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

New Orleans, April 1.-Secretary, Hes
ter's New Orleans Cotton Exchange
statement, issued today. covers the month,
ly movement to March 81. Compared
with last year, it shows an increase FOR
the month in round figures Of 1l,OOV
bales, compared with the year before last
loss of 21S,000 bales and with 1914 Z
gain of 10000 bales. The total for Marcn
was 30O,O4O bales against 379,Oo5 bales
last year, 6OS,015 bales year before last
and 3O0,343 bales same time in lSsF
The amount of crop brought into sight
for the seven months from September to-
March inclusive is 1,447,O0O bales over
last year. 1,291 600 bales under the year
before last and 9S7 900 bales over 1884. +
The movement from September to.
March 81 includes total receipts NJ ail,i
United States delivery ports, 6,3o3,6i4
bales against 4,S16,275 bales last year,
1857, sol bales year before last and
8, 495, OO2 bales same time in 1894.
Net overland movement by railroads
across the Mississippi, Ohio and Po-
tomac rivers, 782,945 bales against 720,-
S67 bales last year, 974,523 bales year
before last and 1895 bales same time
in 1894.
Southern mill takings, exclusive Of the;
quantity consumed at southern outports-
677,951 bales against 660,831 bales last
year, 6O9,S95 bales year before last and
:o.35, 625 bales same time In 1874, and IN
terror stocks in excess OF those held at
the commencement of the season, l39,69V
bales against 254,337 bales last year.,
252, 90S bales year before last and 49,
707 bales same time in 1894.
These make the total amount OF the
cotton crop brought into sight during the
seven months ending March 81, 7004,26O
bales against 6,477,310 bales last year..
9194D27 bales year before last and
6,016,651 bales same time in 1894.
Northern spinners took during March
112 1923 bales against 1884, bales last
year and 170,569 bales year before last,
increasing their total for the seven months
to ,457 500 bales against 420,296 bales
last year and 1,941 $3.50 bales the year be-
takings for the season 4S, 1872 bales
against 1866 bales last year and 64,1lS'
bales the year before.
Foreign exports for the first seven
months of the season have been 5,l2O,OOb
bales, showing an increase over last sea-
son of 1,344, 1886 bales and decrease UNI
der the same period year before OF DID,
800 bales -5
Stocks at the seaboard and twenty-nine
leading southern interior markets on
March 81 were 966,S03 bales against
OoZ,tOC DdleS tue same uute iaSt ye"i oiisA
1,1S5,605 bales the year before.
Including ports and interior towns left
over from the previous season and the
number of bales of the current crop
brought into sight during the seven
months, the supply has been S324SO9
bales against 6, 767, 273 bales last year and
9,43O,957 bales the year before.
Up to March 81 last year, 30 22-10O
per cent of the cotton crop had been mar
keted, and for the same seven months in
1895 the percentage of the crop brought
into sight was .92 S7-10O, and for the
keted was 81 62-100.
No points are included in this years
movement that are not included in all
other years compared with. No correc-
tons are included in this years move
ments that were permitted to remain until
the close of the season in previous years