[Contents:] Comparative Use of Cotton, Wool, and Flax in Great Britain --- Comparative Use of Cotton, Wool, and Flax in Europe and in the United States --- Comparison of Cotton and Wool in the World's Commerce --- Factors in the Increase of Production and Consumption of Cotton (Cotton as a Competitor of Linen – Cotton as a Competitor of Wool – Cotton as a Competitor of Silk) --- Sources of Supply Other Than the United States (Cotton Supply from West Indies and Brazil – Cotton Supply from East Indies – Cotton Supply from Egypt) --- United States Leading Country in Production and Consumption --- The Increase in the World's Consumption of Cotton --- Effort to Discover New Sources of Cotton Supply --- Competitors of the United States in Cotton Production --- Supremacy of the United States in Future Cotton Production --- Sources of Cotton Receipts and Progress of Cotton Consumption.