SEA ISLAND COTTON INDUSTRY. 17 
Table II. — Sea Island cotton statement from Sept. 1, 1912, to Aug. 30, 1913.^ 
Receipts. 
Crop, 
1912-13. 
Crop, 
1911-12. 
Stock at Savannah and Charleston Sept. 1, 1912 
Bales. 
5,533 
Bales. 
5,738 
38,533 
8,. 375 
11,780 
1,956 
7,430 
G2,92G 
I? eceived a t Charleston 
5,122 
47,755 
899 
Received at southern mills from interior, taken from advance sheets Cotton Record 
6,042 
Total 
68,080 
122, 744 
73,613 
128,482 
Shipments. 
To do- 
mestic 
mUls. 
To Great 
Britain. 
To Con- 
tinent. 
Total. 
From Savannah 
Bales. 
18,886 
1,841 
11,780 
1,956 
7,436 
Bales. 
8,977 
1,937 
Bales. 
2,076 
3,130 
Bales. 
29,939 
6,908 
From Jacksonville 
11,780 
From Brimswick 
1,956 
7,436 
Total 
41,899 
102,846 
10,914 
13,685 
5,206 
6,615 
58,019 
Same time last vear . 
123,146 
60,947 
2,771 
1,409 
65,127 
Stocks, August 30. 
1913 
1912 
In Savannah 
Bales. 
13,717 
1,922 
Bales. 
5,078 
455 
Total 
15,639 
5,533 
1 See footnote to Table I. 
Table III. — Estimated average grade of Upland cotton, and average price of Upland, 
Sea Island, and Egyptian cotton} 
Growth 
year. 
Estimated average grade of Upland cotton. 
Average price of cotton fiber per pound (cents). 
Upland. 
Sea Island. 
Florida. 
Georgia. 
South 
Carolina. 
EgjTDtian. 
1912. 
1911. 
1910. 
I'^'GO 
1903. 
ioor.. 
19C5. 
1904. 
1003. 
1902. 
Middling to strict middling 
Strict low middling to middling. 
Strict middling 
, do 
do 
Middling 
Strict low middling 
Fully middling 
Strict middling 
do 
Strict low middling 
19.50 
20.41 
27.36 
27.10 
17.92 
24.27 
28.65 
17.50 
19.50 
23. 60 
20.00 
19.50 
20.41 
27.36 
27.10 
17.92 
24.27 
28.65 
17.50 
19.00 
21.00 
17.00 
25.00 
23.73 
35.62 
32.85 
23.39 
35.59 
36.70 
26.38 
27.12 
28.40 
25.00 
19.76 
18.75 
22.25 
20.50 
17.25 
21.00 
20.00 
19.00 
15.00 
17.75 
15. 50 
U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Bulletin 116, p. 19. 
