The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-09-28
Cotton Shipments for Texas Towns

Especial Correspondence % The Postl
Washington, September Through the
courtesy OF Mr. John Hyde, chief Of the
statistical division OF the agricultural de-
partment and stntisticlan for the depart.
ment, The Post correspondent is enabled
10 present herewith a statement showing
the number OF bales OF cotton shipped from
railroad stations IN Texas, Indian Terri.
tory ana Oklahoma during the season 81
| lDuO1DUl. These figures VIII be published
IN the annual report OF the agricultural
department. the issuance OF winch 10 be
ing delayed because OF the desire OF OF
meals OF that department to wait for cef-
tain statistics OF the census department
In connection with the figures wnen they
are published the following explanatory
notes VIII appear:
The following tables contain state.
ment of the number OF bales of cotton
shipped from each OF the stations nnmed
during the season 1O0O-IOO1. Tho figures
represent In all cases the nctual number
OF bales shipped from, but mot neces-
sarily the number originating at, each sta.
ton 1t Is well known tnat there are
stations In all the cotton States known
presses are located. Cotton from various
other stations is here concentrated for the
| purpose of COMPRISING into much smaller
aud more compact bales prior to shipment
TO seaboard for export or to distant in
land markets. Compress stations are 10
Gated at 1855 interior points In all the cot
ton States as well MS all Important South
ern ports. The States consuming large
| quantities of cotton have but few com.
| press points. For instance South Caro-
/ lima has but one, North Carolina two
! whereas Mississippi and Texas, which
| consume relatively small quantities have,
| respectively thirty-three aud hfty-aiX.
But compress points are not necessarl
| ly the only stations at which cotton Is
| concentrated. There are numerous sta
| lions at which congresses are not located
/ which handle large quantities OF cotton.
I These stations are some times the local
markets for large territories and thousands
4 of bales are shipped In from other less
important stations and hauled in by wagons
/ to be shipped TO some compress point OF
! local mill. Such, for Instance, are Arka'
delphia Ark, which handled over 10000
/ balesi Gibsland, La, Greenwood, S. O.,
and Seguin, Texas. Hence IL is that az
| congresses and other concentrating points
/ the figures given represent not only the
| cotton origin or growth, but that which
/ Instances the shipments from the minor
/ stations are also given. The exceptions
! are In cases OF short lines of railroad
I having but few important shipping points,
1 the cotton originating on such lines being
| credited TO the stations at the point OF
! junction with main lines, Other eXcep-
| tons are In the case of shipments from
/ nag stations. Such shipments have been
| grouped under the classification 'unenu-
merated railroad stations II has not been
! found practicable TO give the shipments
! from river and coastwise points, but as a
matter OF Information and for the pur-
! pose of showing the entire movement of
! the crop In each State the amount Of cot
! ton so originating is given and credited to
| coastwlse points and river landings.
| For a like reason the wagon movements
! from the plantations OF one State to the
| markets of another is given and credited TO
| he country in which IL originated.
The number OF stations or shipping points
! in the various States and territories are
| as follows: Alabama 1872 Arkansas 2S4,
| Florida 50, Georgia 531 Indian Territory
\ a. Louisiana 27l, Mississippi 445, Mis-
/ souri, 20. North Carolina 292 Oklahoma
20, South Carolina al, Tennessee 129 Tex
as 500 Virginia 48. Total 349l."
1t will be noted that OF the total Texas
crop of 3,550,000 bales, 2,O376O5 bales We're
! shipDed from Houston