COTTON 259 
the cotton crop to the whole world, that it seems 
advisable to have the reports issued more often, 
instead of only once each month as is now the 
custom. Were this the case, the fluctuations in 
prices upon the appearance of the Government 
report would not be so marked, and the market 
would remain more stable, and more truly re- 
sponsive to the law of supply and demand. 
