The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-10
COTTON EASIER ON
WEATHER .ADVICES
Weekly Report From Washing
ton Causes Selling
at Close.
LONG INTEREST Is SMALL
Chief Feature of Strength Is
Healthy Technical Posi-
ton Of Market.
LONG INTEREST Is SMALL
Cotton states Weather.

FOR Virgins. fair and warmer TODAY.
AIR to.morow, light shifting winds, mostly
Ca, TO south on the coast
For North Carolina. fair to-day and TO.
morrow. warmer in central portion; light to
a.. winds
For south Carolina. fair in north. ioco,
thunder mowers In south portion to.Jav.
far tomorrow; light to moderate east
Winds
For Georgia and Alabama. local thunder
showers to-day, except In extreme rortb
portions. fair tomorrow, shifting winds,
mostly right
For Florida, generally fair to-day and TO.
norrc" ISN'T winds. mostly east on the At
hnHc coast and variable on the Gulf coast
For Mississippi and Louisiana. fair to.dav
AL tomorrow; llght. variable winds
For eastern Texas, fair to-day and to-nor.
TcT. Ugh. 10 moderate southeast to south
rinds
For western Texas. fair to-day, preceded
D. showers In extreme west portion: warmer
~ extreme west portion; fair tomorrow.
For Arkansas. Tennessee and Kentucky
's!r. continued warm. to-day and to-morrow
For Oklahoma, fair, continued warm, to-
DAY and tomorrow.
For North Dakota. fair To-day: sitshtlv
cooler In northwest portion: fair tomorrow
For sou.h Dakota. fair to-day and to- NOR
-ov without decided temperature changes.
Cotton was generally quiet and steady
yesterday uhtil the last hour, when the
gain Of to y points over the closing of
Monday was turned into a small net loss.
Trading was on very small scale and
vas largely or professional origin. There
vas considerable covering In the forenoon
BY traders who sold early I'm expectation
II lower prices. but who were nervous
enough to take N their commitments be-
fore the publication of the weekly weather
report issued at noon.
The report made "a generally favorable
showing. Ii was expected that an I'M
provement would be reported In the west.
crn belt on account OF clear conditions
and IN the eastern belt as result OF
beneficial showers The phraseo!ogy of
the report however. was sufficiently
cheerful to make II read somewhat bear
SHY to those who operate on conditions
from day TO day. and tho result was some
scattered Liquidation and short selling in
',he last hour
The report said that ideal conditions
prevailed In Oklahoma and Texas and
farmers we're clearing the fields of grass
and weeds and cultlvating the crops
Arkansas was reported to be needing rain
In the south Atlantic States mention was
made OF beneficial showers. but II was
also stated that the prec. pitatlon was
Judging from the wording OF the re.
port one would suppose that the proms
ing outlook was In the Western belt
While the unfavorable conditions ruled II
the East The exact opposite Is the case
however. Nearly every cotton man oil
experience expects the Eastern belt e
raise a large crop with normal conditions
Cotton men arriving from Alabama yes
terday stated that the outlook was FOL
the largest crop In that states history
On the other hand Texas Is so severely
handicapped that a full crop seems al
most impossible.
In the great producing counties OF cen
trail and northern Texas farmers have
4, had 10 go over the fields with scythes and
moving machines to cut down the gras!
and weeds before they could plough thu
ground and get II ready for planting
This undoubtedly will make these por
tlons Of Texas very late.
About the most favorable feature OF TN
market SO far as an advance Is con
cerned IL the strong technical position
There Is no big long account 10 be shaker
= out on declines or 20 llquldate on mod
crate advances. Any unfavorable weathe'
undoubtedly would find the market yer!
bare Of selling orders.
Futures closed steady. TO pointi
'over