The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-06-03
Monthly Cotton Statement

| New Orleans, June 2-Secretary Hes ter's New Orleans cotton exchange state ment. issued today, covers the monthly | movement to June l.
 Compared with last year 1t shows a de- crease for the month In round figures of 1 1s3 GOO bales, compared with year before | last a decrease of 40,000 and with 1907 | decrease of 71,000.
 The total for May was 342359. against 525 0S4 last year, 3S2,152 year before last and 4137SS same time in 1907
 The movement from September to end of May, inclusive, shows receipts at all United States ports 7.023,29 against g. s56 Al last year, 79S3,sS1 year before last and 9,63e,192 same time in 1907; overland across the Mississippi, Ohio and Poto- mac rivers to northern mills and Canada, 553 199. against 1,142,S32 last year, 695, 273 year before last and 1149,5 579 same time in 1907; southern mills takngs. exclusive of quantity consumed at southern outports, l,97S, ,00o, against 2096.00O last year, 1,9l7,O0O year before last and 2,061 900 same time in 1907; and interior stocks in excess of those held at the commencement of the sea son. 162, ,2O4, against 1S5,043 last year. 1s3, ,467 year before last and 16s,93s same time in 1907.
 These make the total movement of the cotton crop brought into sight during the nine months ending close of May, 9,916,69S against 130s0,316 last year. 10.779,62l year before last and 13,015,70 same time in 1907
 Northern spinners took during May ST. 4s7 bales, against 13O. 636 last year and 152, 446 year before last increasing their total for the nine months to 1905. .204, against 2,527 622 last year and 1,62l SSO the year be- fore. This makes their average weekly takings for the season 4S,Sol, against 64,- S11 last year, and fl 1885 the year before.
 EoratQn aynnrfg for the nine months or the season have been 5.525,974 bales, show ing a decrease under last season of 2,S72.- 66O, and a decrease under the same period year before last of 1,3S7,955.
 Stocks at the seaboard and the g lead ing southern interior markets on June 1 were 695, ,150, against s03, "A the same date last year, and 636, TIA the year before.
 Including port and interior town stocks left over from the previous season and the number of bales of the current crop brought into sight during the nine months, the supply has been 10.169014, against 13,36l .663 last year and 11,127627 the year before.
 IJp to close of May last year 946l per cent of the cotton crop had been mar keted and for the same nine months in 1908 the percentage of the crop brought into sight was 93.15, and for the same time in 1907 the percentage marketed was 96. B. The amount of crop brought Into SlRnt ITOIl1 otplttlDcI to IhdSs 'hNihoANSt is 3,164, GOO under last year. S63000 under year before last, and S,099,OOo under l9o7
 Liverpool Cotton Market
 Liverpool. June 2.-Closing spot cot ton. good business done; prices un- changed; American middling. s.39c; good middling, S.09d; middling, 7.9bd; low middling. 7s5d; good ordinary. 7.5ed: ordinary, 7.34d. The sales of the bo nf which lE00 were for speculation and export and included 11,9O0 American. Receipts 5000 bales including 6700 American. Flu lures opened steady and closed steady. June, 7.5S1d; June-July, 7.51d; July August. 744d; AugustSeptember 715Md September October. 6.75d; Oc- tober- November, 6.54d; November-De- cember 6.45d; December-January, 642hd January February. 6.41d; Feb ruary March, 6.40d; March-April. 6.391Ad.
 Dry Goods
 New York, June 2.-The cotton goods market held steady during the day and trade with first hands and sec ondary distributors was light The de- mand for raw silk was quiet. Ma terial of the new Japanese crop is be- ing offered by reelers 10c to 15c a pound above prevailing rates for old silk,
 Hubbard Bros. t Co.'S Letter
 New York, June 2--(Special.)--In face of an excellent demand for cotton in Liverpool the market here slowly de- clined under selling for what appeared to be western and Wall street ac- count until the bureau estimate of condition was published. This estimate of s2. with an increase in acreage of 2.S brought about a further de- cline of some 12 points, or fully 25