COPYRIGHT, 1919
GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK
THE cotton industry touches the lives of the vast majority of the peoples of the earth. The ensuing survey does not pretend to cover the field in all its diversity. It aims to give, in brief compass, such general facts concerning the industry in the United States as may enable the reader quickly to familiarize himself with its broader outlines.
Contents
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I | The Importance and Power of Cotton | [5] |
| II | Where Cotton is Grown and Spun and Why | [10] |
| III | The Raw Cotton Market | [17] |
| IV | The Cloth Market | [27] |
| V | Financing Cotton and Cotton Cloth | [33] |
| VI | American Cloth in Foreign Markets | [38] |
| VII | Some of the Grower’s Problems | [41] |
| VIII | In the Cotton Mill | [45] |
| IX | The Finishing Operations | [57] |