The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-13
Walks Beat Browns
Over Private Wires
Burgers Cotton Letter

New Orleans, May 12.-The sensitive ness of the market to unfavorable weather developments is denoted by the advancing tendency of the market as result of the return of bad weather in the interior.
 Dry, warm weather is desired in all districts of the cotton region. Instead rains have set in again and tempera- lures continue below the seasonal av- craze because of the indicated de- crease in acreage this year, planting to an area smaller than for the past 10 years, the best of climatic conditions are necessary to permit the making of a moderate crop. whereas if tho weather continues unfavorable there is the possibility of another short crop.
 Advices from the interior are to the effect that too much rain is falling. delaying completion of planting and cultivation, and that fields are com mencing to get foul.
 The possibility of the continuance of wet weather this month is to be guarded against, as in that event croa accounts would become less favorable and market would like advance fur ther
 Aside of the danger of a wet May. the demand for cotton goods and spot cotton remains good and is becoming more general. with values tending up- ward. Some mills are reported booked until next fall, as result of increasing orders for goods.
 Already Japan has taken about as much cotton as she took during the whole of last season, when it's takings were the largest on record up to that time, or so far this season 604, 900 bales, against 60s,o00 for the whole of last season.
 Other parts of the world are worse off for raw cotton than Japan, which has been open to trade the past five years, or during the war; whereas most other foreign countries have been closed to trade or hampered by the scarcity of tonnage
 This feature denotes the possibilities in cotton after the blockade is lifted against central Europe--H & B. Beer. Over s. R. Stewart's Wire New Orleans, May 12.Liverpool futures were about 20 lower than due but spots were quoted higher on sales of 6D00 bales The press over Sunday maintained it's silence on developments in the political situation. which, of course. tended. to increase nervousness. The only positive report was that the allied war chief. Gen eral Foch, is returning to the front. However, there was an abundance of l bulish news and developments on cotton to offset the influence of uNitics, and the l market, after an opening decline of or 1 10 points. soon rallied above Saturday S closing figures. Principal among the de- velopments was the change in w<ither conditions, with the map showing another | rain disturbance going through the e This caused rains over the western belt over Sunday, and indications are for gen. eral rains today except clearing in west Texas. Temperatures are low over the northeastern quarter and a cool wave is l likely to come on the belt towards Thurs day.
 1 Complaints of too much rain are increas- ing. and there is fear of cultivation be-
 ing retarded. The government report on | Wednesday may be unfavorable on ac-
 count of continued wet weather, and the census consumption report, due on the
 same day, Is also expected to be bullish. 1 The southern spot markets on Satur- l day showed quite generally a larger vol ume of business. News from spot quar- ters here this morning was that there | is good inquiry for certain lower grades, especially low middiing.
 l The official weight average to April V3o, is given at 5173S against 516.lo pounds Hast year.
 l In the last hour of today's session flu lures received material support from 2
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