The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-11-02
Statistics from Ginners Show
a Light Crop
2-hOUR DELAY EXPLAINED
Census Bulletin. Issued Two Hours
After Noon Wednesday, Places
Cotton Ginned up to October IS, at
4,940,728 Bales, and Makes No Es-
innate of Total, But Gives Former
Years Figures as Guide.

Washington, Special. census
Bureau issued 4 bulletin Wednesday
placing the cotton ginncd IN the Unit
ed States up to October 18th at d.
940,72S balees, round bales being
counted ~ half bales. The state
ment is based Oh reports made by
the bureaus special agents iii the
field.
No estimate Is made Of the total
crop Tor tho year, but figures are
gwen ont concerning crops Of form
or years. These figures show that up
to dis date III 1904 the product Of
the gins had reached total of
6,il7, SJ4 bales cut Of a total Of 49,
693,219 bales for the year. In 1908
the total production was 10,0I5,6l5
bales and the ginning output, up to
October 2,376.24S; in 1902, the to-
tai was 1882, jos and the output
to October - was J,6S3.O0G. Wednes-
days report covered 2G,3G4 2inneries,
and the statements upon which It was
prepared were supplied by telegraph
by 7O2 special agents III the field, most
OF them representing county each.
The fact that the bulletin was not
issued until 2 @ clock. Two hours after
the usual time. caused some COM
plant from brokers in different cities
and some Of these, which reached the
bureau before the document was given
TO the public. were of sensational
character. They aye summarized in
the following f.om Secretary Hester,
of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange
"New Orleans, Dct. -, 1905.
"Iion. 5. N. ID. North, Director Of
he Census, Washington. ID. {.
''Mucl, disappointment and dissat-
isIaction here ut delay IN issuing gin
ncrs' report to p. IL. Bache & Co.,
Of New York, Wire Hayward, Fick 4
Clark, OF New Orleans, as follows:
David Miller Just made II : statement
TO the effect hat the yinners report
has been delayed from 12 O'Clock to
, O'Clock So as TO allow more time to
certain parties to sell cotton, and so.|s
he will stand by The above.
cone r:u1or here IS that the report
will show, counting round as half
bales. 6,1O0. 100. All kinds Of rumors
are being spread and parties arc sell
inc the market down, and suspicion
Of something wrong is your bureau.
I send this because | think it proper
you should know ii. The David Nil
Ter referee 10 was the receiver of
Sully & Company and is a prominent
member of the New York Cotton Ex-
change.
"H. C. HESTER"
To this, Director North replied:
Washington, D. c.. Oct. p.
"Henry G. Hester, New Orleans Cot
ton Exchange, New Orleans:
Telegram received. Nobody III
this Office knows even approximately
at the moment how many bales ginned
the report will show. The men en-
gagged in compiling it are locked up
and the door guarded on the outside.
More than half Of the Geographic re-
ports from country agents were receiy-
ed this morning and their compilation
prior to 2 o'clock was physical inn
possibility. NORTH.
This telegram was forwarded be-
fore the bulletin was given ont. and
after it was issued it Was stated that
some of the reports from the agents
were not received uptil 10 minutes be-
fore 9 clock.
The ginning product fer the pres
ent wear by States, is as follows:
Alabama, 64l, l33 bales; Arkansas,
117.511: Florida, 3S,oQ7; Georgia, l.
o5s.l67; Indian Territory, 1922
Kentucky. III: Louisiana. al, $50;
Mississippi, 3ll,472: Missouri. S.ol5;
North Carolina. 325.29S; Oklahoma,
1920; South Carolina. 639.3l4; Ten
nessee. 62.625; Texas, 1,4l7 .456; VIZ
ginia, 4,05l.