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COTTON 



essary in any mill, as the quantity of thread pro- 

 duced per spindle is small. For instance, a mill 

 with 10,000 spindles manufacturing No. 20 yarn, 

 will produce in a day from a third to four-tenths of 

 a pound of thread per spindle or from 3000 to 4000 

 pounds total output. Yarn cannot be woven, 

 cloth cannot be manufactured, until spindles first 

 spin the lint into thread. The steady increase in 

 number of spindles throughout the world is set 

 forth in the following table : 



WORLD S CONSUMPTION OF COTTON 



The average consumption of cotton throughout 

 the world may be estimated at fifteen million bales 

 annually. The leading centers of cotton manu- 

 facture are not at the source of supply, but 

 are thousands of miles away, where population 

 is dense and labor abundant, trained and efficient. 



The consumption of cotton for several periods of 

 manufacturing development is shown in the table 

 following : 



