Evening star., 1926-08-05
USE Of LOW-GRADE
COTT0NISHANNED
Grave Concern Felt Over
Crop-FederaI Figures
Doubted by Experts.

special Dispatch to Ehe star.
NEW YORK. August 5.-Cottor
OF a grade which heretofore has never
gone into similar goods is going TO bt
used during the next 12 months. A.
a result 1t is probable that work.
consumption Of the white staple vii
be heavier than in years. These fact:
are clearly proven by the first authori
tative figures on world conSumptlor
during the year ending July 81.
Spinners Of the world In that period
used Is. 5.165. 900 bales of American cot
ton, including linters. This gives an
adequate hne on the amount which
will be needed next season. Consump
tion in the past season exceeded thai
of the 1924-2J year by S49 o0t
bales, according to H. G. Hester, secre
tary of the New Orleans Cotton EX
change and worid-recognized eN
pert, passed the previous high mark
of l4,S7t 900. made in 19l2-l3.
Low-Grade Staple.
The heavy increase over the
previous year is attributed by experts
to the large quantities of low-grade
cotton used, in which there is heavy
wastage during the spinning process
The world surplus, or carrS-over from
last wears crop, is estimated al
s632, 900 bales. or nearly double that
of the previous season. when it was
1891 900. There are about 3,6St,0OC
bales of this carry-over in the United
States and l,67S,000 in Europe. The
carry-over looks extremely high, but II
Is only slightly over the l0-year aver
age from 1914 to 1924, which was
b.379 900 bales.
Spot cotton men in the South say
these figures indicate that the spin
ners have made rapid strides toward
recovery from the postwar depres
sion and that another big crop will
he needed if normal reserves are tc
be maintained. They insist the situa
ton forecasts even larger conSump
ton in the next year. as greater
portion of the carry-over is of the
lower grades. Many American mills
put in equipment to utilize these
grades last season and will continue
to use them because of their cheap
ness despite the waste. entailed.
Concern Over Growing Crop.
There is grave concern in the South
over the outlook for the growing crop
Despite the high forecasts issued by
the Federal authorities the crop is not
made and there is no certainty of a
heavy yield The Government esti
mate as of July 16 was for a yield
of 15,36S 900 bales. but neither cotton
men nor textile men put any faith
in those figures.
The best informed cotton men, with
representatives throughout the vari
Gus districts, say that for some rea
son the plant on the best land in tbs
heaviest producing sections has put
p.,sN IA, ie.o SnJ
FOR by unseaSonably cool nights and
wet weather. coupled with ravages OF
the hopper flea.
They say the plant in the Missis
eippf Valley and central cotton States
has very little bottom" crop, which
usually represents so per cent of the
crop. The Texas crop Is said 20
have recovered much lost ground in
the last 10 days as a result of hot
dry weather. In the central belt. boil
weevil activity is spreading fast. Bolls
on plants in that section are averaging
only 80 to 40 per cent of the number
shown last year.
These facts would seem TO indicate
a decided reduction in early crop es
Inmates. Some of the best posted
authorities make estimates ranging
from IL ,o00, 900 to Ia, 900, 900 bales. The
lower estimates are probably too low,
but the facts certainly warrant nc
overconfldence in another big crop
this year.
Grain men are not putting much
more confidence in government fore
casts than the cotton growers. The
latest Government estimate forecast
567,So0.000 bushels of Winter wheat
and 1879 soc, 900 bushels of Spring
wheat. The most reliable private ad-
vices today point to Winter wheat
crop of 620,0O0,000 bushels and a
Spring wheat yield of 100000, 900
bushels.