The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-02-17
COMPARATIVE COTTON STATE.
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New York, Feb. l6.-For the week
ending Friday. February 10th. 1900
Net receipts at all United States ports
during week. 190.672: net receipts at all
United States ports same week last
year. 6S.G50: total receipts to this date,
:. 10. SS3: total receipts to same date
last year G.9S1.1 al; exports for the
week. 1910; exports for same week
last year. 119.292; total exports TO this
date, 3.J14.194: total experts to same
date last year. 5.590.444: stock at all
United States ports, 1.OSI,3IS: stock nj
all [ nited States ports same time last
year. S40.Sl2: stock at all interior towns.
90. 713: stock at all interior towns same
time last year 472,90t; stock at Liver
pool 6+1,o00: stock nj Liverpool same
time hast year. 1.1S4.000; stock of Amer
lean afloat for Great Britain. 157.000:
stock of American af'oat roI' Great Brit
ain same time last year. 10000.
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HESTER'S COTTON STATEMENT.
New Orleans. La. Feb 16.--Secretary
Testers Weekly New Orleans Cotton
Exchange statement shows an increase
in the movement into sight compared
with the seven days ending this date last
year in round figures of 100000 bales. a
decrease under the same time year be-
fore last of $4,000 bales.
The amount brought into sight during
the past week has been 206. 7S5 bales,
against 104 .4S3 bales for the seven days
ending this date hast year, and for the
sixteen days OF February it has hee
J07. 4S3 bales. against 304, 242 bales last
year.
The total movement for the 100 days
from September list, 1899 to date is
1906, 5S1 bales, against 9199,1 IA hales
last year and 9,236,171 bales year before
last
The movement since September LIST
shows receipts at all United States ports
;. 30 .454. against 7.045.S02 bales hast
year. and 7.1j9.002 bales year before
last; overland across the Mississippi
Ohio and Potomac Rivers to Northern
mills and Canada 993.233 bales, against
1.040.S72 babes last year; interior stocks
IN excess Of those held ut the close Of
the commercial year 329,941 bales
against }S3. 747 bales last year: Southern
mill takings 1876 bales, against 129,
BOB bales last year.
Foreign exports for the week have
been 110,056 bales. against HIST bales
last year, making THE total thus far for
the season 3,643.610 bales. against D
593,0S4 bales last year.
The total takings Of American mills
North and South and Canada thus far
for the season have been 2.G51, 543 bales.
against 2,4j6,237 bales last year.
Stocks at the seaboard and the twenty
nine leading Southern interior centres
IL. .. slsD Va
bales. against a decrease during the cor
responding period last season of 4,091
bales.
Including stocks left over at ports and
me interior towns from the hast crop and
tbc number Of bales brought into sight
thus far for the new crop. the supply
to date is 7,974,479 bales against 9,467
40 bales for the same period last year.
Secretary Testers statement OF the
worlds visible supply of cotton shows a
decrease for the week just closed of 33.
SoS bales. against n decrease of lO2, IA
bales last year.
The total visible is 4.0S9,1131 bales,
against 4,143.5S9 bales last week and
5,412,6S4 bales last year. OF this the
total OF American cotton is 3,3322, 731
bales. against $500, $50 bales last week
and 4 ,4906S4 bales last year: and of all
other kinds. including Egypt, Brazil. In
dia etc, 161 eco bales. against 7S1 600
bales last week and $50 00O bales last
year.
OF the worlds visible supply as above
there is now ailoat and held in Great
Britain and Continental Europe .S54 900
bales. against 1867 600 bales last year;
in Egypt $4,000 bales. against 274 600
bales: in India 347. 600 bales against
41S. 600 bales; in the United States L.
696. 900 bales, against 1,414,00 bales
TOTAL BANK CLEARINGS
New York. Feb 16.-Total bank clear
inSs at the principal cities for the week
81. 5O7. 131. 331; increase SO per cent,