The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-05-11
INCREASE IN COTTON
CROP SHOWN,
Census Bureau Figures Show There
Were 1O.5SS,25O Bales of 500
Pounds-Georgia Among the
States Showing Most No
ticeable Increase.

Washington, May 5-The census office
soaay made public the final figures Of
cotton production obtained from the re-
ports of cotton ginners. The quantity
of cotton ginned from the growth of
I 1902. exclusive OF lnters amounted to
u,07S.SS2 running bales, which, as pressed
: at the ginneries, are equal to 1880, 9i5
bales of a 500 pound standard, or counting
4 round bales as half bales 1O,5SS,250
During the four years covered by the
ginning reports of the census office the
8 average crop. exclusive of linters has
: been 9.s02.277 bales of 800 pounds. The
/. crop of 1902 shows an increase of u.s.
SIS bales over this average While the
crops of 1899 and 1901 show a decrease of
s oo6.SS6 and 392. $50 bales, respectively. For
the crop of 1902 there has been a general
Increase In all the states both east and
west of the Mississippi river, with the
exception of Alabama and Texas
s Drought in Alabama and the boil weevil
{ In Texas are responsible for the losses
in those states.
The report contains many Interesting
details concerning the variation of pro-
duction in the various sections of the
country. For instance. attention is call
ed to the degree of compensation which
has been maintained for the past three
crops between the divisions of the cot
ION belt as made by the Mississippi river
East Of the Mississippi production de-
+ creased in 1900 3l3. so bales This was
1 more than offset by the increase west
OF the Mississippi river of ! $50 S92 bales
or -o.4 per cent. In 1892 the territory
east of the Mississippi increased it's pro-
duction in manner which largely COM
pens2tes for the material loss west of
The river. The per cent of the countrys
production grown in 1902 east and west
o. the Mississippi was IS. and 46.4 re-
spectively, against ~ and SIS In 1909.
SHOW the extent of the reduction in
the cotton crop in Texas it is shown
that whereas ia 1900 that state produced
81 per cent of the entire crop Of the
ulled States. or about one-quarter of
the cotton supply Of the world in 1902
The Texas product was only a little
over . per cent of the entire product of
tHls country. The states showing the
most noticeable increase in 1902 are Ar
kansas, Georgia. Louisiana and Missis-
sippi.
A Remarkable Increase.
The Increase in Arkansas is remark
ahle, being 262,622 bales. or more than 81
Per cent over the total reported for the
smallest cTop-that Of lS99-and 157. 81. or
over l9 per cent over that of 1900 the
largest crop prior 10 that Of 1902. There
vas also large increase in the produc-
ZION OF Indian Territory and Oklahoma.
ne confined crops OF these territories
4"i l'pz were 7f7.}S2 bales, compared
with 2l559l bales for 1899 an increase Of
S29 1911 bales or l53 per cent
The figures on tile ginning industry
show that there are 309fS ginneries in the
tmted States. The average number of
oales ginned per active establishment in
Texas was 6G3 I'm Indian Territory 500
end IN Oklahoma, g93. against 25A in Ala
bsma. 292 In Georgia and 206 In North Car
DINA. This great difference in the aver
age number Of bales of cotton handled
per establishment is due to the extensive
employment in the newer cotton producing
states Of modern methods of handling
seed cotton. and a more general emplay-
Uent Of round bale presses.
The value Of the crop of 1902 is estl-
mated at $50iS97, 1874 making it the second
most valuable crop of the United States,
corn taking first rank and wheat third.
The value Of the raw cotton exports for
dele the first place in value in American
exports The export price for 1902 was
about l cent per pound less than that Of
1901
The value of tho cotton crop of 1892
I'm the states included in the Louisiana
purchase is given at $1i3 So. 044. or more
than $5.0Q0.0f0 more than the original price
paid to France for that territory with in
tercst at per cent compounded to the
present time
The rapid development Of the cotton