The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1900-09-13
THE COTTON CROP OF 1900 1900
Secretary Hestcr's Report Says. the
Total Was O.i30,,ltU BaIes-South
Carolina Leads In Manufacturing,

Secretary Testers Report Saws. the
Total Was O.I3O,ltU BaIes-South
Carolina Leads in Manufacturing.
Secretary Hester's New Orleans cot
u few days ago. He puts the cotton
crop Of 1899 1900 at 9,43G, ,416 bales, a
decrease OF 1913, ,424 under 1898 80. or
| this he says that Texas, including
Indian Territory, shows a falling of OF
9G4 900, the group OF other Gulf States,
consisting Of Louisiana, Arkansas,
Mississippi, Tennessee, Oklahoma,
Utah and Kansas, 100000, and tho AT
lantic States, consisting Of Alabama,
Georgia, Florida, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Kentucky and Vir-
ginia, $4,000. He places the average
commercial value Of the crop at 3S 50
dollars per bale against 25.OS dollars
last year, 20 G2 dollars year before last
and 36.I6 dollars IN lS9GGI, and the
total value OF the crop 1868, 7S5, 900
against $282, 773. .O00 last year and 1922,
553, 900 the year before. He calls at
tention TO the fact that tho money
value Of the cotton crop just marketed
in S8l ,0l2,OOO over the l89S-99 crop,
which was Il ,S38, 600 bales more. He
puts the total spindles in the South ut
I'9Is ~ Thnsa oI ioI,JI 80 HSs tnS yCai VI
~. nno,.,,ot M no"
~ s nos s"ih III 'ne
m"r'H, ,,"a n " @ oo"CiGfn 1i3 lniiis over last
,, eco - H. o' s '"h.ns Sno .oeai
ai,;aI hTT Hu3' "uu En1 oon9u'i'p''oh HAS oeeh
f'oo 90 'o.'o"s
h!anama' l4',9Z2 bales, an increase
OF lo:lo0'
Arkansas, 1850 bales, decrease OF
oo|'
Ge0rgia' 5"9' llo oales, an Increase OF
o',3o".
hcntucky, ZI,o3", an Increase OF 69I.
t,ulslana' 10, 4zo, decrease OF l,605.
Alsslsslppl, 22,3oo, an Increase OF
z,o2o.
Missouri, 4, lbs, an Increase OF l6u.
Mort" Carolina, 40 ,6SG, an Increase
VI ,, D",.H'i >,,,, ,n- me ,.
-, o,nt O"' o''H"' ''''O' OH 'ho' o'o'ee
VI 1o, ,T, ioo' go,
, -, pnos'oo' ''''''' "n 'hcre"se o'
'm - n,,
ui"ni,,a i" io1 a. ,n1l in oo ", ,,'5" 300
raei Na',' "u ,uo' oaso VI ''''''
CO. un'p'ioii W oo''oii ~, ~ tne
Son',' SoIn '''''''@ al 'no'C"'o " i'''' 10
'"ies'
In reference 10 the general manu-
iacIurlng Industry ol the country ana
lts comparative progress North and
oonIn, ne says INA! up 10 "lthln sixty
or ninety oay" an actlVe demand pre-,
vailed lor manufactured goods, ana
notwlthstaaulng the maIerlal advance
In the price OF the ra" material, due
To shortage OF the crop and hight
supplies tne world over every available
looru and spindle In the country was
ousliy engaged. Inc Chlnese altlicul-
Ties prought thlS actlVlty 10 u sudden
halt, but not uLtil the amount OF cotton
consumed had reacheu hgure In e%'
cess OF any year on record. he puts
the consumption OF Northern mills ut
2,"oo, ooo oaies, whlch, together with
that Oh Inc ooutll, makes an aggregate
lof the ehtire dr % country ol ''oS''ooo oales
agaInsS ,S,oo''ooo l'sI year. an increase
OF 'oo,ooo'
MIR. Hester further remarks that,
taken rs whole, the year has been a
prosperous one for both the manu-.
facturer and grower OF cotton. The
large increase in manufactures is de-
veloping more strongly the necessity
for an Increased outlet In the way OF
EXPORTS, To which mill owners have re-;
Gently been giving marked attention.
He contends that the check caused by
the troubles In the far East Is an object
lesson showing that we have reached q
point where this country can not ab-
sorb the quantity OF goods manufacture
cd. The tendency, he says, is strongly
in the direction OF domestic spinnefs
working up the bulk OF the Gotten
grown In the United States into yarns
and fabrics. That this Is a revolution
which has set Ia so strongly, and
esPcclally In the Sonth, mat IL Is cer-
!e,n IN the long run 10 provo SUCCESS