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Show COTTON BUSINESS FOR SIX MONTHS Washington. Feb lsV COttOO ex pons v. ere beyond normal proportions during January' The quantit was more than 300000 bales grenter than last rar. according to the monthly report re-port of the census bureau, issued today. to-day. Cotton used was less than the usual January tdtfe as 500000 fewer spindles were operated during the month Manufacturing establishments establish-ments held less cotton January 80 than they did a year ago but in Hide pendent warehouses the quant it on hand was greater b 1,300,000 bales Exports included 585,534 bales to the United Kingdom; L'17,aH2 bales to Italy. bales to Germany! to.sui bales to France, and :;'7.v IF. bales to all other countries, The total exports ex-ports lor the six months ending January Jan-uary 31 were 2500,000 bales less than during the period last year Washington. Feb 15 Cotton used during Januarj vas 46S.S77 bales, exclusive ex-clusive nf linters. compared with r17.2L'9 in January last year, the census cen-sus bureau announced today. Cotton used during the six months ending Januarj '.1 was 2,501, 0S9 bales against 2,816,625 last year. Cotton on hand January 31 in manufacturing man-ufacturing establishments was 1 515. 390 bales against 1,764,561 a year ago, and in independent warehouses 4,889-956 4,889-956 bales against 2.839.942 a year ago. Exports were 1,372,175 bales against 1,052,272 last year and for the six months .'.,978,329 against ti.4S9,752 a year ago. Imports were 39,229 bales against 19.024 last year end for the six months 139,529 against 63,523 a year ago. Cotton spindles, active, numbered 30.65G.479 against 31.09S.17S a year ago Linters used 18,136 bales against 23,611 a year ago and for th months 15G.12r. bales against r last year; on hand in nmnufa establishments, 120,440 bale. aj 87,217 a year ago and in independent warehouses 93,537 bales against 49,923 a year ago. Linters exports 23)484 bales, and for six months 67 98 1 |