The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-08-17

tent Depression. took place to-day IN cotton In the
ness OF trade and speculation. This crop is now az.
S6SS,9 ogt a :. irn,iihIo0;o9o t to II 200, 600 Sn 6slcs, and &C,
mill, hold 10000. bales more cotton than at this
s,ms lsss yIs ear vod II i MSnsd to IMAM many as though ugh, th Z s con.
1 %Spl S", naS 81 so A%e 4 e S.G Gotten, and nSo the IN mills nSS o S. ths
more y American L NJ cotton e fcnT tSsn At 'e this time HGS'H last years. Ss'I:
While the Visible supply Of American cotton is approx;
Neil Bros. issued an estimate which, though rather
s sSsSa'S i f SS sG%si s as Il sslc1 u %H scT SfT oS 10. SOC SSS goo
5 1ss eo6 SS oS assured. one Of II LOCO 900 as probable and
that there is a large short interest here. especially for
sSEeisn account: Besides. the crop news Was not
ceipts. though slightly larger than . week ago. as
Behind t%ii Siff sSoss G of tsi 70 G time arc la nsSc gsSS. The very ero oSt
II T. estimated. is about a month late in somo
] esiilt1s g sf s$r the inst sSsssn sss Sd RsT t sS5sSp o ssf t 3 SslS:
an dn Goa. aSniR Rot o ssJ, n ~ pSs Bales t6 of n dSy a last sea No
less than 5,7os new a year ago. New orleans ro-
oeiyed a.lst bales to-day. g which none was new.
ana some think that pretty soon the question p
t in'lf di tiSsi Raet Gai DS n they % tSI ESSy1 that p asSsSs "a
point to q r]elatiyely light movement IN sept9%S,
sg4er Rns assSal TeSkly 70 report sPS crop 81 f soosdssSs0 .n sHS
i've nSG Tains mas ana T I,6s os sSS.S,6 from 9y. So tss Srsa,s sFG sS9t
Of the central and eastern districts of the cotton belt.
n rom MHi iHso ssSa sro e sG9 naRs Fr rsptTte Dust IN ai %is in5aT3
ATasnSSs; and oklsh9ms The CROP + doing vel. and
Texas cotton has deteriorated As a result Of dry
over SSasa MANY @P parts %ai'f The t1 State. The he e crop Is do '%&f Tsi
In some portions" In other words. tie crop reports
man, u his latest report dated Aug: u, stated
that the boil wesvil in TEXAS had caused
extended over . considerablo area. adding that
suit: in 0 q notiesabi %i1 mod disc aRa s of pqeRcu nS9 cone ae:
dihon estimates; Still there was more or less hquida-
sight shorts c severe ' to some se e1ts saS and 1Sy there was
SaiS b s0R aSoI new Nb 61 SaIiSSyod T tSot distant Ms no p 9SGs % T fsoS
with another biz crop. but there was no very agGres-
siye selling; The weather reports to-day were gen,
decidedly bearish in their convictions. though some
Of the bears deemed Il prudent to cover, and
and. the unfsvorable crop reports from some
SECTIONS encopraged some outside operators TO buy.
agar Aus"'1 op pSi aug Ela ao Aug ian a"'Rs xfrs n eleSr a AND
f fSyor.Sls. r SSg orl lear ans, Avg w. 5; Te% morS
light shower here on 18th inst. but was not general.
Some Some los S0rs;GcI need rain, but to cotton Ii,h has not o s1f.
plants Of damage ~ boil worms eontinue;" Hele-
little too much rain in The bottom lands" Meridian.
Miss. Aug. IL situation critical. should rains
extremely dry and hot weather, this crop will be o
mall one Augusta, Ga, Aug; Reports Of
eastern Alabama" Atlanta. Ga. Aug. is..."No
Ga, Aug. 10" Many hollis rotted. Similar reports
are reaching us from various sources, and from en-
tirely different localities" Augusta, Ga, Aug. 49,
a Rains must be causing serious damage" Columbia,
8. c., Aug. 13.-"In Fairfield county yesterday the
crop looked very fine, we'll worked. large and we'll
fruited. 1t would seem that recent rains would have
too much foliage. but the fruit has kept up
with the growth Memphis Aug. IL Rains past
three weeks caused cotton to fruit slowly when 1t
should fruit rapidly. Wet or cool weather next two
or three weeks and killing frost at average date would
play havoc with the crop. but as plant Is large and
healthy there is plenty of time to take on fruit.
Crop looking splendid, but il in . critical position"
n. c., Aug. Think now that the size Of
the crop will depend upon the date Of the frost. as
there Ia not any danger TO be apprehended from dry
Tho Houston Posi-, under date OF Aug. IL,
says: 90 trip through Lavaca and Jackson counties
crop Is being seriously injured in those coun-
ties lying between Aransas Pass and the Southern
Pacific Railroad, including particularly LayAca,
Victoria. De Witt and Fayette counties. In
the FIRST two worms and weevil have destroyed about
OF the crop and in De Witt tho damage is
even greater. Poisoning has been going on in
dustriously, but rains have washed the poison, and
while worms continue most of the supply Of poison
IN Texas has been exhausted. Extensive damage IL
reported from worms in Goliad county"
CoPFEE-Rio on the spot was steady; No. Z, 6Lc |
The sales were 500 bags Maracaibo and $50 bags |
on private terms. Futures here closed
.teady, with prices 8 points lower TO o points higher.
The sales were 1000 bags, Hayre declined ~.
HAMBURG, was unchanged TO y pig; lower. There
10, 900 bags. No returns from Santos. The future
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