Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-12-16
Spindles.

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 The term "cotton spindles' is a.. pied to all spindles used for spinniD 2 cotton only, regardless of the charac- i ter of the establishments in which lucated and therefore does not in clude those which consumed a mix tgre of cotton and other fibers. The number of cotton spindles returne as having been operated in the Unit ed States during the year ending August 31, 1914, was 32,107 ,572, eS- ceeding the number for the previous year by 5S7,S06. There were G36, ,4AG spindles returned as idle as having ccns umed no cotton whatever during the year. This number compares wjtL 629,S51 in 19 13 and 1,004,151 in 1912.
 In the total number of cotton spin dles Massachusetts exceeds eVe,y ether state, having 11,046,990, or 33.S per cent of the total for the Unltet i States in 1914; South Carolina ranks second, with 4,632, ,204, or III per cert; North Carolina third, with , . SIS, ,940 spindles, or 11.6 per ceh'; Rhode Island fourth; Georgla flftA New Hampshire sixth; Connecticut seventh; Maine eighth, and Alabama ninth. No other state reported as many as a million spindles. The states showing the largest net ga'ns during the year were North Carolina, ,So,th Carolina, Alabama, Georg:a, and Virginia, in the order named, the gain in North Carolina alone repro serting 37 per cent of the net gain for the United States.
 Iocalization of cotton Spinning.
 There were 60 counties in the unH- ed States which Lad more than loo,., (on cotton spindles each, the lo,ai number of such 5p!ndles ne1N3 Ao' 391 .O27, or S1.2 per cent of the ass1e- gate for the country. Of these coHu : ties 8. with a total of 9,o|9,4lZ spli a1es. or 3O.2 per cent. of the a5sfse oato for the United States, had mcf1 thar 100000 spindles each; lo, wll' ' GOA 791. or 21.4 per cent. or the az o".oate had 5O0,0O0 but less than 1'- Gnr mo each: 19, with 5,751,96o, os 17 ner cent of the aggregate, zoo''oo ,,,t M less than 5oO,O0O each, ana .o with 3954,S64, or 12.1 per ceE1 or ool ,nT goregate. ,o 100000 but less than zoo'- ooG eech Of the 60 counties l5 are iv' <" South Carolina, 10 in North Cafe- ,;na liz each in Georgia and Masaa chnsetts. each in Aiapanla ad | Maine. 3 each in New Hampshile ;a "..t .'t Rhode Island, each In eo.lileu., .I." "' aus New York and l each Ill Mrns Ia,' land New Jersey, PonnsylVailia' A0n nessee and Virginia.
 i'oS''o Cotton Consumed.
 The quantity of cotton coh1uliieu t,,n vear H., 17nited States during the yeao l5 .n5 ena;no August 31, 1914, was 5,o1 ',9oe eisu,ns t,os oomnared with 5,4S3.32l paies p"'e F., 1o1s 5.129,346 bales in l9aa, da, 10 1. lE .ao 197'' l97 hales in 1911, and 4,62l 'tz 1os lo1, in 1910. It is the largest amoll' ea's' consumed in a single year. p1, M ns |. Q; Gs7 bales larger than an, 'ha1 hales lar.., inc next largest, 44S'ooz oaies aa 1orsss+ than t that in 1912, the tnlru ;n iaA 1aa1 and 4S5,S71 bales larger 'hah 'Al N
 the fourth largest ,o,-77s halos
 Massachusetts, with l'o4 '..o o,,a, aaa Ms' am the other states in the alat leaus e M cotton consumed; North oa,o ,s ti.s V, with 9O6,177 bales, Is secoia ,s. i,a,h ma, Carolina, with 794.6IS pA '9, ,e, Hrmsn sS;na. and Georgia, with 632'a5z oai,' i,, sn, sn nth From 1909 to lsl4 tne a,oIin, Ia H ul.4; a4ion of cotton in North Caro.,n' oon ;roreased nasr from 6S5,s5o bales u to eo,,i 'Vsl M ir1 hales. or 3S.7 per cent Ill 0 Tot
 1a, carol;na lima from e2S,454 bales to ,'i, i, @ cTs hales, or 27.5 per cen.' +a a ez9 ceorgie, from 4S6,7oz paleS 'o eoH hales, or 29.9 per cen.. oe o,,toY
 . o1 t,e eng 17nited states during the eo, yea "a III III ,inq im August s1, 1914 sS ,,sol.' s'a
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 is,and na,os and 1s4,sos bales foreish' Ie con
 islanu, ina ncuo,tton-growing states the n5 10il i, snT sl,znntion was 1925 2s4 ba,es, a1os aAI i,1 sr"pthe SUI pther states 2,e52,114 bales l'i i, ;.a;ng .li o' the third consecutive yea eat m uhich p,n1 the consumption Tn d the t1a. Hu i, nu1;ns Mn states has exceeded una ' ail lcoourasumption ora in Cotton.Gro"ias States.