The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-11-01
MOVEMENT OF COTTON.
The Total Number of Bales in SIGHT
Date Is 3of9 b07

Inc ' otal Number Of Bales in Sight to
Date Is 3,2tS,5 o7.
New Orleans October Secretary Hes.
ters New Orleans cotton exchange state.
ment. issued today. covers the monthly cot
ton movement to October 81
Compared with last year. IT shows a de-
crease for the month 10 round figures. OF
21o,0OO bales, compared with year before
last decrease Of 10000 and with 1899 an
Increase Of $4,000 bales
The total for October was 1,9546s7 bales,
against 2,17O142 last yoar, 2,i54.225 year
before last and LAP, 5o3 the same time in
1890
The amount Of the crop brought into
sight for the two months from September
l to October 81, inclusive, is $4,000 bales
over last year, $4,000 over year before last
and 357,o00 over 1899
The movement from the arst Of septem-
Der to October 81, inclusive, shows receipts
at all United states delivery ports OF 2,2U5,-
6o3 baies, against 2004,6J3 last year,
=, l42 1876 year before last and LIB, 20f the
same time Ia ls99i overland across the
Misslssippli ohio aud Potomac rivers TO
Nortnelll mills and Canada lb2,i44 bales
against lGb,2U3 last year. l35,U4o year be-
iore last aud 29u,4 same time Ia 1881
southern mill takngs, exclusive OF the
quantity consumed Mt southern outports
avo'ouO bales, against 352,6os last year
-pA1lp year before last aud 2S2,Od3 same
time In 1889, and interior stocks tn excess
OF tapSe held at the commencement Of the
season dVt,tD. against b., sta last year,
4@s45b year before last aud 366,49l same
time in 1883.
These make the total amount Of the cot
ton crop brought into sight during the
two months Cnding at the close " October
S,2lS50I bales, against 2,ST64 bS last year
3,U33d32 year before last and 1851, 233 the
Northern spmners took during October
go ass bales, against 27l,35I last year and
<ettW year before last, increasing their
total Tor the two months TO 30 4VO, against
34243S last year and 30s, 537 the year be-
fore. This makes their average weekly
takMgs for the season 43,0SS, against 80,
296 last year and 30 T6 the year before,
Foreign exports for the two months Of
the season have been ], Isl, 205 bales, show
Ing an Increase over last season Of 1S6.25S
aud an increase over the same period year
before last OF 14S, ISIS The loss in foreign
exports during October, compared with DC.
tober last year, has been 45,239 bales, and
compared VITA the same period year before
last n, S37.
Stocks at the seaboard and the twenty
nine lending Southern interior markets on
October 81 were 1852, 6O3 bales, against
La 444 bales the same date last year aud
l .l4I 1876 the year before
Including port and interior towns. stocks
left over from the previous season and the
number of bales Of the current crop
brought into sight during the two months,
the supply has been 3,433, 5Si bales, against
3,2S6l55 last year and 3,156,0S6 the year
before.
Up to October 81, last year, &c. 0S per
cent of the cotton crop had been marketed,
Hnd for the same two months In 1900 the
percentage brought into sight WAS %. %,
and for the same time in 1899 30. 80,
The movement into sight during the past
week has been 46S go baes, against 654, 696
for the seven days ending October 81 last
year, 436745 year before last and 362,504
same time In 1899.