The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-04-10
STATISTICS ON COTTON.
American and Foreign Consump.
ton and Expectation.
R~EPrEIJr

RfPUELlr SPECIAL.
Washington. April a.-The SECRETARY Of
Agriculture has sent to the Senate a state
'''''' I'll inc consumption and expectation Of
IA" cotton ana manufactured goods In the
United States and foreign countries
me statement shows the production Of
cotton IN the Southwest for 1889 as ,.,Irnvs.
AiIhaInl-l, LOOT: bales.
IkdnsdS-gi.t i.i bales.
Indian TcrIiturI-.U 7. SS bales
Kansas bales
IcniicSaee-a22 40 bales.
T"NaS-3.3 t3. fHa bales.
MiSsissipDi-l.2 a, rs bales.
MisS"uri-32. 20 bales.
ok!afom3-iHi o"t bales.
~ the worlds consumption OF cotton thu.
report states: "
There are no available statistics showing
me annual production nf cotton in the yari-
Gus t"hnt5i's of the world. except for the
'n n sites India and Egypt.
idi.rSt producer al cotton. its crop in 1S4--
=" being estimate! at 2Si4.@p bales of 10,
n"unas each. The Indian mills consumer
iitiir over I.1h.,sr bales. the remainder az
me crnn hcinS exported. In lSg1-gS about
til,Ei' bales vert exported to Etrope. Ial IN,
u, Japan and perhaps Il small amount to
CHINA perhaps ranks third among the
cotton producing countries. "I:ut." s,ys
United states Consul General Wildman in
Il recent report. no on: can tell the annual
f''''' i''i VI thttpll III i.islIlsl with any do
gree "i accuracy. There are no s;atisti-s.
leCtS." So"
He roughly estimated tho cror at f,, ma
"' pounds; or say %l.%st.ooe bales of gn
pounds each. Tho entire crop ia consumed
AT nome. with the exception of tho ey-
ports to Japan. which Nr. Thomas Ellison
estimated tn b" 1o.if., rv pounds in ISs., or
about itl,"no bales Of $40 rounds each.
l.sEh, follows China in cotton prod1c-
non, although ii ranks third as an exrort,-
al cot. on The, ,sr,r, of ls,--pS ,,,,,,
Af''-ii idl'S OF about -, pounds each. There
are very, few mills in Egypt. and hence
practically the cntir" crop is exported. most
81 II going {" European countries. except
ABOUT tl.'Hr bales To the United States and
a small amount 10 Japan.
ihc approximate production Of all other
c'iuhtrirs. as estimated by this department
IN mo. Is as follows. in bales Of 400 bounds:
iN"rei, i'r'0El: ASiatic Russia. 3oo.Gto: Bra
"a - M, Africa. I"e.-": Turkey. $500:
l,aran. goa: Mexico. "a. Do0: Peru and VEST
,ti!i'S.. H',ivo: Persia. 8. 500; Greece. 7.16n:
lava; .;2w: Malta. &,6Sh: I.ahita. ga: Italy,
i'h; tili Islands. 40. Siam is also a cotton
not known. ="
IN t'la production Of cereals in 1929 the
following figures are given:
A,anaina-Corn %::.pi5. IN bushels: wheat.
SLIM; oats. ".ol2. o.c; rye. 1876.
Arkan:sSmcorn iS.eS;,lio: wheat. 1,s5a.Ssi:
o91s; :,"ri. ~: rye. 49,
'"3; oats. 70 80, so; rye. l27,4aa
I~eNhS-C"rn. ST. 15l.2'S: wheat. a.e4fe:,:
oats. !s.hj' 80: rye. 37.'in.
ok'aIoma-corn, lol33.@55; wheat. s.eoc.-
Mississippi-Corn. 3a.o43.,is: wheat. 900:
oats. l.%55..ie. '
With tho exception Of Russia and the
Notner'lnds, the increase in exports to near
" ali other countries has been very large. in
most OF them the amount being more than
tiniihie what it was ten years ago. In 1889
only foriy-sevcn bales were exported +,
japan. ana not Il bale to either China or
the British East Indies. In 1SaS. Japan had
Increased her ~tal,in-s Of American cotton
to 2.'.2li bales. while China and the British
East indies are shown in our export trade
as consumers Of American cotton. over 1909
bales having been sent 20 Chinese ports in
1873. Although there mas been 81 large an
owing TO Tho extremely low prices in ,Sa-. az
the value of the total exports as s., So o.
less than in lSSa.