Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-23
COTTON GOSSIP

NEW YORK. Oct. 2S.-Liverpool ca
bles were better than due, but there was
disposition to sell from the start.
Liverpool brokers were principal sell
broker bought $4,000 December early,
said to be for one of the spot houses,
the other buying scattered part of which
came from commission houses. gu
hear good deal of reactionary talk to-
day.
The reason for this is that many re-
gard the bull side as becoming too
popular and expect liquidation between
ming figures to be issued at the open
ing Saturday. j. M. Anderson.
f. p. Loveman. with Norman, Mayer
& Co, has started for the eastern belt
and will be gone about week. during
which time he will look over the crop.
Dick Bros. received this from a north
Georgia correspondent: "No damage
from frost through this section. Geor-
gia will show tremendous ginning this
period. Our gin in 562 bales ahead of
last year"
Huntsville, Ala. wired: "11fink crest
or movement from plantation passed
this section Killing frost Tuesday
night with freeze will cause some dam
age; 20 to 80 per cent picked
Reports from Philadelphia that conf
pany has been chartered to ripen cot
ton bolls by artificial means and to treat
the fibre while being ginned to i'm
prove its quality We're regarded as fam
ciful by practical cotton men in the To-
cal trade. Press dispatches stated that
corporation known as the Hall Cot
ton Reclaiming Company had been or
ganiZed with 100000 capital. John b.
Hall, the inventor of the process, says
he Will save the 10 per cent annually
wasted by failure of immature hollis to
ripen and because of weather staining
He reckons that he could save 1900 ,00C
bales for this years crop by his meth
DDS. A local cotton man, who for
years was a cotton grower, pronounced
the scheme unfeasble. Others ex-
pressed similar views. No one could be
found who thought that enough cotton
could be reclaimed to pay days wages
torEone retainer.
The managers of the Cotton Exchange
have authorized the special committee.
headed by Luitpold Mandelbaum, to
continue hearings on type standards and
fixed dilference3' to defer making its
report until November 6, two days after
election day.
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 23-Hayward
& Clark: Weather conditions over
night were very bad, outside of the
western States. The map shows fair
in Texas and Oklahoma rain in the
eastern part of Texas, very heavy In
Galveston section; IL inches at Calves
ton: cloudy over the rest of the belt
raining throughout the central States
with precipitation rather heavy in Ar
kansas and the Gulf coast districts
Colder in Oklahoma Indications are for
general rains in Alabama; Atlantics
clearing west of. the river.
The New ORLEANS Times-Democrat
says Europe advanced on frosts in
the Carolinas,' while the American rings
had private reports of rains in Texas
and on official forecast that looked very
much like bad weather is heading for
the belt
Everybody now believes the size OF
the crop is concluded. and with rains
In the perspective close on the heels
OF general frosts most everybody fears
the short side of the account. In the
eastern half of the belt rains preceded
the frosts. and now promise to follow
them.
1.-The market is hugging the previ-
Gus high record for this season and re-
actions of moment are to be expected.
Under the circumstances the talent
naturally turns to the technical posi-
ton for an inspiration and they find a
somewhat mixed state of affairs. Spin
ners are still believed to be short OF
the actual; therefore, they are inher-
emily against the market. Some pro-
fessionals, who got in last week. are
still short, and they, too are awaiting a
chance to depress values. ON the Other
! hand tie New York stock continues tC
, hang beic,v 10000 bales. Exports are
| large. Spinners' takngs again promise
| to be large this week, and the Southern
spot market is giving a splendid ac-
count of itself"