The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-11

week with last week, last year and the year before. It shows a decrease for the week 12.457 last year and an increase of 16.o61 year before last
 The total visible is 4.sss.ss against 4.- l111s9 last week. 3,sS0.2Ss last year and 3.sS1.sss year before last Of this the total of American cotton Is 3,4t0.295. against B. 516.199 last week. 2,soo,2Ss last year and kinds, including Egypt, Brazil, India, etc. s4S.o0O against s95,0o0 last wer S 1,03o.ooO last year and s95,ooo year befo.- last
 Tho total worlds visible supply of cotton as above shows a decrease compared with last week of HA9o4. an increase compared with last year of 45s,006 and increase compared with year before last of 404. 5s6.
 Of the worlds visible supply of cotton as above there Is now afioat and held in Great against 1.1bs.aoO 'ast year and s.O2s.Ooo year before last, in Egypt 1s5.000. against 24o.- 900 last year anS .s3.ooe year before lass: and 4h7.ooO year before last; and in the United States 1.347.00c against 1.136, 900 last year and 1,a7Oooe year before last
 LOvEMAN CO.'S COTTON LETTER.
 IBy Private Wire from H. & B: Beer)
 New Orleans, Feb. lo.-The absence of outside support. the public refusing to sup port market on account of a possible ava lanche of receipts which is likely to set in. the crop being so large this season, a selling market was lowered about 20 points when compared with highest of the day. 7.s5 to
 
 as 30 interior towns. Griffin. Ga, this year. was by far the smallest for this period of the year for many seasons past, arrivals amounting to but 4S.000 against 7s,0O0 last week and los. 900 last year. while shipments figured only 6S.00o. last week 100000. last year l21.000. These light shipments from the interior, s7. 600 less than last week, in- dicates another small movement next week. for which. however, the almost impossible The modern way of trading in futures over looks such temporary influences. when 1t has become known fact, as is the case to- day. that an abnormal 'supply awaits ship ments from the country. The crop is so large that the producer could not commence thinking of marketing the total yield by about 100000 if a decline to below cents Is to be feared, and the surplus in the in- terior is fully 100000 more than the worlds requirements. Precinct meetings are to be held tomorrow in every county of the belt for the purpose of having farmers pledge themselves to a reduction in acreage and in the use of fertilizers this year to the extent of 25 per cent, and to try and de- wise means by which the better part Of the remnant of the crop can be withheld from market until next fall Thus far this season there has been marketed of this sea- sons crop about 9.200.0 bales in round figures and as the actual growth points to probably totals 4.30O.o00 and 1t will be necessary to hold back about 50 per cent to prevent market from becoming glutted the market at the different future trading centers of the world, Spinners might take market could withstand the marketing of larger percentage of the amount held back without such a movement having a depress- Ing influence on values. little later in the season one years mills were obliged to run short time and visible supply showed small weekly losses for balance of season. he much larger hereafter than last year. the increase in the movement to market ings. Spots closed easy. 1-16c down. mid dlinK. s-1ee.