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Show SUPPLY OF RAW COTTOH C1EASED anasnwasaeanwaaeawasnsssnwa WASHNO TON, tpc -Thwr muM an taeiv4 of mora than IS pr ettt Its the 1 supply el rmir eotton in th t'ottaxl tlimtm d urine th oMtost yr Which rmdcj An- araaatt IS. Itll. aVWOfdltUr t thai CMVni hjrtf'i fstmhury report on th wnp ply and'dlstnbatloa of rotwa issues today. to-day. The supply amounted to !.i.4T bales, oomparxt with lt.IM.ett belee for the prevloue year, when there was a decrease de-crease of 2 per eeat from that available la 1IWS. , Notwithstanding the Increase hs the total to-tal supply, the consumption of rot Ion In the t atted State, showed a decrease of sllghtlr more than S per cent over last year, aad waa the smallest consumption for three years. It helne bales. It was said seml-efnetalfy that the high prtr of raw cotton during the ymr was principally the cause for toe depressed consumption. lurtn ths cotton year the evpoets were 21 per eent sveater than during |