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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 : 
Year 
1850 
1860 
1870 
1880 
1890 
1900 
1905 
SOUTH CAROLINA 
Mills 
18 
17 
12 
14 
44 
115 
161 
Spindles 
36,500 
30,890 
34,940 
82,424 
415,158 
1,908,692 
3,171,093 
NORTH CAROLINA 
Mills 
28 
39 
33 
49 
105 
218 
263 
Spindles 
40,000 
41,884 
39,897 
100,209 
418,900 
1,428,066 
2,207,102 
GEORGIA 
Mills 
35 
33 
34 
40 
62 
107 
129 
Spindles 
51,150 
85,186 
85,062 
198,656 
465,811 
1,016,258 
1,452,668 
ALABAMA 
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. 
