The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-09-13
BEAT ANY CROP
Last Years Cotton Brought More Money
Than That sf Any Year.
GREAT COTTON VALUES
Secretary Hester Shows Splendid
Money Value Of 1910 Crop Over
1sos-oe Crop, Although the Latter:
was 100000 Bales Greater.-Es.
Inmates for this Years Crop.

"No American cotton crop ever
grown has sold for as much as the
one just marketed, the total value,
including the seed, having been ST.:
O3O, 600, ,0O0." ..::5::s.z
The remarkable statement is con-
tanned in the detailed statistics OF
last seasons cotton crop issued re-.
Gently by Col. Henry G.. Hester, sec
.retary of the New Orleans Cotton E'x-'
change. ~
With 1900 bales less than con-
tanned in the bumper crop:of I9o8-09,:
the crop just marketed netted the
South s25A,o00,ooo more. The 49,:
511, ,OO8 bale crop of 1s06-V7 brought:
$4,000, 900 less than the past sea-
sons crop. ss:5$$...s5sS.
AS a whole, the crop averaged
within shade Of strict mid ddhng, and
the farmer was paid an average Of
1904 cents per pound or $3.50 per
bale. - -.
Regarding the consumption OF 5cot-;
ton and the mill situation generally
in this country, the report says:
''In the United States, the mills
North and South have consumed
nearly as much as last year, IN addi-:
ton to which they have imported the
greatest quantity Of foreign cotton
ever brought to this country In any
one. season. Thus far the use Of
foreign cotton in this country is
small compared with the total con-
sumption, but its increase is signi-
fcant.
A continued interesting feature Is
the widening OF difference between
quantity of American cotton COM
sumed North and South; the expens
ses of the latter have increased to
100000 bales: Concerning the
North, a heavy curtailment Of pro-
duction was quite good during the
latter moments Of the season.. q
"The complaint has been that when
cotton strengthened, good did not
agree. ,.:7s !:
.The situation recently has improv-5
ed, and there is an underlying inn
preston that matters will readjust
themselves on more satisfactory
basis in the near future.
Secretary Hester puts the 1901
cropSat 12,128,0s5 bales, an increase
oveE that of 1S09-10 Of ,1,510,427.
andNa decrease under that Of 1eoS-o9z
OF 1,To5,3s2.
The increase in Texas over last
year was in round numbers, $4,000
bales. in the group Of "other Gulf
States,'' embracing Louisiana, Mis-
sissirpi, Arkansas, Tennessee, Mis-
souri,, Oklahoma, Utah, Kansas, Ariz-.
ona, California and New Mexico, it
was 100000, and in the group: OF
Atlantic States, including North and
South Carolina, Georgia, Florida,
Kentucky, Alabama and Virginia,
Z24,O0e.
lMr. Hester's report is given as fol-
lows in thousands Of bales:-
Alaban1 a, 1903, sgainst LOTS last
Arkansas, s4s, against 71s last
Florida, IS, against ss last year.
Georgia, 1858, against 1927 last
year.
Louisiana, 27s, against 2s2 last
year.
Mississippi, 1928, against 1,121
last year.
Oklahoma, 724., against 5ss last
year.
North Carolina, 7s4, against s7s
last year.
South Carolina, 1,2a1SS against l.
1874 last year.
Tennessee, 424, against sls last
year.
Texas, 3,25s, against 2,e7e last
year.
Total crop bales, 1920, against
10.610 last year.
The consumption Of American cot
ton of all kinds he puts at 4,67S,090
bales, against 1865, 900 last year.
He puts the worlds consumption
American cotton at 12,03A,0O0 bales,
an increase over last year Of 26s,0o0
and a decrease the year before Of
1923, 900 bales.
In the South Mr.. Hester makes the
consumption 22,313 bales over last
wear and 196.257 under the year be-