Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-12-08
Talks L'ith Farmers
Conducted BY C. H. Jordan

were marketed before September /. 1901, and
2. ses, $50 bales between September ], 1901, ana
August 81. 1902, f54 500 bales being carried for
me COMMERCIAL cron OF the year amounted
20 10 IS, 224 bales. thus exceeding the amount
actually grown by s9s.7ls bales.
This excess was due in the main TO the very
extensive marketing Of cotton held over from
previous years. The difference between the
amount grown, issued December s. 1901. and
the amount OF cotton that has come into COM
mercial channels during the year having been
used % discredit the stRtistician's reports on
the crop OF the present year, q most ex-
haustive Investigation OF the commercial crop
and its composition has been made by the de-
partnent. q large force OF special agents hav-
ing personally visited every important point
in the south The results OF this investigation
are summarized in the following statement:
The amount Of cotton brought forward on
September !. 1901 was IS 900 bales. and ls8 $50
bales OF the crop OF 1s02.o3 were marketed prior
to the ist u September. There also entered int
the commercial crop Ia. 22s bales OF linters and
e. 572 bales made up Of sample and waste cot
ton. known 70 the trade as the city crop. This
latter. az win readily be understood, Is counted
twice, being taken from bales already counted
In the commercial movement.
With regard 70 linters, the report says that
dustry- has resulted IN an important addition
70 the crop. the perfect deiinting OF the seed,
chinsrv. cortrsbuting 10 the annual commercial
crop an item that can no longer be ignored.
An equally exhaustive investigation shows that
PURCHASE
during the year ending August 81. 1902, amount
Actual Crop Of 1901.
The total crop Of 1901, as figured out by
the United States agricultural depart
ment's recent Investigations amounts TO
s,ss6.l7S bales. including the crop gathered
by the producers, the city crop Of samples
and the Hnters from the oil mills. The
city crop OF samples and waste cotton
amounted TO 67.572 bales and the hnters
LIZ 226 bales, making q total OF z59,ISS
bales, which were not included in the de-
partment's estimate. Deduct from $500, 41s
bales the rs, 79S bales and we have the
actual crop grown and marketed by the
producers of 1901 70 be e.726.6 go bales. The
bureau estimate Of December, lsOl' was
$4,000 bales, and this deducted from
s.726.6So, leaves a difference between the
bureau estimate and the crop actually
grown OF only I26.6S0 bales.
These are the facts as we find them TO
exist by the most exhaustive method of
investigation made within the past two
months by the department Of agricui-
ture. This completely wipes out the
charges OF the dealers and spectators
that che government report OF last year
missed the crop by over a million bales.
II makes the bureau report the most reli-
able upon which the producers can depend
for information and guidance In disposins
Of their cotton, and II shows that the
commercial report is intended to cover
cotton sold from all sources, and all
years. old cotton as well as new, and
shows further that the exchanges have
counted cotton twice and also counted a
class Of cotton which has never been re-
garded as merchantable cotton~by the
trade. The producers should stand by
the government report and not allow
themselves to be misled by reports from
that element in the cotton trade interested
in depressing prices.
HARvIE JORDAN.