13 U.S.C. § 41: Collection and publication

The Secretary shall collect and publish statistics concerning the—(1) amount of cotton ginned; (2) quantity of raw cotton consumed in manufacturing establishments of every character; (3) quantity of baled cotton on hand; (4) number of active consuming cotton spindles; (5) number of active spindle hours; and (6) quantity of cotton imported and exported, with the country of origin and destination.