. Cotton and cotton manufacture . WORLDS COTTON CONSUMPTION 1908. WORLDS COTTON CONSUMPTION 1918-9 / \ US. ^ / GREAT \/ BRITAIN \ 31 1% \ SCATTtRED^^eT^Ir:^ \ EUROPE / \ CHINA\ 13 9% \ ^°° / \ /JAPAN INDIA \/ Ny 9 2% 119% y^ CHAPTER XVCotton Production and Consumption Ever since the Civil War the United States has produced more thanhalf of the worlds cotton crop. From 1H60 to 1900 about one-third ofthe annual crop was consumed by the domestic industries, and tromthat time domestic takings have increased to an average of over 50%in the last four years. Dqring the same period the actual s
. Cotton and cotton manufacture . WORLDS COTTON CONSUMPTION 1908. WORLDS COTTON CONSUMPTION 1918-9 / \ US. ^ / GREAT \/ BRITAIN \ 31 1% \ SCATTtRED^^eT^Ir:^ \ EUROPE / \ CHINA\ 13 9% \ ^°° / \ /JAPAN INDIA \/ Ny 9 2% 119% y^ CHAPTER XVCotton Production and Consumption Ever since the Civil War the United States has produced more thanhalf of the worlds cotton crop. From 1H60 to 1900 about one-third ofthe annual crop was consumed by the domestic industries, and tromthat time domestic takings have increased to an average of over 50%in the last four years. Dqring the same period the actual size of theannual crops increased enormously. If we take the figures from thepresent back to 1868-9 in decennial periods it will give a rough idea ofthe progress since that time. Season Crop in bales 1868-9 2,434 \ 1878-9 5,074 / 1888-9 ,^^^^ > thousands 1898-9 11,256 / == 1908-9 13,817 \ 1918-9 11,360 / Exports % of dom. takings 1,447 41% 3,466 31 4,736 33 7,313 32 8,447 38 5,646 48 The banner years were from 1911-2 through 1914-5, the largest in-dividual
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