The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-01-28
TESTERS COTTON STATEMENT
WEEKLY REPORT OF THE CROPS
STATISTICAL POSITION.
c.r.,,,or Made in Memphis fig
ures-A Decrease In the
The Amount Into sight

Nav orleans, January T-secretai9
Hester's weekly statement OF the wo'ie
visible supply of cotton compares the ny
,res of this week with last week anu iase
year II shows a decrease for the week
inat closed of 1851 bales against ue
crease of GOSH last year. ,,,st
Tho total visible is 5,025,1S against 0,
INK o3h last week and 4,441, i29 last yea
OF this the total of American COTTON 10
IN 1884 against 4,S46.O35 last week anu
,42s last year ana Oh IAN All o etc sh40oo
ayainst $50 900 last week, 226,0 900 last year
and 81, 420 in 1896. ...o,
The total worlds visible supply of cotton
shows decrease compared with last weea
Of 1851 bales and an increase compared
with last year OF 577,iob. .,.,,,.
Note-The actual reduction in the visipie
supply compared with last weeks totai Is
"a al. In total of which 1859 is American.
These totals include Memphis stock cor
| rectiou. which should have been mace pre-
yious to this week, so that the net reauc-
ton for the week proper is o5,0zo, OF winch
80, 026 American.
| Secretary Hester's Weekly New Orleans
| Cotton Exchange Statement shows de-
crease in the movement into sight com
pared with the seven days ending this date
| last year in round figures 50,0oo.
| For the twenty days OF January tue
totals show decrease under last year OF
| 1856. 000
For the 149 days of the season that have
| elapsed the aggregate is ahead OF the las
| days of last year 21S,000.
The amount brought into sight during the
| past week has been 216,242.
These make the total movement for the
149 days from September to date 8,696,206,
| against S47S.195 last year.
| The movement since September shows
] receipts at all United States ports 6,6SI DOL,
against 6,52S,0S2 last year. Overland across
| the Mississippi, Ohio and Potomac rivers
to Northern mills and Canada s42.sse,
against S34, 218 last year. Interior stocks
in excess OF those held at the close OF the
commercial year 51o,22s against 517,192 last
year. Southern mill takings $3.50, against
59870S last year
Foreign exports for the week have been
173751, against 140.5i5 last year.
Northern mill takings during the past
seven days show an increase Of 1908 as
compared with the corresponding period
last year and their total takings since Sep
TENDER / have decreased 1888. The tota
takings of American mills, North anc
South and Canada, thus far for the season
have been 2,130.131, against 2,125,264 last
year. These include 1.511,910 by Northern
spinners, against 1.515,249.
Stocks at the seaboard and the twenty
nine leading Southern interior centers have
decreased during the week 6S4s3 bales
against decrease during the correspond
ing period last season of 1925 and arr
now 1884 smaller than at this date il
1898.
Including stocks left over at ports ant
interior towns of the last crop and tn,
number of bales brought into sight thu
far for the new crop. the supply to date i
S.s63,772, against S,594,794 for the SAM
period last year.
Note-In interior stocks corrected by de
duction of errors in Memphis stock, sa,
from November, figures 1417 bales; Decem
Der 1888. and January 9765, making
total of 24.S2b.
The latter has been taken from amour
in sight to date, but does not affect thi
weeks totals