The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-17
Worlds visible Supply.

NEW ORLEANS. May Ie.-secretary Hes
ter's statement of the worlds visible supply
telesraphic advices. compares the figures of
this week with last week. last year and the
year ne1prs It shows decrease for the week eek
crease Of s7.s43 last year and a decrease Of
l2I 500 the year before.
sss 4s s1ts ... .sss L ; s sssr s
tsl Of American cotton is 2.3l2 500 against
.o20. 9o9 year before last. and OF all other
Kinds, Including Esypt: Brasil. India etc.
az C2S 600 against os2 gee oo last week
last.
The total worlds visible supply of cotton
s' ws sk last
year of if7.530 and increase compared
with year before last Of 756.6eI.
above there is now anoat and held in Great
Britain and Continental Europe 1882 900
last: in India. ST. 600. against Sc 200 last
the United States. 7ai. 600. against $4,000
last year and $4,000 year before last
The Cotton Movement
NEW ORLEANS, May I6-Secretary Hes
ter's weekly New Orleans Cotton Exchange
statement. issued before the close of bust
ness today. shows a decrease in the movement
ing this date last year in round figures OF
20. 600 bales. an increase over the same days
year before last Of 5000 and decrease non under
l6 days of May the totals show a decrease
under last year of $4,000 an increase over
and q decrease under 1850 Of $4,000.
For the 258 days of the season that have
elapsed the aggregate is ahead Of the 25e days
year before last Of 100000 and behind 1899
past week has been 5s.s4s bales, against
1873 for the seven days ending this date last
year. 53.2s3 year before last and 30. se the
Of May it has been 1854. against ITO s62
last year. I2I.os7 year before last and 1884,
45z the same time in 1899.
The movement since Sept. ! shows receipts
at an United States ports z. s35. 734 against
9, 1897. 224 last year. says, 2e1 year before
The the ohio
Potomac Rivers to Northern mills and Canada,
l,oIe. 4ss. against ,ooe, Ioe last year. l.
same n,sI time in 1893; interior stocks in excess
of those held at the close Of the commercial
year zaso44 against s7s 81 last year year q 2
1899 Of 2s5. oo2: Southern mill takings. H.
lis year before last and l,oes.si5 the same
These make the total movement for the 25s
days from Sept. ! to date 9.770.26 against
1854, ioe last year. e.7Io.44s year before
last and Io676.1l6 the same time in 1899
Foreign exports for the week have been 81
SSI against 81 557 last year making the total
thus far for the season &, oe5. $40. against s.
757.I3I last-year, an increase OF 3392l6.
Northern mill takings and Canada during
the past seven days show increase Of g.
$40. compared with the corresponding pc
riod last year and their total takings since
Sept. | have increased $50. 1857.
The total takings Of American mills. North
ana South and Canada thus far for the sea-
son have been 8. 325.2 56. against 2 969 SCI
last year. These include 1855. w by North
ern spnners. against i,7749io.
Stocks at the seaboard and the 20 leading
Southern interior centres have decreased dur
ing the week 70.732 bales, against decrease
during the corresponding period last season of
Sc. 6S5 and are now 1926 1873 smaller than
at this date in 1901
Including stocks left over at ports and in
terror towns from the last crop and the num-
Der OF bales brought into sight thus far for
the new crop. the supply to date is ! o, 20. $50,
against 9.656,64o for the same period last
year