Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-12
COTTON GOSSIP

Advices to The Journal Of Commerce
report the Texas cotton outlook as good,
| with probable acreage about same as
| last year Good season in the ground
| Preparations satisfactory, but cold and
! rainy weather will delay planting Some
fear Of scarcity of good seed
There was considerable buying Of old
| and selling of new crops yesterday.
probably undoing straddles put out at
much wider differences. After Liverpool
had closed the demand because less
urgent and prices sagged on local sell
Ing,
Sentiment remains bearish and II is
thought that the larger shorts have COW
cred
The New York Commercials estimate
of 37.410000 acres for the season Of
1914-15, had little or no effect as II is
considered much too early TO make a
guess on the area 70 be painted
Traders continue to await new crop
incentive before entering the market
schlll. who is just back from the
South. led the selling movement late
YESTERDAY He sold Mitchell 5000
bales
NEW ORLEANS. March T. Hay
ward & clark: IN" The. average ta, monthtgS
Of February was l.53 inches, which is
~ Of an inch less than February nor
NAL Deficiency In Texas rainfall since
first of year Is nearly inches
Washington advises that in former
years the linters made by { mills were
Of such quality that they could be used
in certain cases as substitute for regu-
lar cotton. However In late years oil
mills turn out so much lower qua 'itN
that it is found advisable rot Ia include
linters ia the final census report how
ever, the amount OF linters will be given
separately.
The man shows fair over Texas Okla.
bona. western Louisiana and Arkansas.
Cloudy over The rest Of the belt, un-
seasonably cod freezing tempera lures
except in The Gulf district general ana
rather heavy preci pitation in the Cen
trial and Eastern States showing IN
North Georgia. parts OF Caroliuas, In
dicatons are for clearing and continued
cold in the Western and Central States
Cloudy and colder in the Atlantics, with
more precipitation In the Carolinas,
The New orleans Times Democrat
says. 1.-TWO documents Of exceeding
importance viii issue from Washington
in the near future. The statement Of
American mus consumption curing
February and their stocks al the end
Of that month will be put forth on
March II al a. M New Orleans time
This statement VIII Conclusively show
whether the trade gives signs Of shrink
age. The Census Bureaus final report
90 Rinnings will be- promulgated on
March 90. and viii give the crop Of
cotton. leaving linters. etc. IN a foot
note. II win thus he seen that part Of
the statistical yield consists Of stuff
which must find other uses, after n
has helped the bears by passing the
Into sight and the visible. The Gov
ernments change OF method is the more
suggestive, because it is accompanied
by the declaration that the increasing
proportion Of "etceteras' made the
other method obsolete
III one may Judge By the immediate
present, speculation would not stir N
the Government reported two million
bales OF hnters IN the theoretical SUP
ply. for the talent has sod every month
on the hoard Al q staggering discount
despite news n the most hulish sort
But masses 81 men have been known
20 awake from a sleep SO sound Is 90
suggest death. 1t may be so In the In
slant case.