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Subject: THE PRICE OF COTTON 1800 - 2000: A TABLE
Category: Business and Money > Economics
Asked by: alkan-ga
List Price: $10.00

Posted: 26 Jun 2002 14:55 PDT
Expires: 26 Jul 2002 14:55 PDT
Question ID: 33770

A table giving the price per pound of cotton for each year during the
time period 1800 - 2000.  DO NOT ADJUST THE PRICES FOR INFLATION but
give the price in the dollars of the historical year pertinent. 
Domestic prices preferable but Liverpool prices a less preferred
alternate.

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Subject: Re: THE PRICE OF COTTON 1800 - 2000: A TABLE
Answered By: ozguru-ga on 09 Jul 2002 07:38 PDT
Rated: 5 out of 5 stars

Dear alkan, It has been a while with no answer at all, so I thought I would give you what I had so far... Is this sufficient? The price is not adjusted for inflation. : Price Year :- per : Lbs : Cents 1876 : 9.71 1877 : 8.53 1878 : 8.16 1879 : 10.28 1880 : 9.83 1881 : 10.66 1882 : 9.12 1883 : 9.13 1884 : 9.19 1885 : 8.39 1886 : 8.06 1887 : 8.55 1888 : 8.50 1889 : 8.55 1890 : 8.59 1891 : 7.24 1892 : 8.34 1893 : 7.00 1894 : 4.59 1895 : 7.62 1896 : 6.66 1897 : 6.68 1898 : 5.73 1899 : 6.98 1900 : 9.2 1901 : 7.0 1902 : 7.6 1903 : 10.49 1904 : 9.0 1905 : 10.78 1906 : 9.6 1907 : 10.36 1908 : 9.0 1909 : 13.52 1910 : 13.96 1911 : 9.65 1912 : 11.50 1913 : 12.47 1914 : 7.35 1915 : 11.22 1916 : 17.36 1917 : 27.09 1918 : 28.88 1919 : 35.34 1920 : 15.89 1921 : 17.00 1922 : 22.88 1923 : 28.69 1924 : 22.91 1925 : 19.62 1926 : 12.49 1927 : 20.20 1928 : 17.98 1929 : 16.78 1930 : 9.46 1931 : 5.66 1932 : 6.52 1933 : 10.17 1934 : 12.36 1935 : 11.09 1936 : 12.36 1937 : 8.41 1938 : 8.60 1939 : 9.09 1940 : 9.89 1941 : 17.03 1942 : 19.05 1943 : 19.90 1944 : 20.73 1945 : 22.52 1946 : 32.64 1947 : 31.93 1948 : 30.38 1949 : 28.58 1950 : 40.07 1951 : 37.88 1952 : 34.59 1953 : 32.25 1954 : 33.61 1955 : 32.33 1956 : 31.75 1957 : 29.65 1958 : 33.23 1959 : 31.66 1960 : 30.19 1961 : 32.92 1962 : 31.90 1963 : 32.23 1964 : 31.07 1965 : 29.37 1966 : 21.75 1967 : 26.70 1968 : 23.11 1969 : 22.00 1970 : 21.98 1971 : 28.23 1972 : 27.30 1973 : 44.60 1974 : 42.90 1975 : 51.30 1976 : 64.10 1977 : 52.30 1978 : 58.40 1979 : 62.50 1980 : 74.70 1981 : 54.30 1982 : 59.60 1983 : 66.60 1984 : 58.90 1985 : 56.30 1986 : 52.40 1987 : 64.30 1988 : 56.60 1989 : 66.20 1990 : 68.20 1991 : 58.10 1992 : 54.90 1993 : 58.40 1994 : 72.00 1995 : 76.50 1996 : 70.50 1997 : 66.20 1998 : 61.70 1999 : 46.80 2000 : 51.60 2001 : 35.10 Cornell University http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/data-sets/crops/96120/ Regards,
Request for Answer Clarification by alkan-ga on 29 Jul 2002 18:07 PDT Dear ozguru, This is sufficient. How do I close out this question and settle up? Best regards Alkan
Clarification of Answer by ozguru-ga on 29 Jul 2002 19:50 PDT Dear alkan, Thank you for your acceptance of the answer. Here are a few more prices pieced together from the following articles... apparently the pre-1862 prices experienced significant disruptions with the "Panic of 1819" and the affects of the Civil War leading to at least two major boom/bust cycles. North Carolina. General Assembly. House of Commons A Bill to Limit the Production of Cotton and Tobacco in the Year 1864. House Bill, No. 3, Ses. 1863 [Raleigh, N. C.}: W. W. Holden, Printer to the State, 1863. 2 p. Alabama agricultural museum http://www.alagmuseum.org/new_page_7.htm Pacer, Robert, F., Cotton’s Importance to the South:1862 price http://www.mcm.edu/~pacer/oldsouth/staples1/cotton/ Trumbore, Brian, Cotton – Eli Whitney Part 2 http://www.buyandhold.com/bh/en/education/history/2001/cotton2.html 1818 32.5 1819 14 1840-1850 < 10 1855 above 10 1856 15 1862 62 high Various search strategies were followed (most unsuccessful): cotton price year : where year equalled 1800, 1875 etc) yielded the most results. I think, all that remains is to rate the answer. Regards,
Request for Answer Clarification by alkan-ga on 30 Jul 2002 09:39 PDT Dear ozguru, Thanks for the additional prices. I have gone ahead and rated the answer. Best regards, Alkan
Clarification of Answer by ozguru-ga on 30 Jul 2002 10:07 PDT Thanks again.

alkan-ga rated this answer: 5 out of 5 stars

This was a very difficult question.  The researcher managed to piece
together several sources to produce a servicable answer.

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Subject: Re: THE PRICE OF COTTON 1800 - 2000: A TABLE
From: elevener-ga on 30 Jun 2002 02:29 PDT

If you wiiling to pay, you can get information you need
at http://www.globalfindata.com/ site.

http://www.globalfindata.com/search/gfdtree.php3?mode=show_preview&id=3989
[
Cotton Spot Price
UNITED STATES
Currency:
United States Dollar
Monthly Data Begin:
Saturday, January 31, 1784
Weekly Data Begin:
Tuesday, January 2, 1979
Daily Data Begin:
Tuesday, January 2, 1979
]
Single file data request starting from 1800 costs $35.

You can see a sample of provided data at
http://www.globalfindata.com/trial/10028.php3
[Silver Cash Price]

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