Production and Price of Cotton for One Hundred Years (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Production and Price of Cotton for One Hundred YearsWith this view the following tables have been prepared, showing the supply and consumption and surplus stocks of cotton in the United States, Great Britain, and Continental Europe, and its prices in the leading markets of the world. The period under consideration, for convenience, is divided decennially, and begins and ends with two of the most remarkable events in the history of cotton, namely, the introduction of Whitney's saw gin (the invention was completed in 1793 and patented in 1794) and the production of the largest crop the World has ever seen. The figures prior to 1795 are given merely to Show the rapid increase in the produc tion of cotton brought about by the invention of Whitney's saw gin.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.