The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-02
TESTERS WEEKLY COTTON STATEMENT Weeks Movement Into Sight
 Shows a Decrease FOREIGN EXPORTS INCREASE The ets.oment Of the Weekly Cotton Movement Will Be Discontinued
 Tor the Remainder of
 This Season.

New Orleans, May 31--Secretary Hes terE weekly New Orleans cotton exchange statenen. issued before the close Of ous- iaess today shows a decrease in the move ment into sight compared with the seven days ending this date last year in round figures 32, GOO bales, a decrease under the same days year before last of 5000 and a decrease under the same time in IS9s Of 25, ooe
 Fo- the thirty days of May the totals .how . decrease under last year of S,od0, nn increase over the same period year be- fire last ef 1000 and decrease under 1899 Of S, 600.
 For the PIP days of the season that have elapsed the aggregate Is ahead of the H2 days of last year 17s.ooo, ahead of the same days year before last of 1,o42,o 900 and behind 1899 of s71,ooo.
 The amount brought into sight during the past week has been 33.63S against a6,Ss4 for the seven days ending this date :est year, S,1s7 year before last and 5s.- Gs3 game time in 1899 and for the thitty days of May it has been 21,S56 against 304, 7So last year. 21S,ss1 year before last
 
 The movement since September shows receipts at all United States ports 7,S76,- S57 against 7o9S, ,3S9 last year, 6,4s0, ,24e year before last and g,2242S same time in 1899; overland across the Mississippi, Ohio and Potomac rivers to Northern mills and Canada 1,037o31 against 1,025.625 last year, 1,125.190 year before last and 1,23159S same time in 1899; interior stocks in eXcess of aJ1 Of l,a 1T11pT year 33S2O, against 322, 436 last year, a '2- crease under September year be-ore lat S5,447 and an increase over the same time In 1899 of 251, ,537; southern mill taking l. 395 900 against 1,2l1 524 last year, 1,Z7323 year before last and 1109, 634 same time in 1899.
 These make the total movement for the 272 days of the year from September l 70 date 9S4570S, against 9667,9 ,974 last year, 1908, ,223 year before last and 10,S17,0 ,053 the same time in 1899 Foreign exports for sae, week have been 55,94S, against 493lO st year, making the total thus far for eae season 6201, ,S94 against 5,S99, 7S2 last Jar, an increase of 312,162
 ' .Iorthern mill talIngs and Canada dur ing the past seven days show a decrease of I 1902 as compared with the correspond Ing period last year, and their total talk ings since September l have increased 174,763
 The total takings of American mills, north and south and Canada thus far for the season have been 3406.677. against B,052 AIS last year. These include 1888, ,09S by northern spinners, against 1,S06,335.
 Stocks at the seaboard and the twenty nine leading southern interior centers fhave decreased during the week o,7SO bales, against a decrease during the cor responding period last season of 25647, and are now 256, 122 smaller than at this date in 101.
 . 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 10 205,395 against 9,790,5oS for the same period last year.
 It must be remembered that the week ly, monthly and the seasons compari- sons in Secretary Hesters report are made up to corresponding dates last year, year before and in 1899. Comparisons to close of corresponding weeks are mis- leading, as totals to close of this week tlast year would take in 273 days of the season, year befo- e last 274 days and in 1899 275 days, against only 272 days this year.
 The statement of the weekly movement will be discontinued for the remainder of the season