Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-11-12
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IMPORTANT COTTON STATISTICS
Facts About the Supply and Distribu-
ton Last Year.

tion Last Year.
The bureau Of the census has just
published a bulletin, which contains a
report on the supply and distribution
of cotton in the United States for the
year ending August 81, 1907. The bull
letin also includes the latest available
data in respect to the number of cotton
spindles and to the consumption of
cotton in other important manufactur-
ing countries, together with statistics
of imports and exports Of raw cotton
and it's manufactures for selected
countries. This report was prepared
under the supervision Of William M.
Steuart, chief statistician for manu-
factures, by Daniel C. Roper, expert
special agent.
Supply of Cotton 100000 Bales.
The supply of cotton for the year
ending August 81, 1907, according to
the census bulletin, was 15,O25,720 bales
o. 500 pounds each. To this number
the cotton crop of 1906 contributed H.
S97,714 bales and that Of 1907 contrf-
buted 200,27S bales. stocks held on
September l, 1906. amounted to 1,349,-
139 bales and the imports Of foreign
cotton to 2O2.733 bales.
OF this supply 4,9S4.936 bales were
contributed by manufacturers. .22,s52
were burned, and S,5O3,265 were ex-
ported. leaving l.514,567 bales in stock
at the end Of the year. Manufacturers
in the cotton growing states consumed
2,410,993 bales, which was slightly less
than the amount consumed by the
manufacturers in all the other states,
2,573,943 bales.
Mexican Cotton Exported From United
States.
The figures given above for the i'm
ports of cotton represent only the net
imports. The total importation during
the year was 22S,793 bales Of 500
pounds each, but Of this amount 26,06O
bales were re-exported. In this con-
necticn it Is proper to state that a
large part of the foreign cotton re-ex-
ported this year is of Mexican growth
and in reality only passed through
American ports in transit to Europe.
Practically all the foreign cotton i'm
ported for use in this country was Of
Egyptian or Peruvian growth, which
Is used in the manufacture of thread
and of knit goods, and as a substitute
e 90 of
goods.
The manufacturers in the cotton
growing states rely almost exclusively
for their supply upon domestic upland
cotton. OF their total consumption
only about 100000 pounds, or less
than per cent was sea island cotton,
and only 4,332,593 pounds. or about 4
per cent, was foreign. In the other
states only 16 per cent Of the cotton
consumed was sea island, but per
cent was foreign.
Establishments Using Cotton.
OF the total number Of bales con-
sumed by manufacturers, 4,751,74S
were used in mills reporting cotton
spindles, 4O,53S in wooden mills not re-
porting cotton spindles, 23,S49 in knit
ting establishments not reporting cot
ton spindles, 96,155 in bedding and
mattress manufacturing establish
ments, and 1856 in other establish
ments. When the amount of cotton
consumed in mills reporting cotton
spindles is divided by the number OF
spindles in those mills, the consump-
ton per spindle is found to be 80
pounds. This result, however, cannot
be accepted as representing the real
capacity of the cotton spindles Of the
United States, as in some cases all or
a portion of the spindles are operated
only part Of the year, while in other
instances they are operated day and
night.
Exports.
The exports of domestic cotton from
the United States during the year end
ing August 81, 1907, amounted to g.
036,434 bales of 500 pounds each. or
this amount 3,966,119, or A per cent,
went to the United Kingdom; 2,315,651,
or 26 per cent, to Germany, and 1905
633, or II per cent, to France. During
the twenty-six years from 1880 to 1906
the exports to the United Kingdom in
creased As per cent; those to Germany
nearly 400 per cent; and those to
France S2 per cent. The exports to
Italy increased from 75,145 bales in
1880 to 561,916 bales in 1906,
or nearly seven-fold. Exports to
Japt I are noteworthy, because Of the
remarkable variations in the quantities
for the different years, as well as for
the growth in these exports since 1891,
which is the first year for which they
are presented in the report. In 1906
they amounted to 262,2S3 bales, while
for 1904 they were 336,575 bales. The
exports to Russia decreased, a fact
which may be partially explained by
the increased production Of cotton in
Russian 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 $3.50 bales re-
ported by the ginners as produced In
1906. In 1905 about SO 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 to France.
Independent Warehouses Have 26 Per
Cent of Stocks.
OF the 1,514,567 bales of cotton re-
naming in the United States on Au-
gust 81 last. 1.116.737 bales, or 81 per
cent were in the actual possession OF
manufa cturers; 3SS,919 bales, or 26
per cent, in independent warehouses
and congresses; 54,596 in the possess
sion of transportation companies; 4O'-
OSS in the possession of merchants,
buyers, ginners and cotton seed oil
mills; and 1925 bales in the actual
possession of producers.
The relatively large quantity OF cot