COTTON MARKET CONDITIONS IN NORTH CAROLINA. 



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Table VIII. — The average differences in price between grades of unclassed 

 cotton during 1915-16 season. 



Markets sellingunclassed 

 cotton. 



Good 

 ordi- 

 nary. 



Strict 

 good 

 ordi- 

 nary. 



Low 

 mid- 

 dling. 



Strict 

 low 

 mid- 

 dling. 



Mid- 

 dling. 



Strict 

 mid- 

 dling. 



Good 

 mid- 

 dling. 



Strict 

 good 

 mid- 

 dling. 



Section. 







Average did 



srences quoted at Norfolk 



,Va. 









Points. 

 200 oft 



Points. 

 150 off 



Points. 



100 off 



7 off 



Points. 



37Jofi 

 5 off 























































0' 































Points. 

 25 on 



7 on 

 19 on 

 14 on 

 lion 



1 on 



14 on 

 Ion 



17 off 



5 on 



15 on 



6 off 

 3 on 



35 off 

 9 off 

 14 off 

 14 on 

 25 on 



5 on 

 lion 



6 on 



Points. 

 50 on 

 lion 

 26 on 

 20 on 

 20 on 



35 on 

 16 on 

 lion 

 16 off 

 lion 

 18 on 



6 off 



7 on 



36 off 

 4 off 

 6 on 



33 on 

 25 on 

 31 off 

 13 on 

 9 off 



Points. 

 75 on 



29 off 



30 on 



15 on 



47 on 



13 on 



16 off 

 4 off 



7 off 



Son 



77 off 



23 off 



34 on 

 37 on 

 15 on 



Coastal. 









Piedmont. 









38 off 

 64 off 



53 off 

 27 on 



Coastal. 









Do. 









Piedmont. 









17 Off 

 15 off 



10 off 



2 on 

 5 off 



16 off 

 4 on 

 4 on 

 26 off 

 56 off 



3 on 



4 on 

 35 off 

 10 off 



10 off 



Coastal. 







45 off 



Do. 







Piedmont. 





204 off 

 69 off 



70 off 

 49 off 



54 Off 

 34 off 

 39 Off 



Coastal. 





Do. 





Piedmont. 









Coastal. 









50 off 

 4 Off 



Piedmont. 





45 off 



14 Off 



Coastal. 





Piedmont. 







79 off 



52 off 



10 off 



loft 



46 off 

 loff 



Coastal. 







Do. 









Piedmont. 





120 Off 



27 off 



168 off 



Do. 





Coastal. 









Average differences 

 used on unclassed 

 cotton. 



Average differences 

 used on classed 

 cotton at Char- 

 lotte, Goldsboro, 

 Tarboro, and Wil- 

 son. 



128 off 

 195 off 



84 Off 

 123 off 



52 off 

 58 off 



21 off 

 23 off 











3 on 



22 on 



7 on 

 34 on 



12 on 

 38 on 





Per cent of each 

 grade in State. 



1 



3£ 



8 



15 



25 



29 



15 



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Failure to make proper differences between grades in the pur- 

 chase of unclassed cotton is not confined to any section of the State. 

 However, a study of Table VIII reveals the fact that, as a rule, in 

 the Piedmont section insufficient premiums are paid for the grades 

 above Middling, while in the Coastal Plain section the differences 

 on grades above Middling are more nearly correcct. This fact seems 

 to indicate, and personal investigation has confirmed this belief, 

 that while approximately correct differences may be used by buyers 

 in the purchase of grades that are not sold in quantity at a town, 

 differences favorable to the purchaser are used if the grade is pro- 

 duced in quantity. 



An example of the abuses which the classing service might hope 

 to correct was observed in Mecklenburg County. Among the samples 

 received from a certain gin all the cotton belonging to one producer 

 was li inches in length of staple. With the aid of his class cards 

 this producer disposed of his cotton for 16 cents per pound. He 

 stated that he had been producing 15 to 20 bales per year of the 

 same variety of cotton for five or six years and that while he thought 



