Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-11
COTTON GOSSIP

NEW YORK. April Ill, N. Ander-
son; Old positions were under pres pres
sure at the opening OF the market sew
crops showed little or no changes
Rocky Mohr sold le.e00 bales Of July
at l2c TO Dick Bros.
s69S7 bales. Total 74,4S4 bales. Amer
icap decrease. 1850 bales.
After the call. Bashfard, McEnanay
Parrott, Wilson, Martin, Mcbadden, wa
tiers and Orvis were the leading buyers,
The selling was attributed mainly TO
Cassard. Finn Rosenberg, Sehley, Roth-
schld' Guild shants 'sRd' Riordan-
Oryis was credited with buying 5000
was scattered, bat sentiment was bear
ish. The ring sold
Traders who liquidated SO freely yes
theft cotton back to-day, but offerings
were light. Some say the heavy selllng
yesterday was longs taking pront, with
the intention Of replacing their lines at
liberal concessions
Liyerpaal cables: American middiing
fair 75id, good middling lid. middling
b.25Q, low middling Esd, good ordinary
645d' ordinary 6,lld.
The New York Journal Of Commerce
SAYS: IN the BraZos Valley nearly an
the cotton is planted and half OF II Is
up to good stand and planting y pc
ing pushed vigorously. Brownwood'
Tex. reports that Texas has an excel
lent stand
The levee situation at Beulah. Mss
parteI critical and dire nlay-faiI az
any time The Angola levee also ad-
mitted to be in bad shape. 4 break al
Beulah would flood a vast section OF cot
ton and sugar country. Railroads Qpef-
ating west from Memphis reported eq.
tirely or OF commission as resqll
Port receipts are to-day estimated at
20 600 bales compared with 80, 4b4 last
week and 1908 bales for the corre-
spending week last year, against 4Z,goS
bales for the same week the year before.
tG.04, July 1909, October ll.5S, Iann-
airy 1883.
NEW ORLEANS, April 11.-Hayward
4 Clark: The weather map shows ialr
Cloudy ES over 5Sef Eastern a5i, halt: no rains IN
Western or Central belt. General
showers in Alabama and Atlantics.
Mostly light, except heavier ram ~
montgomery section. ltNAkdAlNlla e. -
fair and clear weather over the entire
belt, with promise of good weather lot
several DAYS.
The revision comnittee Of the New
Orleans Cotton Exchange made me
following changes in the color and al
ferences:
Low ordinary to good ordinary, on
e9lag 5-l6e 81 vas l LIZ o on oT sRTTsTy
to fair, OFF color, Lice on. was 4.lge on =,
spotted II off, was isc on low ordinary
to strict good ordinary, Light tnged, &c
off, was "a G off; tinged. y on, was 9ae
eff; low middling 10 fair, light ungeo,
'sc OF was &c off, Hinged, 1ae on was
2, G. off; low ordinary TO strict low mid
ding. light stained, lc OF, was Pas OF
stained 13sc Off was lC of; middling 70
fair, light stained Zee on, was 9sc OF ,
stained l'sc on was le on
The New orleans Times DEMOCRAT
says - grade difference revision
strengthened the New orleans contract
market yesterday and the flood situa-
ton seemed worse instead of better, but
fair weather was promised in the West,
and news of a fan in the Mississippi
River Of siX-tenths Of a foot at ons 81
the crevasses on the Arkansas line was
made TO read as applying to Memphls,
and the talent taking advantage OF a
spot decline of S-l6 of a cent at Dallas,
and of sluggish spot markets elseN here
sold the contract market on to the
AHN 8 low lever al the tlhSEs ofNAllON =
i'm the Mississippi are not, as a rule, fol-
lowed closely by fun crops in the river
States. Nevertheless, the effect Qf the
mississippi Valley overtlows' on the
South's crop as a whole, now that the
annual outturn runs well above the
l2000 600 bale mark, IS not very app2r-
ent since at the outside they made a
difference on the total Of only 100. 600 10
200 900 bales For this reason constitu-
tional bulls do not depend on foods and
overfiows 10 make ont a ease for them.
AT the present time the bullish cause
is backed ny the belief that the crop
Of 1913 viii pan out less than bearish
expectations by between a quarter and
a half million bales. by the belief that
fresh demand for the actual in impor-
iant volume viii be I'm evidence before
very long as a result Of continued min
activity and shrinking raw cotton sup
ply abroad by the belief that too much
rain and cold weather over most OF The
belt. and dry weather when rains were
needed over small portion Of the West
have combined 10 make the new crop
start late one in place Of an early one
on the average,
Following are 10 a. m. bids: May,
1881; July, 1890; october, 1l.5e; jan
uary. 116I
Estimated receipts for Saturday:
New Orleans. ....... S.1o9 10 2, 409 3.51i
Galveston .......... 3.O01 40 1000 5.QS2