COTTON 309 
For last year (1904-05) Messrs. Latham, Alex- 
ander & Co., the well known New York cotton 
authorities estimate the consumption of the several 
countries as follows: 
ESTIMATED CONSUMPTION 1904-05 
Great Britain (500-pound bales) 3,588,000 bales 
Continent (500 pound bales) 5,148,000 bales 
United States (500 pound bales) 4,310,255 bales 
Of light weight bales (averaging less 
than 500 pounds), the consump- 
tion of other countries last year 
was as follows: 
Haste Dniester eee 1,350,000 bales 
aA ATs eRe et tes eer eo N a eeacd iy ae 875,000 bales 
Canada....................... 180,000 bales 
MEEXICO'S 8 te ee 70,000 bales 
VaTIOUS eee ee ee ee re 35,000 bales 
Pobaleswins bcs oe kee hore 15,506,255 bales 
EXTENT OF COTTON INDUSTRY IN AMERICA 
Cotton manufacturing did not develop rapidly 
inthe United States until the latter part of the nine- 
teenth century, when it not only made great growth 
in New England, but assumed enormous pro- 
portions in the Southern States, the seat of cotton 
production. 
In the early days of the Nilesh cotton was 
carded and spun by machinery but weaving 
was done entirely by the hand loom. This was 
true as late as 1815 when the first power loom 
was installed, and it was a long time after that 
