Arizona republican., 1908-11-10
SUPPLY FAILS TO EQUAL DIS TRIBUTiON BY ONLY 175,
 438 BALES.

l 438 BALES.
 It is quite noteworthy that the statistics of the supply of cotton for l 1908 fail by only 175,43S bales of bal ancing the statistics of the distribu- | tion. As there are so many agencies and holders to be canvassed in the compilation of the statistics, and as numerous factor seXist which tend to | create discrepancies, it is denmark able that the balance sheet, involv | ing an amount aggregating 13.35S,7O7 ! bales, shows so small a difference Among the factors responsible for a discrepancy are the following: CD ! The inclusion in the distribution in some instances of rebaled samples, ! commonly called city crop;" CD the | lack of uniformity on the part of manufacturers in returning stocks, | for notwithstanding the endeavors made to impress all holders Of cotton ] with the necessity of returning stocks in accordance with the cen sus schedules. slight Implications may result, the manufacturers reporting in their stocks cotton held in inde- pendent warehouses which may also be returned by the managers of ! statement by ginners and delinters of the quantity of cotton produced, due largely to the inability of these agencies to accurately estimate the quantity of cotton remaining to be ginned and the quantity of linters to be saved from reginning cotton seed at the time of the March can vass for production. It is imprac- | tafA ha., T, any one or al of these factors con- tribute to causing the discrepancy. but a considerable part of it is cer- tainly attributable to the first cause. From the time a bale of cotton leaves the ginnery until it reaches the consumer it is sampled a num- Der of times-that is, small quan- tity of the fiber is extracted from the bale for use in determining its value, and thees samples with cotton other wise lost from the original packages are rebaled and counted in the sta tistics of exports. consumption and stocks. A system like that of the census, using for its basis of supply an enumeration at the ginneries be- fore any samples have been rebaled does not include this cotton, and it's inclusion in the distribution is a source of duplication.
 DISTRIBUTION.
 Of the total cotton supply of the country for 1908, amounting to A. 549,300 bales, including that destroyed by fire, 34 per cent was consumed in the United States; 7,573,349 bales, or 57 per cent, was exported; and l., 23605S bales, or 9 per cent, remained in the country at the close of the year. The comparative figures for 1)07 were 5,007,SSS bales, or 8 per cent, consumed in the United States; S,503,2 bales, or 57 per cent, eX- ported; and 1,514,567 bales, Or 10 per cent, left in the country at the close of the year.
 SPINDLES.
 The number of cotton spindles in the country is now 27,964,3S7, of which 27.505402 consumed some cot ton during the year. The latter num- Der represents an increase over the number reported for 1907 of per cent The distribution of spindles gives Massachusetts 34 per cent; South Carolina, 13 per cent; North Carolina, II per cent; Rhode Island ranks fourth.
 CONSUMPTION IN UNITED
 STATES.
 The statistics for the consumption of cotton are for all establishments returned as using raw cotton, and include cotton mills, woolen mills, knitting factories, and those estab- ments which use raw cotton in the manufacture of mattresses, batting, felts. etc. The quantity consumed during the year amounted to 4,539, ,090 males. which indicates falling off from the quantity consumed for the year ending August 31. 1907, of 445,- S46 bales. The financial disturbance which prevailed during the latter portion of the calendar year 1907 is responsible for a material curtail-