The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-04-08
COTTON MOVEMENT.
Secretary Hester's New Orleans Cot
ton Exchange Statement.

ton Exchange statement.
New Orleans, April 2.-Secretary Hes
ter's New Orleans Cotton Exchange state
ment, issued today, shows decrease IN
the movement into sight compared to the
seven days ending this date last year, in
round figures of 5000 bales, a decrease
under same date year before last of 3D.
600 bales, and an increase over the same
days in 1894 of 1900 bales.
For the two days of April the totals
show decrease under the same days
last year of 1000 bales, a gain over the
same time the year before last of 1000
bales, and gain over 1894 of 1000 bales;
For the seven months and two days of
the season that have elapsed the aSgre-
gate is ahead Of the seven months and
two days of last year 1,442,9S1 bales,
behind the same days year before last
/ ,1S9,G1S bales, and ahead of the same
time in 1894 by 991 ,255 bales.
The amount brought into sight during
the last week has been 70,45O bales,
against 79,56S bales for the seven days
ending April 2 last year, 12O,093 bales
year before last and 57,431 bales for the
same time in 1894, and for the first days
of April it has been 973S bales, against
13,69S bales last year, $3.50 bales year
before last and $500 bales same time in
1894.
These make the total movement for the
seven months and two days from Septem-
Der | to April 2, inclusive 7,913,99Sd bales ada
against 6,471,O17 bales last year, 9,203,-
GIG bales year before last and 1922, 773
bales same time in 1894.
The movement since September 1 shows
receipts at all United States ports, 6,315,-
065 bales. against 4,S31,741 bales last
year. 7,396,O61 bales year before last and
5,467, 1877 bales same time in 1894. Over
land, across the Mississippi, Ohio and Po-
tomac rivers to northern mills and Can
ada, 1877, 152 bales, against 726,2S7 bales
last year, 9S0,SS3 bales year before last
and 743,902 bales same time in 1894.
Interior stock in excess of September
last year, 212,715 bales year before last
and 172,720 bales same time in 1894.
Southern mill takings, 6S3,37S bales.
against 666,25S bales last year. 613,957
bales year before last and 539,354 bales
same time in 1894.
Foreign exports for the week have been
81, Alb bales, against 14,2S4 bales last
year, making the total thus far for the
season, 5,41O,S92 bales, against 1892, 1919
bales last year, an increase of l,3OS, 163
bales.
Northern mill takings and Canada dur
ing the past seven days show an increase
of 22,S44 bales, as compared with the cor
responding period last year, and the total
takings since September have increased
Al ,99S bales.
The total takings of American mills,
north and south and Canada, thus far
for the season have been PHI ,425 bales,
against 2,11S,670 bales. These include
1 ,46S,4 35 bales by northern spinners,
against ], 426, 437 bales.
Stocks at the seaboard and twenty-nine
,nfn,,ipn hnv
decreased during the week 1888 bales,
against decrease during the correspond
ing period last season of 95,424 bales, and
are now III 1885 bales larger than at this
date in 1894. Including stocks left over
and at ports from the last crop, the num-
Der of bales brought into sight thus far
for the new crop supply to date is S,252,-
547 bales against 6,7S0,971 bales for the
same time last year.