The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1901-01-01
RALEIGH, N. C.. TUESDAY JANUARY l. 1900

year; overland across the Mississippi
| Ohio and Potomac Rivers to Northern
mills and Canada G63 1O4 bales, againSt
| 807 100 bales last year; interior stocks
! in excess of those held at the end of the
| commercial year ia 523 bales, against
33f, 3S9 bales last year; Southern rnill
! takings 81 ,358 bales, against 5S3, ,455 bales
| last year; foreign exports for the week
! have been 49,, ,S76, making the total thus
| far for the season 3,120, 605 bales, against
! $500, ,S87 bales last year.
Northern mill takings and Canada dur
ing the past seven days show decrease
Of II $50 bales as compared with the cor
responding period last year, and their
total takings since September 1st have
decreased 350,S32 The total takings OF
American mills, North and South, and
Canada thus far for the season have been
,G29 600 bales, against $50, ,S16 bales last
year.
Stocks at the seaboard and the %
leading Southern interior centres have in
creased during the week A, ,295 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 C,553, ,3S1 bales.
Secretary Hester's statement of the
worlds visible supply of cotton shows
the total visible is 4,o73,393 bales, against
4,294.476 bales last year. Of this total
CT American cotton is 3,406 1893 bales.
against 3,625,476 bales last year and Of
all other kinds, including Egypt, Brazil.
India etc, 667 900 bales, against $50 900
bales last year.
The total worlds visible supply of cot
ton shows decrease compared with last
year of 221, ,O83 bales.
OF the worlds visible supply there is
now afOat and held in Great Britain and
Continental Europe ! ,79S 600 bales against
1,S90,C00 bales las. year; in Egypt 17O-
0Oo bales, against 1914 900 bales last year;
India 227 600 bales, against 25O, 600 bales
last year; in the United States 1925, 900
bales, against 1860 900 bales last year
COMPARATIVE COTTON STATEMENT.
New York, Dec. 2S.-For the week end
ing Friday December 2Sth 1900 Net re-
ceipts at all United States ports during
week, 4,768; net receipts at all United
States ports during same week last year.
III ,448; total receipts 30 this date 1852
!3f total receipts to sa ne date last year.
3S02, ,663; exports for the week, 1h5 1853:
exports for same week last year III 4--,
total exports to this date, ALP 20: total
exports 10 same date last year :. sos OF
Stock at all United States ports, 0OO, ,6t4
-s+oek-a at--st+f- Enited-States porte same
time last year, 1,122, ,22S; stock at all in
terror towns, 1913, 593 stock at all interior
towns same time las year, go S76: stock
at Liverpool, 625,o30: stock at Liverpool
same time last Year, 739 0OG stock Of
American afloat for Great Britain, 276 0O1
stock of American atloat for Great Britain
same time last year, 1856 900
TOTAL NET RECEIPTS.
New York, Dec. 29.-The following are
the total net receipts Of cotton at all
rorts since September 1st, 1900:
Galveston. 1214, ,472 iales; New Orleans.
i,4'5,st6 Mobile, 101 ,94l: Savannah
6S1,olS; Charleston, 191, sos; Wilmington,
2i6, 123; Norfolk 259 $40; Baltimore. 26.-
95S; New York, 53, $780, Boston. Iii ,5iS;
Newport News, 1690S; Philadelphia,
10, 1873; West Point, none: brunswick.
A2,40o; Port Arthur 150O; Pensacola,
57,1.S. Total 4,452534 bales
TOTAL BANK CLEARINGs.
New York. Dec. 2S.-Total bank clear
lngs at principal cities in the United
States for the week ended yesterday were
81, ,1S6, ,322, ,O86, an increase of 11.9 per cent
over the corresponding week last year
Total outside New York SCOT, ,93S, ,975, or
4.5 per cent. increase