The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-01-27
STATISTICS FOR
COTTON GROWTH
Consumption, SpindIes, Exports, Etc.
Considered in Census Bulletin
Number 11o.

Number 11o.
Washington, D. c., Jan 21-In the
consumption of cotton in the United
States, according to the forthcoming
census bulletin 110 on the supply and
distribution of cotton for the year end
ing August 81, 1910, the state of Mas
sachusetts ranks first, North Carolina
second, South Carolina third, Georgia
fourth, New Hampshire fifth, Alabama
sixth, and Rhode Island seventh.
OF the three most important cotton
consuming states, North Carolina
Ishows loss of 13 per cent in the con-
sumption of cotton in the cotton year
1910, as compared with 1909, South
Carolina loss of 10 per cent and
Massachusetts a loss of per cent
Georgia, which ranks forth in con-
sumption, shows loss of per cent.
The statistics of spindles in the re-
port relate to the year ending August
l31, except those for 1910, which have
been compiled from returns of manu-
lfacturers for the census of 1909 and
relate, as rule, to December 81, 1909.
The number shown for 1910 is 29,18S,-
I945, and exceeds the number for 1909
lby 611,S48, or only per cent The
Icompare lively small number of spin
ldles added since 1907 is attributable
in part to the unsatisfactory condition
Iof the cotton-manufacturing industry,
which began with financial depression
Iof that year and eliminated in the
more acute condition brought about
Iby the shortage in the supply of cotton
the past season.
Massachusetts First in Rank
Massachusetts exceeds every other
Estate in the number of cotton spindles,
having 9,S35,610, or 94 per cent of the
total for the country. South Carolina
ranks second, with 3,799,SS7, or 10 per
cent, and North Carolina third, with
l3,124 456, or II per cent Rhode Is
land has fourth place, Georgia fifth.
New Hampshire sixth, Connecticut
Iseventh, New York eighth, and Maine
ninth. No other state reports as many
as a million spindles.
The marked development since 1880
of the cotton, manufacturing industry
in the cotton-growing states is clearly
seen when the figures for cotton con-
Isumption for 1909 are considered, since
that year was a more prosperous one
flor the industry than 1910. During
the nine years ending with 1909 the
consumption in these states increased
les per cent, while in the New England
states it increased only II per cent
and in all other states % per cent. The
consumption of cotton for the year end
ling August 81, 1909, in the cotton
growing states amounted to 49 per
cent of the total for the country, com
lpared with Al per cent for the New
England states and 10 per cent for all
Iother states. For the year ending
August 81, 1910, the proportion for the
Icotton-growing states was 48 per cent,
for the New England states AZ per
cent, and for all other states 10 per
cent. During the past year the in
Icrease in the number of spindles in the
cotton-growing states has been 3.6 per
Icent, compared with 2.2 per cent from
1908 to 1909. The increase in the New
England states from 1909 to 1910 was
3.3 per cent, compared with Ii per
cent from 1908 to 1909.
Large Decrease in Exports.
An interesting illustration of the
manner in which foreign countries
have suffered during the past year
from the short supply of American cot
ton is presented by the statistics of ex-
ports, which, for the year covered by
the present report, show a decrease of
I2,234,996 bales, or 26 per cent, from
the previous year, smaller than for any
year since that ending August 81, 1905.
About 81 per cent of all the cotton
exported during the year ending
August 81, 1910, is credited to ports
within the cotton-grawing states, only
19 per cent having been exported from
ports outside of these states. The ex-
ports from Galveston, New Orleans,
and Savannah represented about two
thinds of the total, while those from
Galveston alone amounted to more
/ than one-third.
The report also discloses a notice
able change in the distribution of the
lexport trade since 1880. At that time
the United Kingdom took two-thirds of
all the American cotton exported,
France one-tenth, and Germany one
! twelfth; but during the year ending
August 81, 1910, the United Kingdom