The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-03-24

against lU,oU3,4o puSHeIS last year.
Failures for the week have been 1873
in the United States, against 200 last
year and q in Canada, against "a last
year"
HESTER'S COTTON STATEMENT.
New Orleans, La, March 23.-Secretary
Hester's weekly New Orleans Cotton Ex-
change statement shows a decrease in the
movement into sight compared with the
seven days ending this date last year OF
g, 900 bales, decrease under the same
time year before last of $4,000. For the
twenty-three days of March the totals
show a decrease under last year of 2S0O0
bales, decrease under the same time
year before last of 5000 bales.
The amount brought into sight during
the past week has been 1920 bales,
against 1A7, $50 bales for the correspond
ing date, last year. The total movement
for the 206 days from September LIST to
date is S,123,537 bales, against 1906, 4S1
bales last year. The movement since
September 1st shows receipts at all
United States ports 1861, 466 bales, against
Z ,546, $50 bales last year; overland across
the Mississippi, Ohio and Potomac Rivers
to Northern mills and Canada LOGO, 73l
bales, against 1,140,357 bales, interior
stocks in excess of these held at the
close of commercial year 113,44S bales,
against 342,S73 bales last year; 34S,313
bales year before last, and 152, 299 bales
same time in 1897; Southern mill taSings
957, 1892 bales, against S76,292 bales last
year; &c., 500 bales year before last, and
TIC, 493 bales for the same time in 1897.
Foreign exports for the week have been
15S,355 bales, against 1881 bales last
year, making the total thus far for the
season, 4.542,6S5 bales, against 6,1l9,96o
bales last year.
The total takings of American mills,
North and South and Canada thus far for
the season have been 3,02251 bales,
against 2.797,4 6S bales last year.
Stocks at the seaboard and the twenty
nine leading Southern interior centers
have decreased during the week e3,716
bales, against an increase during the cor
responding period last season of 21,S42
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 sup
ply to date is 8,742,3 bales, against 49,
124.S47 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 ILL.,
$40 bales, against a decrease of 1881
bales last year.
The total visible is 360S,2S9 bales,
against 3,179, 1929 bales last week and o.
49,, 267 bales last year. OF this the total
of American cotton is 2,892,2S9 bales,
against 3009, 1929 bales last week, and A.
O24 .267 bales last year; of all other kinds,
including Egyptian, Brazilian, Indian, etc,
10000 bales, against 100000 bales last
week and 1,163 900 bales last year.
OF the worlds visible supply there is
now afloat and held in Great Britain and
Continental Europe, 1,7S9,000 bales,
against 3,O4S00O bales last year; in
Egypt 1SS. 600 bales, against 259, 900 bales
last year; in India $4,000 bales, against
COS. 900 bales last year, and in the United
States 11S5, 900 bales, against 1,272,0OO
bales last year.
COMPARATIVE COTTON STATEMENT
New York, March 23.-For the week
ending Friday, March 23rd 1900. Net
receipts at all United States ports during
| week, los, 213; net receipts at all United
States ports during same week last year
| los, 100; total receipts to this date, 5,843,
489; total receipts to same date last year
| 7,4S4,04 exports for the week, 1o9, 02S
! exports for same week last year, 60,649;
| total exports to this date, A, 44S,3l total
! exports to same date last year, 6,031 1929;
| stock at all United States ports, $685.
| stock at all United States ports same
| time last year, 7S6, 613; stock at all in
terror towns, 34S, O33; stock at all interior
towns same time last year, 444,994; stock
at Liverpool, 657, 600; stock at Liverpool
same time last year. 1,756,O00; stock Of
American afloat for Great Britain, 100000;
stock of American afoat for Great
Britain same time last year, $4,000.
TOTAL NET RECEIPTS.
New York, March 23.--The following are
the total net receipts of cotton at all
ports since September 1st, 1899:
Galveston, 1,605.536 New Orleans, L.
| 633, 894 Mobile, 49,, SIG; Savannah $685.
Sal; Charleston, 244, 1888; Wilmington
| PCS ,052 Norfolk, 356,251; Baltimore, 49,
us; New York, 1926; Boston, 1880;
Newport News, 1920; Philadelphia, al,
1O5; Brunswick, 80, 437; Port Arthur and
Sabine Pass, So 100; Pensacola, 1883;
Total, 5,S43,4 S9 bales.
+ TOTAL BANK CLEARINGS.
New York, March 23.--The total bank
cIearings at the principal cities of the