The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-19

lb,5Sl; stock, 136946.
 Weekly Cotton Statistics
 New Orleans. November 1S.-Secre- tary Hesters weekly New Orleans cot ton exchange statement issued before the close of business today shows an increase in the movement into sight compared with the seven days ending this date last year in round figures 156,0 900, an Increase over the same days year before last of 400. and an increase over the same time in 1907 of 143,- 900.
 For the IS days of November tie | totals show an increase over last year 1 of 12S,000, a decrease under the same period year before last of 152,0O0, and | an increase over the same time in 1907 | of 30S,O00
 For the 70 days of the season that have elapsed the aggregate is behind the 70 days of last year 146000, behind the same days year before last s12,- 900 and ahead of 1907 by 1,211.o0
 The amount brought into sight dur ing the past week has been 592404 bales against 436, ,536 for the seven days ending this date last year, 591,948 year before last and 449,622 same time in 1907, and for the IS days of Novem- Der it has been 1,462,772 against 1885, 055 last year, 1,615.239 year before last anud 1,154,423 same time in 1907.
 AAO AioNCihtht NtpfenDer 1 shows receipts at all United States ports of 3,102,057 against 3,S15,166 last year, S,S30.S2S year before last and B. 74o,4oS same time in 1907. Overland across the Mississippi Ohio and Po- tomac rivers to northern mills and Can ada, 247,1S3 against 347.639 last year. 355,7S6 year before last and 152,547 the same time in 1907 interior stocks in excess of those held at the close of the commercial year 555.725 against 551,- TAB last year, 627.929 year before last and 3341,67 same time in 1907; south- ern mills takings, 550,000 against 5Se,- I'll last year 57230s year before last and 616,940 same time in 1907. | These make the total movement for the 79 days of the season from Sep tember 1 to date 5.054,965 against b. 201.249 last year. 5,366,S51 year before last and S.S44,057 same time in 1907.
 Foreign exports for the week have been 255,652 against 274,115 last year, making the total thus far for the sea- son 2.351.746 against 2.654,067 last year, a decrease of 102,s21.
 Northern mills takings and Canada during the past days show decrease of 10440, as compared with the core spending period last year. and their total takings since September 1 have increased 50,lS3. The total talings of American mills, north, south and Canada, thus far for the season have been 1,277, 7,454, against .949 last year. These include TIT, iG by northern spinners. against G67- 2s4
 Stocks at the seaboard and the 2s lead- ing southern interior centers have in- creased during the week, 166.9O9 bales, against a decrease during the correspond ing period last season of 1S1a2, and arc now 63.S2S smaller than at this date in 1909.
 Including stocks left over at ports and interior towns from the last crop and stk- .t--4.& thus far from the new crop, the supply to date is 5,S02,927 against 5,f53565 for the same period last year.
 Taking of American Cotton
 New Orleans, November 1s.-Secretary Hester gives the taking of American cot ton by spinners throughout the world as follows. in round numbers:
 This week this year. 3l4.000. against S66.- | 900 last year. 600 year before last.
 Total since September l this year, 27O7,- 0Oo, against 2922.0Oo last year and 2,s24.0e1 the year before.
 Of this northern spinners and Canada took 717,000 bales this year, against 6S7, ,00o last year and 41,0o0 the year before: southern spinners. 560.000. against 5e5,009 last year and 57900 the year before; and foreign spinners, 1.<30.00o, against 1.860,0O0 last year and 1,4o4,00o the year before. | Liverpool. November 1S.-Spot cotton quiet; prices points lower; American middling fair, S.29d: good middling, 7.97d; middling. 7.S5d low middlng. 7.e5d; good ordinary. 7.3sd; ordinary, 7.l4d The sales of the day were 5000 baless of which 800 were for shipment and ex- port and included $500 American Re- ceipts, 35,000 bales, including S1,S00 Amer ican.
 Futures opened steady and closed steady; November. 7.s5Rd: November December. 7.5s1zd; December-January. 7.5719d; Jsnuary-February, 7.5Sd Febru- ary- March. 7.59d; March-April. 7.6od ril-May, 7.60d May-June. 7.601ad; July, 7.5e1ad: July-August. 7.5Id; August September 7.35d.
 | Dry Goods
 New York. November 1S.-The dry goods markets are quiet and steady. Gray goods are easy and quiet with mills de- oiining to sell ahead at current prices. Yarns are steady. The local wool mar- ket is firm, with some slight advances. Hubbard Eros. G Co.'s Letter New York, November lS.--(SpecialD- An improvement In Liverpool was sup posed to have been caused by American buying, as it was thought that some of the large traders bought back (before the ginners' reporD some of the cotton which they had sold on the last advance. A quiet market. though very steady, was thought to reflect this idea. as the spot houses appeared as sellers of hedges on all firm periods.
 The large insight and the reported large ginnery estimate from the National