The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-12-14
BY FEAR OF FIREWORKS.
INTERIOR OWNERS FORCKD TO
SEND COTTON TO SAVANNAH.

I NFFtME NNhfNN
necn Mt Any Tame Ia Ten Years.
several OF IIis Warehouses Turned
over 60 Local Commission Houses.
Interior MRrehouscmen DO Not
/ Like 20 store Cotton During the
/ Christmas HoIiday--EVcn with
This Movement. However. Percent
aEe of crop Handled Is Below That
OF Last Year.
/ Interior shippers are storing their cot
( ron in Savannah with the commiss on
men seven warehouses leased from the
/ Central hy Mr C. O. Hanson lessee OF the
+ Central Railroad cotton comprosses. have
/ been loaned the commission houses Of Sa-
varuah Tor stonsec and an Of them. ia
/ addition 60 tbe warehouse owned by the
commission houses. arc fun
Mr. Hanson said yesterday that there
IS more cotton iu Savannah heii for in
/ terror owners than there has been at any
/ time 100 ten years. lie attributes this 10
T Two principal oauscs. the fact that own
/ ers are holding their cotton for an al-
Z vance ln prices and that they desire 10
set IL away from the interior cities ami
towns. where the safeguards against h.e
during the Christmas holidays are no,
what they might be.
/ Do .1me Of the cities and towns where
/ cotton has been stored the warehouse
men have been shipping 20 Savannah ai
d lively rate. 50 lively. in fact. that the
commi-siou men here. a. indicated have
\ been forced to secure additional room for
/ lis storage The interior warchousemen
/ did not feel like taking the risk that come
! from the Cnrelessncss OF the small boy
/ with h!s fire pepper or the reckless ahan-
I donof the gfown-up enthusiast who insists
/ upon making merry Ia manner that doe
not oonduce 10 the safety OF property OF
in innammab.e nature.
I The Insurance upon cotton Is az a higher
rate during the Christmas holidays 81
places where ordinances that prescribe
1 the limitations OF fireworks are not strict
/ ly enforced. Even in places where the 20
/ lee make ever effort TO carry out their
] instructions and counne the delight OF the
mall boy 10 sections where they are not
/ likely 10 DO 50 much damage. there Is fear
/ iu the hearts 81 the warehousemeu. and
/ hey try TO relieve their storage places OF
/ the cotton.
Interior owners have not cared 20 sell.
! because they believe cotton is going up
! This accounts for the fact that there BE-
/ go much Of the staple held here that o.
I owned ia the interior There Is not nearly
as much cotton az the port as there was
/ "a the corresponding period OF last year
but the commission men have great
dead 81 thas which IL here.
| Me. Hansons business as operator OF
| the Ceutrals several congresses at Sa-
vannah and other places along SIS line
I besides Others that are not owned by the
I Central. may u would SEEM be- taken as
/ % criterion Of the condition 81 the crop Of
I This year He said yesterday that he has
/ buen running short OF thc quantity he
/ handled last year AZ tho present time the
/ quantity rs OF abou, Is per cent. though
I there has been an Increase lately because
/ ~ the desire as indicated. OF che inte-
rlor owners ann warehousemen 70 ship 10
| savannah
! All this season the percentage has been
| below that OF last ycar save for some
/ TWO or three weeks al the opening. when
/ The rush was euch as 10 send the move.
/ ment beyond that for the correspond ns
/ period OF Inst year. The falling on was
/ sudden. however. coming with a drop 90
prices. and never since has the record OF
| last year been touched. The crop ha-
/ been moving slowly. and forces Of
/ clerks. cotton workers md others that
ordinarily az this season are very busy
I nave not been rushed nearly so hard
Mr. Hanson SAYS farmers are holding
"a TO their cotton They DO not want
20 sell until the price goes up. They
AFRO inclined 10 De- huiiisa and 20 hope
| for and expect a rise. They do not need
money particularly just now and be.
.eve their cotton is just ~ good as
cash Convinced 81 this they have near
| ~ an decided 10 hold onto the bales thcy
have left until February or March when
0 arfH
izers and Tor their planting. and then sell
The crop. Mr. Hanson believes. g. short
] lie has followed closely the reports up1n
| the conditions but ls convinced. as far
| as one can be about a matter 50 uncer-
tain as cotton. that the yield will prove
below that which has been named by
/ bearleh estimates Of lafe.
President Egan OF the Central
while reading Travels IN Tart1ry. Tablet
and China during 1874. rs and '46" By NJ
Hue was impressed by the following eX-
tracts. that relating To cotton being par
tlcuiarly interesting. though IL g. feared
the missionaries chronicling their jour
ueys must pave been smoking" az. about
tine time they We're talking about 2.e01
pounds OF cotton raised on a space three
feet by i've
"Manchurla. watercd BY a great num-
her Of streams and rivers. 81 coun-
try naturally fertile. Since the cultlvn-
| ton has been IN the hands % the chi
I nesc. the soil has been enriched by a
/ large number OF the products OF the in
| terror la the southern part they cult
/ vate successfully the dry rice. or that
| which has no need OF watering and the
/ imperial rice. discovered hy the Emperor
/ khaug-Hi. These Two SORTS OF rice
| would certainly succeed In France They
] have also abundant harvesls of millet. OF
/ kao-lcarg. or Indian corn thocus -or-
/ ghum} from which they disdu excellent
/ brandy. sesamum. liusced. hemp and to-
/ hacco. the best IN the whole Chinese en-
I pite.
The Manichurans pay especial atten-
ton 60 che cultivation OF the herbaceous-
| strmm,d co'fon plant. which produces cot
| TON iu extraordinary abundance. a mcou
| OF cheese plants. "a space Of about fifteen
| square feet ordinarily produces goo
| pounds of cotton. The fruit OF the cotton
| Tree grows Ia the form OF 4 cod or sleu
| and attalns the size OF "a hazlcuut A. "a
/ rineus. the cod opens. divides into three
I parts. and develops three or four small
/ tufss Of cotton which contain tho seeds
ln order 10 separate tine seed. they make
/ use 81 sor, OF little bow firmly strung
/ ihe cord 81 which. vibrating under tho
I cotton tufts remove the seeds. % whit D.
I a portion Is retained for next years SOW
I nr agd shc rost g. made into OH. re-
/ semhinr husc,d OIL The upper PORTION
/ ~ Mautchuria. too cold TO grow cotton
has Immense tarvesis OF corn.
''neaIdr these productions common 10