| Year. | France. | Total production of the world. | Per cent of U. S. |
| Short tons. | Short tons. | ||
| 1870 | 14,530,716 | 34,850,088 | 14.07 |
| 1875 | 18,694,916 | 308,479,177 | 16.97 |
| 1880 | 21,346,124 | 369,413,780 | 20.62 |
| 1885 | 21,510,359 | 447,783,802 | 24.82 |
| 1890 | 28,756,638 | 563,693,232 | 27.99 |
| 1895 | 30,877,922 | 644,177,076 | 29.98 |
| 1896 | 32,167,270 | 664,001,718 | 28.92 |
| 1897 | 33,938,987 | 697,213,515 | 28.72 |
| 1898 | 35,656,426 | 738,129,608 | 29.80 |
| 1899 | 36,215,026 | 801,976,021 | 31.63 |
| 1900 | 36,811,536 | 846,041,848 | 31.88 |
| 1901 | 35,596,536 | 870,711,044 | 33.69 |
| 1902 | 33,286,146 | 888,453,950 | 33.95 |
| 1903 | 38,466,873 | 972,195,531 | 36.76 |
| 1904 | 37,663,349 | 983,527,562 | 35.78 |
| 1905 | 38,951,360 | 1,034,156,604 | 37.98 |
| 1906 | 37,828,931 | [H]1,106,478,707 | 37.43 |
[H] Latest available figures are used in making up totals for 1906.
Note. The use of coal for the production of power for use in manufacturing has such an important relation to that industry that the presentation of this table in this study seems justifiable.
World’s Production of Cotton.
[From Latham, Alexander & Co.’s “Cotton Movement & Fluctuation,” 1902-7.]
| Countries. | 1902-3. | 1903-4. | 1904-5. | 1905-6. | 1906-7. |
| Bales. | Bales. | Bales. | Bales. | Bales. | |
| United States | 10,511,020 | 9,841,671 | 13,420,440 | 11,048,000 | 13,346,000 |
| East Indies[I] | 2,737,577 | 2,734,400 | 2,952,720 | 2,983,370 | 3,482,000 |
| Egypt | 1,148,700 | 1,275,754 | 1,244,968 | 1,152,516 | 1,350,000 |
| Brazil[J] | 329,390 | 307,516 | 325,928 | 476,667 | 400,000 |
| Total | 14,726,687 | 14,159,341 | 17,944,056 | 15,660,553 | 18,578,000 |
| Countries. | 1902-3. | 1903-4. |
| Bales. | Bales. | |
| United States | 10,511,020 | 9,841,671 |
| East Indies[I] | 2,737,577 | 2,734,400 |
| Egypt | 1,148,700 | 1,275,754 |
| Brazil[J] | 329,390 | 307,516 |
| Total | 14,726,687 | 14,159,341 |
| Countries. | 1904-5. | 1905-6. | 1906-7. |
| Bales. | Bales. | Bales. | |
| United States | 13,420,440 | 11,048,000 | 13,346,000 |
| East Indies[I] | 2,952,720 | 2,983,370 | 3,482,000 |
| Egypt | 1,244,968 | 1,152,516 | 1,350,000 |
| Brazil[J] | 325,928 | 476,667 | 400,000 |
| Total | 17,944,056 | 15,660,553 | 18,578,000 |
[I] Includes India’s exports to Europe, America and Japan, and mill consumption in India increased or decreased by excess or loss of stock at Bombay.
[J] Receipts into Europe from Brazil, Smyrna, Peru, West Indies, etc., and Japan and China cotton used in Japanese mills.