314 COTTON 
cotton manufacturing has occurred during the past 
twenty years. Here the Carolinas, Georgia, Ala- 
bama make the best showing chiefly by reason of 
better climatic conditions and more abundant 
water power. The slow development during the 
middle of the last century, and the rapid progress 
made within the last score of years, is seen in the 
following table giving the number of mills and 
spindles: 
| SOUTH CAROLINA “NORTH CAROLINA GEORGIA 
Year | Mills Spindles Mills Spindles Mills Spindles 
1850) 18 36,500] 28 40,000} 35 51,150 
1860} 17 30,890} 39 41,884) 33 85,186 
1870} 12 34,940} 33 39,897| 34 85,062 
1880) 14 82,424) 49 100,209} 40 198,656 
1890) 44 | 415,158/105 | 418,900) 62 465,811 
1900)115 j1,908,692/218 |1,428,066] 107 | 1,016,258 
1905/161 |3,171,093/263 |2,207,102/ 129 | 1,452,668 
| ALABAMA ea Other Southern States 
Year Mills Spindles Mills Spindles 
1850; 12 16,960, 77 | 119,961 
1860, 14 35,740) 69 | 130,352 
1870) 13 28,046; 62 | 156,101 
1880) 16 49,432) 44 137,737 
1890) 17 89,158) 55 | 356,142 
1900) 49 | 550,966) 87 | 709,605 
1905] 66 | 824,687) 88 | 819,141 
RELATION OF CONSUMPTION TO PRODUCTION 
An interesting relationship is seen when the 
quantity of cotton consumed is compared with the 
quantity raised in each of these four leading cotton 
manufacturing States. 
