The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-04
Monthly Cottou Statement

mOmtnly NONtVn 5Natc"cnt New Orleans. March s.-Secretary Hes- ter's New Orleans cotton exchange state ment issued today covers the monthly | movement to February 2S.
 Compared with last year it shows a de- crease for the month in round figures of 467, 900 bales, compared with year before last. decrease of 425.0oo and with 1907 a decrease of 674,o00
 The total for February was 555,513 against 1,022.S76 last year, 94o,495 year be- fore last and 1,228,oss same time in 1907. The movement from September to Feb ruary 1, inclusive, shows receipts at all United States ports, 8016,455. against S.175.- s64 last year, 8,953,S ,So5 year before last and s,244As4 same time in 1907; overland across the Mississippi. Ohio and Potomac rivers to northern mills and Canada SIP, 31S against 92s 47S last year. lS4.5S9 year before last and 90f, ,s9l same time in 1907; southern | mills takings, exclusive of quantity con- | sumed at southern outports, 1,4o9,000, against 1,440,000 last year. 1891 900 year be- fore last and 1,S58,0OO same time in 1907; and interior stocks in excess of those | held at the commencement of the season, 64s. .435. against 27.591 last year, S845O5 year before last and 45l,0N same time in 1907.
 1 These make the total movement of the cotton crop brought into sight during the six months ending close of February. s. 5S6,235, against Il, ,11, 433 last year. s.21s,- S49 year before last and 11,053, s33 same time in 1907
 Northern spnners took 15o,3O9 bales against 2so,4s2 last year and 2l5.s44 year l before last, increasing their total for the six months to 1892. .003. against 2,014.65s last year and 1,167 930 the year before. This makes their average weekly takings for the season 6l,a56. against 77,915 last year and 44,7S2 the year before.
 Foreign exports for the six months of the season have been 4527,747 bales, show ing a decrease under last season of 1,953.r 76s, and a decrease under the same period year before last of 1,326,0S7.
 l Stocks at the seaboard and the % lead l ing southern interior markets on Febru- ary 2s were 264.s1S against 1,495.s51 the
 same date last year, and 1,122.901 the year before.
 Including port and interior town stocks left over from the previous season and l the number of bales of the current crop brought into sight during the six months, the supply has been sS3S,551, against Il, : 452,7so last year and 9561.S55 the year before. l Up to the close of February last year so.S per cent of the cotton crop had been marketed and for the same six months | in 1908 the percentage of the crop brought into sight was 9.62 and for the same time | in 1907 the percentage marketed was | S.S1
 The amount of the crop brought Into sight for the six months from September to February, inclusive. is 2.5sb,o00 under last year. 62s,oO0 under year before last. and 2,4s7, 900 under 1907.
 l Liverpool Cotton Market
 Liverpool, March 3.-Cotton-Spot in fair demand; prices 2 points higher. Ameri- can middling fair. 8.54d; good middiing, {. s.24d; middling. e.0sd; low middling 7.Ssd good ordinary, 7.72d; ordinary. 747d. | The sales of the day were 10000 bales, of which Eoo were for speculation and export and included 7So0 American. | Receipts, 17,00o bales, including 5eoo | American.
 | Futures opened firm and closed very steady. March. 7.s7d: Mareh-April, 7sad; April May, 7.771ad; May-June. 7.73d June- July 7661Ad; Jufy-August. 7.6Od; August
 September, 7.2sd: september-O October. s.s21td; October November. e.81ld; No- vember, sslhd; November-December 6.511zd; December-January, 64shd; Jan- uary- February, February March. 6. E1td. Dry Goods
 New York, March 3.-Regular print cloths are now quoted at cents, h-cent off in nominal sales. The cotton goods market is unsteady. Sales of about 300 bales of 40 sheetings are reported for Australian shipments and further export business was done with the Philippines l Jobbers are doing quiet business. l Hubbard Bros. q Co.'s Letter l New York, March 3-(Special. .)-Local trading is the feature with buying by the bull operators and selling by the ring traders. The lack of outside interest is the reason for the cratic course of prices Apparently the buyers retain their conn., dence. but any attempt to realize finds an empty market. Too much rain Is suggested in the Atlantic States and toe little in Texas. Reports from Liverpool l of probable shutdown of large Man. chester mill precipitated selling here, with l quick loss in prices, followed by slight rally near the close. No new feature de- veloped and the instability will probably continue for the time being. Local Cotton Market 1 Strict good middling .......... H7sc l Good middiing .................. 14% Strict middling ................. 14M