The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1902-09-10
COTTON TEN CENTS PER LIB
The Prediction is Based Upon
the Government Report This
Month.

the Government Report This
Month.
The government report on the Bird
inst. has caused quite a furry among
the spectators, and the mills in the
South are said to be anxious about the
situation, as the majority of them will
need cotton very soon, the supply on
hand being very short. The bureau
report is the worst aver issued in Sep
tember, and if correct an ad, of
cot.on will surely come, which In itself
would be almost unprecedented, as
h'gh prices early in the season are
seldom realized. The readers of The
COTTON PLANT can draw their own
conclusions upon the statements here
with given.
The monthly report of the statisti-
clan of the department of agriculture
shows the average condition of cotton
on Aug. 26 TO have been Cd, us COM
pared with $50 on July % I'D OH
Aug. "a, 1901 +; GS.2 on Sept. /, 1900,
and a ten-year average of 1877.
The present unprecedently low av-
eraSe OF conditions, which is Two.
tenths of a point lower than the condi-
tion on Sept. 1, 1896, is due mainly to
The reports from Texas and Alabama,
in both of which States the prevailing
conditions are nothing less than dis.
astrO1s. The average for Texas is
three points lower than at the CORE
spending date In 1895 and 1901, and is
the lowest aver reported for that State.
In Alabama also, the crop is the poor
est ever known. Georgia reports 0
poins below its ten year average, The
condition figures being one poiut
below the corresponding averages in
1899 and 1900. The condition in
Louisiana is the same as on Sept. 1,
1900, or 6 points below Its ten wear
average. Mississippi reports z points
below its ten year average, but its
condition is still 8 points above that
at the corresponding date In 1900.
South Carolina is within l point of Its
ten year average and North Carolina,
and Arkansas are Q points.
z points and l point above their re-
ten year averages. There arc
general complaints of the premature
and imperfect development of
bOlls and from South Carolina, q State
whose prospects are far from being
among the most favorable, the state
ment Is made on the authority of gin.
ners that about Ii per cent. more seed
cotton is required for a 500 pound bale
han in an average year.
The average condition in the differ.
States follow:
Virginia, so North Carolina, 80
south Carolina, "a Georgia, 68
rs Alabama, 81 ; Missis-
lppi, 6S (; Louisiana, 70 Texas, 90
Arkansas, rs ; Tennessee, SO /; Mis-
ouri, 70 Oklahoma, rs Indian
Territory, IS.
Mr.. Theodore III. Price, of New
York, thinks cotton will bring ten
ents a pound this season, and his {
easons therefor are given in the fol-
owing intel view, which has been sent /,
the South: :
"I take this means of answering '
undreds of telegraphic inquiries reach 8
1g from all over The country in re- S
ard TO the cotton market. Il ls I'M
for me u reply 70 them in G
lvidually. Tie report of the Upited "
tates government, issued today, in q
gard to The cotton crop indicates q G
'ndition of ga, which lie the lowest on 81
cord for September. 1t is, and has 1:
,en confirmed and foreshadowed by ~
| other reports, public and private, {,
r the past three weeks. The most 81
'timittic construction that is possible n
put upon the government report : d