The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-04
and to curtail the use of commercial ferti-

and TO curtail the use of commercial ferti-
lzers.
August Of last year ended In cyclone
winch was followed by storms of wind and
ram during the harvest, and this so dam
aged the quality of the crop that there was
an exceptionally large proportion of the
low grades. These brought low prices.
but met with ready sale to supply the
piaSe OF Egyptians, the crop of which was
defective in staple. Indeed, the demand
TOT tnese qualities was so great that the
prices for Floridas and Georgias advanced
sc per pound from the lowest point and
caused like advance in the higher grades;
ior towards the end of the season the sup
ply became so limited that the trade was
forced to buy not what it preferred. but
what 1t could get. Perhaps never before
nave stocks been so small in the interior,
al the ports, and in spinners' hands. Trade
revived at a time when the supply was
limited. In weight the Carolina bag
weighed 1885, against 366.S2 pounds last
year, ana the Florida and Georgia bale
4ol.6 against SS9.61 pounds.
In Charleston the sales were small in
September and October. and confirmed the
estimates Of half crop. Acting on this
peHef, the factors named extreme figures
1or the new crop, and the sales in these
TWO months were almost entirely of old
crop. The extra. extra crops were held
at 6Oc. and extra fine at 45c to soc, but at
the end of October. factors despairing of
obtaining these high figures. accepted 4Sc
10 5Oc for few of the extra, extra crops,
ana BIC to 4Oc for some of the extra fine.
The quantity of the grades below fully
hne was small, and soon exhausted at our
quotations. The few sales quoted at low
er prices at the end of the season were not
or fun quality. AT that time off cottons
We're sold at 12c and 14I9c. The higher
grades were slow of sale. and factors, aft
er refusing many better offers were event.
ually forced to accept the best prices they
could obtain which were towards the last
l0414c below the opening quotations. The
highest price paid was SOC early in Deem
Der for a small lot of extra extra.
las is usually the case, Floridas were
neglected to a great extent, early in the
season for Georgias, and the opening quo
tations were barely sustained until about
the middle of December when. after some
concession in prices, the market harden
ed; and when the supply of Georgia was
nearly exhausted, prices advanced about Sc
per pound for the current grades. There
was not a corresponding advance in East
Floridas, but some lines of fancy color and
staple brought as high as 1Sc 10 zoe,
There was a good, steady demand for
Georgias from the opening of the season,
but this was so freely met that only in
side quotations were obtained until to-
wards the close of November when prices
began 10 go up, and continued to do so I'M
til an advance of fully &c per pound was
established.
I'm Carolina, about the Beaufort district.
a little less land was planted, and the
spring was late, but since then, and until
quite recently, the season has been favor
able and there is no reason why nearly
fun crop-say about 5000 or $500 bags
should not be made.
III, i Al,
couraged by better prices, increased the
acreage some 8 to 10 per cent; and al
though unable to invest as largely as US
ual in commercial fertilizers, has used
more new seed; the season also has been
on the whole favorable, and unless some
thing occurs to change prospects, the yield
of the two states should be fully 7500O
bales, giving a total crop of about 5000
bales. But 1t is too early to venture an
estimate. The crop is maturing rapidly,
and good receipts are expected for this
month OF the new crop there have been
received twenty-seven bales Florida and
Georgias, the quality of which is good.
For fancy Georgias 15c is asked and two
bales extra choice have been sold at 1412c.
We expect a crop of good quality, aud
moderate, but higher prices than the aver
age of last year"
In his general statement a the end or
the report. Mr. Young gives the net re-
ceipts at different ports, and also the eX-
ports from these ports. The receipts at
Charleston for the year were $685. bales,
Savannah, $3.50 bales, Brunswick, 4474
bales, and Jacksonville, 1892 bales, max
ing a total of 67,611 bales. OF the South
Carolina crop of $3.50 bales, $500 bales
were received at Charleston, and at Sa-
vannah Georgia crop, 1913 bales, came to
Savannah and 4,474 went to Brunswick;
Florida crop 1921 bales came to Savan-
nah and 1892 bales went TO Jacksonville;
the Louisiana crop of bales went to
Charleston. The stock on hand Sept l,
1899. was S47 bales, $50 of which were at
Charleston and 81 a Savannah.