Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-10-10
Shows Available Product,
|4,455,994 Bales.
Of This Only 80 Per Cent. is
Used for Home Consumption
Although There are 24,077,524 Producing
SpindIes---Status Of Industry.

Washington. Oct. 9.-The census bu-
reau, today, issued bulletin showing
the production and distribution of the
cotton of the United States available
between Sept. /, 1904 and Sept. 1, 1905
to be 4,455, 99f bales. OF this, 81 pei
cent. was exported, 30 per cent. was
used in domestic consumption. leaving
a surplus of per cent. The domestic
consumption includes 36,116 bales de-
strOyed by fire.
The expectation amounted to 1884 1926
bales. the domestic consumption to A.
315, 756. and the suplus to 1850, 309. OF
the total 13,693,219 bales were included
in the crop of 1904 and the remainder
in that of 1905. The surplus included
stocks held i'll mills. at ports, at inte-
rior towns and on plantations and in
transit on the first of last September.
OF the quantity consumed in the
United States, 2,13S.S29 bales We're used
in Northern mills and 2,140.151 in South
ern mills. In addition to the totals Civ
en-, PA, 469 bales of foreign cotton were
imported into the United States during
the year.
The expectation of the year covered
tACttutu tiltl vi tiIy pINNlpuS St1l W
1144.452 bales and exceeded the aver
age for the past 10 years by 2,313,94S
bales New Orleans with a total of
2,463,421 bales held first rank as an
exporting point. but was closely
pressed by Galveston with 2,3SS,3lS
bales. Savannah, Ca, with 1,290,9S9
bales held third place.
The value of the total export of raw
cotton was $404,209.293, aggregating
S,S34929 bales, distributed in bales as
follows:
To the United Kingdom, 4.043,999;
Belgium, 161 ISL; France. S57,103; Ger
many. 2,115,672; Italy. 536.929; Russia,
125,463; Spain, 2S9,6SS others, 172,-
112; Japan. 324.66s; British North
America, 125,4O7; Mexico, 1926; all
other countries. 9461.
The total number of producing spin
dies in the United States is reported
at 24,O17,524, of which S,211,734 were
in the South and 15,S65,190 in the
North. Notwithstanding the great diff
ference in number of spindles of the
two sections, the consumption of cotton
per spindle in the Northern mills is
81 pounds, compared with ia pounds
in the South. The difference in the
per spindle consumption indicates 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 supply a greatly increased
demand from China and the Orient.
The report shows that in % years the
production of the United States has in
creased from 5.5755,3359 to 13693279 bales
The total consumption of cotton in this
country has increased from 1,61,3S3 to
42lS $50 bales. Within the last five years
the cotton-consumirg establishments OF
the Southern states have increased their
consumption from 1,4S,7n to 21fO,l5
bales. During these five years the North
ern cotton consuming establishments have
actually decreased their consumption by
Ii, $50 bales explained by these mills being
engaged during this period in replacing
old machinery by more modern. The
worlds cotton production for 1901 entering
commercial channels was 1SOi1,S59 bales
with total consumption of 15,47i,9S0
bales. This indicates in the worlds sur
plus of 256G,S97 bales. OF the total pro-
ductiOn 29CO,00O bales were grown IN inc
East Indies, 1,1S7.000 in Egypt and the re
rnaindcr i'll Erazl and other countries.
Owing to the sensitive character of the
cotton market the report emphasizes the
Importance of accurate information on
the question and adds:
while there have been some refusals
in both section of the country to supply
the data required by the law, the infor-
nation has as a rule been cheerfully and
promptly given; and when the totals are
compared with the figures of the CONNER
cial movement, it is evident that the re-
turns made to the bureau OF the census
have been remarkably accurate. In those
cases where manufacturers refused to
give information, statistics for such est
mates received through reliable sources
have been included in the totals of TINS
report
The bulletin is the first to be published
on the subject under the act passed by
Congress last February.