Ogden Daily Standard | 1919-04-15 | Page 13 | Cotton Consumed in March Less than Year Ago

Cotton Consumed I In March Less I Than Year Ago I Jfl R ASHINOTON, April 15 Consump- ' tion of cotton during March amounted ' to 188,720 bales of line and 10,358 ot I lint) rs, the census bureau today an- I nounced. ( onsuniption during March last year 1 ! was 571,443 bales of lint and 109.267 . of linters. Cotton on hand March 31. in consuming con-suming establish tents was 1.462,567 I bales of lint and 277,378 of linters. Y ' .-ompared with 1. 72n,136 of lint and IL'.Tiii; of linters a year ago, and in fl j public storage and at compresses 4.- fl j 318,028- bales of lint and 200,013 or M linters compared with 3,250,951 of lin' fl and 255,641 ol linters a year ago. I Cotton spindles active during March J , number..! 82,642,878 compared with ; 1 33.799.976 in March last year. I Imports amounted to 1.561 bales I compared with 14,261 in March las' I Exports amounted to 504,233 bale- I Inpluding 1.271 bale-; of linters, com I pared with 111,681 bale- Including 12 I 687 ball ol linters in March last year. 00