Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-13
COTTON GOSSIP

NEW DIRK, June l3.-I. NJ. Ander-
son: The trading was rather active for
the hrst hour Brokers representing the
uptown crowd and Wall Street we're good
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 e
tive element also sold.
weather favorable, but crop news
mixed. Regardless of conditions, there
Is steady demand for old crop which
Is the strength Of the market The
question now advanced by a great many
operators Is how much cotton is
needed and from the way the old crop
Is being absorbed, il appears that the
worlds needs are more than many be-
lieve ii to be. While there is a bearish
feeling existing those inclined 10 the
bear side are timid about selling the mar
ket short until they see further into the
situation"
Look who's here, Friday. 13 1913,
II is said not a single boll weevH com
plant mas been heard Of in Kingston,
Ark, which is one of the worst boil
weevii territories in that state.
According TO information received
state as well as the Caroinas are gen
eIdliA laNoTdule.
If McFadden is still short OF July. he
is not worrying about II, through the
gossip in many conservat tive circles.
The United States Department Of AE-
riCulture is taking active measures TO
help farmers night the boil weevil in
Louisiana These take the form of ad-
vising them how best to get rid of the
pest A. 4. Morrow, Of the Federal
demonstration work, calls upon the
farmers Of East Baton Rouge to take
immediate steps 70 eXterminate the pest
or reduce the possibility Of injury. In a
circular addressed 10 the farmers Of that
parish he says, under date Of June s.
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 TO make cotton under boil
weevil conditions must make mp his
mind TO fight the weevils, first by gath
ering the WeevIl In the bud Of the cot
ton and later by gathering forms or
punCtured squares, and destroy them by
burning owing to the fact that most
cotton is young and the weevil infesta-
ton heavy. owing 10 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 at
a small cost, Every weevil gathered
now is a saving of from 80 to Is squares
later With the present condition Of the
crop and the good cultivation il has re-
ceiyed up 10 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 13.-Hayward
g. Clark: The weather map is very
favorable. showing fair and warmer
over the entire belt. except cloudy in
South Texas No rain except little i'm
Northwest Texas. South Texas and a
few points in North Carolina. Indica-
tons are for cloudy i'm West and South
Texas. probably more there, but fair and
much warmer weather in East Texas,
oklahoma. central and eastern states.
Spot revision. Strict middInR 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 I'm any event Yesterdays cotton
market climbed without encouuterlng eff
fectye opposition. and the bearlsh as
sertiau that technical conditions alone
sr1rpIv a basis ~ strength fell on una p
urecfative ears AS a matter Of fact,
nobody. iU professional circles az least
believes the present cool weather has
actually damaged the cotton plant but
there seems to he no reasonable ground
far doubt that low temperatures during
the mast three or four days have caused
NE crop as a whole TO lose the progress
~ would have made had the weather
baan warm and favorable In this con.
nertion comparison between the weSh-
IN now and al this time in 1911 are par
fi~uIarlv interesting. because large crop
ueuuls are predicting yield this wear
fuUv as great as the monster yield of
Almost without exception. yesterday
morning and the morning before the
.t,ryarrruput' central stations in the cot
con holt ~euarfeG maximum tempera lures
lower than the minimum Jempera lures
rauurted 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, certltCateo
and urcertirCated. at New York is now
1rGv tG.-0l The talent as a whole IL
convinced so small a stock is entirely
.raFe0vafp TO protect The outstanding
-r--- contracts I'm the Northern market
-r-i-a situation however. is made more
srrr-a hv the premium over New York
contracts az which actual cotton Is sell
ing fr the south and by the scarcity
III desirable grades. which foresha1pWS q
L-ser trade demand for the early re-
CENTS. which. as a rule, are Of good
grade cotton.
because Of this scarcity, the grades
4boya riddlinE were marked up &c IN
+Ea New Orleans market yesterday
SPOT COTTON MARKET.