Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-17
COTTON GOSSIP

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The census bureau places the total
supply OF cotton for the year ending Au-
gust q al I6.I56.--l bales. as compared
with 1885. 226 bales for the same pc
riod last year.
The New York Cotton Exchange viii
open at l. o'clock, noon, on Monday.
Also the stock exchange.
Dallas wires: Texas and Oklahoma
generally cloudy; no rain reported in
either State
Liverpool cables that Manchester has
failed TO confirm gloomy trade reports.
The majority Of. English spinners are
committed for the next few months and
must buy cotton. Business is less ac-
tive, but this is deemed natural, owing
To he late advances, and Manchester
authorities look for full consumption I'M
less the market advances extremely,
though on narrow margin of profit.
The spot situation in the South IS
pretty well portrayed in the following
dispa tCheS 70 +. + Hutton IL Co.
Atlanta. Ca. Fair Gemapd, but
movement Just beginning in our terri
Greenville. ). c.: Fair demand spots,
but principally on call
Dallas: Demand poor. Interior &c
70 re our o. line. Stiu raising. Doing
harm now
Not much demand spots from
Europe, but interior price very high, and
these rains viii stop movement and
selling. which is the main thing Europe
has been waiting for. Think good pur-
chase"
Fort Worth. Texas: Demand much
improved at better basis. Spots have
not followed decline
Houston: Heavy rains ali over
State viii make low grade and rptard
movement. Better inquiry for spots.
oklahoma City: Spots demand very
slow with US No Improvement"
Texarkana. The rain has damaged
cotton considerably. As for rains being
know. Prices being paid FOR spots in this
section are 70 20 1917 Buyers are ga ger
at that Mostly exporters buying They
realize the situation.
Decatur. Ala, spots demand only
fair Mills are lighting hard TO bully
cheap basis cotton.
Savannah: NO weakness spots here
Firmly held for fun prices offerings
small
Spots sdvIces 10 y. L. Carpenter &
Athens. Ga. Spots following decline
but very little offering account small
receipts
Augusta. Ga: Fair demand. spots
bringing January prices"
Raleigh. \. G.: spots in good de
mand, paving no attention TO fuctua-
tons I'm futures"
Anderson. &. G. crop conditions
good: movement free: spots locally
quarter lower than yesterday"
Charlotte y c.: Think our crop
doing well, absolutely dependent on late
frost for good yield. -
Advices from Washington say. Com
promise on the Clarke cotton tax amend
ment is IN sight. Jusr now ii locks as
If the substitute suggested by Senator
HOke Smith would be accepted. This Is
a plan for regulating delivery pursuant
to sales made on exchanges House
ConfereeS are apparently favorable 10
the Smith substitute. Protests have
poured in on Congress from the South
against the Clarke proposal In such
Clarke bin will have To be modified or
eliminated The Smith amendment Of
fered in the Senate caucus as substi-
tute and defeated accepts the New Or
leans Exchange cor ract as a model.
and would require the New York Exz,
change to conform to that system"
NEW ORLEANS. Sept l6-Haywar I'd
a Clark: The weather map is very ia
N0rahle, shows partly cloudy in the
eastern States. no rain. but cloudy in
the central and eastern States. with gen
orai rainfall. mostly light under half
inen. except in Mobile and Memphis dis
trcts. where some heavier rains fell
Warmer I'm the western states
Texas tcnperatures: LouCview. Clou-
( dy 60. rain Yesterday. Temple, ,Cloudy.
-, El Paso, clear. 90. Brownsville clear
and warm. COrsiCana, cloudy. Sher-
man. Wcatherford, cloudy, Brentwood,
NacoEd0Ches. cloudy. 81. anpassas,
clear. G.. Houston cloudy. 50. Waxa-
haohie. cloudy, s.. Kemp; Arthur City.
cloudy and cool. Dallas, cloudy, So. En-
mis-, cloudy. g.: Denison. cloudy. light
rain: Denton. cloudy. Sc. San Antonio,
cloudy. -: TeNariana. cloudy 6S; elf.
ton. cloudy ClehUrne cloudy, Sc. Tyler.
cloudy, 20; Comanche, cloufy, sc; Mount
Pleasant, cloudy, n. GrePuvlle. cloudy
ana cool. Waco, cloudy. 60. Oklahoma
generally cloudy, no rain. Temperatures
60 to ca degrees.
The New Orleans Times Democrat
SAYS. The wire Of the Census Bureau
for Angst on cotton consumption in the
United States. prOmul gated from Wash
ington Yesterday, completed the data
for the commercial year. The totals are
about as predicted in this column and
confirm in remarkable way the totals
put forward by Secretary Hester in his
annual report On september :.
THE Bureau makes the total con-
sumption BY Amerisan mills. North and
South, including foreign cotton. for the
year 5.TS6 GOO bales. while Mr. Hester
puJ the total at 5.S05 900 bales. diffei-
ence Of 1900, or about ouc-third of
per cent"
The next ginning report will be issued
at g a. mtl our time Thursday. October
- and viii show cotton ginned TO Sep
TENDER % and on same day at II a M
our time, the Bureau Will issue its last
regular cotton condition report Of the
season, showing the condition Of cotton
crop on September %