COTTON 
315 
SOUTH CAROLINA 
Year 
Bales consumed 
Bales produced 
Per cent, 
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 
Year 
Bales consumed 
Bales produced 
Per cent, 
of Crop used 
1850 
13,617 
73,845 
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 
