PRODUCTION, IMPORTS, EXPORTS, AND CONSUMPTION-CROP YEARS 1871 TO 1898.

The following table shows the exports of unmanufactured domestic cotton, by countries, from 1821 to 1898. (Last three figures of each column omitted.)

Foreign Movement in Goods.

EXPORTS OF COTTON MANUFACTURES, BY COUNTRIES, YEARS ENDING JUNE 30, 1893-1898.

Total cotton manufactures... $11,809,355 $14,340,886 $13,769,439 $16,837,396 $21,037,678 $17,024,002 IMPORTS OF COTTON MANUFACTURES, BY COUNTRIES, AND CLASSES OF ARTICLES, 1893 1898.

Prices in New York and Liverpool.

(Compiled by A. B. Shepperson.)

HIGHEST AND LOWEST PRICES IN NEW YORK.

Middling Upland Cotton During Each Month and for the Season.

Dyeing and Finishing.

The following table shows the growth of the dyeing and finishing industry, as returned by the several censuses:

NOTE. The table exhibited does not embrace the statistics of establishments connected with cotton, woolen, or silk factories. While chemicals and dyestuffs to the value of $8,407,693 were consumed in 1890 by the dyeing and finishing manufacturers themselves, the silk, woolen, and cotton mills in which dyeing and finishing are done consumed chemicals and dyestuff's valued at $11,278,970.

CLASSES OF GOODS DYED AND FINISHED.

The various classes of goods dyed and finished, with the quantities and value thereof in 1890, are shown as follows:

Wool stock,

Cotton

Wool and worsted piece goods, dyed.......

Cotton

bleached.

*This item was not fully reported at the census of 1850.

At the census of 1870, the value of the fabric itself was included, whereas at all subsequent censuses merely the values added to such fabrics by the process of dyeing and finishing are given.

THE WOOLEN INDUSTRY.

The following table exhibits the growth of the woolen industry, including hosiery and knit goods, from 1850 to 1890 inclusive, as returned by the several censuses:

1850.

47,763

本

$29,246,696

$49,636,881

1860.

59,522 $13.361,602

46,649,365

80,734,606

1870.

119,859

40,357,235

134,154,615

217,668,826

151,619

1890.

76,660,742

Geographical Distribution.

The following table illustrates the geographical evolution of the industry and its tendency to localization:

NUMBER OF CARDS, COMBING MACHINES, LOOMS, AND SPINDLES AND TOTAL AMOUNT OF WOOL USED, AS PER CENSUSES OF 1860 TO 1890.

Quantities and Values of Products, Census of 1890.

Products.

Quantities.

Value.

wear.

Woolen, worsted, union, and cotton-warp cloths, coatings, cassimeres,
etc., for men's wear..
.square yards..
Woolen, worsted, union, and cotton-warp overcoatings, cloakings, etc..
for men's and women's wear..
.square yards..
Woolen, worsted, union, and cotton-warp dress goods, sackings, tricots,
ladies' cloth and broadcloth, alpacas, mohairs, etc., for women's
.square yards..