The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-09-14
COTTON
last Season tor Nine.y-Fre hllhoa
! Dollars More Than
yTHE PREVIOUS YEAR
8though the South Produces Over
4 Three Million Bales Less IurinS
fSeason just Coscd- Money Value
Far Surpassed that OF Amy Other
yesr in History Of Country.

Far Surpassed that OF Amy Other
! Yesr in History Of Country.
n That the value OF cotton. which
hs South marketed in the CONNER
8cssl season recently closed. far sur
Spassed tha. Of any previous year in
the history OF the country. in spite
OF q short crop. was the principal
feature OF the annual report pus OUT
Tuesday by Col. Henry G. Hester.
for many years secretary and s'atis-
ssciaa OF. the New Orleans Exchange
The noney value Of the CONNER
sial crop in the season 1S0s-l0 is
5 placed a, s77S.Sa4.o0o. showing that
while the quantity Of cotton market
Led was 3.2lS.ao0 bales less than the
previous season. it brought sSa.l0e.-
900 more. This does no, include the
value Of cotton seed. which. II add
ed. would show the actual wealth
producing capacity OF the Southern
cotton lands for the commercial year
closed to have been ss0c.Sel.0o0. a
gain over 3s9S-s OF sIe7.1oo.oo0.
According to complete reports
from both Northern and Southern
milling centres the South 70. the
third consecutive season nanufac-
tured more cotton than the North.
and increased tSe lead which il held
last season.
Testers report forms detailed
report on the crop which was put out
at the close OF business August 81.
That report placed the crop for 1909
10 at 1o.eos.s6S bales. decrease
under that Of 1soS-s o: 3.215.7ss.
aad under that OF 1se7-S OF sS2.2sS-
These. Col Hester says. constitute
the face OF the figures. but consid-
ering the falling OF in weight. which
s>eraged S 63-100 pounds Per bale.
there 10 the equivalent: OF lSS.oo0
bales. or a crop equal to io.47e, ,0o0
bales Of last years weight
According to the report. the grade
was good. averaging practically
'tstrict middl;ns.' bare shade IN
der last year The average price o!
niddling cotton for the year IS plac-
ed st 1887 cents per pound. and the
commercial value OF the bales a;
73.41. against 1916 last year. and
$50 the year before.
The report places the actual
\ growth at lo.aSs.600 hsies. and says
hat as .he resul: OF the high prices
the intasso@ has practically been
swep. clean. farmers having little OF
no old cotton left over and Southern
mil. stocks having been materially
decreased.
The report on the crop in the pric-
ci2al States is given as follows in
thousands OF bales. The this years
ngu.es are compared TO those OF las,
year as follows:
Alabama. LOTS VS. 1.42S.
Arkansas. lis VS.. 1862
Florida. Sc IS. !ol.
Georgia. 1872 VS.. 2.l1S.
louisiana. 2S2 VS.. 4SS.
Oklahoma. 5sS vs. 1oi.
mississippi. 1.1cl VS.. 1878.
North Carolina. etc. SIS VS.. ii1.
South Carolina. Lisa VS.. l.eeS.
Tennessee. etc. 31s VS.. zcS.
Texas. 2.ST6 VS.. 3..se.
Total crop, lO.sI0 VS.. l3.S25.
Regarding the cotton consamp-
tsoa by Southern mills the report
SAYS:
The sc:odles in the South num-
Der 11.5S3.35s. including old. idle
and not complete. Three years ago
consumption in the cotton States vas
ahead OF the rest Of the United
States o20,0e3 bales: last year the
excess was narrowed to $4,000 and
this year Il has again increassa 70
10000. This refers 10 American
cotton. The North used OF foreign
cotton this year the equivalent IN
this years American weights Of 1885,
600 bales, while the South I*ed the
equivalent. OF $4,000 but even wilh
these added the South is ak.a1 In
both American cotton and for
eign cotton 70 the eS.ent OF
$4,000 bales In the Soath maus
mills were experimenting :or ths a-st
time with small amounts ot East Ia
dia cotton and. while the aggregate
was not large. all OF ~ institutions
used va-iou.' descriptions cs toss:sn
against only l.: last year
The consum3 3tion of America" cot
tor by Northern mills. Col. heS,e-
puts at 2.11i bales. asains. 2.1p".-
900 last year. Sc says tie acsre-
gate consumption. North and South.
was 4.51s.000 .a.es. while 'h,:: usco
$4,000 bales OF foreign cotton. max
Ing b to;s! consumption OF all kinds
bales. against S.2i 1000
last year.