The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-04
THE LOCAL COTTON
rSoxrrnNERY MARKET SHOWED A ', SLIGHT ADVANCE.
Beffer Feeling was Due to Demand 10 Spots m English Circles-+Mr. Hester Issues Interesting
 Figures.

0-lR A1w middiing ..... =. -
 AZ If to xratifiy the hundred or more cot ton growers who were in Montgomery yes terday the local market advance 1-16c, and closed quiet but steady.
 The real cause for the advance was found m the better feeling in the future market. 1axre spot sales were reported in Liverpooi where the market advanced two points Thss foreign sentiment was reflected early fn the New York market which opened around closing prices but soon took on a better tone and advanced about Is points; Thcre was an easing off toward the end or io to iz points above the last quotation on
 Al the close New Orleans teiegraphed
 MY Hester,s report on the amount of cot sSn maf.sisa ,,st sullsh i5saooo. last year iso
 G60 wear before last 1,s0S.oOo. which mace ss Ss.s sasss sO 1 nrd q e32 00a in the ten million cror Of isoz. ne5s rssted wss s,nes september is probably as much as 25e.o00 bales. nsVsr,meit s,.nnirg on a bas3s nf only 10. 0s2 0oo. when compared with She small crop movement of twc years ago, oo msrkss rns laeseeaxs cotton rnoesithstanding @
 ssThe movement to market VIII s,,in pc mops ns nulisn shis G week ss wifi faIi far short of what came forward. s4o.0oo; two years ago. IL ho" pssahnFsts ppns " are reiying upon the census re uorf If next Monday to prove that the crop ls much larger srds snan of % icooo. ese bales are sxpected to be reported as having been gin1. ]. rsas rso arrned that the four per cent. remain fux 10 be picked will have to De taken inso 1a s,s,gt Sfnwa rinned to date mentioned Such %rurea as something in the neiFhbcrhood or sss vDySgI bullet,n would. plus the allowance for linkers, say two per cent; no non haes This t~t tS~t .hnut fhe hest shorts can hope for. al- sh5ush a9a' they stfii have faith in a crop of s so&sd the at Outside figure if the present basis If eonsnmption was to be maintained ana anu yss insrs the trade protsc.0n in the speculative markets, .he trade ehsrsfore, is 1t possible that the crop VIII bc teas than 1o500, 900" shou,. no S,ssgA There is considerable cotton in s1mseSo ouses with little disposition to sell ions snA to take aits 1t q the present prices.
 MONTHLY COTTON sTATEsENNT:, New Oritans. Jan. 3.-Secretary Hester New orleans Cotton Exchange statement issusd today covers the monthly movement " comparsd n with last year t shcws r,.s. g de e1 ssi0SV iasi decrease % of ss4,OOO. and with 1902 decrease of 117.o00. oo,o .rrinst 'I.s l.so1soe last year. I.so7.s2s year before last and 1,s7i.125 the, same time in Tfe movement from September list to the close of December inclusive: seo%s CSs ,SE re n,rs before Last and 4ssi,ses the same time in Canada sSs, 44s against 52s,oos last year 124 494 year before last and 549,O the same fir,e tn 1902; Southern mills takIngs, eKelu- sive og quantity consumed at Southern out- sioo wear before last and s2o.5oo the same time in 1s02 and interior stocKs m f ts osasnn os snoSe sdss49s aEainst sss.:so last year x7i.eae year before last and 4ss,ss1 the same These slmn make m the the total movement of the cotton crop brougnt into sight during the f0r onass assinst I fast year ssss 122 year before last and 6.7so'Sl7 the same s'.Ns Northern sVs spinners took during December s7S.sl2 bales against 36i.s47 last year and ts for se yssr foSr months to against l.1sa.ss7 last year end 1,o49.1 the year be- last year, and 6o1s5 the year before.
 .ns sesson saRe bsen s4s7sss Sales showlnl n decrease under last season of 74e.6sS ant m Sast aAss of s4s,oi7. The loss in foreign export during December. ccmparssdd wit9 Dsesmbe with the same period. year before last TO- Stocks at the seaboard and the 29 leadinl Southern interior markets on December Sl were 1858, 145, against I,1I9's2l the sam cate last year. ahA A'-'~'"@' ' '
 Including port and interior town stock m over ron ths prevlSTs season ernn ano into sight during the four months the sup ply has been 744T, T,s3S, against sls46Ol las ID 10 the close of December last yea 80 H per cent. of the cotton crop had bee narketed and for the same four oIl m1ntns hrdn into sight was 6s. e4. and for the same tim n 1903 the percentage marketed was s2.I
 LIVERPOOL, SPOT COTTON.
 Liverpool. Jan. 3--Cotton, spot in increas ea demand; prices points higher. e Am'n middling. far '''. '''' '''' '''' S's Low Is5T imnnisddiing ... .... .... .... .... Good ordinary .'...,'' .''' '''' '.'' g. < saisz sHanaf of the day 10, 900 bales "f which 50
 srs d6a dor sRSSie' R|srican. Receipts 1s coo baie including 14,2oe American.
 SxvERPooI. COTTON FUTURES.
 4,fyerpooI Jan. 3.-Cotton futures opene quiet and closed steady; American mid ding zoe. gansary-February .... .... .... ....6. Q February-March s... '.'' .'.'e Mnrch-Aprl .... ...- ..''e April-May .'.' '''s zee '''' g ! Iune-July 's'' '''' '''' '''' ''ee Tsasseptenber .... .... .... .... $ Q feuteTnber-October ....5 Octohsr-November .'.. ..''2 } We Owe