The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-02-10
w. NJ. MINTER. Editor add Owner.

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can only be inserted a. paid matter for
which a charge of FIVE cents per line is
made.
Communications advocating candi-
dates for Office will be charged for at
regular line rates for advertising. ,
Reading notices 10 cents per line, i
Contract rates furnished on appli- 4
cation. Z
All transient advertisements will be
charged for at the rate Of so cts. II as
Nnch for the FIRST insertion, 25 ~
zach for each subsequent her e OF
when no change in madeu moer OF spin |
ton consumed.
IKE JOURNAL would factories in the
deoted to its correspon lumber OF SPIN
viii mail their news ,onsSmii.g cotton
reach this office bef25 bales of 500
morning. A great m i,Ds S Tss ISL: num-
40 unpublished or 44.4O4; in actual OPP
the following week cotton consumed
inc h...-.a1 ~ 800 pounds each
office in time ,rted cotton, but those
INA used last year 3,217
THURSDAY-oad. from Egypt prob
~ ore from the land of the
- ts chie7Ty imported into this coun-
y, and is employed in spinning thread
and knit goods. Some cotton also is
brSRght from Peru for this purpose.
COTTON Weaving Moving South.
The total number OF spndles in
cotton mills in the six New England
States is 15.755,2S2. The number in
the cotton producing States of the
South, and in Maryland and Kentucky
n 1851. 202. Massachusetts leads the
New England States with 204 facto-
rieS and s.6Ss,637 spindles. Rhode
island comes next, with 2,399,440
splndieS in seventy-two factories.
South Carolina leads the Southern
St1tes. with 3.S19,149 spindles in 1872
mills. b"t North Carolina is close after
he, with S,O1O,367 spindles i'm 297
Znrils. In the amount of cotton con-
Sumed, North Carolina is away ahead
OF her neighbor. using 722.725 bales
last year, as gainst but 675.994 used
IN south Carolina mills in the same
period
Georgia is third among the South
sTn States in the production OF cot
ton goods. having I57 mills. running
OF capable of running 1.SS1.714 spin
dies. and consuming last year 523,646
bales
When it comes to the total amount
OF cotton consumed in the country
hast year. il is found that out of the
total OF 5.24O.719 running bales dis
txfbuted, 2.553.797 bales were con-
Ezme5 by manufacturers in cotton
growing States. and 2.6S6.922 run
ming bales by manufacturers in all
ether States.
One OF the most striking features
u cotton production and distribution
In recent years is the increase of the
net receipts of cotton at Gulf ports.
since 1875 the receipts at New Or
leans and Galveston have increased
steadily and with wonderful rapidly.
The increase iR the combined receipts
81 these two ports for 1909 over 1875
was 4,4o1.9S0 bales. This develop
Dent IS attributed to the development
81 cotton growing in Texas and Okla
AoEna within the period indicated
In that same period the receipts at
Norfolk have nearly doubled, and
EhoSe Of the port OF Savannah have
slightly more than doubled.
II IS estimated that the average
cost OF SIS cents per hundred pounds
20 carry cotton from the grower to
Liverpool is distributed as follows:
From farm TO shipping point. 16 cents;
shipping point 10 wharf. 40 cents. and
from the ocean wharf in this coun-
try 10 Liverpool. 80 cents.