Oxford eagle., 1899-11-09
Nr. Henry NeiII Again

Nr. Henry NeiIi Again.
From the Se~ YORK >u1-
\ very pretty controversy Is
going on Just nOx between Mr.
Heary Sell. the famous cotton
expert of N~s Orleans. aud Mr..
John Hy de. the chief stafi-iician
- The government Department
OF Agriculture. NJ Nei!l l.
EASILY the best kp0wn and nest
important private cotton expert
N the eoGntry. and his views
may De said 70 De l1frolllmg
aPaa the English buyers OF this
staple. tie has been out for
,~ve-al months wIth a predic.
ton of another eaOrnoas cotton
crop. based ehieny upon the
favorable weather xhirh. he de-
eiass the crossing crop has re-
r~ivr,L TIE data .. tins charae.
Ter and the general crop eOndi-
2iaus reported By the govern
neaf are nut nearly A. favorable
- thai given rs NJ. Neil. al
though the government Nas
made no Gehalte estimate Of III
erop. a. Nr Neill has. \ long
letter La o-eu pGbiI-aesi. Hrit-
IN by Hyde 70 rrm Of cotton
mere ants here. eonir0verting
N irtah Gr. Seill-s statements
chiefly those referring ~ the
amount Of raiufsl IN th- cotton
3elt. To tazs xr. $eiII haS -
p -. IA $50 At Proclamation
People N lie cot on trad. are
naturally greatly Interested IN
the dispute Il the crop turns
oa. - D. a >hort oAe there viii
De a hlg rls- IN prlees. While If
there = another bumper crop
prices viii probably reeed-.
From The fact that the price Of
cotton la. risen decidedly al
ready Ne inter that the general
opinion If the trade lean, IN Nr.
hyde-s favor Mr.. HYDE re
erivss support also in the move
meai of the crop from the planta-
lions 70 the coast and interior
cities. II being much below that
ot last year. On the other hand
Ar. Neill and bis friends main.
tain that an immense quality of
cotton has been picked and that
the southern planters are hold
iag It back for more money.
some day, they say cotton viii
come out with a rush.
We feel that xe nav not i'm
property aliate az this time 10
certain convictions tha, We have
heretofore freely expressed con-
eer1lHg Nr. Neiii and his pro.
pAeeies- IL il exceedingly IN
fortunate for any one business
that the views of any oa- mn
have come To exercise A pre.
dominant lEr1enee over its va-i- +
0Gs fluctuations and vleissstasies
We do not think We exaggerate
N stating taa, such = the intiu-
rHce exercised Ia tae cotton
-T-l.e b. Mr. Neil. In saae
. which is Eot altu.ets.r
by the fact that on
several occasions Nr. Sei! has
been very iQcAy n ~ crsp
gr>>es-eaOTmoa weight
l,saehed 10 Mr. SeIlI-s utter.
Ilcs>- When & = known
Il lS about To issue a esrcuttr
he trade IN cotton l. sqgle-ei.
nj Fumors a. 70 tic prohaa.r ,
of The circular De-
Olae thick as sa0wnakss II (
e predicts a small crop ther- :
, a stamp Nilii0as of aoiiar, !
arg upon LIS words. aad ag
curse something besides uartI. I
4iIoR = feif : hea tArse Earss :
rove 10 be MISTAKES 4
Nov, Nklle We Ssh 20 .'s... 3
.ost eloA4tle4liy HAT Sc have .
ever heard 4 syllable Spoken .
:tIasF M Nei.l's Integrity asa .
at we believe hin % b aa
Ao=ssJ El4n. yet l. =
lvleEs taat any such position :
he occupies lgst b. vrry u =
for an honest uaau :
Be in II certainly impas-es
'JH him strenuous sblsgAlioE- D
rrtlerBee and extreme eare- .
ness. Iadeesi. one woa.a
;Hk that Mr.. SeIil would wi.a ,
stop lssaing crop estim- lies .
so44d lsssse Iaenl as rarely A. =
.SsDi- aud al such late aars.
tIe ssAsssa that they wou
{ s0rk E-ealsL