The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-20
COTTON STATISTICS.
Secretary Hester Compares Fig
,ures This Year With Last.

Especial to The Times-Dispatch.)
NEW ORLEANS, January 19.-Secretary'
Hester's weekly cotton statement, issued
to-day shows for the nineteen days of
January, an increase over last year 1900
and a decrease under the same period
year before last of 1900.
For the III days of the season that
have elapsed. the aggregate Is behind
the same days of last year l.oi5,0oo. and
behind the same days year before last
5000
The amount brought into sight during
the past week has been U7eoo bales.
against l53.s4s for the same days last
year. and 2is,3e5 year before last.
The movement since September first.
shows receipts at all United States ports
to be 5,4a5,77S. against s.ssi..sa1 last year.
Overland across the Mississippi Ohio
and Potomac Rivers to northern mills
and Canada. 470.S76, against 6o2,66s last
year. Interior stocks in excess of those
Eeld at the close OF the commercial year
562. Al, against 59e,59S last year. Southern
mills taking 1.o54,o1O. against 1.oso427 last
year.
Total movement since September LIST is
1852 3l, against S597,42s last year.
Foreign exports for the week have been
Lex, s74. against 175T73 last year, making
the total thus far for the season 1851 ,4Ss,
against 4s69.155 last year.
The total takings of American mills.
North, South and Canada, thus far for
the season, have been 2.451 1883. against
1885,, 020 last year. Stocks at the seaboard
and the twenty-nine leading southern in
terror centers have decreased during the
week T,922 bales, against decrease dur
ing the corresponding period last season
OF s4.5N
al,,lt ~ IaSt
interior towns from the last crop, and
the. number OF bales brought into sight
thus far from the new crop. tho supply
to date is s.o27,161. against s,75s,as6 for
the same period last year.
Worlds Visible Supply.
NEW ORLEANS, January 1s-secre-
tary Hesters statement of the worlds
visible supply OF cotton issued to-day
shows the total visible to be 425.4si.
against 5.4a5,451 last week. and 4,5s4125
last year. CT this the total of American
cotton is 4.042.431. against 4,os2.45l last
week, and 3.697.125 last year. and of all
other kinds. including Egypt, Brazil.
India. etc, 1883, 900, against 1.343000 last
week. and $4,000 last year.
OF the worlds visible supply OF cotton.
there is now afloat and held In Great
Britain and Continental Europe. 2,83,ooO.
against 2,41S,00O last year: In Egypt,
6Oo. 900 against 10000 last year; in India,
600 against 10000 last year: and in
the United States. 1,t55.ooo. against H.
$4,000 last year.
tBy Associated Press.)
NEW ORLEANS, January ls-The
semi-monthly bale report Of the National
! Gtnners Association complied to-day
(, shows that 176. 1876 bales have been gnned
!. from January l, to January IL, 1905, in
elusive. This added to the governments
! last census raport shows q total of s,S97,-
OIL bales gi:s.led during the season Of
1866. There yet remains to be ginnad
126,762 bales. President Taylor, who COM
piled the report, stated that the cotton
territory was very generally covered ana
that the report therefore should be very
accurate.
The report issued shows the total
amount ginned to date as follows; Ala
bama, 1ls4.65O; Arkansas. b2s, $50. Florida.
| 1894: Georgia. 1,es4.170; indian Territory,
S02,S75 Louisiana, 47s,T6S mississippi,
! 1O64 144; Missouri, $685. North Carolina,
| $50. 200; Oklahoma, 2s4,5ls South Carolina,
1,0S1 ,426; Tennessee. 244,241; Texas, 29n,-
500; Kentucky, 1880; Virginia, 14.74O.
Total, 9,S97,0n..
1