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IMPROVED OUTLOOK FOR COTTON
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The Journal of Commerce of New York
has made an important and interesting
survey of the cotton prospects for the pres- j
ent year. It’s estimate of June 1, which
covers the twelve principal cotton-produc
ing States, indicates a decrease of 2,450,000
bales. The governing facts which appear
to lead the journal to this estimate are a
decrease in acreage of 2.3 per cent and a
condition of 65.9 per cent of normal com
pared with 73 per cent at this time last
year, combined with the fact that, on the
average, the crop is eighteen days later
than last year, when it was unusually early
Should the reduction approach anything
like the estimate then the surplus from
the present crop probably will be needed,
in addition to the new crop, to meet the
world’s requirements of American cotton
for the coming season.
The total exports of American cotton to
date this year are slightly below those of
last year, but recently the exports have
been running somewhat above those for the
corresponding weeks of last year, so that I
by the end of the season the aggregate
exports may easily be equal to the total of
last year.
One factor that is not mentioned by the <
Journal of Commerce is the decrease in the 4
quantities of fertilizer purchased this i
year as compared with last year. It is re- j
liably stated that, up to the present time,
the fertilizer purchases are about 10 per' 1
cent less than for the corresponding per- j j
iod. last year, and the purchases for the
entire season are likely to be even less than !
90. per cent of last year’s purchases. In \
spite of the fact that the 1925 crop was 2,- .
500,000 bales larger than the 1924 crop, and j
that the 1924 crop was almost 3,500,000 1
bales larger than the 1923 and 1922 crops, j
statistics indicate that the world’s visible <
supply of cotton at the present time is ^
only 1,200,000 bales greater than a year \
ago. This surplus apparently will be'eas- <
ily absorbed with a continuation of for- ^
eign and domestic demand no greater i
than at present. The outlook for the pro- F
ducing interests during the coming season, 11
therefor, seems to be encouraging. A fair ^
crop and fair prices are better than a very ]
small crop and low prices. * ]
In the consideration of the agricultural 1
problem there is no more important crop j
than cotton, affecting as it does, a large <
area and a large population in a funda- 1
mental way. J
Democrats must have viewed with joy
the disclosures before the Senate Commit
tee of the large expenditures in the Penn- <
sylvania primaries. What’s that about a
rose ?
Alfalfa hats are cropping out in Seward, j
Amundsen says he is going to quit ex- 1
ploring—there are no more poles to con- \
quer. J
Business is slowing up at the North Pole
—nobody has gone up there for several
days.
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