Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1914-01-02
COTTON SUPPLY DISTRIBUTION.
Interesting Facts About Cotton Fur
nished by U. s. Govern
ment.

report showing tne cOJtOn supply
and distribution OF the United States
together with data regarding the con-
sumption and stocks of cotton and the
number of active cotton spindles In
foreign countries, has just been is
sued as Bulletin III by Director tIar-
ris of the Bureau Of the Census, De-
partment.
Beginning with September. 1912,
monthly reports Of cotton consumed.
imported, exported, and on hand, and
OF active consuming cotton spinlles
have been collected and published in
compliance with the act OF Congress
approved july %. 1912. The totals
for these monthly reports nave been
aggregated in this bulletin.
The total supply Of cotton In the
United States for the year ending
August 81, 1913, was 16,225,734 run
ming bales. counting round as half
bales and incluing linters. Of which
225. 400 bales of 500 pounds each rep
resent the net imports. or this total
j,S26,330 bales, or 35.9 per cent, were
consumed in this country; $500. .aC6
bales, or 54.2 per cent, were exoort-
cd; while 1,59S,43S bales, or SO per
cent, remained in the country at the
close of the year. The mill consump-
tion of cotton in the United States for
1913 was the largest in the history
of the country, exceeding that of 1912
tho net largest, by 41S,747 bales and
exceeding the average for the seven
years preceding 1913 by S51 .253 bales.
The exports of domestic cotton during
the year were 1,SSO.7S2 bales less than
for 1912 but greater than for any other
year. Stocks in cotton-consuming es-
tablishments amounted to 77S,15S
bales, compare with S70,646 bales in
1912, 542,191 bales in 1911, and 1916
73S bales in 1907. On the basis of the
consumption during the past year the
stocks in manufacturing establish
ments on August 81, 1918, represent
about seven weeks supply for the
American mills.
The number of cotton spindles de-
signed primarily to spin cotton was
returned as 32.149,617, a net increase
during the year OF i66,93S spindles.
of this number, 31,519,766 were active,
exceeding the number for the previous
year by 941 1888. In the total Of cot
ton spindles, Massachusetts leads all
other States, having 11,075,6S4, or 3l.5
per cent of the total for the country;
South Carolina ranks second, with
4,536,353; North Carolina third, with
3,593,999. Next in order are Rhode
Island, Georgia, New Hampshire, Con
necticutt, Maine, and Alabama, all of
which have as many as a million spin
dies.
An interesting feature of the report
IL the presentation of data classifying
the counties according to the number
of cotton spindles. There were az
counties each having more than 1U0,-
600 cotton spindles, of which 1S were
in South Carolina, 10 in North Caro-
lima, Z in Massachusetts, 6 in Georgia,
4 in Maine, each In Alabama, New
I Hampshire and Phode Island, each
in Connecticut an New York, and
each in Maryland, New Jersey, Pen.
nsylvania, Tennessee, and Virginia. or
these counties. three with total OF
9,S12.S74 spindles, or 305 per cent %
the aggregate :0r the United States,
had more than 0NO 900 spindles each I
. with 6,422,94i, or 20 per cent cf tie
aggregate, had more than 5OaOOo, but
itss than l.O0O0o each; 19.with g.
sos ,491, or IS yor cent of the aggre-
g;.te. had more than 100000 bat less
! than 500, 900 eaeH. and 27, with 3
SS4,3 ,339, or 12. per cent of The ag-
gregate, had more than 100 NO0' hut
- S. than 100000 each.
During the year there were 227,645
equivalent 5OO-pound bales of foreign
cotton imported into the United States
OF which 2,1S5 bales we're re-exported
or the total 191 .07i bales were Egypt
ian, 1884 bales Chinese, 1O,7S7 Pc
ruvian, and 1873 Indian, with smaller
amounts from number OF other coun
tries Heretofore these data wer'
presented by countries from which tn
cotton was imported. method whicl
did not give the amounts of eacl
kind OF cotton brought into the coun
try.
OF the total quantity OF domesti
cotton exported during he year Is,
nro ~