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


The census bureau places the total
supply Of cotton for the year ending Au-
gust 81 a l6.I56.24l bales, as compared
with 1885. 225 bales for the same pc
Rod last year.
The New York Cotton Exchange will
open at u 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
tive. but this IS deemed natural, owing
to the late advances. and Manchester
authorities look for full consumption uu-
less the market advances extremely
though on narrow margin Of profit.
The spot situation in the South Is
pretty We'll portrayed in the following
dispatches to f. F Hutton & Co:
movement just beginning in our terri
tory; crop fine"
Greenvirle. :. T.. Fair demand spots,
but principally on call
to lzc ont OF line. still 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
Houston: Heavy rains all over
State viii make low grade and retard
movement. Better inquiry for. spots.
slow with us. No Improvement"
Texarkana: The rain has damaged
cotton considerably. As for rains being
beneficial it's joke to people who
section are 3 10 1912. Buyers are eager
at that Mostly exporters buying. They
realize the situation"
Decatur Ala. spots demand only
fair Mills are fighting hard TO bully
SAVANNAH: No weakness spots here
Firmly held for full prices. Offerings
small
Athens. ca. spots following decline.
but very little offering account small
receipts. -
augusta. Ga: Fair demand. spots
bringing January prices
Raleigh, y. c: 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 g.: 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 Just now it 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
numbers that n is now certain the
Clarke bill viii have 10 be modified or
eliminated. The Smith amendment Of
feTed i'm the Senate caucus as a substi-
tute and defeated accepts the New Or
leans Exchange contract as a model,
and would require the New York Exz
change to conform to that system"
NEW ORLEANS. Sept. 16.-IIayward
& Clark. The weather map is very IA
yorable, shows partly cloudy In the
eastern States, no rain. hut cloudy I'm
the central and eastern States with gen.
craI rainfall. mostly light. under half
inch. except iu Mobile and Memphis dis
tricts. where some heavier rains fell
Warmer IN the western States
Texas temrera lures. Longview. clou-
dy, So. rain Yesterday, Temple cloudy.
i6. III Paso, clear. go. BoonSville. clear
and warm. CorsiCara. cloudy. Sher-
man, Weatherford. cloudy BrcWnv0od
Nac0gd0cheS. cloudy. g.. IamnaSsas
clear. G.. Houston. cloudy. 81. WaNa
hachIc, cloudy. 81. Kemp. Arthur CITY,
cloudy and cool: dallas, cloudy. &c. En-
mis-, cloudy "a pensou. cloudy Hight
rain. Denton. cloudy. SO: San Antonio,
cloudy. g: Texarkaua, cloudy. &c; cir
ton. cloudy, Clehurnc. cloudy, Sc: Tyler.
cloudy. 70. tomanche. clouIy. no: Mount
Pleasant, cloudy. =. Grepnyille cloudy
and cool. Waco, cloudy SO. oklahoma,
generally cloudy. no rain Temperatures,
The New Orleans Times Democrat
says The wire ~ the Census Bureau
for Angst on cotton consumption in the
United states. promulgated from Wash
ingtOn Yesterday. completed the data
for the commercial year. The totals are
about as predicted in this column and
confirm in a remarkable way the totals
put forward by Secretary Hester in his
annual report on September T.
THE Bureau makes the total con-
sumption by Amerisan mills. North and
South, Including foreign cotton, for the
year 5,1Sb 600 bales. while Mr. Hester
put the total a 5S05 600 bales. a differ
ence Of 1900, or about one-third Of / |
per cent"
The next ginning report will be issued
at a md our time THURSDAY October
? and viii show cotton ginucd to Sep
tember p and on same day at II a. M /
our time. the Bureau will issue its last
regular cotton condition report Of the |