Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-30
NEWS AND GOSSIP
Of The FIeeCy Staple


NEW YORK, May 29.-CarPenter. Sag
got & Gothic market opened very quiet
and without special feature.
Dallas, Texas. wires II eNas, western
portion clear balance generally partly
cloudy and warm. Oklahoma clear ana
cool
Following are Il a m bids: July Ill;
October, 1E26, December 1l.S6; January,
11.33
Special reports to The Journal Of Com
merce on crop conditions:
Mississippi weather has necessl-
tated some replanting and the season IS
very backward; estimates Nerylng from :
To weeks late Considerable cotton is
not Yet UP and planting is not entlrtly
finished The boil Weevil has appeared IN
number of localities, and percentage
estimates of conditions range rather low
After complaining OF too much moisture.
some sections which have recently been
planting are now wanting rain. cotton
is generally small. and stands, where on
tanned, are below the average ON aG-
count of the overflow in the Delta lands
acreage will he curtaled and planting
viii he very late
Louisiana Overlooked lands are the
cause for many districts reducing acre
age, otherwise there is general ten
dency 10 increase quite literally. on ac-
count of so much rain and cool nights,
condition is rather low. Plants are small
and stands poor. some repiantlng mas
been necessary. and the soil has been
poorly prepared. According 10 locahtN
the season ranges from 5 to weeks late;
With favorable seasons a fair crop VIII
be made
Estimated receipts THURSDAY: ,o,,
1912. 1911
New Orleans $500 to 5000 "a
Galveston . 1000 to LOO 90
NEW ORLEANS, May 20. Hayward &
Clark: The weather map shows very taN,
orahle conditions. Fair in oNahoma ana
Arkansas. cloudy elsewhere. temperatures
north Texas and Oklahoma and Arkansas
s to 70 degrees lower, more balns east
Texas. central states and tennessee e;
Prospects are for more rain in the central
and eastern states and south leAas'
clearing in north Texas ,,.,.
New Orleans Times Democrat. " me
rains are needed is some portions OF lle
belt Yesterdays small reaction upward
was probably due more TO me naIr ,.or
ness of the market and TO the current
practice of buying on declines thah 70
any recognized change in the general
crop situation. Business would ne en-
coura ged by a further decline that u.s.
new crop business would. since exporters
almost without exceptionf admit the pos
session Of information that leads them 70
believe the consumers Of the world now
require very little additional encourage
ment to make buyers Of them. 1t rs Hot
to he expected that spinners, IN the near
future. will provide all of their new sea
son requirements, hut that they VIII ne
gin to huV seems very reasonable. IN view
Of their knowledge that not hale OF 'Ile
e. COO 600 bale crop has gone hegElnS. ~
the moment the spot markets are very
auiet There is no pressing demand and
there is some cotton for sale But sellers
are not at all inclined to make conces
sons and assert that they could dc hQsl
ness with very little effort. MeanMhile
the hating habit Of the price teilu l';ii',S
keeps bun and hear alike on the anxious
seat Most everybody expects a fmtpeI
decIine-the bull in the near future ana
the bear later on.