The Cairo bulletin., 1907-07-07
COTTON INDUSTRY
Or UNITED STATES
SUBJECT or CENSUS BULLETIN
JUST lSsuED--REMARKABLE
GROWTH or MANUFACTURE
ERs IN SOUTHERN STATES.

Washington, d. c., July g.. Bulletin
"A, just published BY the Bureau 81
the Census, presents the statistics 81
textile at the census Of manufacturers
Of 1905 Reports on cotton manufac-
lures. hosiery and knit goods, wool
manufacturers flax hemp. and jute
produces; and dyeing and finishing
textiles We're prepared by Edward
Stanw Cd export special agent; and 4
report on silk manufacturers, by
Franklin Allen, expert special agent.
\ Cotton Manufacturers,
Il For the cotton industry the year
ending May 81, 1900, was ais unfit a
n year for comparison in being one of
4 far more than average prosperity as
the year 1904 was in the opposite
sense. In 1904 there occurred i'll Fall
/ River, Mass. the most protracted and
extensive strike ever known in the
cotton industry in this country
establishments engaged in cotton
4 manufactures, not including cotton
small wares, numbered LOTT in 1906
/ The mos important fact regarding the
industry during the five years is It's
continued growth in the Southern
| states. Five hundred and fifty of the
| / OFT establishments, or, to Sc a more
accurate index of the industrty's pros.
/ perity, 7,5oS,740 Ct the 23,155 lG3 pro-
ducing spindles In The country were III
/ this section. Nevertheless New Eng
/ land has a long lead over the south,
and tie spindle capacity Of Massa-
chusetts alone is greater than that OF
all the southern states combined.
! The capital employed in cotton
1900 10 $Co5, l001G4 In 1905, or 31.5
per cent; the greatest increase was in
the capital invested in machinery.
etc.
The Beverage number of wage
earners in cotton goods establishments
was $40 45S, net increase Of 1889, /
The prolonged labor struggle in FAN !
River caused falling off of nearly 4
per cent In the New England states, /
and In the country at large the rate
III lfitiedAt NA0 iONs pAVDiOty va az /
count. of dhe employment of more
efficient help and improved machin-
cry IN all divisions except the south
there was diminntion in the number
of children employed, and in that sec
ton The increase was only 3,133 out of
q total gain in those states Of o.
GIG. There's Is a slow but steady dis.
placement of women by men, resulting
from the increasing speed of machi1'
cry and the requirement that one
hand shall tend a greater number Of
machines. Slightly m;re than one-half
of all the wage-earners in The cotton
mills of the &C ntry are spinners AMI
weavers. There were 1896 mule spin
ners-almost exclusively men, and
about three fourths of them in the
New England fac ores--and 55,4SS
frame spinners, of whom 10.709 were
men 25.7O1 women, and 19.07S chill
dren. The total number OF weayers
was 9S.S17. about 55 per cent of whom
we're in New England mills and more
than 80 per cent in southern mills
The consumption of cotton In cotton
mills was 3.74S,0S9 bales, or 1875
cT4,716 pounds, and comprised 5i,3Si
bales, or q S62,032 pounds, of sea
island: 3,629.0S5 bales, or 1,S07,512.27s
pounds. of ether domestic; and 5000
bales, or 1890 4OG pounds, of EgyD.
tian and other foreign. The aggregate
cost was s22l.S21. 944. Yarn amount
ing to 9l,594,G5s pounds. at a cost Of
s21 ,6oi, 4S3. was Purchased as hates
ial in 1905.
The aggregate value of products
was $442. 45l 21S. The principal pro
duct of the cotton goods industry was
5 ,07O,02S.52O square yards of woven
goods, valued at sS20,3S2,S6T. More
than one-'hird of the quantity was
plain cloths for. printing and convert
Ing. and more than one-fifth was
brown OF bleached sheelings and shirt
ings. other products include yarns
for sale. sewing c-tlon. twine. tape
and webbing batting and wadding
etc. Owing to the high price of cot
on. much higher than In 1900. the
cost OF goods was also higher. More
over there has been a decided move
ment toward finer goods.
The value of exports during the fs-
cal year ending June 80. 1905. was
sac .6e6.0S0. which was 11.2 per cent Of
the domestic Sroduction of the year
1904. and is both the largest amount
AID the highest percentage ever rc-
ported.
Spindles in cotton mills numbered
23.155.G15 IN 1905, an increase since
1890 Of 41472Gf Of the total number
In 1865. 5.22i.s57 were mule and Il.
se3.T56 frame There Is a notable tea (
dency 10 supplant mule spindles b. {