The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-09-04
SUMMARY OF COTTON CROP.
INTERESTING FACTS IN HEsTER's
ANNUAL REPORT.

Great Increase In the Consumption
of southern NiIIs-Increase In
southern spiRdIes-Money Value of
the Crop Greater by ISL 600. 900
Than That of Is0e-DeveIopment Of
the Milling Industry An the south.
New Orleans, Sept. s-secretary Hes
tcr's New Orleans Cotton Exchange an
nual report was issued in fun to-day.
He puts the cotton crop OF lsse-ieco II
9.i3s.fs bales. a decrease OF 1885. i24. IN
der 1859 OF this. he says that Texas
including Indian Territory. shows fall
Ing of OF 81 ooo: the group Of other Gulf
states. consisting OF Louisiana, Arkansas
Mississippi Tennessee. Oklahoma. Utah.
and Kansas. 10000. and the Atlantic states
consisting OF Alabama. Georgia. Florida
North Carolina South Carolina. Kentucky
and Virginia. $500.
He places the average commercial value
Of the crop al SIS. IS per bale. against
S25.oS last year. and the total vaiuo OF
the crop. S553. 600. against $50 775 600 last
year. and $222 s5sco the year before He
calls attention to the fact that the money
value Of the cotton crop just marketed.
I Is Ni.01SOoo over the 1850 crop. which
was ls3s.ooo beles more
He puts the total spindles In the South
az s.aT,lt5. m Increase over last year OF
lA50l. These include LIS igT not yet
completed. The nee gain IN the number
OF Southern mills over last year, has
been 49, making the total now eos. the
consumption has been divided as follows:
/ Alabama. 1893 bales. an increase OF
I 1919
! Arkansas. 2.5S0 bales. a decrease Of Ne.
] Georgia. SS9.iio bales increase Of $3.50.
Kentucky. 1889. increase 6s7.
Louisiana. Is go. decrease Ices.
/ Mississippi. $50 increase 2.65s
1 Missouri. AIS. increase $50.
North Carolina. as ess. increase IS 90.
! South Carolina 1916. increase 5a.iSs
! Tennessee, s7.7i7. Increase 3.4sl.
Texas. is.o37. Increase 1878.
Mills Were Kept busy.
| Virginia. s.427 increase 222s
Total consumption OF cotton IN the
South l,597il2. an increase OF 1918
I bales
1 In reference 10 the general manufae-
I turing industry OF the country and its
comparative progress. North and South
Secretary Hester says that up to within
sixty or ninety days an active demand
prevailed for manufactured goods and
/ Notwithstanding the material advance 10
I the price OF raw material due 70 short
age OF the crop and light supplies the
world over. every available loom aud spin
de Ia the country was busiiy engaged
The Chinese difficulties brought this ac-
twty 20 a sudden halt but not until the
amount OF cotton consumed had reached
| figure In excess Of any year on record.
/ lie puts the consumption OF Northern
mills at 2So.o0) bales, which together
| NIL Of ~
gate for the entire country OF 3.ss7OoO
bales against ASSOC last year
/ Mt Hester further remarks that taken
as a whole the year has been a prosper
I Gus one FOR both the manufacturer and
grower Of cotton. The large increase In
manufactures is developing more strongly
! the necessity for an Increased outlet In
/ the way Of exports. to which mill owners
have recently been Swing marked atten-
4 tion. He contends that the check caused
by the troubles IN the Far East 10 an OBJ
jet lesson, showing that We have reach
ed a point where this country cannot alb
sorb the quantity Of goods manufactured.
The tendency, he says. is strongly In the
direction OF domestic spinners working up
the bulk OF the cotton grown In the Unit
, ed States into yarns and fabrics: that
this Is revolution which has set in 50
strongly. and especially In tho South that
I u In certain In the long run TO prove sue
/ cessful.
Developments. In the south.
In his special report on Southern con
sumption made up from actual returns OF
all the mills Ia the South he says the facts
in relation TO consumption and increase Of
spindlcs during the year are phenomenal.
Nearly every Southern state has entered
the field and IN al except Kentucky and
. Missouri new mills are being erected and
80
tainty OF building IN the near future. Now
the industry has advanced he shows by
yearly comparisons from iSeO-si showing
an Increase from 326 mills in that year TO
c63 on Sept J. 1900. He goes on 10 state
that interesting the above showing Is.
the facts are even better emphasized by
I he record OF spindles and consumption
I IN the South.
These figures show" he remarks. that
I the Southern people are IN the field OF
/ manufacture to stay and with the advant-
age on their side it r. only a matter OF
I time when most Of the raw cotton pro-
Guced in the South will be converted into
manufactured form adjacent 20 the cotton
o. a. In time every Item Of useless ex-
pense between the producer and consumer
will be eliminated ana no source capable
OF producing pront omitted"
one OF the NEST interesting features Of
Mr. Hester's report is showing OF the
worlds consumption OF American cotton
for the past two seasons, which he puts
al HOP 900 fer is99-ieo0 and iO.7eSooo for
1850 Mr. Hester makes the total visible
and invisible supply OF American cotton
In tho world on sept. /. 1900. l.lisOo0
against $4,000 last year. the total visible
and invisible supply 81 all kinds of cotton
In the world on sept /, 1900. i,733.0O0
against 3 70l go last year.
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