The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-03-24
AND FLOODS
MAKE THEM BLUE
hat is, the Retailers, but the
Jobbers SIN lie.
HI tASltR SEASON LAIt
Gross Railway Earnings fs First Half II harci
ShCw a Gain Oy-r It's Year e
Fuly Iwiv. Pr
Cent.
CBy the Associated Prcs,.D

New York. March 2o.-Bradstrccts to-
morrow Will say:
Excessive moisture in tho form 0
heavy rains and floods, or Of merely bad
roads. IS an apparent drawback to dis
tributive trade. over against this today.
however. is TO be placed an Improvement
in jobbing at some loading Western
centres. a shade better thai heretofore
reported collections. a p~erceptible casing
of the car shortage trouble and increased
strength in the iron and steel trades.
There is even some, though perhaps more
apparent than real, improvement in the
labOrsituation, some strikes having been
avoided or settled, but labor disturb
ancc is still a possible uHscttling fea-
turc, particularly in the building trades
The Easter season is one OF the latest
on record, but actual spring weather
conditions are operative, as may be
Judged from the fact that lower lake
navigation is already pretty we'll opened.
The next two weeks Will sec applied the
test of demand in retail lines. Gross
railway earnings for the first half Of
March shows an aggregate gain over last
year of fully II per cent. In prices. fca-
lures arc the further slight changing OF
cotton. Cotton gods have displayed cx-
ceptional strength, though a waiting ten
dency regards new business is noted at
first hands. No effect of the higher level
Of price in the shape of checked demand
is announced by jobbers, however, who
almost universally repOrt to dry goods
by this spring as the largest on record.
business failures for the week number
194 against 1877 in the like week Of 1902
WEEKLY MOVEMENT.
New York, March 2O.-Thc following
statistics on the movement OF cotton for
tho week ending March goth were com
piled by the New York Cotton Exchange
This Last
Year Year
Port rcceipts.............. S8,o49 64,31o
Overland to Mills and
Canada ................ 2l,Z94 z1,O5-
Southern mill takings (cs-
tim2ted) ................ ~ 1000 40,2a,
Loss Of stock at interior
towns ................... 1888 1s,s2o
Brought into sight for the
week .1i6. $50 1884
TOTAL CROP MOVEMENT.
Port receipts ........6 ,ss5, 93s sol sc
Overland to mills and
Canada .............. 9l0,2l2 9l3,"S-
Southern mill takings
(estimated) ..........1, 1o5, 600 1,296, 100
Stock at interior towns
in excess Of Septem-
Der 1st ............. 1906 295, 13G
Brought into sight thus
far for season. .......9 q, iJJ.20l 9,3l2,SaG
Movement is for c02 days last year,
against ZOE this year.
COTTON RECEIPTS.
New York, March 20.-The following
are the total net receipts of cotton at
all ports since September list: Calves
ton. 1910. s99; New Orleans, 1914 o2.
Mobile, 1876. O09; Savannah. 1,2o4.32o
Charleston, 2O7, 1917; Wilmington, 800, 633
Norfolk. 4t9,975; Baltimore, 32,776; New
York, 46.919; Boston, 1882; Newport
News, IA, 193; Philadelphia, 1851;
Brunswick, 102, $50; Fcrnandina, 3,13l;
Pensacola. 1926, sol; Port Arthur, 53,92o;
Port Townsend, 5000; San Francisco.
so, 1926; Portland, Ore, 1.541; Ell Paso,
,23S; Eagle Pass. 1926; Laredo, 12,l29
Total, 6,SS4,S $50 bales.
COMPARATIVE COTTON STATE
MENI.
New York. March 0.-For the week
ending Friday, March 20, 200 .903: net re
ceipts at all L. S. ports same week last
year. 101 ,331; total receipts since Sep
TENDER list, 1854, $50; total receipts to
same date last year, 6,S09, 191. exports for
the week, 125,522: exports for same week
last year, S7,714; total exports since Sep
tember 1st., 5,499 SIG; total exports same
date last year, 5,457, 45O; stock at all
United States ports, SGT 1923: stock at all
United States ports same time last year.
! III. 1923. stock at all interior towns, 24?,
SIS: stock at all interior towns same time
last year, 412, O94; stock at Liverpool,
-: stock at Liverpool same time last
year, lis, 900; stock of American afioat
for Great Britain; 112. 900; stock Of
| American a1oat for Great Britain same
time last year, -