COTTON PRICES AND MARKETS 
Table 2. — Raio cotton, including linter's, consumed in the United States, 
census classification of industries and by specified uses of product, 1919 
[Thousand— i. e., 000 omitted] 
Consumption 
Industry 
Distributed to- 
Clothing 
todustry 1 =-*" 
Total 
Cotton manufactures: 
Cotton goods -__-___- . ___ 
Pounds 
1, 323, 279 
4,967 
(0 
Pounds 
946, 615 
Pounds 
483, 495 
Pounds 
2, 753, 389 
4,967 
Cotton lace__ ._---. ._ 
P) 
0) 
0) 
TotaL 
1, 328, 246 
22,683 
93, 050 
( 2 ) 
946, 615 
483, 495 
2, 758, 356 
22,683 
93,050 
Silk manufactures . 
( 2 ) 
31, 685 
( 2 ) 
( 2 ) 
Cordage and twine, jute goods, and linen goods. 
31, 685 
Wool shoddy _.. 
6 
6 
Total 
1, 443, 985 
978, 300 
483, 495 
2, 905, 780 
Compiled from Fourteenth Census of the United States, Manufactures, Vol. X, p. 150. Distribution has 
been made on the basis of statistics shown in Table 19, p. 171, of the same volume. 
These estimates are made upon the description of the item in the census classification, when possible. 
It is assumed, for instance, that all gingham is used for clothing, and that all tire duck is used in industry. 
In an item like sheeting, the distribution was made after consultation with some of the largest cloth mer- 
chants. Household uses include bedding equipment, towels, tablecloths, and similar items; but do not 
include canvas, window shades, and wire insulation. The latter items are considered a part of the building 
trade and included in industry. 
i Raw cotton not reported separately. Cotton yarn and raw cotton combined totaled 11,036.199 pounds. 
2 No raw cotton used. Cotton yarn used, 17,958,012 pounds. 
Broadly speaking, it may be said that the quantity of cotton used 
in industry is determined by the state of industry rather than by the 
price of cotton. The automobile industry uses a great deal of cot- 
ton, but the quantity used in making any one machine is a negligible 
part of the value of the finished machine. The price of cotton is a 
greater factor in determining the price of automobile tires, but even 
here the demand for automobiles is the big factor in selling tires 
rather than the price of tires themselves. The same is true in a 
general way in the building, milling, and other important 
industries. 
In the small wares like laces, embroideries, and thread, the price of 
the cotton used is small compared with the sales price of the goods 
to the consumer. The demand for such goods is not greatly affected 
by the price of raw cotton. 
All textile materials have a more or less broad area of substitution 
for each other. Since cotton is the cheapest of the important textile 
materials, some cotton is usually mixed with the others when pos- 
sible. The quantity used in different years is shown in Table 1. 
Table 3 shows the quantity and value of cotton used in the manu- 
facture of wool and silk fabrics. 
