4 BULLETIN 1444, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Table 3. — Cotton used in the wool and* silk industries, census years, 190J t -1919 
Census year 
Wool industry 
Silk industry 
Raw cotton i 
Cotton yarn 
Value 
Cotton yarn 2 
Value 
1904 
1909 
1914.-. 
1919 
Pounds 
36, 593, 401 
26, 546, 861 
35,307,083 
22, 682, 635 
Pounds 
60,429,356 
65, 598, 854 
56, 988, 329 
46,039,351 
Dollars 
17, 437, 600 
18, 534, 218 
17, 658, 852 
37, 892, 622 
Pounds 
9,018,295 
14,111,878 
18,333,810 
17, 958, 012 
Dollars 
3,057,989 
5,811,582 
7, 241, 577 
18,418,456 
Compiled from Fourteenth Census of the United States, Manufactures, Vol. X, pp. 222 and 242. 
i Not including "cotton dyed, bleached, carded, and other prepared and cotton waste"; in 1919 this item 
is reported aggregating 17,815,143 pounds, valued at $4,079,446. 
2 No raw cotton used in the silk industry. 
On the other hand, the values of many kinds of cotton goods are 
determined to a large extent by the value of raw cotton. These 
include a large part of the cotton goods used for clothing and house- 
hold furnishings, especially cheaper kinds like ducks, denims, and 
sheetings. As the poorest peoples depend on cotton goods for their 
clothing, the price of the goods is an important factor in determining 
the quantity taken. 
WHERE COTTON IS CONSUMED 
The number of spindles in a country is one of the most important 
indications of the demand of that country for raw cotton for use in 
the manufacture of cotton goods. There are approximately 
158,000,000 cotton- spinning spindles in the world and they are found 
in every important country. 
Table 4. — World cotton spi 
idles., active and idle, 1923 
Country 
Cotton 
spindles 
Country 
1 
Cotton 
spindles 
Number 
37, 409, 000 
56, 583, 000 
9, 600, 000 
9, 605, 000 
7, 246, 000 
4, 570, 000 
3, 508, 000 
1, 813, 000 
1,683,000 
1, 513, 000 
1, 200, 000 
1, 023, 000 
669,000 
566, COO 
Europe— Continued. 
Esthonia... 
Number 
576,000 
United Kingdom 
Portugal 
487,000 
Finland 
241,000 
Other Europe - 
425, 000 
India . 
7,331,000 
Italy - 
4, 877, 000 
China 
2. 680, 000 
1, 700, 000 
1, 375, 000 
770,000 
Poland 
All other countries 
325,000 
Total 
157, 775, 000 
Compiled by the Bureau of the Census from a number of sources, among them the International Federa- 
tion of Master Cotton Spinners' and Manufacturers' Associations. 
