COTTON GOODS. 3 



had from tlie appended diagrams. Fig. 1 showing the import of raw cotlon over the 

 European frontier; Fig. 2, yarns and woven goods, knitted, plaited and corded. 



Examining tlie line showing the quantity of imported cotton it cannot be denied 

 that the development of Russian cotton manufacture has advanced with wonderful rapidity. 

 The unchecked growth is broken only in the period between 1861 and 18G5, when 

 the import of American cotton to Europe was diminished to an extraordinary degree. 

 Examining the other two lines, import of yarns and goods, it will be noticed that 

 the amount of imports especially increased in the periods 1878 to 1880 and then 

 diminished, but was nevertheless verj' much less than that of raw^ cotton. The increased 

 import of yarns of medium counts from 1878 to 1880 was caused princijially through 

 the spinners taking advantage of the agitated state of all branches of cotton manu- 

 facture after the Kusso-Turkish war, and the increased demand for yarns, which 

 raised the prices disproportionately, and therefore obliged the weavers to apply to for- 

 eign manufacturers. Comparing the totals of imports of cotton, yarn and textures, 

 one must come to the conclusion that the Eussian production almost sufficed for 

 internal wants in cotton manufactured goods. Yarns received from abroad consisted 

 chiefly of fine counts the production of Avhich in Eussia was very small ; they were 

 used mostly for mixed and fine stutts. The amount of imported yarns and textures 

 when compared with the home product is very insignificant. To be convinced of this 

 it is sufficient to compare the quantity of cotton received with that of yarns and 

 textures. 



Fig. 1. 



Fig. 1. Diagram of cotton imported over the European frontier, the left side 

 showing millions of pouds ; the right side, tens of thousands of tons. To complete the 

 information given in the diagrams the following table is appended : 



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