SEA ISLAND COTTON" INDUSTRY. 17 



Table II. — Sea Island cotton statement from Sept. 1, 1912, to Aug. 30, 1913. 1 



Receipts. 



Crop, 

 1912-13. 



Crop, 

 1911-12. 



Stock at Savannah and Charleston Sept. 1, 1912 



Received at Savannah, net -. 



Received at Charleston 



Received at Jacksonville 



Received at Brunswick 



Received at southern mills from interior, taken from advance sheets Cotton Record 



Total 



Bales. 

 5,533 



38,533 

 8,375 



11,780 

 1,956 

 7,436 



68,080 



73,613 



Bales. 

 5,738 



62,926 

 5,122 



47, 755 



899 



6,042 



122,744 



128,482 



Shipments. 



To do- 

 mestic 

 mills. 



To Great 

 Britain. 



To Con- 

 tinent. 



Total. 



From Savannah . . . 

 From Charleston. . . 

 From Jacksonville . 

 From Brunswick. . . 

 From interior 



Total 



Same time last year 



Decrease 



Bales. 



18,886 

 1,841 



11,780 

 1,956 

 7,436 



Bales. 

 8,977 

 1,937 



Bales. 

 2,076 

 3,130 



41,899 

 102,846 



10,914 

 13,685 



5,206 

 6,615 



60,947 



2,771 



1,409 



Bales. 



29,939 



6,908 



11,780 



1,956 



7,436 



58,019 

 123, 146 



65,127 



Stocks, August 30. 



1913 



1912 





Bales. 

 13,717 

 1,922 



Balis. 

 5,078 













Total 



15,639 









1 See footnote to Table I. 



Table III. — Estimated average grade of Upland cotton, and average price of Upland, 

 Sea Island, and Egyptian cotton. 1 



Growth 

 year. 



Estimated average grade of Upland cotton. 



Average price of cotton fiber per pound (cents). 



Upland. 



Sea Island. 



Florida. 



Georgia. 



South 

 Carolina. 



Egyptian. 



1912. 

 1911. 

 1910. 

 1909. 

 19C8. 

 1907. 

 1906. 

 1905. 

 1904. 

 1903. 

 1902. 



Middling to strict middling 



Strict low middling to middling. 



Strict middling 



do 



do 



Middling 



Strict low middling 



Fully middling 



Strict middling 



do 



Strict low middling 



12.05 



19.50 

 20.41 

 27.36 

 27.10 

 17.92 

 24.27 

 28.65 

 17.50 

 19. 50 

 23.60 

 20.00 



19.50 

 20.41 

 27.36 

 27.10 

 17.92 

 24.27 

 28.65 

 17.50 

 19.00 

 21.00 

 17.00 



25.00 

 23.73 

 35.62 

 32.85 

 23.39 

 35.59 

 36.70 

 26.38 

 27.12 

 28.40 

 25.00 



19.76 

 18.75 

 22.25 

 20.50 

 17.25 

 21.00 

 20.00 

 19.00 

 15.00 

 17.75 

 15.50 



U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Bulletin 116, p. 19. 



