 bales same time in 1894.
Foreign exports for the week have been
1920 bales, against 124,634 bales last
year, making the total thus far for the
season 5,056479 bales, against 3,690,845
bales last year, or an increase of /, 1856, 634
bales. Northern mill takings and Canada
during the past seven days show an in
crease of 1888 bales as compared with
the corresponding period last year and the
total takings since September l have in
creased 1854 bales.
The total takings of American mills,
north and south. and Canada, thus far
for the season, have been 2, 112, $50 bales,
against 2,0S4,602 bales. These include
1,433,472 bales by northern spinners,
against 1,414,318 bales.
Stocks at the seaboard and twenty-nine
leading southern interior centers have de-
creased during the week 55,59S bales
against decrease during the correspond
ing period last season of 54,0 07 bales, and
are now $500 bales larger than at this
date in 1896.
Including 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 S,1S2,097 bales, against g. 7O1, 4O;SS;:
bales for the same period last year.
monthly and seasons comparisons in Sec
rotary Testers reports are made up To-
corresponding date last year, year befoze'
and in 1894. &. &. /.