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1u0 OurovopOrb 0touOoTU, IN IN
able trade review Of its o,sy published
recently, contains the following data
in tho history of cotton: IN.
In the year l72l the first cotton
seed from the East Indies was planted
on this continent. In 1873 Peter
Purry, from Sweden, settled in South
Carolina and planted the first cotton
seed in that State.
In 1874 cotton seed were sent from
England to Georgia. In 1741 Geor-
gia sent her first sample cotton to
England. In l742 cotton was first
planted in Louisiana, and that year
a planter in this State by the name
Of Dubrenel invented machine for
separating the seed from the fiber.
In 1747 South Carolina exported
in bales the first cotton from Charles.
ton. s8,s.s
In 1853 Delaware offered the first
premium on an acre Of cotton.
I'm ITO South Carolina exported
10 Liverpool ten bales Of cotton, New
York three, Virginia four and North
Carolina three.
In ITS tho first cotton factory was
established in Philadelphia.
In 1884 twonty-four bales Ameri-
can cotton were shipped to England.
In 1857 the first regular cotton fac
tory ofany pretensions in the United
States was built at Beverly, Mass.
Iu 1871 the cotton crop that year
was $500 bales Ground bales packed
with q crowbar), weighing between
two and three hundred pounds.
Three-fourths of this grew in South
Carolina, and the remainder in Geor-
giA. 1ss.isiisl5I 5isl 1890.
In 1893 Eli Whitney invented the
first saw gin. lssp'''sa seq
In l795 the second cotton mill in
the United States was erected in
Rhode Island.
In 1912 war broke out with Eng
land, and the price of cotton went
from II cents to IS cents per pound.
In 1916 the advance in cotton
goods stimulated manufacturing, and
many mills were erected.
From 1915 to 1922 '33 the product
increased gradually and prices fuc-
tuated from 10 cents to IS cents per
pound, not remaining. at the latter
figure at any great length of time.
From 1885 to 1860, the product
continued to increase, together with
many mills, and prices ranged from
4 cents to 16 cents per pound, re-
naming principally within the range
of 10 to 12a cents.
In 1861 to 1866, during the civil
war in the United States, cotton
went from 12a cents per pound in
New York to $1.90 by August l,
1864, and by the lst Of April, 1866, it
dropped to IS cents per pound. 10
1878 cotton advanced from 9 to IS
cents per pound and refrigerated as
rapidly as it had advanced.
In June, 1874, the National Cotton
Exchange of America was organized
in the city of Augusta, Ga, by rep
resentatives from all cotton ex-
changes throughout the United
States. John Phelps was elected
president Of this distinguished body,
and reelected a year subsequently, at
Green Brier Springs, Va. Among
the many wise things they did they
established uniform classification of
cotton known as the American stand
ard classification, which grades are
received throughout the Union.
The above enumeration is histori-
cal and given to the reader to con-
trast it's origin with it's strides and
gigantic proportions it now assumes.
From a crop of $500 bales in
1871, in 1880 and 1881 statistics will
show a crop within the range of
6,75O,0O0 bales, valued at $40 per
bale, showing up the enormous
amount to the Southern producers,
$270, 100000 for one years labor.
The greatest strides have been since
the civil war. Tho largest crop
raised before the war with slave Ia
Dor was about 100000 bales. The
largest since the war is that of last
year, say six and three-quarter mil
lions.
Many estimated from the increased
acreage of about five per cent. over
that Of last year, tho crop now being
gathered would reach 1000, 900, but
the. depressing heat and long-contin-
ued drouth have reduced these fig
ures materially, and but few now
suppose that it will reach over
10000 if that amount. Manufac-