The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-30

Lancashire mills. Bears were not az gressiVe on this news and the bulls offered enough support to hold prices up in the face of this unfavorable de- velopment and the holiday dullness that prevailed. The low prices of the week were made on Tuesday, before Liver pool opened for the week and wef9 based on the uncertainty felt over the English mill situation The actual dec laration of the lockout was followed by small advance which many traders spoke of as artificial.
 In the spot department prices lost one-siXteenth; middling closing at 3 l-l6c against 9isc last week ana IA 15-l6c the same week last year. Sales on the spot amounted to 17SS
 bales against 3755 last week and 22s5 this week last year; sales to arrive amounted to 1690 bales against 3s3s last week and 3159 this week last year.
 Weekly Cotton Statement
 New Orleans, December 29.-SecfetarY Hesters weekly New Orleans Cotton E'x- change 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 1S,0Oo, an increase over the same days year before last Of 20S,000, and an increase over the same time in 1908 of 46,000.
 For the % days of December the totals show an increase over last year of 25S,000. an increase over the same period year be- fore last of 125,001, and arA increase over the same time in 1908 of 150O00.
 For the 120 days of the season that have elapsed the aggregate is ahead of the % days of last year 1sS,000. ahead of the same days year before last 2,36l, 900 and ahead of 1908 by 47,000
 The amount brought into sight during et Ina haI against 455,776 for the seven days end- ing this date last year. 265, ,455 year before last and 427 494 same time in 1908; and for the % days of December it has been 2,311,929. against 2,1l3,7S5 last year. 1,246,
 SIP year before last and 2,222, ,4S0 same time in 1908.
 The movement since September 1 shows receipts at all United States ports zl3f64s against 60l2.62l last year. 502l, ,2i1 year before last and 91 same time in 1908. Overland across the Mississippi, Ohio and Potomas riVes to northern mills and Cam ada 403,350 against 5099l1 last year, i24,- 355 year before last and 6599 962 same time in 1908; interior stocks in excess of those held at the close of the commercial year
 42s 330, against 755,0 061 last year, 6S9,1l0 year
 before last and 772.s73 same time in 1908; southern minlls taIings 1,$27000, against 950s73 last year, 920,73g year before last and 926,233 same time in 1908. These mako the total movement for tho 1 120 days of the season from September l to date 9416.32S against S,22s.SiS last year, 7,055,455 year before last and S,56sa59 same time in 190S
 Foreign exports for the week have been 61l1, against 279,054 last year. making
 the total thus far for the season, 5,066,o9l, against i,26S51 last year, an increase of 797520.
 Northern mills takings and Canada dur ing the past seven days show a decrease of 1S.595, as compared with the> corro- spending period last year, and their total takings since September 1 have decreased 165.Ss4. The total taliings of American mills nostn south and Canada, tlrls far fot the season have been 2,127720, against | 2219,S64 last year. These include 1,090 69S by northern spinners. against 1,256.562 Stocks at the seaboard and the % lead ing southern interior centers have in- creased curing the week 47913 bales, against an increase during the core spending period last season of 47,369. and
 are now 52l 62l larger than at this date
 in 1910.
 Including stocks left over at ports and
 interior towns from the last crop and the number Of bales brought into sight thus
 far from the new crop. the supply to date is 9,7o3 392, against SI76,305 for the same period last year.