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WOOL MANUFACTURES. 647 WOOL MANUFACTURES. dovclopinj; the lustre characteristic of a well- finished fabric. I'tilization of Wastes. HhixhJy is wool re- covered from woolen fabrics that are not heavily felted or milled. Miiiigo is made from frafj;nients of felted or milled cloth, and the fibre is there- fore shorter. These two terms, liowever, are often used with different meanings and are some- tiiMcs interchangeable. (See Snom)Y.) Ex- Irm-I wool is wuul produced from goods which are part wool and part cotton, the wool being extracted by the process of carlioni/.ation already described, "in lOOO 71,4U0..5O8 pounds of slioddy were used in wool manufacture in the United Wool Produced and Imported, Domestic Exports and .Annual Supply of the United .States, 1881 TO laoo. Inclusive YEARS Domestic production (Depart- ment or Agricul- ture), pounds Imports en- tered for consnnip- ti(tn .VPiir ending June .30. pounds 'I'otnl pro- duction and imports, pounds Domestic exports year endiiiK .Tune 30, pounds Net supply, pounds Per cent, of imports to sup- ply 1881 240.000.000 272.000,000 290.00(>.l}O0 300,000,000 308,000,(K)0 302,000,000 286,000,000 269,000,000 265,000,000 276,000,000 285,000,000 294,000,000 303,153,000 298,067,384 •309,748,000 •272,474,708 •259.153,261 •266,720,684 •272.191,330 t309,991,812 07,416.967 63,010.709 53.049.907 87,703,9:11 08,146,052 1(I7,910,.')49 114,4114,17:! 97.2:n,2C.7 126,!S1.27:i 109,902,105 119.:I9CI.2H0 i:)4,622.366 176,036,042 46,726,056 205,726,348 228,647.543 350.250,028 70,:)34,897 77,388,192 l'>8,".50,945 307,410,967 335,016,769 343,049,907 387,703,931 376.140,062 4l)9,'.nil..549 3',l'.l,404.173 3C.r,, :;:!]. 267 391.1H1.273

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4114.390,280 42S.622.366 478.789,042 34:1.783,440 575,474,348 601,122,251 609,403,279 337,056,581 349,679.,522 438,242,7,57 71,455 116,179 64,474 10,393 88,006 147,023 257,940 22,104 141,570 231.042 291,922 202,456 91,8.58 620,247 4,279,109 6,946,981 5,271 „5.35 121,i;i9 1,683,419 2,200,309 307,346,612 334,900,590 342,985,493 387,C9:i,5:)8 376.1168.646 409.763..526 .399.146,233 366,209,103 391,0:i9,697 386,071,003 404,098,3.68 428,419,910 478,697,184 343,203,193 671,195,2:19 494,176,270 604,131,744 336 934,442 347.896,103 436,042,448 21.9 ia82, . ■■ 18.8 1883 15.6 22.6 1885 18.1 1886 26.3 1887 2S.7 1888 26.6 1889 32.3 1890. 28.5 1891 29.5 1892 31.4 1893 36.7 1894 13.3 1895 46.5 1896 46.3 1897 68.0 1898 20.9 1899 22.2 1900 29.4

  • i;;stimate of the National Association of Wool Manufacturers.

I Census of 1900. The World's Production of Wool, in 1900 Of the World's wool production 2. 092. 389, 013 pounds are of classes one and two, washed and unwashed, and 592.716,000 pounds of class three of the American tariff classification. COUNTRIES Pounds COUNTRIES Pounds COCSTEIES Pounds. North America : 288,636.621 12.000.000 6.000,000 Europe : Great Britain and Ire- land" . . 140.232,392 103,610,000 102,600,000 13,410,000 49,590,000 21,451,000 64,300,000 361,100,000 8,200,000 67,600,000 14,000,000 keia,— Continued: Asiatic Turkey 33,000.000 China 36,000,000 France All otlier Asia 15,000.000 Total Total 305.636,621 Portugal 274,000,000 Africa : Algeria and Tunis 5.000.000 Italy* 30,426,000 Russia, inc. Poland Sweden and Norway Turkey and Balkan Pen- Cape Colony, Natal, Orange Free Stat* Egypt 100,000,000 370,000,000 1, .500, 000 7.500.000 96.000.000 15,000,000 20.000.000 3,000,000 1,000,000 Total Brazil Total 134,426,000 Chile 946.993,392 Australasia Asia : Russia 60,000,000 46,000,000 85,000,000 510,000,000 AU other South America Oceanica 60,000 510,000,000 Central Asia 2,685,106,013 • Fleece washed. Great Britain and Ireland, product of 1899. t Washed and unwashed. The World's Wool Supply Since 1860 COUNTRIES ISOO, pounda 1870, pounds 1880, pounds 1890, pounds 1900, pounds L'nlted Kingdom 140,000,000 .500,000,000 110,000,OIW 60,000,000 26.(H)0.000 43.000.000 7i;,o«i.ooo 160,000,000 485,000,000 176.000.000 175.000.000 43,000.000 197.000.000 69.000.000 149,000,000 4.50,000.000 270,000.000 308.000.000 60.000.000 266.000,000 133,000,000 •138,392.216 806,761,000 289,191,330 520,000,000 105,000,000 460,000,IH)0 363.476,000 •140.232,392 805.761,000 306.636.021 510.000.000 ('ape Good Hope lOO.OlHI.OOO Other countries ^ 3,57,475,000 Grand totals .. . 965,000,000 1,295,000,000 1,026,000,000 2,681,819,545 2,686 105 013 • Returns of the United Kingdom are for the [)fecedlug year.