Show I 1 MUCH MONEY IN COTTON daniel J sully said to have made in ia six weeks and Is still a bull in the market theodore Theo dorc price his great rival in the great groat cotton m markets of liv havre and bremen juet just as in the great cotton markets of 0 Amer americ tc today every play made by D J sully or every play reported to be made by him Is of the must most absorbing interest to spinners epin nera factors and speculators suddenly so sudi suddenly fenly as to surprise the old wre tt ry 8 9 this remarkable young man man ha ha ipoung ito I to international prominence A few weeks ago he was practically unknown today to day every body knows him lie Is but an illus ration of the old adage that a man Is developed for every contingency there was a condition la in the thee cotton market that afforded opportunities fur for a master hand in the marshaling of forces out of the ranks of nobodies camo came sully and alli suddenly bUd denly he became somebody today to day he Is the general of the bull campaign in cotton and he Is making history it Is said bo ho has made in la the last six weeks this may be an overestimate or an underestimate III profits may be garnered or largely paper that he has made au an immense sum there la Is do doubt that ho he stands to win a still greater sum Is certain sudden prominence bat hae i t affected sully in the slightest degree he ile Is a newcomer to new york although he be has been a member of the new york cotton il Ki li chango two years down in ili providence R 1 I where he comes from they are extremely proud of hia hin since ho he started the cotton world by jumping into the arena and takle charge of the bull campaign net only providence but the whole state of rhode island has swelled with the im he gives to that part of the map until last october sully was best beat known in the cotton world through his connection with eastern spinners principally the house of reynolds co since october last he has been a new yorker it la Is one of the strange features of the present situation in the cotton market that sully took up the bull campaign after theodore Th eudore II 11 price had given it up price has his been one of the most spectacular figures in the cotton world in the season of when he was at the head of the firm of price mccormick co he planned one of tho the greatest bull campaigns ever known ife ile laid his hs basis when cotton market analogous to the pres ent the crop la Is not small not dot small 11 at least aa as cotton oops clops have been for the last few years that it Is larger than the crop of 0 lat last year Is likely but the consumption Is beyond all cal cu cul atlon lation the A note abole world seems to be cotton hungry and english german russian and american spinners are falling failing over each other in their efforts to get the staple it li in tho the fact that the consumption or rather the demands of the spinners has been underestimated that the strength of 11 41 H PRICE e 1 the bull campaign lies those who are am associated with sully eay may he be is not endeavoring to corner cotton nothing Is further from hia his thoughts lie simply Is taking advantage of natural conditions there will be a wild scurrying by the shorts it if the men behind the bull pool demand actual cotton delivered on the contracts for more than bales that means every point doctu atlon it in cotton Is one hun dreith of a cent a ls Is profit or loss to him at the present quotations bales of cotton are worth ilos much cotton hie his friends are carrying nobody knows somebody Is being squeezed but the man who Is in a tight box usually keeps the tle fact to himself and either Q in the cotton pit PIL cotton was telling selling about 6 cents a pound on jan 1 1900 when cotton was a trifle more than 7 cents a pound ho he banit fainthearted taint hearted gave up the glo and turned bear S jn in atter after that cotton began to oar soar in april price tried to switch from the bear to the bull aide side defore before he could do it ho be was engulfed and his firm failed for nearly befool tha tho season closed cotton eold sold at 13 12 ce its since then price has been a bull lait last year ho he was credited with some large arcq innings this season ho he planned another great bull campaign he ile la is a wonderful organizer lie centered I 1 hia his energies on the january option DJ SULLY there were wida fluctuations in that position within about sixty day days tho the arice dropp dropped ld from about to and thon th n back to how ilow price made out in bis his Is known only to himself and his aeo asso elates but in january he turn tuond d bear ond bow low he Is looked upon as one of the leaders ID to ue tie opposition V ti tho the Uch abo bo lias has romo como out of the east 1 tere nc cc ani w i situ tuition atlon in aba ta keeps his own counsel until he la 13 force 1 to the wall or makes the best settlement possible the recent advance in cotton has been remarkable N athin two months has been an advance of nearly 2 cent cents a pound on a crop or of ba balea leand and within about three weeks thero there has been an ad vance of about I 1 cent this advance too 00 oo has his bean without anything that could bo be dignified by the term of a reaction in this great advance the ma ings of sully hare have occasioned wide comment and much attention but the men who have been sitting back reaping the real bis big profit out of the at fair have said nothing they are the planters the man with the goods n i king today to day he lie a as independent as R hog on a holiday lie a rooting I 1 for sully and every time he geta gets ad tie vic a of another advance in price he becomes more independent and he trea treasures vires such of his crop as remains there was a time and its only a few years ago when cotton was a drug on the market hut but today to day the south has euch such prosperity as dixieland never dreamed of and such as the wildest 0 optimist never predicted four crops la in succession slon have been marketed at dig jig prices ie it seems as if the south cannot produce pro luce as much cotton cottor as the world needia it seems as it sully 3 ideas that the uses of cotton hare have broadened beyond the realization of the public are correct it Is natural the south sentimental ly and otherwise Is with sully in bulling cotton dut but then the south always Is on cotton there used to be a time when the man who bulled hulled cotton was certain to meet disaster old timers tell of the sad fate ot of hanger ranger landauer Lanil runge labouisse and price but they tried to corner cotton sully a friends eay say no ono one but a oot bould attempt a corner they say the spinners are buying and sully Is simply the generalissimo whatever he ie Is he Is creating a great stir and he will have his name hand ed don in cotton bistok |