Progress of Cotton Industry in the 



UNITED STATES 



Between the Years 1830 st 1880 



Particulars 



1830 



1830 



Percentage Jne^jSj 

 or Decrease s^cejt^ 





801 



756 



JNCftt-'-se 



0ec*££&- 



Ustablxshxrverxts //? 





JffaZ 



Capital Invested/ Dollars 



40, G 12, 384 



208, 280, 34G 



412 





Ditto per ^Establishment ■■ 



50,102 



276, S03 



443 





Ditto per Jlcuid' 



GS3 



/, 202 



85 





Persons employed/ N° 



62, 208 



172, S44 



177 4 





Spindles 



1,246,703 



/0, £53,436 



755 





Cloth produced, Lbs 



69,6 14,910 



G07, 2G4. 241 



320 





Ditto per JLarul 



sw 



3, 513 s 



21 'G 





Ditto pet Sp~ xxtJLf 



47 6 



57 



/$-' 





Ditto per Dollar Capital .. 



/•* 



2 4 



71* 





Spindles per f/00 Dollar CapitxxL , 



V" 30i 



SH 



66 s 





Ditto per Hand/ 



1 











22 



a 



782 





Ditto per Fstalhshment 



J 









(onsumyitwrv of Cotton l2oth]lbs 

 per head of Tbputaiwrv J 



FnreofCbttoriClotll.perYtxrtl ctNrs 



£90 



17 



IS® 



1 



134 



Si* 



Operatives Jf'ayes per Week Ooij-mc 



RELATIVE. 



Purchasing Power of Wages opera/we) 

 over ike products of his own/ labour j 



£SS 



IS 



£40 



77' 



7/2 



414- 





(P. 10) 



