The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-08

divided by the number of spindles in
 those mills. the consumption per spin
 dle Is found to be ninety pounds. This
 result, however, can not be accepted
 as representing the real capacity of
 the cotton spindles of the United
 States. as in some cases all or a DOT
 ton of the spindles are operated only
 part of the year, while in other i'm
 tances they are operated day and
 night.
 The exports of domestic cotton from
 the United States during the year end-
 ing August 31. 1907, amounted to g.
 036,434 bales of 500 pounds each Of
 this amount a.sss.1I9. or forty-four
 per cent, went to the United Kingdom: 2,315.651, or twenty-six per cent, to Germany; and 1,006.633, or II per cent to France. During the twenty-six
 years from 1880 to 1906 the exports to
 the United Kingdom increased 45 per
 cent; those of Germany nearly 400 per cent; and those to France S2 per cent The exports to Italy increased from 75, 145 bales in 1880 to 567,916 bales in 1906 or nearly seven-fold. Exports to Japan are noteworthy because of the remarkable variations in the quantities for the different years. as well as TOT the growth in these exports since 1890, which is the first year for which they are presented in the report. In l9O6 they amounted to 262.2S3 bales, while for 1904 they were 336.575 bales. The exports to Russia decreased, ract which may be partially explained by the increased productinon of cotton in Russia territory, by the importation of Persian cotton, and by the recent unsettled conditions in that country. Exports of sea-island cotton formed about one-third of the 57,550 bales re- ported by the ginners as produced Tn 1906 In 1905 about thirty-six per cent of the sea-island crop was exported. The United Kingdom takes about three-fourths of the amount exported, while most of the remainder goes 10 France.
 Of the 1.514.567 bales of cotton re- maining in the Tinted states on Au gust 31. last, 1.016.73S bales or 67 per cent. were in the actual possession or
 manufacturers; 3SS.919 bales, or 2S per cent in independent warehouses ana cornpresses; 54,596 in the possession or transportation companies; 4V,OeS III tne possession of merchants. buyers gln- ners. and cottonseed- oil mills; ana l4'
 22s bales in the actual nossessioh oi
 producers
 The relatively large quantity of cot ton in warehouses is an indication or gratifying tendency toward greater care in handling this staple. In the past large quantities or cotton nave been lost through carelessness ana nes feet. but the increased value of cotton
 rosr,tine from the fact that the sup pIy has not kept pace with the grown
 In demand. has a tendency to correct
 this evil.
 The total value of exports of cotton
 goods of domestic manufacture was
 s32. .3O5, ,412, of which $11.496.754. or 90
 per cent. was for unbleached cloths;
 s2 a4O 431. or per cent, for bieached cloths. and s7,502, 2,0s2, or 23 per cent,
 for dyed. colored. or printed cloths. oh
 the total value of cotton manufactures
 exnorted s4,425,055, or 14 per cent, went
 to Europe; $14,S21,264 or 4S per cent
 to North and South America; siz.SzS'-
 STA. or 3S per cent. to Asia; ana the
 remainder to Africa. The export oi
 Amercan yarns to the Far East IS m
 significant, as that market is controlled by British India and Japan.
 Imports of cotton manufactures dur
 ing the year ending June 30, 1907, were
 valued at $73.704.636. more than one- half of which consisted of laces and embroideries. Switzerland leads in the export of laces to this country with $13.979.S0S or about oie-third of the total France was second with $12,- 4S4,906. Of the b1eached. dyed, or
 printed cloths imported. 79 per cent. came from the United Kingdom. which
 country also supplied more than three fOurtnS or the unread. yarn, anu WdTpS imported. Practically all of the im- ports of hosery and knit goods. amount | ing in value to $S.67.S4S, came from Germany. ; The number of cotton spindles in the
 world. as shown by the report. is 12S,- l 332,971. As nearly as it can be deter
 mined, the amount of cotton consumed
 was 19,493,441 bales, weekly consump- tion of 374.S74 bales. This is not, however, the total consumption for the
 world, as in number of Eastern coln- tries and in South and Central Amer
 ica large quantities of cotton are
 grown and consumed which do not en-
 ter into commercial channels, and there
 fore can not be estimated with any
 certanty. The figures indicate. how ever, that the United States furnished
 two-thirds of the supply of the world.
 In the exoortation of cotton manu-
 factures. the United Kingdom ranks
 first. followed in the order of their importance by Germany. the United