The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-01-03


Following is the into sight for the month
~ December: 1s24,000 bales. against i.fv9-
600 IN 1900, 1,S9s,oCo in 1899 and 2,l24.OoJ
The into sight a1d including December 81
II 6.5n5Uo0 bales, against 6.iT5on IN 1877.
5,9i7,OOO in 1879 and 7.T26,Ooo IN 1898.
The New York Evening Post reviews the
situation with the ending Of the year as
follows:
''The past year IN the cotton industry has
been remarkable In many ways and hos
demonstrated more than any IN recent years
the great uncertainty Of production me
moderate crop OF 100000 bales raised iu
1900, following the practical crop iaiiHTe
only $4,000 bales. as against he lnrg 8.
Yield on record ~ 1l2T0.Opp bales. raised
the previous year, md 10000 bales IN
1891, stimulated the planting this year oi
the largest acreage In the history or the
South. With the world consumption OF
American cotton continuing on the aver
age Of lO.TI.ONO bales during the compare
lively sh0ricrop years OF 1900 aud l-Ft
the large surplus stocks NJ cotton which
had accumulated from the record breaking
crops 81 the previous two years were ga
/ depleted. especially at the world great
congumptivp ccuters Of Manchester and
/ Liverpool. that the average planter, Instead
! ~ keeping the acreage down 20 the rr.
/ duced area 81 1892 and planting more land
! In corn and oats. put ms much as possible
| into cotton.
.'rha result was that the senson's acreage
| was increased to the stupendous total %
! 81 $4,000 acres, an amount which exceeded
| the previous high record Of 1900 by 600
/ GO acres. and compared with % 80. iOJ
| planted IN 1890. 24.e6T 600 10 1898, 2i,1-,
| 800 Ia 1897, 25.445,334 In 1896 and 23,657.
| $50 in 1885
with the drouth in Texas continuing
! more severe during August and Septemher,
| the crop prospect Of 100000 bhles which
| many American as well az European spin
| ners Ind entertained early in the sense :
| from the notwithstanding acreage was dis
| Hpatcd. The average condition N tho croQ
| June 1 to 77.2 on August /. IA on Sep
| temher and 81 on December I. The
| latter condition was the poorest on roc
| ord In over thirty venrs with the single
| The condition. then. in October was 50
rcr cent. md the Yield that year turned
ont only rocco bales from rdriset
acreage ~ 20 1907 7j acres
! According 10 the carefully prepared
crcp report iFsued hv tho United states do
parment " agriculture IN December the
Increase NJ urnrlv . 600 600 acres was e.,
badly damaged by the causes previous IS
! mentioned that crops on That acreage were
| abandoned. md tho department ostimo cS
his yenr's rrop win be about aGT4 ON
bales. Should The crop prove even IN much
as 10 30 90 bales which Is the onnior
held IN many quarters n would give NJ
a total production Tor the past three year
| NJ 30 100000 bales against the world
: consumption ~ American cotton NJ 1880.
! o"O hnlrg rcr year on the average or a -
tai ~ 2i1oo,ooo hales FOR the same thrc
years This eNcneE ~ consumption o
: .4o0nn bales has not been made good h,
my proportionRte incrNnsc during tho cor
= responding period ~ tho crops ~ India m,
Egypt, snd ne a. reeult tho worlds visb
70 supply Of American cotton on Septemhe
! fthe end Of the crop year this scaso
again promises ~ he about BF small n
last years 100000 holes This stnnho
md outlook explains tho recent adyancin
s. tendency nf urICpg for cotton