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I5XA BLISHJED1826.
3 Contest Ended Toy a
Itunning Majority.
(22 FOR THE SALE.
\ OXB COUNTRY PRECINCT CAR
RIED BY THEDRYS.
Ljl, CciJfgcd From Early alorn Until
l Clow by Enthusiast!** Fartlsaus
of lloth Sides*
VOTE OF 1885.
How Fulton County Vot'd at the Election *
Two Years Ago. j
In 1885, In the prohiMti >n elfotion, 8 06C
roistered, while on’, 7,428 cist their bsllo- s,
showing that 1,638 voters bed failed to go to
the poll.. It u nttdlees to say that every
effort will be made by both »Hcs to briog
ont a fall vote. Out of 11,140 who hove
registered to vote nrit 8atnrday, It is end-
mated that abont 9 000 will cast their suf
frage and that 2,000. for various reasoDB,
will not. cast their ballots. It may be of
benefit to tbe two sides in thei campaign
work to know how the vote stood in each
preoinot two yoais ago; we herewith give
tbe same:
PazciNcra. Toiat tot*. Majorities.
_ . , . Dry. w et. Drjt. Viet.
liorth Atlanta 1,070 l.OM 5 ....
South Atlanta 1,20 1.8S9 .... 820
Weat Ena. ..r..412 lie sis ....
Cook's 1S1 ».i7 .... 216
Eaatp.dnt 114 05 19 ....
South Bend 315 100 215 ....
Buckhead. 62 09 ....' 27
O.kOrora so 48 .... 13
Btjanfa 03 31 32 ....
Adairavtlle..,.., 00 46 - 4fl ....
Oollloa 60 27 29 ....
Peachtree..-. 176 00 110 ....
MACON. GEORGIA, TUESDAY, NUVnMBSK 29, 1887.-TWELVE PAPES.
THE C0MDi(r SESSION.
hRVS HAVK IT ALL TUK1K OWN
Ly UNTIL AFTER NOON.
VIEWS OF ST AT SMFN ON REDCC-
TION OF THE SURPLUS.
Mr. C.vtlal. Thtrka It Shonlil Not ba Leaa
Than a Cut of Seventy Mlllloue-Mr.
Hasdai Not Talking—Appro
priations Chairmanship.
3,828 3,603
Majority for Prohibition
. 228
• Tidal Ware Seta in and Sweeps
Iryihlcg Before It—Crowds at
the Kimball Last Night,
i snd Fulton county hay© repndi-
ihibition.
j been a day memorable in tho his-
ftrihibition. The eampaign which
lit was spirited, with both (idee
Ldotermined and indefatigable, and
Vaaenoe there has been the fnlleat
ke of the voioe of the people. The
beet of the law has been the subject
hot ridicule over the country, and
ihatthe polls, after two years of
Kent, have called a bait,
fat HOST INTENSE excitement
(tided the city sluoe 7 o'clock this
g, jet, consideiiDg the megoltnde of
jjioD, the aorimony that but attimes
knd the contest, tho local and
limpoitanoe of the issue involved,
lit to bo congratulated that she has
rough it without serious jar or
s ef victory was not a steady one.
e forenoon, and especially in the
louts, tho prohibitionists took tho
febthly in all the wards. At7o’olook
ItHtj caftubxd tub polls
Jtbtm stubbornly with tong lines
It until the antis, almost helpless,
■ looks little wonted,
be tbe chango began, and v.h> n it
It was rapid and irresistible. The
Tithe hurrah and in every word they
s one man and with a rush.
!b« coin hour it washard to find an
J bid any doubt as to the result,
Ipelion being one of majorities.
ItUI TtELINO OVBB TUB CTO
like greatest enthusiasm, not so
luihemtre victory at tho polls,
Vldenoe that it will give Atlanta a
pom. The county will look to the
jrttify this confidence,
fohibitioniits mo taking thebmaat
[ Before the polls closed it was rc-
t both Grady and Hemphill con
sist! victory.
Tit* TOT*.
ih the majorities for tho anti-pro-
JM are:
[ud, 174; second ward, 74; third
] ; fourth ward, abont 117; iltth
i mth ward, 117.
|tounty precincts the vote was:
*74
148 191
71 53
1ST-
3s.
SIXCB TUB BBSULT
lotion was definitely and reliably
Ni the hurrah bis dLapp«ar*d Mid
|*( both sides show a disposition to
ftthsr harmoniously. Tho result
‘uted and tho majority Is so largo
Us probability ot a contest. Oon-
(tohibltionUts already exprtss
• '• 1 i puled to .ucU a Sti-p ' 'll'!
|‘-is*t places in town is tho West-
|- Tt-legtaph office, where, for
|u> rushed in to dispatch the result
Ptdehes were sent to every section
I U *UK RIUBALL HOURS
|!or an hoar or two wus an i-xtra-
|*a. The galleries were crowded
pi, and in tbs rotnndn tbM* wan •
|u>*d that defies description. The
liter was edged in here and thcro
l‘ Wuld get in, and in the front
, «w colored women who had
* with the crash completed the
[fa neponse to vociferorons cads
of Texas, Yellowstone Kit,
| ta Brandt, Hon. A. H. Cox, M»j.
(*• Mima end Horn E. P. Howell
(““Wesos from tbe balcony. The
T *““• congratulatory and enthu
* fhe reault, were
luawojrr ixo v.mr
[hAudfuUof predictions for the
fu-e city. Capt. Howell, in an el-
F taking speech, which was eon-
reiterated the pledge
f.“S the campaign, that ba would
poeatble to have the liquor
r**4 under such reatriciiona a*
Ea n ^ Us spoke of bis partners,
; HamphiU, who had differed
the question. He believed
iptudentioas and he lored them,
J?, “ay wen wrong and was
fpi-pose their views. He ex-
IT, ,!V miitetion to the ptohibi-
***“ ,nt0 hoe and help Atlanta.
Lli?** dzalcfmoxet,
—wa, baa ebaogad hands on the
•o»mnf lauly has bean active,
‘wjortwo the antis havs given
of the b*u were promptly
■BUT Many antis wan at the
“waring in uv bate.
I ...“riJ-eigbt hoars Macon has
.g^wwaud kwa tha Mam
I -, ~ * man, look a strong in-
W^.wnd l»«Ug (mmCM
lui* ite moatpro-
NO CONTENT TO BE MADE BY THE
PROHIBITIONISTS.
General Disposition to Bnckie Ilown to
llnslnesa anil Boom the Town.
, Macon Txuroturn Crane, )
. , NO. 314 - HITHH.il.L StBIXT, j
'ATLANTA, GA„ NOTUIBSaXI, 1087. )
The completeness of yistcrday’s victory
was demonstrated; to-day by the general
acquiescence in tho lesnit. One of the few
pronounced irreconcilables is the Rev. D-.
Hawthorne, who, in his sermon this morn
ing, I understand, spot o rather roughly of
tbe chanoter of the party which won the
victory. When the people are coming to
gether after a oampaign unprecedented in
excitement and bitterneia, it is hardly com
mendable that anything in tho way of ab
straction should come from the pnlpit, but
rather should it pat balm upon the wonnda.
WILL HE NO COSIEST.
Tbe absorbing questions since yesterday
are as to a contest, and what will be the
immediate effect of the eleotlon.
As to the first, it may be said now, tbero
will be no oontest. Leading* prohibition
ists are disposed to accept tho verdict as an
nounced by tho eleotion mansgeis. While
there may bo beliet that some inegal votes
Liu- bill 1 c.n.1, the ulteuipt ill tnt-w out n
sufficient number to overoome a mtjjtiiy
c f 1,122 would ba palpable felly. Besides,
it illegal votes were cast it is not improba
ble that, considering tho efforts' made on
both sides, the illegal votes wers not con
fined to tha untie. While there may be a
few who will die bard, and wonld be willing
to have ibo question dragged into tho
conrts, there appears generally to be a
different feeling. The prosperity of the
oity demands that there shall be nnity and
harmony among the people, and those who
shall now attempt to stand in tbe wsy of it
will meet with stern rebuke.
THE OBDtNABl's ANNOUNCEMENT.
The question most mooted to-day was ss
to the immediate effect of the election.
Recognizing this as a matter in wbieh tbe
pnblio is Interested, jour correspondent
sought ont Ordinary Calhoun and asked
him whnt he wonld do abont tho result.
Judge Calhoun sitd: "At 12 o’clock to
morrow I will take tho certified retnrns
made by tho eleotion managers of etch
ward and county preoinot and loot up the
total, without a canvass of tho votes unless
there is notice of contest. As aoon as the
whole vote is ascertained, which
will bo doting the nfbrnoon,
I will announce and declare tho result. If
there is no notice of contest, and I appro-
hend there will be no effort to oontest, as
tbe majority is so large, anti-prohibition
under the law, as I interpret it, will go into
effect at oaoo."
AS TO LICENSE,
The next question, then, is one of lieenso.
At present, of coarse, there is no city ordi
nance fixing tho retail license, and nntil
that matter is determined the retail dealers
cannot begin bns ntss. It is understood
that this does not apply to tbe wholesale
trade, in which county lieenso and city
merchant! so license era be taken ont
What the present council will do in tbe
premises I cannot predlot There is already
TALE OF HIOH LICENSE,
bnt everybody differs aa to tho amount.
A movement is inita ineipiency to call a
meeting of conservative citizens at an early
day, regardless of position on the question
of prohibition, and have a fail and tree in
terchange of opinion as to the restrictions
to be placed on tho liqaor traffic. If the
right spirit pervades ths meetin -, it is like
ly somo agreement can be reached which
will meet with publie approval, and if to,
it will be recommended to the olty council,
with a force wbioh will doubtless entitle it
to consideration
Snnday last, Dr. Hawthorne, who has
taken a prominent part in the campaign as
leader of the prohibitionists, In preaebing
„ ec-rmon at hla church, th® First Baptist,
said that he bod a little bird at bis house
that had not sang in fonr weeks, bnt that
on next Snnday (to-day) it would stag tho
happiest song of its life. Tho singing re
turns ate not yet in.
YELLOWSTONE KIT,
who hat been quit* a factor in the contest
on sooouol of bis pc; nlarity with *U classes,
pat* this estimate on the political preacher.
3esays, ‘--hen they are in the pnlpit
nritiehfnc tine re'igion as expotraaed in
rreeialto Macon Ttlcobats 1
Wabuikoton, November 26.—There are
sixty members of the House in the city and
half of the Senators. More members than
nsnal are renting residences. New mem
bers tra very omranoisative on all public
questions, bnt are fighting sby of commit
tal on the anljeol of the doorketpcrahlp.
Few Southerners from tbe nearer Stales
are yet on ths ground; in fset, none exempt
Mr. Grimes, of Georgia, and Major Wise,
of Virginia.
Tbe tariff is mors discussed than any
thing else. With rarely an exception tho
opinion prevails that the House will pass a
revenue measnre whioh will give general
satisfaction. Tbe estimates as to tho
amonnt of redaction are various, somo as
low as sixty million! and others as high as
one hundred millions.
The only internal tax likely to bo re
pealed is that on tobacoo.
MR CARLISLE S VIEWS.
It is known that Mr. Carlisle wonld not
rednee the snrpins less than seventy mil
lions, bnt he refusi s to talk ezeept in gen
eral terms, Mr. Carlisle wonld not, it is
understood, approve very cordially tf n re
peal of the taxes on cigars and cigarettes.
His idea is to take off the taxes oo haf,
chewing and smoking tobacco as a conces
sion to tbe geollrmen from oertain States,
In fact, exo«pt as a concession, tbe matter
is not considered favorably by revinue re
former* outs de of Virginia, Nortb Coro
line and the mountain districts cf a few
other States. Mr, Oailisle Is con
ferring daily with leading Democrats.
It is said that his purpose
is to ascertain, not what the general will of
the party is, for that Is already well known,
bnt wbat is th* wisest way to make that
will effective.
in an crainviEw
with yonr correspondent this afternoon,
Mr. Walker, of Missouri, a new mombrr,
said he was in favor of taking eff all of tbe
thirty millions of tobacco ux, including
cigars and cigarettes, but would stontly
oppose aoy effort to reduee on whisky. To
bacco was tbe poor man's luxury, hh bad
to often bssa said; indeed, wss almost a
neceaalty. Ha was not prepared with a list
of the arttoles which ahonll be reduced,
bnt tbe list ehoald include tbe
absolute necessaries cf hfo, The
free list —ought— to ha large.
Mr. Walker is a jcung and intelligent bus
iness man and a Demcorat,
MS RANDALL
says he will not dtseuss the tariff question.
He is very tmpbalio in bis refund.
It cut be stated authoritatively that Mr.
Carlisle will reappoint Mr llradall ta chair
man of tho appropriations committee.
The charges against Got. Donelson, whioh
his friends say they are prepared to meet,
are, brie fly, that bo has not stfiHently ac
counted for the special appropriation with
whioh he was entrusted; that he has ap-
poin ed moro men to positions than tho
roll calls for; that b* has Mid psper to the
unk dculots and rendered no aoeount; that
to has
MIXED FBtVATE AND PUDL1C FUNDS
inextiiosbly, and that tho affair* of bit of
fice sro In general eonftuion. The state-
meat this morning that Ur. Rtndn'l bod
denied that ho was a friend cl Ool. Donel
son in this fight is erntradioted by friends
of tho latter, who say that tbe Pennsylva
nian has'nnqneatiooably committed himself
that way. It is claimed that Carlisle, Ran
dall, Holman and other leaders are favora
ble to Donelaon's re-etiction. Up to tho
rresent tbe c intent has aeemed altogether
n tho Term sican's favor. It remoius to
bo seen whai ( licet tbe active opposition of
Mr. Breckonridge, of Arkansas, will bavo.
TbiB morniog I found i’nblto Printer
Benediot busily engaged with the several
foremen ot the different divisions of the
machine tine religion as expound
the Bible^ I pay them all the respsot thtt
they sre entitled to as a minister ofth*
gospel, bnt when I meet them st a dog
address them as Jim or John,*.
^ Wh?S th?evaluation pubUchiz^ecUon
returns, will they also b* headed oommu
nicated.”
Ta* Money,
Atlanta, Nuvemtxr 25.-—After a ritght
lull the but* LX. -> made *
and poured into the treasury at
The M icon count 52 140 35. ***• to th*
to*Brown to pv bU
tbsB’nta trsasMcr._TW* b* »>“
done oo hi* lug* properties in t ui.on, du
tow snd Dade co trail .a.
OOVEBNMXNT t'UINTINO OFFICE.
He was explaining to them a plan by
which he fniends to do tbe wotk required
on the Congressional Record witbont em
ploying the nanal large additional force of
printers. I asked, "Do you expect to be
able to get ont tho Record on time and in
good form witbont following precedents
and appointing from 100 to 150 new print
ers for that apodal work?"
“I intend to do it. I will need only
twenty additional printers. These havo
already been appointed, and will report for
dnty oo the fi hof D.o.mber. Up to No
vember the 1st, I have expended within
$2,UbO of one-third of tho amonnt appropri
ated for public piloting and binding. Tbe
increased coat of Congrefilonal wotk must
be
MET BT A LIKE DECBBAS*
in the oost of work to other divisions of
the office ta tbe office is and must bo kept
within an txpeodunre of one-twelfth of
tho total appropriation each month. My
appropriation in all is $2,0 0 000. Oa Jin-
nary 1st, at tbe end ot six months of the
fiscal year $1,000.(00 cf the total will be
unexpended, and on June 1st, tbe last
month of th* year, one-twelfth will be tin-
upended. I am doing all tbe work re
quired of tbe cffice, and 20 per cent, mote
la done monthly than in kny year prior to
my taking charge.”
I takes, "L*« me have seme cf the ffg
urea <it to-day'(work, ahoaing, the amonnt
dons."
BE TOOK UP A Rare IT
which bad just been Lid no his desk by one
of his cletks and said. "Yen see bar* (hat
2.059 tekena have been printed to-day.
Toi* is my nanal avenge. List jeit ths
averse! was 1,500. This reportahoss an
entry of 209 job forma to-dav. Formerly
the average was from 140 to 150,”
"Have there been any recent appoint
ments from Georgia?'’
“No. I have found tbs average Georgia
Congressman very modest in b s demands
cn this i (fire. Bat I have ptco’a cf »- in a
very remaikahls demands of an entirely
different nature made by members and
B oatnra r.n public printers of past
odminis'ratioo#. For instance •'■at
of theas gentlemen ordered handled*
of books to be bound in s stvle
M expensive tbet tbe publis printer ha
Liver been authorized by law to patches*
such materials. Yet tha illegal purchases
were mad®.
TBS008TLT iUTEMUSM
wera paid (or out ot the appropriations in
tended for different purpos-e, and tbe pub-
Uo was cheat'd. Their privileg,dO'*graoa-
men have ordered hundreds of baainej~~
oitctitsra for their own
print*.! t.t this cflloe. They hava ordered
it verier,'ions tq be made for their own pti-
vate bent fit, which would have cost them
several ihom-and dollars if they bad hon
estly hired their osn clerks to do the work.
"I am not rotranoing," added Mr. Ben
edict, “nor do I wish to injure any one, but
I have lhe prools ot what I assert, and oan
show them to you if you will came some
day wLon loth you and I will have the
leisure to make the investigation.” '
- ■ 0. W. H.
THE GOSPEL OF ANARCHY.
Tho Follower! of Stovt Kvplaln It Under
Oath in Open Court.
1'or.K, Novi tuber 25.-The trial of
Herr Most was resumed tbit mornirg. Mr.
Howe, in opexifg tbe case for tbe defense,
arid Most was not on trial, bnt it was free
dom of speech. He did not believe in
Moat's dooinnw, bnt tho law gives him the
right to denounce its execution as an ont-
rage. Mr. Howa said be would show that
ths man Schvrank w..s not In the room at
tho time of the meetiag, and that Offioer
Sachs was not there either. There would
be produced on tbe stand a reporter who
bail taken noli a and written an impartial
report, a reporter who knew aomettiog of
Gorman and ot the French revolution. Last
of all,
, nsr.a MOST HIMSELF
wonld lo pnt an the stand to tell bis be-
lltfs and disbeliefs. A number ot those
present wonld bs oalled and would tell
whnt Most's uttoranoes were. It would be
shown that wten an enthusolst cried, "Why
not to-rtght!" Most raised his hand and
said, "No! patience, have patience," l-’a-
nntio or tool as Moat might be, he should
not be convinced upon the tramped np
charges wbioh Sohwenk made.
Stapleton was tbe first wi res*. He waived
the court Bible aside snd affirmed. He said
ho was a oompMitor. He told Mr. Hummel
that ho was not at Kramer's saloon at all
the night of the 12 Jl On ernsa-t-lamina
tion. he >aid he otme to the United (Rates
in 1879, aod net Moat two and * half years
ago. Two years s-.io be joined the
INTERNATIONAL WOBKINOMXN'S TARTY.
The policy ot tho party was to overturn
the government peso, folly if possible, by
foroe if ncc*nary. Witness was against
rebellion. Only a few men eoold not havo
a rebellion. "I want tbe whole people to
be with ns. I don t believe in the destruc
tion of alias rule by fores. I am familiar
with the doctrines ot tbo party. That is
mis of their doctrines. Tbe International
W rkiogmoa’i Party, to which I belong, is
led by Most. It is th* patty ot which tho
Ohicrgo Anarchists were leaden. Aoaroh-
iat muiua that the people shall rale, not tho
governmi-et; it means that government
shall be done away with, that there
•shall ** bo sonsnnt,-
but every m in shall bo free to do wbat ho
desires. Tbe lawa shall be those of com
mon sen at; man’s only punishment is to be
himself, his conscience will bo bis punish
ment. I belong to ibo Antrohistical wing
of tbe party. There are two wings, tho
Boolallitio wing is tho other.”
Moritz Schnltar, a printer in tho Frio-
heit office, swore that it was he who presid
ed at the meeting and introduced Mist, and
that 8cbwenk was not present. tJchnPzer
said that Moat had addrusaed hla hearers as
'Fellow oltizsns,” and that when ho called
out "Revenge" Most replied, "Nat to-day
revenge is bidden ia> tbe lap ot the fnturo.'
WITNESS INSISTED
that Most bad not recommended assassina
tion of l’roacntor Grinnoll, nor of any
body else, nor bad ho counseled any vio
lation of law. Witness told tho atory of
Moat'a speech ■nbatantislly aa tho oihora
had done, except in tho matter of tho asser
tion regarding arming. He waa euro Moat
did not aay, "Arm yourselves” that night.
Mr. Nicoll hereupon attempted to get In
portions ot Moel'i hook on revolutionary
warfare by asking tbe witness it bu ha >
read it. Mr. Howe objeoted on the ground
that the oonrt bad txolnded it. A hot oon-
teat followed, Mr. Nicoll finally staling to
Jndge Cowin In private that be wantod to
prove in hla book.
MOST INSTRUCTED BIS FOLLOWERS
when criled open as witnesses only to an
swer anoh questions as wonld prove an
alibi or procure their libeitv. Air. Nicoll
was net allowed to aak tbe qnestlon. He
found ont, however, that Most waa a mem
THE COTTON CROP.
THE DISPUTED ESTIMATE OF TIIE
AGRICULTURAL BUREAU.
Statistician Dodge In Defense or Vila Chat-
tanged Figures - Argument or the Op
position-Trade Depot ts from
All Quarters.
her of ths society, thtt the weapons of tbe
Socialist revolutionists were many, that
there wax sc printed llat of them, that each
porson was free to choose his own.
JONK3 OK FLORIDA.
raise Reports Ilrgnrdloc Ills Financial
amt Mantel Condition.
Detroit, Novtmber 25.—Within tbo past
few daya dispatches have been sent from
Detroit to newspapers all over the country,
seriously re dieting upon tho condition,
financial and mental, of ex-Uaited States
Hanator Charles W. Jones, who has resided
in Detroit oontiunouily ainoe March, 1885.
There is no doubt that the ex-Kenator’s
fiuancts aro rot in as good oonditiun
when be was in receipt of a salary from the
United Hiatts, but he is not in any sense
pauper, nor it bis mind unbalanced.
Home few weeks ego Mr. Jones chose to
leave bis hotel and become tha gneat of De
tective P. O'Neil, of whoBe bouse be is still
an inmate by invitation. To-day a man
named Dawaon took the liberty of ciron-
lating a subscription list in aid of tbe <x<
senator. This was the last straw, and
night Mr. Jones Lined the following eaid,
tbe first expression regarding himself he has
mad* sice* coming to Detroit:
"To the Editor of th* Free Press: I
it stated in an evening psper that an appeal
b biing mad* to the pnblio in my behalf.
I have never taken any notice up to this
time of anything said in ths pnblio pr
abont me ot my family. I now desire I
aay that I have given no anthority to any
one to aak any contributions of money for
me, and that I am not an aoplicaut for
publie charily, Cbarlrs W. Joxks.
Mr. Jones stabs that h* purposes return
ing to Florida to live, for he baa retried np
hla affaire In Detroit and will bs a Candi
da** fot United Htatss Hsnstor to »4CC«:cil
Wilkioton 0*11, of JicktoDYiUe.
A li atckbinl I'oinlar.
II* up ton TIom.
O.ci bUnsfield and Robert Fife ~
uiih a fonr-moatbs-old poini.r tbe other
day azd kriiad twenty-la o Liackbirda.
A Captain's Forta
i»s*
Special Oor. N. Y. Commercial Bnllotin.
Washington, Novomber 25.—Statistician
Dodge, of tho Agrioultnral Department, b
the belief that the final retnrna will fully
vindicate the aconracy of tho official esti
mate of tbe ootton crop which has been
made tho snbjeot of snob widespread dis
cussion. He says that the eatimat* bos been
made somewhat earlier Ih- n usnai and is
neoAsarily baaed upon indications valnablo
only so far ns tbo experience, reports and
cellmates of twenty years have shown them
to be reliable. Tbs ootton orop estimates
tuado at this 41mo of year have, bs ears,
always been the snbjeot of discussion and
severe criticism, bnt bavo nlwajs proved
remarkably acontate, Tbo present figures
are baaed upon preotaely tho aamo method
of oaicuiatiuD os was followed last year,
when tbe estimate was not popularly bo-
nested when tasnid, bnt whioh proved so
nearly oorrect as to disarm criticism and
dbparoge the methods npon whioh conflict
ing estimates had been based.
TBR ISrtBIRNCE or MANY YEARS
has proved to Mr. Due go's laliitaatton that
reports of an early movement ot otht r
commercial indication* are not atafa guide
lu estimating the yield, and that large
early movenienta have often occurred
when the final returns showed a short crop.
There Is nothing in the trado reports cf
recent date which operates to his mind ta
dlsorediting ths effleisl estimate, while
tiuoe the time ot its pnbUostion, ho hsa
hud farther evidence ot its accuracy. The
discussion, which he bu followed with In
terest, and ths fsotsolted In support of other
estimates, have not obanged hla opinion
that the beat attainable information ren
ders it nlmcst certain that the yield will be
•lightly below that of last year and approx
imating very ctostly to ths figures an
nounced—S. 300,000 bale*.
Tn* DISCUSSION TROVOKED
by tho annoancemeat of Ibis cstlmato bos,
in Mr. Dodge's opinion, taken wldtr range
than would Lave been the case tf the pre
liminary statement bad given moro (ally tbe
Information as to aarasga and oondltion np
on whioh the Department based its call-
mull'.
These aro contained tn a report which
will be maned next week and wbioh wiU
give tbo following general itatement re
specting ootton:
"Tho ptoking of cotton has progressed
rapidly, and the harvest is already oloaed,
exoept In the aolls wbioh have roelated tbo
adverse Influences of the aeaaon. Tbe Oc
tober oondltion indicated a yield per acre 3
or 4 per cent, lees than last year, with
nearly 1 per cont. iocroate of area, Tbe re-
tarns of yields in fractions ot a bale aro less
than last year in abont tbe same ratio,while
the original rotnrns of yield per acre In
lonnda aro nearly tho somo ns those of last
November, The reault in fran Ions ot a
bole indiento a orop of abont 0.300,001 bales
on an sore age of about 18.0-10,000, or 32.8
hundredths of a bale per acre,
THE SATE BY STATES IS!
Virginia, 32 hundredths; Nortb Carolina,
37, 8-'trih Caroline, 30; Gtorgla, 29 5: Flor
ida, 26; Alabama, 28.7; Mlasiaslppi, 38 2;
Louisiana, 43 3; Arkansas, 38; Tennessee,
31; Texts, 3 33.
"Ibo following table gives tbo estimated
acreage of 1880 and 1887. That ot the pres
ent year is 18,011,007 acres, an incroan* ot
20.7 per Mat. in tk*ytMldoes 1879.
This can only be approximate, bow olcaoly
to wonld Lot bs revealed by a census un
less its returns sbeuld be thoroughly earn
tinlzed, and the omLtlon supplemented by
further enumeration. No oeoaut of ootton
was ever cumpleto, as tho current move
ment showod, nntil that of tbo lost national
coiiins, and then abont 150,000 acres were
obtained by ennmeratlon of omitted aria
where cotton waa known to bs grown. it
is possible, ot oonree, that ths presont esti
mate may bo too high, or not high onoogb.
It la a difficult estimate to make, aa tbo re
tnrns ato Invariably too low; if they had
been followtd without allowances the pres
ent area would exhibit a smaller aggregate
than that ot the censns year:
,-Batiw-. Lbs.
«——Acres . Par ter
1>M. 1387. 16*7. art*, seta.
42,007 <O.U4 12,007 M 147
1.071.00* t.ooo ret set sat .sr tro
1065.291 1,021,165 5K1W1.S5 169
2.960,201 2,941 430 (07,13 < .295 141
270.723 232,018 00.960 .20 ||
2.323,711 2,609 594 604.314 .2(7 1U
MUaiaalppi.. XI43 S74 2 543.S74 971 493 AS2 1st
Lonlalana... 1033,711 1, 05,934 401.943 .433 210
Texas 1,171.140 S 940,127 l,il» 133 3X1 11 1
Arkansas.... 1.33i.7W l,mtu 53IfiM M 137
Istraass**.. 941.93* 0SS.1W 25X293 41 153
kttaimrl.. '»•* la vat retas.ii nt
ii cnt his availed itself of tho brat melhoda
7** “erased, and that de.rired improvi mont
will he brought about by careful study and
tha teachings of experience.
Mr. Dv.<)ge reccgtii « the great import-’
anc© of Forming a Rroater deme of aoenr-
Roy and r moro general poimlar (c^ovUvno©
of tho official reporta and estimate©, bnt
also says that the method© most !*ec« v.anly
be imperfect and partial and more or lera a
matter of jndgment and opinion, and that
bo loug oh theeo conditions continue tho re
port© will be disputed and discredited ©o
fi\r a9 pof&iblo by those \rllh \ehoto inter-
Mt8 or representation© they may conflict.
Experience, time and tho OolleoUon of taller
data will bring about improvement© which
will command confidence and oiiRur© great
er aocnrwoy, and to thin end ho bcl-rvea
every tff jrt should b6 made. U.
COTTON CHOP FIGURE9.
KdtlmAtcs by One Who OUcrmllU flip lln-
renn Predict Ion© n« Too Low.
Oorriapondcnt N. Y. Commercial Bulletin.
Kiw kosK, November 21 —A© cotton crop
gnosaea rang© from 0,225,000 to 0 750,000
bale© and upward, I ©nbrnit tbo following
estimate© by states, compared with provi-
on© crop© a© given in Bhepperson’s Ootton
Faots:
xa tsnaxrr. or 1587 5 ccVros cao?.
(Iu ihotuaud*.)
■525 *84 8 '88 6 *86 7 Inc. DtcfcL
480 4i :i U90 860 414 14 .. 18
«LO 888 Mfl 8J8 692 77 .. 15
WO ©34 — '
N. 0.
5.0a.
Oft...
FI*..
Al*.
00 80
■■w. 180 745
Uln... 1,020 860
L* 840 438
Ttx,
Ark
•8
08
889 61
940 1,081 141
800 825 25
1,475 978 1,300 J.U45 1,278
700 6*20 AIO 070 042 „
278 317 294 ..
0 0
16
u
.45 48
0.1’-'A 3.705 0.575 5,499 6,738 423 134 At K
H9°° 17,40° 14,30018,(O^U,6IO 140 .. .15
seta... .42 9 .12.6 434 .38,1 >90.4
Reliable information from ti o diffaront
mnei it qnita poealble that tbo crop
e abont 6 per cent larger than tlin
above, and n possible crop of 7,100,000
balsa. A contervativo cstlmato ot th©
monthly port receipt© ottor Novcmbor 1st,
compared with last year, may bo stated m
follows, vi*.:
nxctiFT© at tmrrsD ©tats© poiit© rsm month.
(In thoiiMnda)
1882-3 18*4-6 1828-8
HepUmbtr.... 825 844 ISO
— l |(n
1,110
hCM
187*6-7 l(87-a
1.lit err.
Olllfclf 808
N Winter....1,101
Dficimbir 1,184
January 744
rflbnmry 6-4
March 41*0
April 270
June hj
July 42
Aagtut 87
16
10
20
©9
eo
42
. 18
11
01
•34
•40
ToUl 8.070
O’rl’d * South*
7<s7W
5,342
8,255
8,88©
era cutianuip.. 074
006
1*283
1,244
1,250
Crop 0.VW
•KatlmaUd.
6,706
“M78
6.4VO
H. carotin*..
8. Carolln*..
A-Umic cuy
trovbM wUi ©
•l*rp.
uiMe
cowry for Cote
Klutf'a New
m{.tlon. It not tanl7 **▼• him in
u.ajc'I tha sttAtirre lonDMn in hn
*r*s_ resifsj •iif.iUnj adei-tod, and i
:.ri uu. >- hAppj I>r. Kins'*
i now tj,as •uit<l*rd in U<*
'Id arid at. th*
of Uii* itAadArd i —i117J *1 L*
•IWlln dr.**, hvl
New DUcCY*ry
t . ...A’I h' ■'!*•
l. iui.km A ■ dm© Mor*.
TotAl... 18.484.CO0 18,041.067 0,300,160
“nil© Kill MAT*. 1© OIYBM |
as tho logical reanlt ot a comparison of re-1
Ititn* ut tin- prcsiiit wi-.h tl.'wi- of turn,, r
yetis. Tbe nigh oondltion reported early
in tl-n si .non lid to a lar*' r • r poctatlou,
but the estimate mnat bo founded on tbo
Ostohsr (or last) rsCazM •! m*tn mmI
the November retnrns of yield. It might
be assumed that deep rooted and early and
L|Mkt
ll.M Of
^©plauall
bio, ground for aucb acinmptlon, and if tbe
outcome should aorjiass tbit first eatlmata|
it might bo das to tnta canae.'' M
Tbe report then give* tbo statements of I
oontspondenta aa lo the oondltion of tbe
crop by oranUe'.|
TBS ACCt'BACY OF TOR COTTON XSTniATE I
in tho past and th* oouiph-iuneis of returns
snd osre in coroj i mg sede mputing give
aararsnee, to Mr. I)o.'gi a .sri-taotlon,
the fore going stall uients will b* folly Is
out liy the teatiUn, and thitooi fliotiog
ii »ten i.r* Last*! upon lto. .craiato kti
edgy of tbe situation or tha p-rvtr-. -i cf
iuipraolical theorit-a or cor dieting tntr-re
A*. <., tire ninthod of .Htimatiug and rn-
; nrting upon tne growing crops, Mr. DudgL
!- ..iron .i,i liability to cnti riam, ami it has
bvet. his aim to improve tin rn as rapidly as
tri-ua wir i iiggeated. TLe txporisnosof
foreign countries and the private reports
and i-'.imUa have faikd to Fsveal
methodi ; r.iiudlng bettar leanlta, sad ths
chd.'.g, ., : commended havsptovsd Las de-
gir.ble than 1.3a methods WRish they Wers
deign .-I to supplant. H* appredates th*
tip*.rinn-ntal and
: 14. tLrEOT CBARA^TRB OF TBR WORE
reporting and Mrireatieg ■addition and
bWMniwl lbs dspart-
1,004
1,039
1,930
1,91. 1.213
1.911 *1,100
1,131 *4,100
A© tho ©tookH nt tbo interior town© last
Friday, compared with lost year, per Chron
icle, were 385,000 bah b, vh. 337,000 balcfl. an
incroMoof 11 per <vnt , per Now York Cot
ton Exobaoge, 302,'.00 bale©, ▼©. 311,000
bnl(©, an lnoroRAo ot 10 per cent., it may
fairly bo aiBomed thnt thcro i© moro oottou
. I- ss 1 t ro in t» «• South limn hhiimi tiim* bud
year; hone»tho oxoos© in portroceipts on 1st
tnuunt— 493,0C0 bale© ovor Nov. 1st, 1880—
will bo maintained and ought to bo in-
crooBad. If ho, and allowing ovorland re
ceipt© and Southern oommuipthn anmo um
Unt year, tho crop would bo at loaat abont
7,000,000 ball©.
It waa generally believed by those who»
had a largo oorreapondenco with the differ
ent ©oction© of tho Honth that orop pro©-
)oct« improvod during Ootobcr, and thwt th©
jaroau'© crop gae©8 luiuht bo about C,C00-
(KXJ bale©. ItH 3 to l point i
losn in condition during Ooto
bcr ogeinat 2 to 3 point© In Ootobor,
1886, wo* moro than a snrpriae; il wrh an
Hdonlabment, and it© next report may bo
Bimll&r to it© amended report on Kentucky's
acroago in tobacco, vis.: that it made *n
error in patting tbo redaction from pre
vious your only 22 per oent, inatoad of tbo
47 per oent indicated by tho report© from
it© correspondent© in thnt Htato. It woald
bo “fanny" if in its next gaoss of tbo cot
ton crop it should “own np" to another
error, and that it had called uu increase in
dicated by it© corroinondent© © decrease,
and that this crop might exceed 6,000.000
bale©! Commoh Hess*.
GENERAL TRADE.
lJualnest Improved by tli* Cooler W**th«r
—The Volum* of MerchaodUe.
New York Coin mere Ul Bulletin, Nov. 20.
The following extrnots taken at random
from onr commercial exchanges, ©how the
©tato of trade throughout tho country dur
ing tho paat week:
Chicago Journal: Mercantile houses have
gained by tho ootlvity and advance in grain
and proviflionB. Tho buflineas i© Urge, bnt
in moat instance© not in excess ot the pre
vious week.
Haiti more Manufacturer© Uncord: Bu Bi
ne©© move© along in about the ©amo condi
tion. and there ©tuns to be no d<-crea©o in
tho immense volume of trade. Induatrial
enUrprico© are generally fully employed
and e arning good profit©.
Qalvestou Dally New©: Tho past week
has been a quiet ono in th© general market,
and while © larger buiine©© ha© be«n truiiH-
©oted than during tho previon© week, but
few change© in price© h©v»> occurred.
Gharhat iii Now© ud Couritr: Tin de
mand in neany overy department of trailo
baa qeen g-icid during the pant week. Oro-
ceriee, )>t< vi-ioD© ©nd dry good© continue
to he hi »• live request
Bkvtsnah Morning Newt: In Art goo.l©
there is a light trade, wbieh is nausl at tbi©
pnod o' the yiar. In ©11 other bn i hen
of thff jobbing trade there i© rsther a ©low
bu»iR« -M i 'icg on. GoU.*etiOD© conliune
very limited.
liAi'imoro Amer < in. 'li.> ngh th**ru is no
yield of crop©, 1
ent*
ctivry r.i
[trade
sith gc'<
!. f-HH C ID 'IMIflH to
.•ided only by tho
d6*lera, trorn win
throngbont the <•<
Loniu^illfj Cc .
lanecus rc:.an :.
ful temper. In h,
ti**n production h«
animated by cont
ode
hit
consumer h
ry dr*w their aupplie©.
r J - .rnal: Iq rniacel-
tr«deh*a kept a chetr-
-ly all leading line© ©r-
i appear d to Lav* b©«n
;.cc both in value© and
log largely and keeping
movement, pr
pric«© firm and <
New Orb-Ad© Time©-Democrat:
gcuertal tr.v in fair ii* some lint©, it
m otheft. The ootton, ©agar ana
movement, however, continue© active.