The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-03
SECRETARY TESTERS MONTHLY cor
 TON STATEMENT.

NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 2.--Secretary Hes ters New Orleans Cotton Exchange state ment issued today covers the monthly move ment to October S1.
 Compared with last year it shows an in- crease for the month in round figures oi 43s.000 bales, compared with year oefore last an increase of 435,OOo, and with l9Vl an increase of 225.000.
 The total for October was 2.ss5,349. against I.957,1S5 slast year, 1,s60,570 year before last and 2.17o,142 same time in 1901.
 The movement from Sept. 1st to Oct Sl inclusive show receipts at all United States ports 2.s24.53s. against 2.o4Os37 last year. 2.264.47 year before last and 2,o04.s13 same time in 1901; overland across the Mississ- ippi Ohio and Potomac rivers to Northern mills and Canada I10.745, against 53.34S last year. 162,144 year before last and 166, 263 same time in 1901; Southern mills takings. ern out-ports, 423,0Oo, against 35T,Ooo last year, 3s3,500 year before last and 35z.66S same time in 1901; and interior stocks in excess of those held at the commencement of last season 399.509. against 257,191 last year, 3sT.170 year before last and 3S2,S6s same time in 1901.
 brought into sight during the two months ending close of October 3,757.7S7 against 2.707.410 last year. s.217,261 year before las: and 2,ST6,46S same time in 1901.
 Northern spinners takings during October 276.O66 bales. against 16S.501 last year and 2T6 369 year before last. increasing their to- tai for the two months to 3S6,026, against 2T9.313 last year and ST4.244 the year be- fore. This makes their average weekly talk
 
 last year and 42.546 the year before.
 Foreign exports for the two months of the season have been 1,9SS,5l3 bales. show ing an increase over last season of 5ss.7S3 and an increase the same period year before last of 423,21s. The gain fin ffor- eign exports during october compared with October last year has been 153,O46 and com pared with the same period year before last s1s.4sI.
 Stocks at the seaboard and the 2s lead ing Southern interior markets on Oct. 3l were 1, i03. .33s, against S23,0 the same date last year. and 1,os2,so3 the year before.
 Including port and interior town stocks left over from the previous season and the number of baies of the current crop brought into sight during the two months the sup ply has been s,sis.75i. against 2S75,217 last year and $,43e334 the year before.
 Up to October 31 last year 27 4-1o0 per cent Of the crop had been marketed and for the same two months in 1902 the per- centage of the crop brought Into sight was 29 g9-10o. and for the same period in 1901 the percentage marketed was 2s sS-1oo.
 DAILY COTTON MARKET.
 NEW ORLEANS Nov. 2.--Cotton firm: sales, 10000 Ordinary. 3-16: good ordin- ary, Sm low middling, 9M middling, H. 16: good middling. 9A; middling fair, 10S Receipts, 15,6ss; stock, 229.33s.
 0ALVESTON.-Firm; middling, 9%; re- oeipts. 17.S31; sales, 335; stock. 172,913.
 MoBILE.-Firm; middlng. 9 s-1s; sales 200; receipts 35a; stock. 36,79o. SAvANNAH-Firm; middling. 9-1s; re- receipts 15.213: sales, 1.O1S; stock. 122.126.
 RLEsToN.-steady; middling. SB; sales 1,500; receipts, 749; stock. 2e.324.
 wILMINGTON.-Nomin receipts, l. 139; stock. 16,049.
 NORFOLK.-Recelpts. 5.e47; stock. 32- 4s3.
 BALTIMORE.-Nominal middling. 9.75: receipts 1.242; stock, e9s.
 BOSTON.-Quiet: mtddling, 10; net re- ceipts PAS; gross, 9,SS1.
 PHILADELPHIA. Steady; middling, 10 40; receipts. 975: stock. 2.34l.
 ST. JOUIS-Firm; middling, 9S: sales. SIT; receipts. $.946: stock. 1s,137.
 NEW YORK.--Cotton steady; middlng. 10.l5: gross receipts, 6,905; stock. 79.52l; exports, to Great Britain. 300
 Total today: Net receipts e1,41o; ex- ports, to Great Britain. 5.2s5: to France. 1.5sG: to continent, 1881; to Japan. l,5s4; stock, 726,237