The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-27
ROUND THE TICKER
Cotton.

New York-Little Improvement In the
situation in lo~ngshoremen strike today.
Big piers still idle.-Slater to McFall.
New York.WeId s. Co. think decline
laFgely due 10 an Oyerbought market
and on any material decline from pres
ent prices advise buying,
New York-Cotton news all bulIish
but labor situation will continue damper
on Notwithstanding.
New York-Journal Of C 0 M r e.
Louisiana, Arkansas ana Tennessee.
Unusual deterioration account rain; seed
sprouting in bolls; grade low, IS per
cent picked In Arkansas, Tennessee VS.,
70 last year.
New H~ork-Strike outlook hopeful.
Europe alarmed about transportation
cutoff, buying freely LiVerpool.-McEl-
roy TO Cotter g. Turner.
New Orleans-Manchester reports a
strong demand for cotton goods from
me East New York reports sale Of
1000 bales Of Bremen sheeting TO China
~ much higher than prevailing prices.
llckings, t~wo-ounce goods, 42ia cents
yard.-Beer TO McFall,
New York-Savannah exportsN Bremen
''ooN Hamburg a., 600.-McElroy.
New Orleans-Influence Of labor dis
t~urbance has taken edge off market
Tor time being; may have some further
rcaction.-Weld & White to Cotter q
Turner.
New Nork-Less apprehension over
labor situation and market firm on
broader demand following higher Liver
pool. Liverpool trade good buyer
Gwathmey to Foster.
New Orleans-Cotton goods market
TnElANF GM KHF Uanm1HAN a. Ill. H. a.
steady demand and very limited output.
Domestic cotton goods are being en-
gagged for future delivery as far ahead
as mills win sell, A number of large
mills engaged for five month ahead
Kofler.
New Orleans-The weather map Ia
cloudy In many sections Of the cotton
belt, but there IL no rain on It. Tenn
peratures unsettled. High in all sec
IONS; 4 better map could hardly be
lnagined,-Shepard Il Chuck.
New L~ork-Traders bearish. Looks
higher on coming cold wave. Liverpool
bought December, which Gwathmey
500; May was sold by Llverpool.-Hub-
bard to Reese,
New Orleans-New York wires;
Looks hogh on coming cold wave, "
Clarksdales, Miss. Reports a sale Of
long staple cotton at 10 cents a pound. "
New York wires: Most local traders
appear to be against the Market Man
chester cables report a strong demand
Tor cotton goods from the markets Of
the Tar East, Large sales of sheetings
are being made to China at high prices.
rms would make 1t appear that Liver
pool must keep on buying spots in the
South,-Shepard Il Chuck.
New Orleans-Map Indicates a large
am disturbance coming on the West
ern states tonight and a strong cold
wave Following close by. The market
today should offer goo dscalping oppor-
thnlties; buy on breaks; sell on bulges.
-kofler to Clark g. Co,
New Orleans.-Waco wires: "Practi-
caliy all open cotton has been ruined
or else so badly damaged that II will
not nay to pick at the price Of 50. 80
per hundred pounds, Many opened bolls
are rotting and will never OPEN La
Grange, Ga, wires: THE big ginning
Tor Georgia In the last report does not
mean anything Win not give Georgia
more thar 500, 900 bales during the rest
OF the season. IS, 4 G..
New Orleans-Waco telegraps that
the Texas crop this year will not exceed
1000, 600 bales and say that many gins
have been entirely idle during this pc
flod ,-Shepard and Gluck.