The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-10-27

Washington, October 25-The GEN.
sus bureau issued Il bulletin today
placing the cotton ginned in the United
States up to October IS at 4,940, 72S
bales. The statement is based on re-
ports made by the bureaus special
agents in the field.
No estimate is made of the total crop
for the year. but figures are given out
concerning crops of former years.
These figures show that up to this date
in 1904 the product of the gins had
reached a total of 6,417,S94 bales out
of a total of .13,693,279 bales for the
year. In 1905 the total production was
1O,O45,615 bales and the ginning out
put up TO October 90, zoe, ,24S; in 1902
the total was 1O.S27,165 and the output
to October 25, was 5,6S3,OO6. Today's
report covered 26,364 ginneries, and the
statements upon which it was prepared
were supplied by telegraph by 1O2
special agents in the field, most Of
them representing one county each.
The fact that the bulletin was not
issued until 2 O'Clock, two hours after
the usual time, caused some complaint
from brokers in different cities, and
some Of these which reached the bu-
reau before the document was given
to the public We're of sensational
character. They are summarized in
the following from Secretary Hester OF
the New Orleans cotton exchange:
New Orleans, Oct. %, 1905.
Hon. S. n. d. North, Director of the
Census, Washington, d. c.:
Much disappointment and dissatis-
faction here at delay in issuing gin
ners report at p IN. Bache and Com
paaysof New York, wire Hayward,
Wick and Clark, of New Orleans as fol-
lows:
David Miller has just made the
statement to the effect that the gInners
report has been delayed from II o'clock
to . O'clock, so as to allow more time
to certain parties to sell cotton and
says he will stand by the above
One rumor here is that the report
will show counting rounds as half
bales 6.5OO,1OO. All kinds of rumors
are being spread and parties are sell
ing the market down under suspicion
O fsomething wrong in your bureau. L
send this because l think it proper you
should know it. The David Miller re-
ferred to was the receiver Of Sully ana
Company and is a prominent member
of the New Xork cotton exchange.
NJ G. HESTER.
To this Director North replied:
Washington, D. c., Oct. %, 1903.
Henry G Hester, Secretary New Or
leans Cotton Exchange, New Or
leans
Telegram received. Nobody in this
office knows even approximately at the
moment how many bales ginned the
report will show. The men engaged
in compiling it are locked up and the
door is guarded on the outside. More
than half of the telegraphic reports
from the country agents were received
this morning and their compilation
p1i3r to 2 O'Clock was physical I'M
possibility. NORTH.
This telegram was forwarded before
the bulletin was given out and after
it was issued, it was stated that some
of the reports from the agents were
not received until 10 minutes before Z
o'clock.
The ginning product for the present
year to date by states Is STAYED as loi-
lows:
Alabama 641, ,133 bales. Arkansas
l17.511. Florida 3S,OO7 Georgia l.
O5S.1 .167. Indian Territory 1922. Ken
tucky III. Louisiana 141, ,1S0. Missls-
sippi 311,472 Missouri S,515. Nortn
Carolina 325. .29S. Oklahoma $3.50.
South Carolina 639,974. Tennessee 62,-
e25. Texas 1.417,456 Virginia 4,oo1.