308 COTTON 
essary in any mill, as the quantity of thread pro- 
duced per spindle is small. For instance, a mill 
with 10,000 spindles manufacturing No. 20 yarn, 
will produce in a day from a third to four-tenths of 
a pound of thread per spindle or from 3000 to 4000 
pounds total output. Yarn cannot be woven, 
cloth cannot be manufactured, until spindles first 
spin the lint into thread. The steady increase in 
number of spindles throughout the world is set 
forth in the following table: 
Countries 1861 1875 1890 1900 
Great Britain. . | 30,300,000 | 39,000,000 | 43,750,000 | 46,000,000 
Continent of Eu- 
TOPE. «a 2% 10,000,000 19,400,000 24,575,000 33,000,000 
Tndiaw.c «x = « 338,000 1,100,000 3,270,000 4,400,000 
United States. . 5,000,000 9,500,000 14,190,000 19,475,000 
WORLD'S CONSUMPTION OF COTTON 
The average consumption of cotton throughout 
the world may be estimated at fifteen million bales 
annually. The leading centers of cotton manu- 
facture are not at the source of supply, but 
are thousands of miles away, where population 
is dense and labor abundant, trained and efficient. 
The consumption of cotton for several periods of 
manufacturing development is shown in the table 
following: 
Country 1875 1890 1900 
Great Britain. ....... 1,500,000 3,384,000 3,269,000 
Continent of Europe... . . 280,000 3,630,000 4,576,000 
THOUS aoe ee ee ee ee 290,000 920,000 1,000,000 
United States... ... co 300,000 2,350,000 3,640,000 
