Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-28
COTTON GOSSIP

NEW YORK, June 2s.-spot people
az Liverpool were credited with stop
ping the July notices Yesterday, which
were said to be about 5000 bales.
There is not much looked for in the
market until the Government reports its
C notion figures and the acreage esti-
mite, which is likely to be about per
cent lRcrease, while conditions are gen
81 ally expected around 50 to SO per cent
however, II the scattered long interest
~ july IS eliminated, this option might
De forced higher.
., When those in control of July be-
ueve the liquidation to be over, some
hing is going to happen, remarked
}. NJ. Anderson.
Dallas wires: Texas generally
cloudy threatening in main Southern
portion. Oklahoma clear"
Whether July is a dead duck" it is
not definitely known, but brokers close
70 leading spot interests intimate that
'he fireworks are not yet over.
Sentiment is decidedly mixed and the
market N Is in waiting attitude, pending
Bureau day.
The Journal Of Commerce has the fol-
lowing on the condition of the cotton
crops IN North and South Carolina and
North Carolina-There is no mate
rlaI change in the condition from a
month ago, when the report of this
journal made ii rs per cent. The sea-
son Is about two weeks late, due largely
70 cold weather. The plant is generally
>, iall ana stands poor, while a number
oI localities are affected with lice.
cultivation is good, except in a few
sections, which are grassy Since the
cold spell the weather has been more
IA yorable and cotton is showing i'm
pTovement.
South Carolina-Owing to the recent
&c ID spell the crop is now two to three
weeks late, but since the warm weather
SCI IN the plant is growing nicely and
81 owing Improvement. The plant is
s ~ ana stands generally are poor, but
Lhe helds are clean and cultivation good
some localities, however, are in grass,
w TN the exception of a few lice, the
crop is free Of insects. Percentage
SHOWS an increase over last month,
Georgia-Conditions are very irreg-
ullr and spotted in Georgia On &C
&C unit of dry weather early in the sea-
son cotton was slow in terminating and
e crop is now fully two to three
weeks late. The plant is small, but
strong and healthy. Cultivation is good
al a rainfall ample, but stands are gen
orally poor and irregular. Insects are
not complained of, and the weather gem
orally is favorable Percentage condi-
non non SHOWS Improvement over month
ago. when 1t was 1913"
Dogwood, the principal source Of
shutues for use In cotton mills, is
growing scarcer year by a year, and
various substitutes are being tried, but
with no great success
Liverpool Conference: mo resolu-
tons passed. but conference approved
American recommendation c. 1. I. and
per cent actual tare and universal
ype which was made. King, Neville
and Francis, representing Americans
new type, like present Liverpool from
mlddling. up, about half grade lower
below middlng.
IT is expected that Liverpool and
others Will adopt new type"
The New Orleans Times-Democrat
So Us: Theory mars the crop prospect
I've and a condition handicaps the mar
ket. The talent, therefore, is idle
enough to worry about environment.
70 u de,I ADMIT me crop over large area
stitutional enemies with the query,
ROW long would II require unfavora bic
weather or the boil weevil TO put II on
me blinkE Bears admit that in some
o ttoiA5 tilC tIop Is below par, but as
sert with a show of confidence that a
continuation Of good weather. with a
rev timely rains, will enormously i'm
prove the condition of that portion of
n crop, which thus far has made least
progress.
so the talent has come to expect a
Government acreage figure next Thurs
Gay showing an increase over last year
OF about per cent and a Government
eeondltion percentage of between So and
30, Meanwhile, America knows about
what TO expect in the way of tariff
oranges and may begin to shape her az
"a RS accordingly. England's trade is in
excellent condition, and the rings are
beginning to hear that many foreign
MS are running low on stocks OF raw
material; the movement to secure uni
Yersal cotton types seems to be making
- ustactory progress for the first time
IN the history OF the trade"
Following is the statistical position Of
cotton on Friday, June 81, as made nm
ny Ihe New York Financial Chronicle: