The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-03
Hester,s Monthly Statement.

New Orleans, February 2-Secretary Hester's New Orleans cotton exchange statement issued today covers the month ly movement to the close of January. Compared with last year 1t shows de- crease for the month in round figures of 52,OOO bales. compared with year before last a decrease of 173.OOO and with 1908 a decrease of 350,OOO.
 The total for January was 904.1S9 against 955,S23 last year, LOTT, 500 year before last, and 1,254,069 the same time in 1903.
 The amount of the crop brought into sight for the five months from September to January, inclusive. is 1,0S1 00O under last year; 600 under year before last, and 77,000 under 1903.
 The movement from September 1 to Jan uary 31, inclusive. shows receipts at all United States ports, 5,7O2.S05, against G. 70,236 last year; 5,99Z542 year before last and 5,865,5S2 same time in 1903 Overland, across the Mississippi. Ohio and Potomac rivers to northern mills and Canada, 517 S27, against 9,677 last year; 616,S61 year before last and 736, 625 same time in 1903; southern mill takings, exclusive of quan- tty consumed at southern outports, r. 13O,OO0. against 1,106,0O0, 1,01A000 year be- fore last, and 1,00S,000 same time in 1908. and interior stocks in excess of those
 
 556, ,964, against 5S2444 last year, 3S1, ,219 year before last, and 375,O4S same time in 1903. These make the total movement of the cotton crop brought into sight during the five months ending close of January 7,90,- 596. against S,9SS 357 last year, 8.009, ,622 year before last and 79S4,SS6 same time in 1908.
 Northern spinners took during January 2S2, ,293 bales, against 194,367 last year and 399, ,369 year before last, increasing their frfa For fixrA he fn against 1,3S3,754 last year and l. AS, ,6S5 the year before. This makes their average weekly takings for the season 67,S37, against 6S.3OS last year, and 65, 334 the year before
 Foreign exports for the five months of the season have been 4,124,S56 bales, show ing decrease under last season of 1,O43, = 073 and a decrease under the same period year before last of 400738. The loss in foreign exports during January compared with January last year has been 1S2, 997 and compared with the same period year before last 113, 066
 Stocks at the seaboard and the 29 lead ing southern interior markets at the close of January were 1,5S9,024, against 1,47SSsS the same date last year, and 1,16S924 the year before
 Including port and interior town stocks left over from the previous season and the number of bales of the current crop brought into sight during the five months, the supply has been S,352,127 against 915O,- S24 last year and S,177. 421 the year before.
 Up to the close of January last year 66 26-1O0 per cent of the cotton crop had been marketed and for the same five months in 1904, the percentage of the crop brought into sight was 80 1-10O and for the same time in 1903 the percentage marketed was "A 4S-l00. In addition to the monthly statement Secretary Hester is- sued today statement of the weekly movement for the seven days ending Feb ruary ?, inclusive showing total brought into sight for the year 195,5 56S against 2S5,- SS4 for the seven days ending February last year 195,44l, year before last 254,- 63S same time in 1903