The age-herald., 1898-03-03
Daily Statement

NeW Orleans, March 2-Cobton firm {; sales. 1900; ordinary, 43z good ordinary 5s; low middnng, 57-1s; middling, ,5N; good niddling, SIS; midddng fair, 6 9-16; receipts 12, 236; stock 510 436. ss
 Galveston-F'irm middling, 6; sales 2,114; receipts, 5,372; stock, 146.O57.
 Mobile-Firm; middnng. 5%; sales, 600; receipts, 400 stock, 47, 119.
 Savanall-Steady; middhng. 5N; sales 659; receipts, 3,621; stock, 96.S97.
 Charleston-Steady; middling, 5N; re- ceipts, SS2: stock, 34,3B
 Wilmington-Firm; middling 5A; receipts. 255: stock 9, ,121.
 Norfolk-F'irm middling, 6; sales, 295; re- eeipts, S43; shock, 64,173
 Baltimore-Nomnal; middling, SIS; re- ceipts, S33; stock, g, 146
 Boston-Dull middling, 6ss; receipts net, 3S1; gross 1,356.
 Phiiade'phia-Quet; middhng, 6 9-16; re- ceipts, 263; stock, 11.649.
 Memphis-Firm; midIiiing, 5A; sales, 1850; receipts, 2.572; stock, 109, ,113.
 Augusta-Birm; middhng, 61s; receipts, 5f2 stock, 54, ,351.
 St. Louis-Steady; middling 3-16; sales, 6, ,3l2.
 Houston-Steady; midd@ng, G. sales, 3S3; receipts, 7,S37; stock, 60,317 expected to- morrow, 6,500
 PlIiladelphia-C Sl6 ,294; bal ances, $1, ,SS8, AT.
 Louisville-Middfng 6.
 Consohdted statement-Net receipts, 106.- 749; exports Great Britain, 45, ,34S France, 4O,1e7; Continent, s3,sS9; stock, 1,152,SS6
 New Orleans. March 2-Secretary Hes- ter's New Orleans cotton exchange state ment, issued today, covers the monthly movement to Feb. 2S. Compared with last year it shows an increase for the month in round figures of Ss7 900 bales; compared with year before last, an increase of 375.- lxrrffla inp 0f
 Tine total for February was S2,841 bales, against 4S5636 last year, 507 ,215 year be- fore last and 572,442 for the same time in 1895.
 The amount of the crop brought into sight for the six months from September to February, inclusive, is 1908, 900 over last year. 8, ,442,000 over year before last and 933 GOO over 1895. 3 25
 The movement of the 1st of September to Feb. 2S includes total receipts at all United States delivery ports, 7,440S7S,, against 6,012, ,692 last year. 4,490 799 year be- fore last and 6S2S.1S2 for the same time in 1895; overland movement by railroads across the Mississippi, Ohio and Potomac rivers, 9S1 ,662, against 720,189 last year, 661,- 014 year before last and 8SS. 300 for the same time in 1885, southern mill takings. exclu- sive of quantity consumed at southern outports, 69,713, against 639,713 last year, 572,S05 year before last and 531 ,793 for the same time in 1885, and interior stocks In excess of those held at the comn1epce- ment of the season 42S ,0l5. against s8S last year, 353, ,6i6 year before last and s3S,- OFT for the same time in 1895. AM
 These make the total amount of tfiG cot ton crop brought into sight during the six months ending Feb 2s. 9.52o. .26S, aHainst TIPS 091 last year; 6,078,2G4 year before last and S.5S6.gl2 same time in 1895. @
 Northern spinners took during February 225. .s16 bales, against 165 773 last year, and u7,2Sl year before last. increasing their total for the six months to SOP ,g14, atsai1ast 1850 ,S39 last year and 1,316,397 the year pe- fore. This makes their average weekly 532 last year and 50,6S0 the year before
 Foreign exports for the first six months of the season have been 5.404,009 bales, showing an increase over last season of 730 03S and over the same period year be- fore last of 2,1135n. &
 Stocks at the seaboard and the twenty nine leading southern interior markets on February 2s were 1,74S139, against 1, ,27c. .340 the same date last year and 1S5,473 the year before
 Including stocks at ports and interior towns left over from the previous season and the number of bales of the current crop brought into sight during the six months, the supply has been 9636, ,S22 against 7.950,646 last year and 6'3SS, ,218 the year before
 Up to Feb. 2S last year ss.92 per cent. of the cotton crop had been marketed and for the same six months in 1896 the per- centAge of the crop brought into sight was