The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-02-08
HEsTERs MONTHLY STATEMENT

New Orleans. La, Feb. p Secretary
Hester's monthly cotton statement
shows the largest movement of cotton
in sight for January, on record, the total
amounting to 1877 ,394 bales.
The next largest was in january, 1898.
when the total reached 1,019, 1917. Last
year the january total was l2S.2G3.
The amount of the crop brought into
| sight for the five months from SePtem-
Der to January, inclusive, is 1.ol0,9GG
| over laSct year and 3,O66,37S over year
before last.
The movement from the first of Sep
tember to january 31st. includes total
| receipts at aIl United States delivery
ports, 6,702,951, against 5,61o,193 last
wear; overland movement by railroads
across the Mississippi. Ohio and Potomac
river $50, 123. against G34.612 last year;
Southern mill takingS exclusive of
quantity consumed at Southern outports,
567,352 against 543.352 last year and in
terror stocks in excess Of those held at
the commencement of the season, oO6,-
$50 against So ,J0 last year.
Northern s~pinners took during january
300 10 bales against 1lS.0IS last year.
Foreign export for the first five months
Vt the season nave been 4,694,261 bales
showing an increase over last season OF
i94 ,297. Stocks at the seahoard and the
twenty-nine leading Southern interior
markets on january 31st Were 1900
)1S against 1,J24,7O5 the same date last
year.
Including ports and interior towns lief,
| over from the previous season and the
| number of bales of the current crop
Brought into sight during the five
months, the supply has been s, 153,9S1
against 1.4G3,010 last year.
New Orleans, La. Feb. 4.-Sccretary
fIe>ter'S weekly cotton statement shows
that the movement of the crop has
PASSED the eight and three quarter mil
i0n mark. 1t also indicates that more
| cotton has been marketed to date by
10000 bales than was embraced in the
! entire commercial crop ct last year. The
| aggregate for the five months and four
days Of this season having reached i'll
round figures S.11t.O0O bales, while last
years total crop was S,IoS,GoO.
The weeks figures show an increase
IN the movement into sight compared
with the seven days ending this date
asst year i'll round figures III 900 bales.
Fer the 1oT days of the season that
have elapsed, the aggregate IS ahead Of
the 151 days of last year 1.515,OoO. The
movement since September list shows re-
1 'Niltt0 CT Ill tlIIltt sNldl1 lpl - oto--'
100 against 5.6S3.61O last year; over
and across the Mississippi Ohio and
Potomac rivers to Northern mills and
| Canada S11,941 against GA ,692 last
wear; interior stocks in excess Of those
held at the close of the commercial year
492.OS3 against 31O,4S3 last year;
Southern mill takings exclusive Of con
sumption at Southern outports 5S4,SI3
against 3J9.S13 last year. Foreign eX-
ports for the week have been n $50
against 1884 last year. making the
total thus far for the season 1885, 23
against 4.276.:511 last year. The total
takiEgs of Northern mills thus far fol
the season have been LOGO, 100 against
1920, 1913 last year.
Stocks at the seaboard and the TWEEN
ty-nine leading southern interior centcrs
nave decreased during the weeks 34.04O.
and there are NOW 37I .O13 in excess of
this date last year.
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 1891. St3 against Z,
531,2OI for the sane period last year.
COTTON'S VISIBLE SUPPLY.
New Orleans, Feb. Secretary Hes
ter places the worlds visible of cotton
for the week just closed at 4,463.11f
bales. against 4,447.429 last week, and
H.01S.9lo last year. OF the former
about 4,2Oo,114 bales are American cot
| ton.