Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-23
COTTON GOSSIP

NEW YORK. Jan 22.-Riordan bought
5000 bales OF May on the call PARROT
sold him $500. The selling was rather
gsnerS' while ne. the buying was attributed
Mitchell and Hentz continued the best
buyers on and after the call.
THE market looks pretty we'll evened
up, pending the Census report to-mor-
row" observed conservative operator.
Spot brokers say 1900 bales we're sold
yesterday after hours. Good inquiry
this morning. promising further busi-
ness, Interior points already report de-
Advices from the Eastern States are
that stocks are about the same as last
year, while there is good demand for
practically all grades at the highest
ports that demand continues good, TAX
ports that demand continues good, TAX
ing in stains as well as the white goods.
LAGRANGE, Ga, reports state that there
is scarcity of white cotton in that
territory.
According to reports received from the
South exporters are outbidding Ameri-
can mills for cotton. This attracted con-
spirited competition for the actual.
| Atlanta, Ga, wired K. +, Hutton &
Co.: Good demand; offerings light;
spot basis extremely high and advanc-
| ing"
The cotton crop now seems TO be es-
| tablished in value as next in order after
corn, says a recent issue OF The
Farmers Bulletin. The lint OF this
crop in 1918, at the price of December l,
| had an estimated value OF 1898, 000, 900,
and this was not equaled in any former
year. 1t is 141a per cent above the av-
erage Of the preceding five years. The
| estimated number of bales OF 500 pounds
gross weight in this crop is 13,677,000;
consequently this crop has been exceed
| ed in quantity by the crops of 1911 and
1919. II the estimated value of the
cotton seed is added to. that of lint, the
total farm value of this crop amounts
to $s45,OOO,000, an increase of 10 per
| cent over the average of the previous
hve years. Texas usually produces from
one fourth to one third the cotton crop
| OF the United States. The cotton crop
OF the United States in 1918 covered
36,011, 900 acres, it is estimated. an in
crease Of per cent over 1872"
Well Bros. have compiled data coll
| lected by them Of stocks Of cotton at
uncounted towns, which report a total
| Of 49,7S8 bales against 4S,601 bales last
year and go, 1903 bales two years ago.
| on January the Atlantic Compress
Company taking the actual stocks In
congresses they control and actual
stocks in towns at which congresses
| are located, and estimating the stocks
on plantations and In towns tributary
combined stocks 696,762 this year
against 745,124 last year In the terri
tory included in this report are Eufaula.
Montgomery, Opelika, Troy and Dothan.
| Ala, and Americus, Athens, Atlanta,
Augusta, Fitzgerald, Macon. Millen, Sa-
vannah. brownsville. Toccoa, Albany
! Columbus, Cordele and Dawson, Ga,
and Pensacola, Fla.
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. :2-Hayward
& Clark: "The weather map shows fair
over the Western States, partly cloudy
to fair over the eastern half of the belt;
no precipitation, except in Florida"
Mike Thomas wires from Dallas, Tex:
Colonel Allison, ex-president OF the
| Cotton Seed Crushers Association, says
| in to-day's Dallas News:
The people should realize that there
| is not a supply OF good cotton seed in
| Texas. The seed was greatly damaged
| by rain during the picking season,
| though il can not be ascertained by in
spection which are the good seed and
| which are the bad The oil mill men
| to save the best seed to furnish the
! farmers for planting at a normal cost
| this esason have no good seed that they
| can recommend
grave one, so much so that have taken
| upon myself to write Mr.. Cone, State
! Commissioner of Agriculture, calling his
attention TO II and suggesting that his
department now has an opportunity to
do the farmers in the State large and
| real service by ascertaning where good
seed may be had and notifying the
| planters.
The situation Is as bad in Okla
| homa. Louisiana and Arkansas. as dam
! aged seed can not produce vigorous
| plants, nor a good Weld Of COTTON ="