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Show COTTON i WASHINGTON, Dec 13 Cotton consumed durinc November amounted I to 490,698 running bales of lint and j 25,132 bales of liniers, the census bu-!re::u bu-!re::u announced today. During November a year ago consumption con-sumption was 455,611 bales of lint and ! j 63,366 of linters. Cotton on hand Nov ember 30, in I consuming establishments was 1,643.-;055 1,643.-;055 bales of lint and 256.284 of lint-! lint-! ers, compared with 1,671,168 and 18,- 1 198,186 a year ago and in public stor-' stor-' age and at compresses 3.9S7fJ96 bales of lint and 239,743 of llnt.-rs, compared with 4,370.348 and 90,005 a year ago. Cotton spindles active during November No-vember numbered 34, (S3, 775 compared with 33,115,369 in November last year. Imports were 47.202 bales, com pared with 26,901 in November last year. Exports were 924,751 runninc bales, including 3,119 bales of linters, compared with 850,009 bales Including 13.132 bales of linters in November Inst year. |