The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-18
TESTERS COTTON ESTIMATE
Shows This Years Crop Will Be Slight
ly Larger Than That OF Last Year.

New Orleans, February 17.-Secretary
Hester's statement of the worlds visible
supply of cotton made up from special cable
and Geographic advices compares the fig
ures of this week with last week, last year
and in 1895, the latter the 1901, 900 crop
year.
1t shows a decrease for the week just
closed of 1885, A bales, against a decrease of
1914 last year, and decrease of 1,739 in
1895.
The total visible is 4,747935 against 4, 914095
last week; ALI, 1876 last year, and 4,S26045 in
1895. OF this the total of American cotton
is 4,474,9S5 against A, 657,059 last week; 4,462,
1876 last year, and ,S45 in 1896; and of all
other kinds, including Egypt, Brazil, India,
ETC., 100000 against $4,000 last week; 249, 900
last year, and 3,2S9,20O in 1895.
The total worlds visible supply of cotton
shows decrease compared with last week
of 166, 124 bales, an increase compared with
last year of 1885, 739, and decrease COM
pared with 1895 of 7S,110.
New Orleans, February 17.-Secretary
Hester's weekly New Orleans cotton ex-
change statement, issued before the close of
business today shows decrease in the
movement into sight compared with the
seven days ending this date last year, IN
round figures, $4,000, decrease under the
same period year before last of 11,0OO, and
a decrease under the same time in 1895 OF
10000
For the seventeen days of February the
totals showed decrease under last year of
266 900, an increase over the same period
year before last of 1900, and decrease I'M
der 1895 of 1000. For the ITO days of the
season that have elapsed, the aggregate
Iorra of o-f
ahead of the same days year before last
l7O0O00, and behind 1895 7S3,000
The amount brought into sight during the
past week has been, $3.50 against 255.523 Ter
the seven days ending this date last year;
1O9 800 year before last and 14S,SS same
time in 1895; and for the seventeen Gays
of February it has been 13S,137 against 5S3,-
e4s last year; 3O6 $40 year before last, and
351 ,S95 same time in 1895.
These make the total movement Tor the
40 DAYS from September to date, 9,l494S4'
against 9,26S 1888 last year; 7,732,S0l year pc
fore last; and, 66,S61 same time In 1870.
The movement since September 1 SHOWS
receipts at all United States ports 7,O26,063;
against 7,1S7 ,573 last year; 5S65,S3S year be-
fore last. and 6639,556 the same time In
1896; overland across the Mississippi, ONO
and Potomac rivers to northern mills ana
Canada, 1,140,9S2; gainst 933,945 last year;
692 1858 year before last, and 81 lilo the same
those held at the close of the commercial
year, 1888 747; against 6O,9l9 last year; 2bs,4Oo
wear before last, and 2,701 same time In
1896: southern mill takings, 69S,SO2; against
CSC 1865 last year; 605, 205 year before last and
502 0g4 same time in 1895; foreign exports for
the week have been 1922, against 1851
last year. making the total thus far for the
season 1854, 219, against 5,15S,92 last year, an
increase of 475,277.
Northern mill takings during the past
seven days show decrease of 2O,397, as
compared with the corresponding period
last year. their total takings since Septem-
Der l having decreased 4,140. The total
takings of American mills north and south
and Canada thus far for the season have
been 2,431, III, against 2,423676 last year.
These include 1,7181S2 by northern spinners
against 1 ,722 1922.
Stocks at the seaboard and the twenty
nine leading southern interior centers have
decreased during the week SS,5S2 bales
against a decrease during the correspond
ing period last season Of 1886, and are
now 45O,941 smaller than at this date in
1896.
Including stocks left over at ports and in
terror towns from the last crop and the
number of bales brought into sight thus
far for the new crop, the supply to date is
9417, $50 against 9,3S5, 1887 for the same Pc
riod last year.
1t must be remembered that the weekly,
monthly and seasons comparisons in Sec
rotary Testers reports are made up to cor
responding dates last year, year before and
in 1895. Comparisons to close of corre-
spending weeks are misleading because of
the difference in days of the season.