The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-25
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austin Tex, wires: Many fields are
1osky as the result Of the rains OF
tne asst Few days, and very little land
- oeen prepared. Il is now time 10
pant corn and IL will require a week
on sunshine before the level lands can
is needed badly"
New Orleans-March-Ma shorts
transferring interest into July; traders
bought october. sold July, theory thai
~loW-grade stock likely dumped on con-
tracts end Of season. Recent drastic
revision low grade make 1t almost i'm
possible tender on contracts at differ
ehces. Last year, with none Of these
cohdltlons so acute, July-October trad
ed 4S0 points apart; confidentially rec
oInmend buy July, sell October present
differences, believing when spinners
and July shorts start buying July will
widen materially from October.-Shep-
ard & Gluck.
showing in Greenville, Tex.
New Orleans-The serious coal situa
ton In England, which may tie M all
ndustry' including cotton manufactur-
ing, Is the main depressing influence
this morning. Liverpool cables: Mar
ket quiet with a little Manchester SELL
ing somewhat nervous over COAL
Shepard & Gluck.
New York says that no March no
tees were issued in that market today.
Dallas wires: Showing hard here"
New York-The increased exports for
Yesterday Of II, 1000 bales failed to stim.
ulate bulllsh activity, being offset by
advices from some mill centers of fur
ther curtailment of working time. Wall
street was a rather free seller and the
south also sent selling orders. Senti-
ment seems returning to the bear side.
-tailon to Shepard & Gluck.
New York-On this setback ring
crowd Wall street sold commission
houses bought.-Hustace Hubbard to
Reese.
New York-Hear of no notices on
March.
New Orleans-Cotton planters in the
city from Mississippi say that in the
last two weeks they have got about
two days of work out of their hands.
Flowing is impossible and the present
rains will set them Jack still further.
Shepard & Gluck.
New ~York-Cone, Mitchell and FL
wood bought March, with little offer
ing; traders inclined sell later positions,
though doing little so far.-Hubbard to
Reese.
New York-Bears active again. figur-
ing Frances opposition to letting Ger
many get raw materials until her de-
stroyed factories restored will p%rotract
embargo cotton.-McElroy to Cotter &
Turner.
Rain to be followed by colder weather
is the forecast for the eastern half of
the cotton belt.
New Orleans-Few buying for reac-
ttons and short covering only support
market.-Shepard & Gluck.
New Orleans-Decline Liverpool on
adjustment straddles in connection ex-.
pected freight cut March /; think pur-
demand: bad weather.-Clark to Cotter
& Turner.
New OrleAns-It is the worst weather
map of the winter. Rain being shown
from n end of the cotton region to
the other. In the eastern belt the rain
fall is very heavy and it is still rain
ing over a large area. Montgomery
gets 4 inches and Macon 3.16. To the
northwest of the belt is an intense
cold wave following closely after the
Temperatures as low as 20 de-
grees below zero are reported in the
Middle West.-Shepard g. GluCk.
New York.-Trading market with pos
sibilities on both sides. We favor buy
ing July and October on the breaks for
tur ns.-Josephtal & Co. to Shepard q
New Orleans-Strength March posi-
tion New York, advance English consols
suggesting favorable politics; stronger
Liverpool; scalping market with grow
ing bullish inclinations.-Clark to Cot
ter & Turner.
nervous.-Robertson & Co. to Hancock.