The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-30

this county to do any good since July l.
Cotton all open on the stalk. Farmers
rushing the gathering for fear Of waste
by storm or rain.
Emory--w. o. Hehison; Cotton Is about
dried IN. and balo to three or four acres
Is now Indicated.
puhlln--H, A. Smith; Hot and dry
one-half.
San Marcos--Miss Tonic Ford: Hot
sun damaging cotton plant.
Arlington---J w. Hammock: Very hot
and dry. Prospects OF cotton crop reduced
fully one-half. Rain would not do cotton
any good
Kingsbury--H. Schmidt: Dead cotton
Will all be open next week. and there is
not cotton flower TO be seen in any Of
the cotton fields Cotton dying in places
whore Il never did before.
Tenaha--A. n. Bryan; Warm and dry.
Cotton wilted to top, with only light bot
tom crop. Prospects indicate a bale to
four acres.
Highiand--J, N. earrin: Cotton crop
very short. Dry weather has reduced
prospects fully one-halt.
Livingston--F, @ Kehiinger; Cotton
picking Is about two weeks earlier tnan
last year.
GALVESTON TRIBUNE ON COTTON.
Galveston. Texas, August se.-.Tho Evening
Tribune cotton crop reporter sizes M the situ-
alton MS follows in that paper this afternoon;
The cotton situation today is remarkable,
Tho whole cotton bolt has boen dTouth-
stricken for nearly six weeks pur,ns tne
present month damage has been uona which
amounts to tho loss OF i5Ou,e0a or 2,uOou.v
bales yet, with conditions tar worse today
than they have been at any time since the
drouth hogan. prices are nearly ~ ponts
lower than they were nearly three weeks age.
Texas Ia said TO be the keynote 20 the situa'
,ton TEXAS has an immense acreage. In TINS
state alone the DAMAGE within the last month
u estimated at from ooo,pN 70 tppivVV palss
Today, with no rain ana no preoeuon OF ,"in,
with government reports from nearly every
cotton state In tho Union OF great loss TO the
crop. prices declined,
/; heeins to look rs though the cotton plank
ere Ar, not only going 10 lose by reason oil 9
short erop but by reason OF low prices as
we'll Tho English spinners have rosoiutety
determined not 20 believe anything eNeen'
what MIR, Noill tells them, and they have
practically withdrawn from the market TOT my
lime being The sales Of spots In Liverpool
ordinarily 10 0a0 bales day. do rot now aver
nse $500 Apparently the game is 10 freeze
out the American farmer aad SCI uhe crop "
such nEutes as the English splnuers hh
In beating down prices tho Ensilsh mousse
have able allies both In New fork ana Ne"
Orleans 49,,
The proportion OF ram III ANNSe ~ '"A -
,nnnth is abou, euual 10 what n decent water
ins pct would hold FOR the watering OF leVV
acre Held, yet an isolated local shower ina
hardly lays tho dust In any town 10 ieNas
Arkansas or Oklahoma is enough to knogf
ths stufhnS ont OF the value OF thu whole cot
ton product az the world, .
such n situation would be ridiculous u y
were not OF such deep concern to the people
81 the South,
The Galveston News. which, lew daTl
$40. came out with crop report indicating
lnss Of 1sS per cent In the yield IN Texas, an
nounees that the damage has been SO sISa
aimee the collection OF its returns iha, y W.,
10 necessary for I; 20 publish another report
T.he News supplemental report Is likely I
show that, instead Of s,iec,oeN bales Tor Iexas
as indicated in the returns rrn'ea tne ~ ns,'e
dsv. ;he maximum yield possible is 2,'sVoN.
nut Mr. Neill and The English sptnnoTs an
some American sliies 81 the EnEhhn SPINNER
/ ~ tSo price cf cotton regardless Of the Eep
| ~ AZ ,-ado dstpand for ,rndc conditions Ar
1 excellent and everything but cotton Is com
u,andinF a good price.