New-York tribune., 1901-01-02
EXPORTS LAST WEEK.
GENERAL MARKET REPORT.

New-YoTk, December 81. 1900
CoFFEE-The New-York and Hsvre coffee markets are
closed Private cable from Hamburg quotes the coffee
advance = pig say. 81 y pfg Marcn unchanged say
sT pfs these fsures res are based upon 2:8O D m
gsoaiions saturday Deoember % Market easy satur-
1900. Rio exchange. noon, December 81, lOd -
market by an unexpected advance prices which seemed
result FROM the markets. inherent strensth than
iion sluggish throughout session. ana time
snTsaeS 6ayns The bulls were coEten to et
~ ne orts eached srer roportons than were figured
But other news was Of firm tenor and served TO
progress day suficed keep prices well above
Tna.ned closed and tended both fac
tons on Change cautious However news that the China
lssl tVnfour hours. together with reports that New
eectla:y checked selling short prompted
nons were reatiTey The Tfnest Of he list from open
ing % s s ana nonT ne maFet Mas nnS ally. seGy 9to with
spot markets were indicative Of slow trade. but stub
bse contract spot prices doAn slice in the local
nesL psL Us mac been quite generally looked tor and
q supsElatendent King Included following:
2sszasE Year is as follows: STOCK December 81 1882
z5 70 Ispan etc 10 sS5 %.o9 40 tne m SSnhet EN- SEo
Ing stock December 81 1900 s. 2i2 bales Trsnsactions
iosst psiee for madng uplands was
veer es peceer seIyI s IanSsTy sp y 10 %sen No 10.
highest price made on October when October de-
livery sold g06Oe market advance IN price dur
creased ana on the oe2 Of Of h sdS aSna ncpease a d IN
ne worlds consuming power. The cg present
q ms eopafT m q DgSI Te5ieT OF the cotton % industry
crop OF about 5000 bales year 1890 will be the
more closely shown by glance following figures:
6e total production lsO0OI was 10000 bales; 1921
2s50O 900 bales: Is6osI 600 sales; ls5o,7 s0 ooo
bales; lSS0sl 66OO 900 bales: lg9091 ESQ 1nG bsee.
isss ll27e 900 bales; ls99lsOo as6 600 bales The
increase in production stn more rensrlabIe IL We con-
Hider in 1900 the average weight rer Ess
20 h. BY 1870 increased 10 266 n IssO 70 3S5 n
from which period the weight steadily Increased until
the present average about SOC 10 has been reached
snnite data cannot be given the acreage under
cultivation prior 10 lsTs79 which time according 10
the Department Agriculture at Washineton The Area
1as r. 226bbOo acres. This has been doubled
While the production OF shown such wonderful
increase encouraging the limit las been
reached yet when IL is explained that present area
miles. one-sixth the land area Of Texas
tas possbtes Of the enormous producing power
country become al once manifest While producing
power enables supply world with the raw ma
ieral view with equal pride the rapid in
consumed in This country was less Than 500 Oo6
bales in 1870 il had increased 100000 bales last
s ne s4ngS q me mills amounted q S6o5eO bales
recent industrial enterprise Of the South wonderful
N e erecon OF colfon mills has no parallel In
toal the Southern mills consumed 80 600 and in
es0 less than so 600 bales Last year consumption
es elose 70 l6gO0OO bales; this year II may reach
leoeoOO bales II is optimistic say thar in the
rear future with the continued development which
make country VIII consume the
larger half Of her cotton production supply
markets OF the world with the goods thus manufactured
opening Of the Oriental markets presents avenue OF
t5soe o. which our cotton goods merchants will be
70 lae aoFantage Brlefy the outlook for the cotton
trade IN this country is Of promise The
Of cotton has grown 70 enormous proportions.
s9ultng from the United States annually OF large
dimensions IN order SUPPLY The demands OF
sleson Foctnatlons N demand there VIII be. but
We increase nevertheless win be marked and with IL the
ne range of contract prices in the local market to-day
vas as follows: