Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-14
COTTON GOSSIP

NEW YORK, June 81. NJ. Ander-
son; The trading was rather active fol
the first hour Brokers representing the
uptown crowd and Wall Street were gooC
buyers of the old and new crop which
was said to be short covering. The
selling was scattered coming mainly
from Liverpool and the South. Specula-
tive element also sold.
Weather favorable but crop news
mixed. Regardless of conditions. there
is a steady demand for old crop which
Is the strength of the market. The
question now advanced by a great many
needed and from the way the old croI
is being absorbed, it appears that the
world 3 needs are more than many be-
lleye 1t TO be. While there is a beartsf
bear side are timid about selling the mar
ket short until they see further into the
situation"
Look who's here! Friday, 10, 1913,
1t is said not a single boil weevil com.
plant has been heard of in Kingston
Ark, which is one of the worst boil
weeviI territories in that State.
According 10 information received
from Georgia. crop conditions over that
State as well as the Carolfnas are gen
orally favorable.
If McFadden is still short of July, he
Is not worrying about IT, through the
gossip in many conservative circles.
The United States Department of Ag-
riculture is taking active measures Il
help farmers fight the boil weevil in
Louisiana These take the form Of I'd
vising them how best to get rid Of the
pest. a. A. Morrow, Of the Federal
demonstration work. calls upon the
farmers OF East Baton Rouge to take
immediate steps to exterminate the pest
or reduce the possibility Of injury. In a
circular addressed to the farmers Of that
parish he says, under date Of June 6.
The appearance Of the boil weevil in
East Baton Rouge is no surprise and
sohuld cause no alarm. We have been
expecting II even earlier. The farmer
that wants 70 make cotton under boil
weeyn conditions must make up his
mind 10 fight the weevils. first by gath
ering the weeVi in the bud Of the cot
ton and later by gathering forms OF
punctured squares, and destroy them by
burning. Owing to the fact that most
cotton is Young and the weevil infesta-
ton heavy, owing to the hot days, the
pest can easily be found on top Of the
young cotton, and the work Of picking IL
of can be done cheaply by children al
a small cost Every weevil gathered
now is a saving Of from so to rs squares
later. With the present condition Of the
crop and the good cultivation IL has re-
ceived up to date with intense. late and
shallow cultivation. there is no reason
in the world why the farmers should
not make a better crop of cotton to the
acre than before the advent Of the wee
vii with the old methods Of cultiva-
ton"
NEW ORLEANS. June I3.-Hayward
& Clark: The weather map is very
favorable, showing fair and warmer
over the entire belt, except cloudy in
South Texas. No rain except "A little IN
Northwest Texas. South Texas and a
few points in North Carolina. IndiCa
tons are for cloudy in West and South
Texas. probably more there. but fair and
much warmer weather i'm East Texas,
Oklahoma, central and eastern States.
Spot revision. Strict middling and
above sd higher. Rest unchanged.
The New Orleans Times Democrat
says. crop progress delaying temper
arures have revived the bullish claim
repeatedly made throughout the plant
ing season, that the crop got late
start In any event, yesterday $ cotton
market climbed without enCountering ef-
feCtive opposition, ana the bearish as
sertiOn that technical conditions alone
supply a basis Of strength fell on unap
preCiative ears. As matter Of fact
nobody. i'm professional circles at least
actually damaged the cotton plant, but
there seems to be no reasonable ground
FOR doubt that low temperatures during
the past three or four days have caused
the crop as a whole 10 lose the progress
IL would have made had the weather
been warm and favorable In this con
neCtiOn. comparison between the weSfh-
er now and at this time in 1911 are par
ticularly interesting. because large CrOI
people are predicting Yield this year
fully as great as the monster Weld OF
1g1l-lsl2..
Almost without exception. yesterday
morning and the morning before the
Government central stations in the cot
ton belt reported maximum remperar lures
lower than the minimum temperatures
reported on the same DAYS in 1911
Meanwhile. the New York July position
continues TO hold the center Of the stage
The entire stock of cotton. CertlfCaIeC
and unCertihCated. AT New York is now
only &C, 10l The talent as a whole IS
convinced so small a stock Is entirely
inadequate 10 protect the outstanding
short contracts in the Norheru market
The situat ton. however, Is made more
acute by the premium over New YORK
contracts al which actual cotton is sell
ing in the South and by the scarcity
of desirable grades. which foreshad0ws q
keen trade demand for the early re-
ceipts, which, as a rule, are Of good
grade cotton.
Because Of this scarcity. the grades
above middling were marked up &c n
the New Orleans market Yesterday
SPOT COTTON MARKET.