SPINNING TESTS OF UPLAND LONG-STAPLE COTTONS. 



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CONSUMPTION OF STAPLE COTTON IN THE UNITED STATES AND 



CANADA. 



In the fall of 1912 a letter was addressed to each of the" cotton 

 mills in the United States and Canada, asking for a statement of 

 their average annual consumption of cotton of each of the different 

 commercial staple lengths. Detailed replies were received from 

 practically all of the mills, and the result of this inquiry is shown 

 by States in Table XI. Some of the mills reported their exact con- 

 sumption for the last preceding year; others reported their average 

 consumption for a period of three to five years. 



These figures can not be absolutely accurate, because one mill may 

 designate its cotton as 1 T % inches, while another mill, using exactly 

 the same cotton, might call it 1J inches. 



Table XI represents as nearly as possible only Upland staples of 

 American cotton. A special effort was made to secure separate re- 

 ports on all Sea Island and Egyptian, and also of all cotton of ■^ E - 

 inch staple or less. 



It will be seen that the average consumption of Upland staple 

 cotton of li| inches or more in length is considerably over 1,000,000 

 bales, or more than one-fifth of the entire American consumption of 

 raw cotton, the total number of bales consumed for the entire United 

 States and Canada being reported as 5,429,916. 



Table XI. — Number of bales of cotton of each length of staple consumed an- 

 nually by the mills of the United States and Canada. 



State. 



1$ inches. 



It^ inches. 



l\ inches. 



1A inches. 



If inches. 



Total. 





8,437 



2,000 



26, 427 



36, 555 



33, 055 



2,100 



500 



9,340 



12, 020 



1,500 







12,037 



2,500 











5,718 

 3,600 



500 



4,500 



46, 485 





52 175 









33 055 





500 



700 







1 200 





11,000 

 47, 400 



4,264 

 248, 035 



3,100 









11, 000 





9,950 



150 



950 



80' 



£8, 530 





4 264 





41,924 



25, 158 



3,434 



16, 578 



335, 129 





3,100 









6,381 

 500 





6,381 





147, 809 

 8,714 

 2,000 

 76, 290 

 800 

 2,619 

 86, 248 

 26,932 

 1,400 

 5,070 





4,146 



900 



1,500 



16, 600 



1,500 

 2,942 



153, 955 







12, 556 

 4,314 





814 



25, 300 



600 



30 



14, 869 



5,100 







5,000 



2,400 



125, 590 





1,400 





1,000 



15,145 



8, 984 





2, 025 

 6,138 

 1,000 



5,674 





4, 843 

 6; 250 



127, 243 





48, 266 





1,400 





500 

 900 









5,570 











900 





3,300 

 65, 979 



1,209 

 2,000 







4,500 





2,000 







69, 979 









Total 



847, 434 



126, 447 



88, 311 



27, 858 



37, 163 



1,127,213 





