The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-27
SEA ISLAND corroS.
Last Years Yiela waa the. Lar~.


m uecOrd.
MeesN etead Bros. review Of the mar
Mel for Sea Island ana other long stapled
COTTON Tor the season iSes-s7, dated Liver.
pool October 2. 1897. says:
Tne ccntfnued Increase N the aren
planted with Sea island cotton has reach
e. IN the past season what win probably
prove to be It's culminating point for
awnile. resulting In crop Of about 1os 90
bales. This shows an increase OF abont
u per cent upon the figures OF the previous
season. which were about u per cent In
excess OF the crop Of lsel-S.
INC season IN America opened In Sep
tember last with continuance Of the
neat and drcuth which had prevailed In
the previous iiscuth, fcrcing good deal OF
run TO unusually early maturity, but. on
account Of what were then deemed unsat-
irfactory priccs, marry planters assd gin
iiers held back their cotton. On septern-
Der . a heavy storm burst over the coast
line q FLORIDA, Georgia and South Caro-
Estimates were considerably reduced ana
z total crop OF y 900 bales was regarded AZ
8, ptpSvapie YIELD. but spell OF beautiful
"a mSa ,..iss suggested the storm and prevail
G.nninE OF December ana the f,lant onre
more demonstrated It's extraordinary re-
Seuuperatlve power. Under the prolonged
npe weather the maturing and harvesting
II uHe crop went Oh simultaneously, ard
record. "s VI
., In South VT Caroline the crop had late
serious loss. but this was more than conn
tterbaialced by the Increased acreage. and
s sMS srsce,gss have been TO- 200 bags, against
s ssp foE lsS ~, an increase OF about per
SSSu.. Inc charleston market opened With
Tree receipts and imatcd demand, but
l s.,,, On q fair business developed, almost
s, a Tor export, and several extra fine
stocks and poor demand. prices fell
a ,,v.y' efd by he close OF the year a de.
oline OF "a per pound was established ir
uhe current grades. Later sales showed
iuiiy So per pound below those current in
snc early part OF the season. For such
,ha s crop lots as were held over in
been exceptionally severe. ana the result
must haye been very Disappointing The
aualay OF the Island cotton has. generality
~; spteekins. been exceedingly good, and crop
irrength, strength md firseness OF STAPLE.
4, nne STOCK at Charleston on the ist ultimo
Tie Georgia crop shows an increase Of
enout per cent on the crop OF lss5ses, and
snat or Florida an increase OF nearly VI
per cent The increases In the previous
SSs.'oh We're respectively IA and 3S per
cent, and si actual figures Florida has pro
u9ceu zb,50l bales In 1861, as compared
WIN io,oSi IN iS94.95. 1t would seem, there
tore, mat Florida, which. as regards
quantity. has been so largely outstrIpped
~, NJ neSsnt years by Georgia, ~ steadily re-
covering ground In this respect, and the
iieucctlons OF acreage for the crop now
pelng marketed show much smaller t,ar
SCentage IN Florfda than in Georgia. The
savannah market opened with free and
early receipts from Georgia, br 5iih only
= united supply from Florda. ana for
some weeks the buying was restricted 10
England and France Prices declined
steadily. and by the close of the wear were
iMi.Tu per pound below opening rates
Win conanued free receipts and come
pressure to sell, there has been a further
oecfne OF about 1sMld per pound. and The
season closed with 5T94 bales in factors
naius Sthe larger part being Florida cot
mnl aga1nst stock OF 223l bales on the
nrst 81 september last year. The Florida
Srowth sill maintains its superiority over
tnht OF Georgia in evenness and strength
81 staPie. but the quality of both crops
has been generally good.
1t is impossible 10 get accurate nar,lcu-
ton OF It has gone to Atlantic ports and
mas been sold there. not always tl,stin
guished as Texas. and some COTTON. we nm.
ueistand, has been shipped direct 10 the
rGntlnent. We should estimate that a,,,,,S
svw paics nave been marketed. The re-
suits have been disappointing TO plantcrs
VINO al present pr<ces have found 'iittie in
judgement TO continue their experiments
aud the nav crop will ,,robabiy NOS ex
ceed FEW hundred bales.