The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-03-31

week year ago; SO in 1898; So in 1897,
and 43 in 1896
HEsTER.s COTTON sTATEMENT.

HESTER'S COTTON STATEMENT.
New Orleans, La, March 30.-Secretary
Hester's weekly cotton exchange state
ment shows a decrease in the movement
into sight compared with the seven days
ending this date last year of $4,000 bales,
decrease under the same time year be-
fore last of 10000 bales.
The amount brought into sight during
the past week has been 49, 07 bales,
against 137,S4S bales for the seven days
ending this date last year, and for the
thirty days of March it has been SO, 1926
bales, against 1851 bales last year
The total movement for the 213 DAYS
from September 1st to date is S,212, 944
bales, against 10, 044, 500 bales last year,
and 10 ,243, 1914 bales year before last.
The movement since September 1st
shows receipts at all United States ports
G,041.27S bales, against 1852, 730 bales last
year: overland across the Mississippi
Ohio and Potomac Rivers to Northern
mills and Canada. 1,100,650 bales, against
1160,9 53 bales last year; interior stocks
in excess of those held at the close of the
commercial year $4,000 bales, against
336. 632 bales last year, and Southern mill
takings were 99S, S14 bales, against 904, Ola
bales last year.
Foreign exports for the week have been
121, 095 bales, against 90,423 bales last
year, making the total thus far for the
season 1868, $50 bales, against 6,210,3SS
bales last year
The total takings of American mills,
North and South and Canada thus far for
the season have been 3,071, 9S5 bales,
aooipct Q7E 900 hoIac los
Stocks at the seaboard and twenty-nine
leading interior cities have decreased du-
ring the week 81 1O9 bales, against a de-
crease during the CORRESPONDING period
last season of 31,046 bales.
Including stocks left over at ports and
interior towns from the last crop, and
the number of bales brought into sight
thus far for the new crop, the supply
to date is S,S31 ,S42 bales. against 10,311,-
S95 bales for the same period last year.
Secretary Hester's statement of the
worlds visible supply of cotton shows a
decrease for the week just closed of 10S.
500 bales, against an increase of 44,104
bales last year
The total visible is 3,499, 734 bales,
against 3,60s2S9 bales last week, and
5,2S1,371 bales last year. OF this the total
of American cotton is 2,S10,734 bales,
against 1892. 289 bales last week, and A..
074,371 bales last year; of all other kinds.
including Egypt, Brazil, India, etc, 69S,0o0
bales last week and $4,000 bales last
year.
OF the worlds visible supply there Is
now afioat and held in Great Britain and
Continental Europe 1881, 900 bales, against
1867, 900 bales last year. in Egypt $1,000
bales, against $4,000 bales last year; in
India 800, 600 bales, against 651 900 bales
last year; and in the United States 1,103,
eco bales, against 1,261,0 bales last
year.
COMPARATIVE COTTON STATEMENT.
New York, March 30-For the week
ending Friday, March 80 1900: Net re-
ceipts at all United States ports during
week S0,312; net receipts at all United
States ports during same week last year
100932; total receipts to this date, 1923
ISL; total receipts to same date las,
year, 1854, 9G9; exports for the week. 1872
2l6; exports for same week last year
SO, 043 total exports to this date, 4570,-
Clio; total exports to same date last year
6.141 063; stock at all United States ports
, 75S.937 stock at all United States ports
same time last year, TIC, 400; stock at al
interior towns, $40 eco; stock at all in
terror towns same time last year, 453 692
stock at Liverpool 662 900; stock at Liv.
9rpool same time last year, 1,727, 600
stock of American afloat for Great Brit
in, 171,606; stock of American afioat for
treat Britain same time last year, 7S.
900.
TOTAL NET RECEIPTS
New York, March 30-The following are
The total net receipts of cotton at all
corts since September LIST, 1899:
Galveston, 1913, 1873; New Orleans, l.