of the produce of the United States was proved
beyond all dispute, and American cotton was again king. Slave labour
disappeared, and under new and more promising auspices a fresh career of
progress began. With rare combination of facilities and advantages, made
available with remarkable skill and enterprise, the production of cotton
in America seems likely for a long series of years to continue to
increase in magnitude and importance. The total area of the
cotton-producing region in the States is estimated at 448,000,000 acres,
of which in 1906 only about one acre in fifteen was devoted to cotton.
The potentialities of the region are thus enormous.

+------------------+---------------------------+----------------------+------------+
| States and | Upland Cotton. | Sea Island Cotton. | Total |
| Territories. +--------------+------------+-----------+----------+ Value. |
| | Quantity. | Value. | Quantity. | Value. | |
+------------------+--------------+------------+-----------+----------+------------+
| | lb. | $ | lb. | $ | $ |
| Alabama | 603,651,989 | 60,425,564 | .. | .. | 60,425,564 |
| Arkansas | 450,991,361 | 45,144,235 | .. | .. | 45,144,235 |
| Florida | 17,876,133 | 1,789,401 | 9,031,896 | 2,587,638| 4,377,039 |
| Georgia | 750,762,910 | 75,151,367 | 9,950,634 | 2,850,857| 78,002,224 |
| Indian Territory | 196,648,765 | 19,684,542 | .. | .. | 19,684,542 |
| Kansas | 9,844 | 985 | .. | .. | 985 |
| Kentucky | 1,008,290 | 100,930 | .. | .. | 100,930 |
| Louisiana | 473,222,310 | 47,369,553 | .. | .. | 47,369,553 |
| Mississippi | 732,755,978 | 73,348,874 | .. | .. | 73,348,874 |
| Missouri | 26,040,093 | 2,606,613 | .. | .. | 2,606,613 |
| New Mexico | 74,340 | 7,442 | .. | .. | 7,442 |
| North Carolina | 276,215,506 | 27,649,172 | .. | .. | 27,649,172 |
| Oklahoma | 233,396,905 | 23,363,030 | .. | .. | 23,363,030 |
| South Carolina | 415,386,362 | 41,580,175 | 2,723,859 | 999,656| 42,579,831 |
| Tennessee | 146,569,434 | 14,671,600 | .. | ..