The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-09-12
COTTON CROP
s1ep.ED Bs SECRETARY HE'S
TERo OF NEW ORLE ms.

EIGERED SS- -SGNi'S
TER OF NEW oRhE ms.
Fe Fix the To'al Value OF the Crep
for the Season at s64l 100
43A
Ths snpual report On tbs U.:iteo
States cotton crop for sos, issuso
BY Ssc,etsr5 Hester, Of the Ne" Or
leans cotton exchange, Is summarized
as follows:
Be puts the Gotten from 1875 C6 al
IL 345 ssS bales, decrease CT 2.2ls.'
ss7 under that OF lso4-05.
He sa. ei.as conpased with last
year, in round figures 7, xSs, Including
lnolan Territory, has fallen CT sos :
900 bales. The group known as othei
gulf .a,ss, consisting Of Louisiana,
Arkansas, Mississippi, Tenne$se, Mis-
souri, OAaaona. U<ah snG Kansas,
has decreased 43l 000, and groups
of Aalsnric Sts,se (AlSosma, G. ..orgia>
Fi.rlas, NrrtE Carolns, Soucn Caro-
llrs Kentucky sno V.rs:Dle), mas list
1000
TIE CROP BY STATES.
Mr.. HIS err report &C The co+tCb
crop OF the fsrenS s:es IS given -
folio rs, in Thousands Of osies: -
A.sbsna, 1889 against l 40 las
,esr: Arkansas, 635 sZsinSt sVo; stni, no
IDS 80 ssascss 50; Gro,gia, l: :soo
soa.nsn s75: Loa s.aua, 525 agar 8
IoG. Mississippi, 232 against ! I'll;
Norrh Caroltrs, 734 a. stust 775; South
Csro:ina, I,175 aea'ust l,2oc; REM
ess,e 647 aysins' 6el; Texas and ln'
Sisc territory, 3,o26 against 5Sz
Toto, crcp tnis yeat ll,346 against
1856 LAST year.
lie makes tbe total production OF
Ic6isn Territory, which is included IL
Texas, 1880 bales against 500. 14S
:ast year; or Oklshons 324 446 s,1a'rss
3i9,23l list year; OF Missouri AZ I54
bales against II sos last year, the twc
last being included under the head OF
Tennessee, etc.
TIE AVERAGE BALE
He puts the average conmsrcis
value OF this crop st s56.56 PEI bale,
against s43 81 last year, and tie totai
vslrs of the crop at S64I, 720 434
against 1928, 1875 $50 last year. he
states thai st,,e lois cr2p vas prac'
tically 2 200. .ocO b&!es less than that
of last year, it sold for s12. 52,o7o
more.
He gives details Of prices, saoslss
that taking The Gotten bsio as snole,
the highest figure for mid6ii1g curing
the year was IL l s, per pound, reach
ed In December. 1905, and the lowest
9 5 Is in August, 1906, and tie aver-
age value per pouDd was IL I 1000
compared with s 9S 100 cents last
year.
he puts the average weight per bale
at $40 81 100 pounds, showing q oe-
crease under lsst year Ct 467 100. Nj.
Hester makes the actual growth Tor
the season IL, l61. 900, snd says that
the last report OF the census bureau OF
cotton ginned does not cover this
years entire growth, that sven WITH
due allowance for old cotton carried
over the ginners' returns seem short
BIZ several hundred thousand bales OF
the actual crop.
sPINDLES IN THE soUT6.
BE estimates the spindles IL the
south at e,76O.l 1872 old, idle ard not
complete, against s.205. $40 last year.
The net gain in the number OF south
eru mills over last ysar has been II,
making the total now 7e4. OF these
these 74l haYe bsen in operation dur
ing the year, 20 are iole and SO are in
course OF erection, II old ano out OF
6ste concerns which ceased business
hsye been crossed cf the list. The
consumption has been divided IS fol-
lows:
Alabama, 2se sS5, increase l6. 0l3,
Arkansas, 3 372, increase lS2
Georgia, 5l4 673, increase 81, 338.
Ksntucks, % 37l, increase 2,52s.
Louisiara, 1887, incrssse 1921.
Mississippi, IL .2eS, increase LILO.
Missouri, 24o, Increase 77s.
North Carolina, 694. 4C5, increase
90. .255.
S,.ush Carolina, 666. lis, ircrssss
1,525.
Tennessee, 5s, 402, increase 6,s55.
7. ks, So Ss6 increase S,123.
V.rsl,,!a, IS 26l, Increase $3.50.
Tossis, 2 374 .2-5. increase 2lo, 72O.
I c.sAse .v.r y5sc before last, 45e,.
97S.