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year. Letters were sent to-these companies to determine whether 
they had actually constructed buildings, and if so, the storage capaci- 
ties of these new warehouses. Replies were received which show 
that 26 of the 41 companies have actually constructed buildings and 
are doing a storage business. The reported capacity of these 26 
warehouses is 53,250 bales. This is an increase of over 10 per cent in 
the cotton storage space in the State, and 20 per cent in the number 
of warehouses. It is certain that many other warehouses have been 
constructed since that time, and, in all probability, a number of 
persons who have not applied for charters are doing a storage busi- 
ness. In view of the fact that these two investigations show such a 
large increase in the apparent storage facilities in the autumn of 1914, 
the estimate of 10 per cent as the average increase for the cotton belt 
must appeal to everyone as being very conservative. 
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ESTIMATED STORAGE CAPACITY OF COTTON-MILL WAREHOUSES. 
GEORGIA. 
In Georgia there are 151 cotton mills (Table VII). Reports received 
from 123 of these show that the total capacity of their warehouses is 
398,875 bales of uncompressed cotton (see Table III). This is an 
average of 3,317 bales per mill. Making the supposition that the 
28 mills not reporting have warehouses of equal average capacity, 
their total storage capacity is almost 100,000 bales. This, added to 
the figures actually reported, would give a combined storage capacity 
of almost 500,000 bales. In order to avoid any overestimation, it 
has been assumed that only 15 of the 28 cotton mills have storage 
houses and that the average capacity of these warehouses is 1,000 
bales, or less than one-third the average capacity of those reporting. 
This would give a total storage capacity of 15,000 bales. Adding this 
to the 397,875 bales actually reported gives an estimated total 
capacity for the mill warehouses of the State of 412,500 bales. Any 
error that may exist in this estimate is on the conservative side. 
TasBLE VI1.—Estimated number and storage capacity of warehouses and cotton-mill ware- 
houses now in use compared with the production of each State, in running bales, for 
1918. 
Warehouses. Cotton mills. 1eig 
ee SS ee | Combined Ee 
State. Capacity Capacity | storage | duction in 
Number. | in balesas | Number.) in flat | capacity. | "Pac ® 
offered. bales. EN 
Isis ln a ae ee 581 | 1,884,355 62 62,000 | 1,946,355} 1,483, 669 
PRERATISHSE ose oe ioc: wise Sree fed 233 965, 800 6 6, 000 971, 800 1, 038, 293 
TDL aL 0 a 51 357, 830 1 1, 000 358, 830 700 
een A ieee 1,039 | 1,693, 280 151| 412/500 | 2,105,780 | 2,346,237 
LTGES TR ih ee aoe eee eee 0 1, 095, 930 6 , 00 1,101, 930 436, 865 
Meisner CN) 167 | 1,525,810 18 18,000 | 1,5437810 | 1,251) 841 
MME ROMNCeIrOlitia. oe Soy Soe. Fo ee A 149 264, 446 326 400, 995 665, 441 842, 499 
JAS gsi he Be eee ater eee ae 120 842, 330 Zi 0 849, 330 837, 995 
South Carolina.................... 337 | 1,363, 560 164| 300,000 | 1,663,560 | 1,418,704 
UGTRIGS GG" Ae See tS Ee a ae 31 919, 435 27 27, 000 946, 435 366, 786 
CODES SR ee ee ee 49 2,513, 324 36 36,000 | 2,549,324 3, 773, 024 
CS 8 a ee a 30 1 0 19 19, 000 335, 580 4, 569 
UE ee ee ROSS h ects BECCemE soc OeCeaeeee| BmeeicSe sare | Aeesa a meee 95, 629 
SST eae ie 3,485 | 13, 742, 680 823 | 1,295,495 | 15,038,175 | 13,982, 811 
