COTTON 315 
SOUTH CAROLINA 
Per cent. 
Year Bales consumed Bales produced of Crop used 
1850 9,929 300,901 3.3 
1860 8,648 353,412 2.4 
1870 10,811 224,500 4.8 
1880 33,624 522,548 6.4 
1890 164,814 859,000 19.2 
1900 501,290 743,294 67.4 
1905 625,190 1,100,837 56.7 
It is seen here that in the thirty years from 1850 
to 1880 South Carolina doubled consumption in 
proportion to her production; in the next ten years 
this increased six times; while in 1900 it had in- 
creased 25 times. 
NORTH CAROLINA 
Per cent. 
Year Bales consumed Bales produced of Crop used 
1850 13,617 79,845 18.4 
1860 13,045 145,514 8.3 
1870 9,632 144,935 6.6 
1880 27,642 389,598 7.1 
1890 140,817 588,000 23.9 
1900 408,338 554,032 73.7 
1905 602,150 664,934 90.5 
In 1850 North Carolina consumed slightly over 
one-fifth of her total production of cotton. ‘Ten 
years later but one-tenth was consumed. This 
change was due not to decreased consumption 
but to the fact that the acreage has doubled. It 
was not until about 1890 that consumption in- 
creased on production, when it reached nearly 
