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COTTON TEXTILES IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 



but adding what is put down to Uruguay, the total furnished by Great 

 Britain amounts to $5,311,117, against $1,959,539 furnished by all other 

 countries. 



Comparing the present returns with those of ten years ago, it appears 

 that Great Britain has somewhat lost ground, but it does not neces- 

 sarily signify that her supremacy is any the less assured now than it 

 was then. 



It further appears that during the same time the United States have 

 more than trebled their imports of cottons, those of 1878 amounting to 

 $105,912, and those of 1888 to $366,695. 



IMPORTS OF COTTON THREAD. 



In the above tables I have not taken into account the importations 

 of cotton thread into the Argentine Republic. I give the folio wing- 

 returns for 1887 : 



Importations of cotton thread into the Argentine Republic, 1887. 



Adding what is put down to Uruguay, we have England furnishing 

 $414,875 worth out of a total of $444,174, while the United States is 

 credited with importations of cotton thread to the amount of $29. 



WIDTHS, LENGTHS, AND WEIGHTS. 



In regard to the make-up and weights of the cotton textiles imported 

 into the Argentine Republic there is such variety as to make itiimpossi- 

 ble to give an exact statement. In these matters there is probably as 

 little conformity to any fixed rules as you would find in the city of New 

 York. There are no fixed weights ; and every mill that turns out such 

 textiles for this market has its own figures. As elsewhere, while you 

 will find on sale here cottons of the very heaviest weights, you will also 

 find millions of yards in stock which are so made up of sizing that after 

 a good washing there is scarcely anything left of them. I suppose, 

 however, that ordinary cotton textiles will run from 2J pounds per piece 

 of 20 yards up to 6 pounds of European make ; while pieces of 40 yards, 

 mostly of American manufacture, will run from 8 pounds to 14 pounds 

 per piece. The following note of a sale of cottons made by an import- 



