Show I USE OF COTTON COTTONI SHOWS SHOW DECREASE EC EASE I By Associated Presa Preas I WASHINGTON Ian 14 Cotton H. Cotton conj con colt SLImed lImed luritta K amounted to j- j J sales and bales baies of or Miners hitters hillers the census b today an all' ait- ait d. d In 1917 1911 cotton consumed amounted to running sales and bales hales of lusters Cotton Collon on hand December 31 In lit consuming con con- suming establishments was wall bales Lales of ot lint and of com corn t- t pared parcel red with bales of lint and of haters a a. year jear ear ago and In pub pub- lie ic storage and anil at compresses bales Lale of lint Ilni and und of at compared com corn pared with of at lint and of or a 11 year ago Cotton spindles active e during Deem Decem her ber numbered compared with a a a- year far ago Imports Import In December were bales compared with in lit December 1917 and 71 0 exports Pf in 1917 Exports bales s 's Cr compared Included with 1 1996 bales of winters compared wIth bales In December 1917 |