The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-11-02
uEsrnns MONTHLY STATEMENT
Nfovern ent for October Beats All Rec
nrds for the sumo Month.


New Orleans November 1.--Seerctary Hes
| ters monthly New Orleans cotton exchange
report issued today, embraces tho movement
| TO October 81 inclusive. The amount of cot
ton brought into sight for the month of De
toter, 22gi, l05, was the largest OF any DC
tobei on record. the next largest having beei
October, 1894, the year of the 800, 900 crop
when 1t reached 2.ldo 996. and the third largest
in 1891 tho year OF the 9.0S5 900 crop. when II
reached 2.03o.64s. The movement for the past
month is also tho heaviest OF any month on
record, except that OF November OF last year,
when 2.349.751 bales came into sight. Com
pared with last year the month is ahead III
ieund figures 4o2, 900 bales, ahead of year be
fore last by SS3, 900 aud ahead OF 1884 by loo'-
600
Tho total for October was 2.29i, 1906, against
1891 1887 last year, i.pll,4lo year before last
and 2.1i0,996 for the same umo IN lSvi.
The amount brought into sight Tor the tws
mcnths of September and October shows an
increase of 2SS, ll9 over last year, an increase
OF 9o.bi2 over year before last and an increase
OF 4la. 1892 over 1894.
The movement first of September to October
shows receipts Mt nil United States delivery
portp of 24iO 3gs, against 2,i9i,6 lS last year
1854 $50 year before last and 2l52,2a8 for tho
same time IN 1874; net overland movement b!
rail across the Mississippi, ONO and Potoma'
rivera 1924, against 1.GlS last year, 242,'
SCI year before last and 252. 1872 for the Same
time in 1891; Southern mill takngs, exclusive
of quantity consumed at Southern outporis
23I 1853 against 227 .677 last year. 1880 yeal
before last and 16i.S79 for tho same time In
1924 and interior stocks In excess OF tnost
hello ut the commencement OF the season
al 500 against 3l7, i23 last year, 3l4,7 $50 year
before last and 2il,929 for the same tune -
1894 Northern spiDners took during October
1853 bnins, against 23i .254 and 2?l ,26i veal
b. ore last including their total for the tw,
months to 3l3, b67 against 535, 502 last year and
4f7459 the year before. This makes their
average weekly takngs thus far for the sea.
son 35,9S3, against b0,sl1 last year and 61,Si,
the year before.
Foreign exports for the first two months
have been S44 bales, showing an increase
over last season OF 10, los and an increase
over the same period year before last OF $780,
S7l
Tho gain In foreign exports during October
eonirared with October last year has been
105 1Gi aud compared with the same period
year before last go lVl.
Stocks at the seaboard and the twenty mine
leading Southern interior markets at the close
81 October was 1.5fi ,4D7, against 1,096,33S the
same date last year and 1,5i1,2I0 the year be-
fore.
Including ports and anterior towns left over
from the previous season and the numbcF Of
the current crop brought Into eight durlpg tho
Two months the supply has been 35i7, 1921,
against 3,tI7ssO last year and 3,fel392 tho
year before.
In TO this date last year 20 44-100 per cent
of the cotton crop had bean marketed, and for
the same two months In 1896 the percentage OF
the crop brought into sight WAS SO and for the
same time ia 1894 tho percentage marketed
was rs 40-10o