COTTON SPIXXIXG AND WEAVING 27 



The following figures show the factory development which had 

 taken place by 1866 : 



9 



766 



Number of mills 

 Number of operatives . . 

 Number of spindles 

 Number of power looms 

 H.P. generated by steam 

 H.P. generated by water 

 Yearly cloth production in metres 

 Yearly uarn production in lbs. 



Bahia, the former capital, had most of the new mills The 

 development during the next 50 years is seen from the followmg 

 table : 



14,875 



385 



36 



288 

 3,938,000 

 ],205,C00 



1865 



Maranhao . . 



Ceara 



Eio Grande do Norte 



Parahyba . . 



Pernambuco 



Alagoas 



Sergipe 



Bahia 



Rio de Janeiro 



Federal District 



Sao Paulo . . 



Rio Grande do Sui 



IVIinas Geraes 



Total number of mills .. .. 9 29 49 112 HO 



These were all small concerns and few are worthy of the name of 

 factory. The statistics of 1905 contain, however, only such mills as 

 employed more than 50 operatives, whUst previous figures include 

 all kinds of places where cloth was made. The average number ot 

 operatives in 1905 is given as 356 per factory. 



Durincr the last 15 years the Brazilian Cotton industry has grown 

 by leaps and bounds, aided by high import duties on foreign cotton 

 good^ and low rates of exchange which rendered the importation ot 

 foreign goods more difficult ; another factor was, of course, the 

 increase of population, due in a large measure to immigration since 

 the abolition of slavery in 1888. Much more exact statistical clata 

 are available during this period and in the Appendix will be touna 

 full details of each factorv. as to location, capital, reserves, power, 

 operatives, looms, spindles and kinds of cloths produced. inese 

 figures relate to the vear 1920 and are approxiynatehj correct. xne 

 " Centro Industrial cle Fia9ao e Tecelagem," Rio de Janeiro has 

 supplied me with the following tabulation, showing the cotton lactones 

 as existing in Brazil during 1921 : 



