The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-09
COTTON GOSSIP
C6tton Ginning

Cotton Ginning
 Washington, September S.-Cotton ginned prior to September amounted to 6o5,51S bales, counting round as half bales, the census bureau today announced in it's first ginning report of the season. Round bales included numbered, 22,724. Sea Is- land included were 2S90 bales. This years s ginning compares with S5o,e6s bales ginned to September 1, last year, and 4e3, sS9 bales in 1915. Round bales last year num- bered S2,355 and in 1915 they were 8947. Sea Island included last year was 4631 bales, and in 1915 there were 2097 ~Ginnigs by states were Alabama, 1S,e03; Arkansas, 134; California, 103; Florida, , 3111; Georgia, 146,594 Louisiana. 15375; Mississippi, 5749; North Carolina, 72; Okla homa S6; South Carolina, 17,S8S; Tennes- see, none; Texas, 397, ,796
 Ginnings of Sea Island by states was: Florida, 17OS; Georgia. 11s1; South Caro- lima, 1.
 Weather
 Cotton Region Summary: Warmer weather than usual at this season pre- vails throughout the cotton region with minimum temperatures of TO to 76, and maximum temperatures generally 90 to 9S No precipitation of importance. Widely scattered light showers oc cured in a few localities.
 Eastern Weather: All clear, ri to S1.
 Early Rain: Memphis, .o2; Atlanta, .o2; Raleigh, .sS; rest clear.
 Texas Weather: North Texas, gener- ally clear, 80. Central Texas, generally clear, 79. East Texas generally clear, 7S. Gulf coast, generally clear, IT,
 Louisiana: Generally clear, "A.
 Oklahoma: Generally cloudy, 90. Muskogee: Showers, 80.
 Arkansas: Generally clear, 7s.
 Forecast: Partly cloudy for Louis iana Arkansas, east Texas, Georgia and Alabama. Fair for Oklahoma and west Texas and for Mississippi, except show CTS in extreme north Mississippi.
 Weld & Co.,. America will have to finance what promises to be a consid- erable surplus of cotton in this coun- try, and speculators are unwilling to assume this burden at prevailing levels.
 E. F. Hutton: It would seem advisable for the present to make purchases on sharp breaks.
 Hayden. Stone & Co.,. Spinning in- terests were buyers yesterday and the decline certainly has gone far enough to entitle the market to a good reac tion
 Private Wire Flashes
 Ticker says: Ginners' report says the worlds production of the commercial crop, exclusive of linters, grown in 1916, approximately 1S,365,000; consumption, year ending July 31, 20,1So, o,000.-Coch- ran to Orcutt.
 The best of conditions prevail over the cotton belt The London Times says that arrangements have practical ly been completed for the reopening of futures at Liverpool.-Gluck to Campbell.
 We believe cotton cheap and prefer purchases on drives.-Hudson.
 Traders working for reaction upward. They expect spinners will buy this basis. s. T. Hubbard to Orcutt.
 Spots firm Farmers not marketing freely. No pressure to sell spots, but demand seems good Our weekly reports indicate that general deterioration has taken place east of the river; that there is not any top crop making plant ex- haustions and complaints rust, shedding and boil weevil-Weil Bros, Montgomery. Mitchell big buyer of cotton.-Wagner to Campbell
 Startling feature of governments gin- ming report today is that Oklahoma has ginred only S6 bales against 1852 last year, and Arkansas 134 against 15,650 last year. There's the lateness for you, and these are the states where frost strikes first.-McElroy
 Schill largest buying. More sellers than buyers at advance. Schill now selling January. Trade very bearish-Hubbard to Orcutt.
 Dry goods reports say cotton goods quiet with prices easy on print cloths and yarns.
 General trade reviews less favorable, saving a waiting policy still predominates labor problems more difficult and trans portation difficulties impede output. New contracts from regular channels are fewer.
 Spot prices in the south are still to cents over futures and small sales show resistance to the decline.-K offer.