The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-08-10
COTTON GOSSIP.


One small lot of twenty, bales was
released in the local market yester-
dav.
Another lot was offered but no sale
was made.
Even with the stock so low. and one
even considering the time of the year,
the release of twenty bales Is not con-
sidered much of q sale.
Liverpool was weak yesterday and
Texas and Oklahoma received some
good rains over Sunday.
The temperatures in that section OF
the belt are also lower AS the re-
suit, the cotton market was off about
i n points on opening yesterday morn
The market rallied for about 10
points on good buying. 1t closed very
quiet and showed a sagging tenden-
cy.
More precipitation is indicated for
Texas which is favorable.
While showers have been general in
the Central and Eastern part OF the
belt for some time apprehension now
too much rain.
Waco. Tex wired: Good rains
Drouth seems broken"
II Liverpool cabied: p''Continent baI-
ly supplied. Russia buying, with
Bremen and North France active"
report from Houston says:
"On Saturday the section around
Austin had good rain. Elgin reports
the drouth broken. Good rain OF
Mexia, Liberty reports showers.
.'on Sunday the dispatch says tho
At Sherman downpour lasted over an
hour. At Marshall 1t ratned over an
hour. Light rains at Paris, Dallas
Waco, Fort Worth, Greenville, Tyler.
Gainesville. Good rain at Corsicana:
reports good rains. Courtney reports
fine crop prospects"
Shreveport, La, wires, "All that ter
ritory West of Central Railroad and
from Hearne to Dallas cannot make
more than 40 per cent. of last years
crop. Rain will be of no benefit. bolls
are now open at half grown and the
lint. is nearer linters than cotton"
San Antonio saws. Since our report
of July 80, we have had a week OF
normal temperatures, which nave beeh
beneficiaI to the growing crop in South
and Southwest Texas. The plant mas
made good progress since the rains
| ilv. Whilst rain is not necessary Just
now. a good shower would be welcome
to insure a good yield. Some sections
we cannot help that thinking that re-
ports are exaggerated and that the
damage can be repaired by timely
rains. A travelling member of our firm
to inv fiGrof ing
US a stalk four feet high with 48 full
grown bolls and says that he found
many fields in such conditions.
Another report from Houston reads.
Texas is going through the most pro-
tracted drouth in years However. re-
lief seems imminent. The weeVil is
being done for and with a Reasonable
amount of moisture during August,
conditions will change greatly for the
better"
A prominent crop observer has the
following to say concerning the TeT-
= Prom Lancaster ala the way down
the line the crop is from six to eight
weeks late y and needs rain badly tho
plant is shedding badly
ELLIS county is certainly up against
It. Stands from Dallas to Waco are
bad but from Waco on South are all
"Travls county has a good crop com.
paratively speaking, the plant though
small, Is heavily fruited. This ap-
plies also to COmaL
with the exception of these two
counties. the stalk does not seem to
have very much on 1T though 1t was
blooming all along the line
I'm wiring and writing, we are try
ing to be conservative as possible ana
at the same time have the facts in the
case. You cannot realize how bad the
situation is until you see it for your
self and If there is any chance what
ever of your being able to do so, would
advise that you take a look at Cen
rral Texas for yourself.
II saw cotton in Williamson county
that I passed over five weeks ago and
II does not look TO have grown a quart
er of an inch since that time,
"On good bottom lands we saw farm
stalk about eleven inches high. two
open bols on the bottom and one
bloom on top. 1t is still possible to
make a fair yield but in order to do so
weather conditions must favor the
plant in every way, rain must be had
imm ediateIy boil weevils must let it
alone and frost must not bother it,"
CROP REPORT DISAPPOINTS.
Spectators Sell Holdings Freely After APP
pearance.
New York, Aug. 9.-Speoulators in stocks
expressed their disappointment the
government crop report by selling their
holdings quite freely after its appearance.
The sharp decline in the condition. Of corn
NHroa NJ al off "a "a