The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-11-09
COTTON CROP REPORT
Recent [rormOus Consumption of the
Southern Mills
REPORT ISSUED FOR A FULL YEAR
First Census Bureau Bulletin On the
Subject Shows An Aggregate of A.
45S994 Bales, of Which 81 Per
Cent. Consumed At Home, Leaving
a Surplus of 9 Per Cent.

Washington, Special-The census
Bureau issued bulletin showing the
production and distribution of the cot
ton of the United States available
between September l, 1904, and Sep
tember l, 1905, to be 14,455,994 bales.
Of this 81 per cent. was exported, 80
per cent. was used in domestic con-
sumption, leaving surplus of nine
per cent. The domestic consumption
includes 36,776 bales destroyed by
fire.
The expectation amounted to s.
S34,929 bales, the domestic consump-
ton 4,315,756 and the surplus 1,305,-
300. Of the total 13,693,279 bales
were included in the crop of 1904 and
the remainder in that of 1905. Of the
quantity consumed in the United
States, 2,13S,S29 bales were used in
Northern and 2,140,151 in Soutrehn
mills.
BANNER EXPORT YEAR.
In addition to the totals given 1884,
469 bales of foreign cotton were i'm
ported into the United States during
the year. The expectation for the
year covered exceeded that of any
previous II months by 1,l44,4 ,452 bales
and they exceeded the average for the
past ten years by 2,313,94S bales.
New Orleans, with total of :, ,463, ,42l
bales, held first rank as an exporting
point, but was close pressed by Gal
weston with 2,3SS,31e bales. Savan-
nah, Ca, with 1,290,9S9 bales held
third place. The value of the total
export was $404,209,293
The export of raw cotton was dis
tributed in bales as follows: To
United Kingdom, 4,043, ,999; Belgium,
16l,151; France, S57,103; Germany,
2,1l5,672; Italy, 536,929; Russia, 1885,
1853; Spain, 2s9,6SS; other European
countries, l72,112; Japan, 324,66S;
British North America, 125, ,4O7; Mexi-
co, 1926; all other countries 946l.
SOUTH'S HUNGRY SPINDLES.
The total number of producing
spindles in the United States is re-
ported at 24,O77,524 of which S,2ll,-
734 were in the South and 1886, ,79O
in the North. Notwithstanding the
great difference in the number OF
spindles of the two sections the con-
sumption of cotton is practically the
same. The annual consumption OF
cotton per spindle in the Northern
mills is g. pounds, compared with l24
pounds in the South. The difference
in the per spindle consumption lndl-
Gates that the Northern mills are
spinning yarns of very much greater
fineness than those turned out by the
Southern mills. The large output OF
the Southern mills this season has
been mainly of heavy fabrics to sup
ply a greatly increased demand from
China and the Orient.
The report shows that in % years
the production of the United States
has increased from 5,755,359 to l3,-
693,279 bales, and that the total con-
sumption of cotton in this country
has increased from 1,671 1888 to 4,3IS,-
92s bales. Within the last five years
the cotton-consuming establishments
of the Southern States have increased
their consumption from 1,4s3,nl to
214O,l51 bales. During these live
wears the Northern cotton-consumlng
establishments have actually deereas-
ed their consumption by 1850 bales,
explained by these mills being en-
gagged during this period in replacing
old machinery by more modern.