The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-08-13
Decrease Shown in Annual Pro-
duction Of the Staple
Last Year
IS FOUND TO BE
LESS THAN 1917
Production Placed at Eleven Mil
lion Six Hundred and Thirty
nine Thousand Bales

mercial cotton crop issued today puts
the crop of 1918-191s at l1,6sS, ,653
bales, decrease under the crop OF
1917-18aof 237, 800 and a decrease un-
der 1851. of 1,301,2S1.
He says that the crop Of Texas is
541 900 bales less than last year, the
group of other Gulf States (embrac-
ing Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas.
Tennessee, oklahoma, Missouri, ARR
zona, California, Kansas and New
Mexico), showed decrease OF ssa :
00e bales and the group of Atlantic
States (including Alabama, North
Carolina South Carolina, Georgia,
Florida, kentucky, Virginia), an in;
crease of 655, 200.
Crop grade average barely naid+
ding. :.
He puts the average price per
pound Of mi6dling for the year al
1896 cents, compared with 1886 last
year, 18.41 year before last and 1l.ss
in 1856 and the average CONNER
cial value per bale at $155.14 against
$14739 last year and 1882 the year
before and the value of the crop. i'm
cluding the, seed, at s2.045,251, 1858
against s2,0O1,6S2,939 last year.
Mr.. Hester's report by states is as
follows in thousands of bSles:: So, = ).
Alabama 5s against 52l last year;
+ .Arkaasa S, 19l4 against Il ,0o4..
Florida, s4. against So:
Georgia, 2;o29 against 1880.
Louisiana. 541 against z6s6.
T OKLAHOMA, $50 against 1,016.
afississipps, I.l54 against s7s.
North Carolina: s0S againsea7lZ. ),
Sorthse Carolina, i ,49l against 1926
Tennessee. 54s against 460..--,sfs4 =;
Texas 2, $50 against 1920.
:: Total crop bales 1850 against H.
|907 last year
Mr.. Hester says that the prices paid
for this crop have. been highest wit
messed for the past 50 years.
He then gives a table showing the
exports for the five-year war period
com pared with the five previous years
of the anti-waf period showing tota
for the war period Of 30,666.000 and
calls attention to the fact that dur:
ing the FIVE years prior to the wal
Germany and her allies took 13,000,-
600 of the balance while in: the wal
period they took only $4,000.
Mr.. Hester puts the actual growth
for 1858 at 100000 and he puts
hte number of bales carried over in
the interior Of the South, including
Southern mill stocks, at ,3,574,e0t
against 2,1S4,000 carried over at the
close Of 117-18. Mr. Hester then gives
statement Of the total carry over OF
American cotton in the United States
and abroad ON July 81. The figures
show total in interior OF cotton belt
9, STA ,09G bales United Staes port
stocks, 1,21S.oo0; Northern mills
stocks $4,000; total United States 81
2s1. 900; European mills stocks 1885,
00o; European port stocks, 1.248,000;
total Europe, 1,533,00 total carry
| over 6.s24,090. He says that Of the
total carry over $4,000 bales were
linters.
Consumption of the South in round
figures was given as 3,535.000 and the
North 2,599,000, a total Of 6,034, ,00o
| bales Of American cotton, including
linfers. In addition to this American
mills have consumed $4,000 bales OF
foreign cotton. making a total con.
sumption of American and foreign
growth by American mills Of 6,207,-
600 against 100000 last year.
Consumption Of linters. included in
the proceeding was $4,000, included
293, ,006 in the South and $4,000 in
the North, against total last year OF
100000, including 100000 in the
South and 100000 in the North.
Mr.: Hester puts the spindles in the
South at 15,1S7,00 including old, new
and idle and uncompleted, against a.
7S6, 900 last year and says there are
in course of construction in the mills
land being added to new mills in the
South 209,226 spindles.
He puts the worlds consumption OF
American cotton including linters, st
1o,S02,0e0 against 1922. 900 bales
last year..
Berne, Switz, Aug. 11.-Archduke
Joseph has sent telegram to Pre-
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