The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-15
.s,o NV Mayor Simpson on the charge OF
indecent assault -, atiamntins
70 criminally assault Mrs. Mary fo-iihs
COTTON is KING.
Some Interesting Facts and hi@"res
about the Useful Staplc.

Touching the outlook for trade III inc
South this year. a correspondent " -.
ST. Louis .sCilobe-Democrat writes liiat tLie
low urice that cotton reached le" YEA
ago forced the people OF the SCUM ~ nc
more or less self-reliant less prouisaa. =
taught them the necessity Tor ulVelsi'lcS-
lion Of crops and for the fostering OF nome
s,anstrias The effect of this home econo-
my and outstanding OF. resources "as
forcef,llly illustrated in the season now
closing. for with a small cotton crop ana
oood nrices. the South showed d health
ana strength in the way OF Factory put!u-
ing and industrial development Seheiai!S
that surprised those who had not stuuleo
the change in the economic colluitiols y
this portion Of the Union.
Now that the outlook is not only lor
hir crop, but for a big crop with me
nrices, possibly the North will AWAKEN 70
. srealiza ton that a newsera IS qaWh'is
IN the South In Texas cotton forfns ~
ner cent of the agricultural products. |.
'Texas raises this year 3,5G0,@o pales oi
cotton and sells it for ll-2 cents per
mound that would mean SOL .l9o'ocV -
Texas alone for cotton. In 1880 TEXAS iiau
Q coo inhabitants. NOW the poi'uta 'ioii
is nrobablv 3.00O, 900 or more. Figuring on
y nonulation of S,00O, coo. the cotton crop O
1qNo would mean S43.15 per capita Or
s21s7 "a ner family. Taking the case OF
Taxss as an example, il is starting 70
contemplate what a tremendous impulse
the receipt Of S131 .25000o for the next
cotton crop will give to every oeps'i ti.,eii.
of Industry in the State, put "hen ~ -
realized that this greaty-lncreased p"s :
ing power and financial strength VIII ia
an probability, extend throughout the en-
tira South. is it to be wondered that the
,atient. studious men who have fought
Tho aood fight for the regeneration OIL the
southland believe the time is near al haIo
,.,ha,, tl,eir fondest hopes are to be real
lied?
The New York News Bureau says;
1I1ison. the English authority on cotton
estimates that the worlds annual con do
sumption is 1,O0o,C0o baies, equsi 70 NV
baras weekly. His estii~Ste OF Engllsh
consumption is $500 bales weekly On
this basis. with weekly actual exports
liverpool viii require, say, so'"o pales
weekly. or for twenty-slX Weeks, from
MAY to October 3lst, 1,S2o.O09 bales. l'e-
auctinc from this amount 10000 bales nelo
in stock or atloat, Liverpoois Iequlte-
ments will be 100000 bales. Again. tax.
ing IIllison's figures OF consumption %
the world-21OG00 bales weekiy-the amount ~
consumed into the next sixteen weeks 10
San+ LEI will amount to $4,000 bales.
-,ha-cotton to come in sight within that
neriod will not, it is estimated, exceed
IOg, coo bales, leaving 266o,coO bales for
consumption On Saturday the world
visible supply was 2,3355s POI bales
Discussing these figures. an authority
in New York says: There IS mere Sc
rious food for reflection by thosa VINO
would sell cotton at present prices. We
nave known cotton to sell at double to-
DAVIS values, when the position was not
50 strong, and when the worlds trade
was not to be compared with the present.