COTTON PRICES AND MARKETS 
13 
Statistics related to production, export, and stocks of linters are 
published monthly by the Bureau of the Census. No figures are 
available showing similar data for foreign countries. 
In 1925 standardized grades for American cotton linters were 
established by the Secretary of Agriculture. These consist of seven 
grades represented by 12 samples each and an eighth, or descriptive, 
grade. 
WORLD MOVEMENT OF COTTON INTO COMMERCIAL 
CHANNELS, BY MONTHS 
Aug., 1921 -July, 1923 
PER 
CENT 
15 
10 
Ik. 
1 
itim 
i 
AUG. • OCT. • DEC. ! FEB. • APR. • JUNE • AUG. • OCT. ■ DEC. '• FEB. . APR. • JUNE ■ 
SEPT. NOV. JAN. MAR. MAY JULY SEPT. NOV. JAN. MAR. MAY JULY 
1921-22 
19 22-23 
Fig. 3. — Combined monthly percentages of cotton moving into commercial channels, in- 
cluding (1) "into sight," as reported by the New Orleans Cotton Exchange; (2) receipts 
at Alexandria, as reported by the Alexandria Produce Association Returns; and (3) 
receipts at Bombay, as reported by Jones's Annual Cotton Handbook, 1924 
[Thousands— i. e., 000 omitted] 
World production of 
commercial cotton as 
estimated by- 
World crop 
returns as 
estimated 
by Jones's 
Annual 
Cotton 
Handbook 2 
Year ended 
July 31 
World production of 
commercial cotton as 
estimated by- 
World crop 
returns as 
estimated 
by Jones's 
Annual 
Cotton 
Handbook 2 
Year ended 
July 31 
United 
States 
Bureau of 
the Census 1 
New York 
Commer- 
cial and 
Financial 
Chronicle 
United 
States 
Bureau of 
the Census ' 
New York 
Commer- 
cial and 
Financial 
Chronicle 
1914. 
500-pound 
bales gross 
weight 
21, 618 
23,768 
17, 649 
18, 092 
18, 140 
18, 755 
500-pound 
bales gross 
weight 
20, 915 
19, 579 
17, 371 
18,023 
16, 786 
16, 862 
Running 
bales 
29, 808 
27, 643 
26, 758 
24, 247 
22, 164 
20, 911 
1920 
500-pound 
bales gross 
weight 
90 99f) 
500-pound 
bales gross 
weight 
18, 211 
17, 019 
19, 295 
18, 911 
18, 934 
Running 
bales 
22 613 
1915- - 
1921 19,665 
1922 ! 15,334 
1923 17.959 
1924 . 18,969 
20. 707 
21 853 
1916 
1917... 
23 524 
1918 
23 385 
1919 
1 Exclusive of linters. 
Includes total growth of the United States. 
