The Grenada sentinel., 1899-03-11
INTERESTING DATA.

The SENTINEL is ever wide awake 10
what is real news and to the import.
ance of giving circulation to matters
| worthy OF perusal. Hence when II
gave up a good part Of its valuable
space to the comparative statement Of
the cotton crop, compiled by the Shing'
leur-Johnston Cotton Company, it
knew what was genuine information.
as confirmed by the following extract
from the New Orleans Picayune
In response to calls for information
from merchants and shippers, the
Shingleur-Johnston Cotton Company,
of jackson and Grenada, has issued Il
statement concerning the cotton crop
which will be found Of interest. From
this statement the following extracts
are taken:
general estimates are made Of the
amount to be received from Sept. L..
1899, and the comparison made to the
total crop Of 1928.
"Statements are made relative to the
present crop left in the fields, acreage
for the coming crop, credits to be ex.
tended, quantity Of mules sold, condi
ton of labor, and the sales of fertiliz-
ers. all Of which are of vital import
ance, and are treated with just as re-
ceived from the thirty-four different
places named in the inclosed state
menL.
ut will be observed that:
1.-THE total crop season lS97-9S was
332. .O44 bales cotton; receipts to date
are 1880; receiDts to the same date
!! last year were 256.575; stock now held
1886: estimated receipts to Sept. l.,
1899, 80, 500; the general movement to
date is 65,5S5 bales less than last years
movement at the same date; by adding
to the total receipts to date, which are
l99, 800 bales, the stock now held, 49,
3l5 bales. and estimated receipts to
Sept. |, 1899, 39,690, we have a total
crop of lS9s-99 of 252,995, against the
total crop of 1928 of 332, O44 bales,
showing a decrease of 79,049 bales.
Making a general decrease equal to
q. 81 per cent. which, against an actual
decrease in movement to date of M.7O
per cent, would indicate that our
friends haye been inclined to be liberal
in making their estimates Of the
quantity to be received.
''Contlictiug opinions are held re-
garding the acreage Of the
coming crop. Seventeen replies
give an average estimate de-
crease of 1888 per cent. Three say it
! will be reduced, and the balance,
fourteen, are of the opinion that the
acreage will be about the same
"Ncarly all agree that the credits
lines will be drawn much tighter than
ever before, and that labor is discour-
aged, discOntented ard demoralized.
There is left no room for doubt that
the sale of mules and fertilizers will be
enormously reduced. In addition, we
hear many complaints Of severe
mortality among mules during the
recent frigid weather. Estimates OF
fertilizers are omitted at several places
owing to the fact that in those sections
fertilizers are to a very small extent
ever used. There will be decrease OF
at least 50per cent in the fertilizer
using sections.
The general estimates made of the
amount of cotton left in the fields show
a smaller percentage than we had ex.
pected. This is matter Of cOngratula-
lion, for the one who hopes to realize
anything on cotton left in the field
during the recent bad weather is un-
doubtedIy doomed to disappointment.
Such stuff can hardly be worth the
labor of handling. Many acres of un'
picked cotton are already abandoned to
the cows. The general character OF
present country receipts show very low
and undesirable cotton. A white bale
is now an exceedingly scarce article.
I'VE commend these facts to your
careful attention, being very true
index to the condition prevailing
throughout large portion OF one OF
the best cotton-raising states in the
union.'