Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-22
COTTON GOSSIP

NEW YORK. Jan. 22.-Riordan bought
1900 bales of May on the call PARROT
sold him 900. the selling was rather
general while the buy ing was attributed
mainly to local professionals. Riordan,
Mitchell and Hentz continued The best
buyers ON and after the call
The market looks pretty well evened
up, pending The Census report to-mor-
row. observed a conservative operator
Spot brokers say 1900 bales were sold
yesterday after hours. GOOD inquiry
this morning. promising further bust
ness. Interior points already report de-
mand at full prices.
Advices from the Eastern States are
that stocks are about the same as last
year. while there is a good demand for
practically all grades at the highest
ports that demand continues good, tak-
ports that demand continues good, TAX
ing III 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-
sidera Bile attention, as II disclosed
spirited competition for the actual
Atlanta, Ga, wired Il. +. Hutton &
Co.. Good demand offerings light;
spot basis extremely high ana advanc-
ing"
The cotton crop now seems to be es-
tablished in value as next in order after
corn, SAYS recent issue of The
Farmers Bulletin. The lint of this
crop in 1913 at the price of December l,
mad an estimated value of 1898 900, 900,
and this was not equaled in any former
year. 1t is l41a 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
1912 If the estimated value of the
cotton seed Is added to that of lint, the
total farm value of this crop amounts
to $945.OOO,0oO an increase of 16 per
cent over the average of the previous
five 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 1913 covered
S6.O11,000 acres. 1t is estimated. an in
crease of per cent over 1872"
We'll Bros. have compiled data col
lected by them OF stocks of cotton al
uncounted towns, which report a total
OF 1898 bales, against 4S,601 bales last
year and 60, los bales two years ago.
On January . the Atlantic Compress
Company taking the actual stocks in
congresses they control and actual
stocks in towns al which congresses
are located. and estimating the stocks
on plantations and in towns tributary
to their compress centers. made the
combined stocks go. 49, this year,
against 745,124 last year. nNhe terri
tory included in this report are Eufaula,
Ala, and Americas, Athens. Atlanta,
Augusta, Fitzgerald. Macon Millen, Sa-
vannah. Thomasville. TOccoa Albany.
Co umbus, Cordele and Dawson, Ga,
and Pensacola. Fla.
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 2.-Hayward
a. 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"
Nike Thomas wires from Dallas. Tex:
Colonel Allison, president of the
Cotton Seed Crushers Association. says
in to-day's Dallas News:
The people should realize that there
IS not supply of good cotton seed in
Te&as. The seed was greatly damaged
by rain during the picking season
though it can not be ascertained by in
spectlon which are the good seed ana
Whlch are the bad. The oil mill men
who have heretofore been accustomed
to save he best seed to furnish the
farmers for planting at "A normal cost
TINS esason rave no good seed that they
can recommend.
The situation is to my mind a
grave one. so much so that | have taken
upon myself to write Mr.. Cone, State
commissioner of Agriculture. calling his
attention 20 it and suggesting that his
department now has an opportunity. to
do the farmers in the State a large and
real service by ascertninlng where good
seed may he 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 yield Of cotton "