Imperial Valley press., 1911-11-27

and does not enter into commercial
channels.
The worlds average production of
cotton for mill use during the last
seven years has been 1S,0S5,000 bales.
The worlds consumption of cotton
for the year ending August 81, 1910,
was 19.397,0 900 bales, since which
time. however, according to the CEN
sus bureau report, the capacity of the.
mills has increased by 1,250,000 spin
dleh. Because of this increase the
potential consumption of the mills of;
the world is found to be in excess of
100000 bales. Furthermore says
the last supply and distribution bull
letin. "the stocks of manufactured
goods have materially decreased, SO
that in 1910 world crop equal to this
consumption requirement of 2O,O00,OO0
bales is needed. Of this, the United
States is expected to contribute at
least 13.500.0OO bales in order to keep
the mills operated during the year,
and to prevent further reduction in
the already low supply of cotton s' s
1T happens, however. that instead
of producing the required 13,5OO,000
bales. the United States last yearp ro-
duced only II, ,965,00O bales, thus fall
ing 500, 900 bales short of what the
bureau finds was required. had the
spinning capacity remained what it
was at that time.
Worlds Increase of SpndIes
Until the 1911 bulletin on supply
and distribution of cotton appears, the
official report on the increase of spin
dies in the mills of the world will not
be known, but the Wall Street Journal
of a date as recent as August IA.
states that the spndles have increased
TO 100000, 900 Such being the case,
it is contended the United States this
year would have 10 furnish crop in
excess of 100000 bales in order to
meet the necessary consumption.
information on this important
phase of the cotton industry has been
disseminated by the census bureau for
several years. It is usually, conveyed
in the form of two tables and two dia-
grams, accompanied by an eXplana
tory analysis. One table shows the
worlds active spindles and mill con-
sumption of raw cotton for the year
covered by the bulletin The figures
for the twenty-five principal coun-
tries are given by country. and the
figures for the minor producing coun-
tries are bulked.
The second table shows the i'm
ports of raw cotton and cotton manu-
features for forty-five leading coun-
tries, and the exports of raw cotton
and of manufactures by thirteen lead
ing countries.
One diagram shows the proportion
of the worlds mill supply of cotton
contributed by each country, and the
second table shows the proportion of
total consumption by countries.
investigations Have Been Expanded
With the present year the census
bureau has expanded it's Investigations
and reports on the cotton industry so
as to include, for the first time, COM
plete statistics on the products of cot
ton seed, of which nearly 100000
tons are now crushed annually, where
as prior to the introduction of cotton
mills the bulk of the cotton seed was
destroyed. The recent bulletin on this
subject shows that there We're in Op-
GRAFTON in this country in 1909 more
than 90 such mills; that the 3,827,30
tons of seed crushed by them cost
$78,111,S57 laid down at the mills,
while the total value of the products
Of the cotton seed mills was s107,-
528,2O4
Thus, it will be seen that the cen
sus bureau for some time has been fol-
lowing the cotton of the American far