The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-09-07

Secretary. .Hester's Statement
Of the 1o1O.1o11 Cotton
Crop i'm the II. S.


Having Been 81. .03O. .0OO. oOO-De-
tailed Statistics Issued Tuesday by
the Secretary Of the New Orleans
Exchange-Crop Was Less Than
in isos-Ieos. But Melted More
Money-Average Price Paid Farm
er Was I4.eo Cents . Pound.
New Orleans, La, Sept 5.-'No
American crop ever grown has sold
for as much as the one just market
ed, the total value, including the
seed, having been $1.03e, 900. .ooo."
This remarkable statement Is con-
tanned in the detailed statistics of last
seasons cotton crop issued to-day by
Col. Henry G. Hester, Secretary of
the New Orleans Cotton Exchange.
With 100000 bales less than was
contained In the bumper crop Of 1908
and 1909, the crop just marketed net
ted the South 1854, 100000 more.
The 1851, ,000-bale crop OF 1906
1907 brought 1922, 100000 less than
the past seasons crop.
AS a rule, the crop averaged within
shade of strict middling and the
farmer was paid an average OF 1850
cents a pound.
Regarding the consumption of cot
| ton, the report says:
'In the United States the mills
North and South have consumed near
| ly as much as last year, in addition
to which they have imported the
greatest quantity of foreign cotton
ever brought to this country in any
one season, amounting to an eQuiva-
lent, in this years American weights,
of 222,206 bales.
Thus far the use Of foreign cotton
in this country is trifling compared
with the total consumption, but its in
crease is significant.
IA continued interesting feature is
the widening of differences between
the quantity of American cotton con-
sumed North and South, the excess OF
the latter having increased this sea-
son 103, 900 bales, the total excess
now amounting to 10000 bales
Concerning the North, a heavy cur
tailment of production was quite gen
eral during the last months of the
season.
The situation recently has i'm
proved and there is an underlying i'm
preston matters will re-adjust them
selves on a more satisfactory basis in
| the near future"
Secretary Hester puts the crop OF
1901 at 12,12O,095 bales an in
crease over that of 1910 OF 1870,
427.
The increase in Texas over last
year was in round figures $4,000
bales in the group of ''other gull
States," embracing Louisiana, Missis-
sippi, Arkansas, Tennessee, Missouri
Oklahoma, Utah, Kansas, Arizona
California and New Mexico, it was
100000 and in the group OF Atlantic
States, including North Carolina
South Carolina, Georgia, Florida
Alabama, Kentucky, and Virginia
$4,000.
Il Mr.. Hester's report or the crop Dy
the different States is given as follows
! in thousands Of bales:
i Alabama 1909, against 1,078 last
year; Arkansas S46, against 718 last
year; Georgia 1853. against 1922
! last year; Louisiana 273, against 2Sz
last year; Oklahoma 924, against 56t
last year; Mississippi 1899, against
i 1,121 last year; North Carolina 794
! against 67s last year: South Caro-
lima 1921, against 1,1S4 last year
? Tennessee 424, against 316 last year
Texas $3.50, against 2,676 last year
, Total crop, bales 2,12O, against 10,
61Q last year.
The consumption of American cot
> ton of all kinds he puts at 4,67S, ,G0a
bales, against 1865, 900 last year.
He puts the worlds consumption
Of American cotton at 12,034.00'
bales, an increase over lost year o
$50, 900.
. In the South, Mr.. Hester makes tn
T consumption 22,313 over last yea
and 196,257 under the year befor