The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-02

innate of Egyptian crop s.2oo,oeo to 5,5oo,O0o cantars against s.0o0.oo0 ex- pected during the summer" Approximately 125 bales of wagon cotton was brought to the Square. The cotton market was trifie bet ter Wednesday and an advance of II
 points in prices was recorded. The deficiency in the weight of the
 bales this, year from last year is the
 main topic of interest. q The political developments in Eng
 land seem to be regarded as favorable. Liverpool was steady with futures
 Wednesday and about points higher than due. A better inquiry for spots is also reported from Europe. The market was steady Wednesday
 and New York reports 8 better tone Liverpool cabled: Although the mar
 ket is quiet. there are indications of an
 increased demand for spots" The total exports for the season up to the first of the week were 2.sse,00o
 bales against s.is5,ooo bales last year. Royston, Ga, wired: "The fields
 are absolutely bare and farmers are practically through sowing wheat and
 oats in cotton land" Augsburg, Bavaria, cabled: Spin.
 ners out of the market. Goods mar ket strong tone but not active. Ex- pect better demand soon." The print cloth sales of FaiI River were only 5O,000 pieces last week. which Is the smallest total for many weeks.
 
 winona, Miss, wired: -Four thous-
 and bales in press. average about 44o pounds"
 New orleans reported tho market
 steady with the trading very quiet.
 Columbus. Ga. wireds -Raies run than last year"
 Matches, Miss. wired: Average weight of bales in this section 45e pounds against 4s5 pounds last year."
 Greensboro. N. C.. wired: .'Indica- tions points to about five pounds less per bale locally"
 A cotton firm at Columbia. s. C., wired: sOur purchases to date aver.
 age AT pounds per bale against 4so pounds last year."
 1 Charlotte, N. C.. wired: .Baies run
 ming about ten pounds lighter this year. rF ti @ fm {, Following Is the semi-weekiy cot-. l ton movement:
 Receipts oI,2os. last year 142.137.
 year before s7,sss; shipments ss,sIe
 vs. 577.s3s vs. s24.1ss. New York wired: "The cotton crop the most valuable the farmer has ever | l. A4R Co hA
 pseonS Crop in Value m % sna sis years crop Is easily the most valuable one
 to the farmer that has been produe-
 ed. :. With cotton lint seiiing at ls.9
 cotton. seed selling for about s25 per | ion. the lint and seed of this crop are
 worth about $S50,00e.0o0 to the farm
 CT. No other cotton crop since 1878 l has been sold by farmers for as high
 a price per pound as this one" "The above figures Is practically
 confirmation or announcement of
 10,50O.Oo0 bale crop"
 | Following are the opinions of some
 New York cotton houses: Renskorf, Lyon and Co.,: Specu-
 lation is on a diminished scale and
 some new feature will be necessary to
 cause any up-turn of importance. The situation seems to be sufficiently strong to hold the market at about
 Miiier and Co. .'The probabilities
 are for a market ranging between 20 to 30 points pending the government report, but thereafter we expect high i CT prices"
 | Hayden, Stone. and Co.,: '"rhe mar
 ket shows a halting tendency. Bus | mess in spots Is light. with the spin
 ner. having already taken within
 some 240, 1000 bales of the same date last year, slow to make new commit
 ments while the farmer. having sold
 freely at the high price appears disin-
 clined to market further at de- cline"
 Argo. Jester. and Co.,: "Temporar-