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- INDUSTRIAL GROW.TH. What the Year's Record of 'i-dustria Development on the Southern Railway Reveals-The Uni form Rate of Progress. Following the usual custom ot ac quainting i'ts readers with the indus trial growth of the teritory served by the Southern Railway Lines, for sta ted periods, the Southern Field pre. sents in this issue a brief summar of the development recorded by th< Land and Industrial Department fo: the year ended on June 130, 1905, ir comparison with other years. ThiE statement, covering 'tributarv coun try in Virginia, the Carolinas, Tennes see, Kentucky, Alabama, Georgia Mississippi, Indiana and Illinois in cldes the development taking place along the lines of the Mobile an< Ohio and subsidiary lines operated it connection with Southern Railwa: lines proper. The inquiries of th< Land and Industrial Department cov er not only the developments -of pro ductive industry-industrial estab lishments -and operations whic!h con - tribute to the tonnage of the railroad! -but also those investments of capi tal which .are designed to improv( living conditions in the sections serv ed. to facilitate traffic, encourage the -establishment of adritionai industrie and promote the more rapid peopling through immigration, of sections o the south whose crying need is more people In the latter category are in cluded the liberal and constantly in creasing expenditures on the part o municipalities for street pavements sewers, water supply and public light ing-improvements which bear a very distinct and positive relation to the work of locating factories and peo ple, for nothing has been more con clusively demonstrated sin the indus trial rehabilitation of the south that that capital for industrial investmen is seeking .out the cities and town! which are taking advanced positi-on in the character of their public con veniences and utilities-. This may b< counted as one of the several reason! w hy the south is forging to the fron industrially faster than any othe: section of the country, for cities an< towns are very generally undergoing marked physical changes in the sec tions reached by the Southern Rail *wav lines and almost without excep tion municipal -and private enterpris4 are keeping pace wteahother. Thi sum total o uhivsmnsade penditures, public and private, for th, period named, wa.s .$19,900,934 com pared with $115.040,848 for ihe previ ous year, an increase in the rate o *growth 'of $4,860,086 or 4.8 per cent -During-the past four years the rate o -this growth has been remarkably uni form. In 1902 it was represented b: investments and expendituresarount ing :to $112,441,55%: in 1903, $117-, *434,690: in 1904-5 as already statd $115,040,848 and $119,900,934, respect *ively, making a grand tot-al of $'464, 818,031, all of which is demonstrativ< * of the fact'that ,the present industria progress of the south-so far as thi territory contiguous .o Southern Rail v lines is illustrative of the genera sittuation-is well sustained and re nyarkably free from recurrent period of activity and depression. This con clusion is borne out by examinatioi of statis'tics relating to purely indus trial developmients as well as in thi statistics 'covering the public ani quasi-pu~blic improvements in the sec tions under notice. For the year end ed on June 30, 1905, the amount o capital actually invested in new indus tries tribu:tary to these lines amount ed to $30,799,900, compared with $32, 908.750 for 1904. $25,769,659 for 1903 and $27,306,850 for 1902, *a total fo the four years of $116,785,139. Durin the past year there wvas' invested ii the form of sadditions to industria establishments -the sum of $9,012,3I5 compared with $14,569.788 for 1902 $15593;643 for 1903 and $6,263.30 for 1902, a total of $45,437,043 or grand total of $115,785,139 represent ng the apiount of capital invested i: roductive industrial enterprises dur ng the period of four years. In othe words, of the $464. 818, 031 variousi: invested and expended 25 per cent wa 'devoted, to the establishment an equipmnt of industrial plants for th utilization of southern resources an' the employment of labor at point reached by these lines. This of cours does not take into account that grea multitude of minor investment I. )t v,-n I Lnt''Zr~a u!eu An Increase in Numbers. It i t be noted in this c n neton that while there has been a slight de crease in the -capital invested in indus trial enterprises during the past year. bompared with the year previous. there was such an increase in the number of such enterprises, exceed ing the record for 1904 by 96, or 13 per cent. This is consistent with the fact frequently pointed out by the Land and Industrial Department, that the south, is proving an hviting field for the manufac-turer of comparative ly small means, and in no line -of in dustry is -this fact more noticeable 'than in furniture making and general wood-working. Indeed, industrial de velopments of every class, not except ing the cotton mills, are very gen erally a growth from small begin nings in 1this section of 'the south; they earn Ptheir means of growth from year to year. Illustrative of this are the very large investments in ad ditions, previously alluded ito. For example, in 1903 such investmentE amounted 'to nearly $16,ooo,ooo, equal to more than half the amount of new or original capital invested in indus tries that year, while for 1904 it was only slightly less than half-. While -the investments in additions las-c year was comparatively small the expla nation is found in the peculiar econo mic conditions associated with the cotton situation in 'The early part of 1904, 'having their origin in a wide spread misapprehension touching the south's capacity to produce sufficient raw cotton to meet the world's needs: This misapprelhension which was not formed of the enormous cotton crop of 1904, had the effect of sfaying the construction of many proposed mills and postponing th-e installation of much additional equipment which had been planned by millei and other interests related thereto. This situa tion was of course .reflectedin the in I dustrial record for the' year closed Ion June 30-a situation which was ta ken note of by the Southern Field in the issue for November, *r. The Investment in Cotton Mills. During the p-ast year there was in vested in cotton mills and relat.ed in dustries the sum -of $9,073,650. These -plants included cot-ton rmills, cotton warhouses, cotton seed oil mills, knitting mills, hosiery establishments, compresses, etc. .In 1904 the invest ment was $12,953,500; in 1903 $io, -326,100; and in 1902, $7,514,850. mak ing -a 'tQtal for the four years of $39. 868,0o-a truly remarkable showmng, still further emphasized when the re suits are measured 'by ithe n.umber-of spindles -wh'ich this great investment 'has put in motion' in the cities and mill towns reached by the lines of the Southern Railway. With the addmon of spindles tinstalled since January 1. qo--on wvhic'h date the last yearly ecord of mill equip-ment for this ter itory wvas closed-there are at the present time 6,778,186 cottcon spindles immediately tribu'tary to the Southern Railway line, which is about 28 per ent of the 'total number of spindles iinthe United States and 82.5 per cent of the spindles -of the entire south. There are some 8oo establis'hments in the southern sta'tes which consume rw cotton, and 'of this number all b ut 5-less 'Than half the number l1 cated in North Carolina 'alone-are es sablished in Southern Railway states. This number includes spin n-rng mills and 'those establishmenlts which use raw coatton in the ~manu facture of 'mattresses, batting, felt, e c. The number of active and idle ssindles in southern mills, as compil d b Mr. Hester is 8,685,393; the number as compiled 'by another au thority for the Northern mills is 15, 25,000 and the total number of spin dies compiled from -These two sources - s24010393. which corresponds sub sntiallv with a recent report of the breau of' the cen-sus. e -Cotton Consumption. he cotton consumption in the so;)thern mills amounts 1C0 15.6 per cen't of the entire American produc tiin. Not counting Virginia, which secures practically all of its supplies rom ther states, North Carolina leads in ,the per cent of pr'oduc'ion consumed. showing 78.4 per cent, compared with 51.4 per cent in South Carolina and 23.9 per cent in Georgia. Th consumption of mills in the two Carolinas 'amounts to 56.8 per cent of thhat of the souThern states. For the The cels report alluded to states that In twenty-five years the produc tion of the United States has increas. ed from 5.755.359 to 13.693.279 bales In the same period the total consump tion of cotton in -this country has in crea-sed from 1,671,383 to 4.278,98( bales. Within the last five years the cotton consuming establishments oi 'the southeri states have increasec their consumption from 1,483.711 tc 2,140,151 bales, an increase of 656,44c bales. During these five years .the northern cotton consuming establish ments -have actually dec;eased theh consumption by 16,955 bales. T<his iE explained by the fact r.hat these mill! have been engaged during this period in replacing old machinery by thal which is more modern, thus .increas ing the efficiency of their plants and the fineness of the yarns spun withou making very large increases in the number of spindles. In 188o the southern mills contain ed542,o48 spindles and consumed 183, 453 bales of cotton. For the year end ing December 31, 1904,:these mills re ported 8,2i1,734 spindles, and during the year ending Auguset 31, 1905 there were consumed in. tfhese mill! 2,140,151 lbales of cotton. The cotton cqnsumption per spindle in *the south -in 1899 was, according tc the census. 155.9 pounds, com'pare< with 161.4 in i8go and 164.6 in 190C There is a marked tendency towart Athe production of finer yar\ in thes< mills, the average consumption pei spindle at this time 'being reported a 124.5 pounds a decrease of 40.1 pound. per spindle. The average annual con sumption per spindle in northeri mills in ioo was 75.2 pounds and ii 1905 is 67.1 po.unds, a decrease of 8.: pounds 'pEr spindle: While 'the soutl shows a greater decrease in pound! per spindle, these conditions in botl sections have brought about a mate rial decrease in the- average for th< country, which is.norw 86.2 pounds pe: spindle. compared with 95-4 in 1900. Woodwor king Industries Show a: Increas;e of 64 per cent over the Precedeing Year. iThe 'year has 'witnessed the con struction of 307 plants devoted to va rious forrms of woodworking. Of tihit number 40 were furniture factories5 The remainder comiprised saw mills planing mill's, box ,factories, stay ihills, 'heading mills, handle factories etc. The tendency noted on the par 'of northern manufacturers in 'wood ti 'move thieir plants 'to the south and ac quire 'their own timbe' :holdings i: order to be assured a lasting suppl' of raw material, to which allusion 'ha frequently been made in this publi cation, is .increasing in strengith. very large percent-age of the standing timber purc'hases made in the souti during the year contemplare tihe even tual, if n1ot- immediate, location of in dustries for i:ts. consumption at pointi local 'to the supply. The location 0 such inc.ustries during the year, witi addition'; made to existing plants, in volved dhe investment 'of $7,526,212 compare d with $4,792,700 in 1904, $5, 86,. 700 in 1903 and $2,346,450 inl 1902 The int rease of last year over th< precedir g year 'was about 64 per cent but in the opinion of close 'observer! 'the .movement of factories of thi: class to the south is only relative!; in its infancy. The enormous purchases of timbe: has very generally been m'ade 'by th< owners of factories in tihe north whc realizing the ulkimate necessity a tran'sferring their operations .to -th south. are disposed t-o postpone tha necesss:y as long as possi.ble, in th meantime making preparations fo the inevitable. As readers of th< Southern Field have been informed i: previous issues the mill men of t'h< out andl others interested in the pre ervation of the south's timber sup ply are taking active steps in coopera tion with the United Sta'tes Fores Servicc to encourage ,conservativt methods of lumbering, to the end tha the supply may be perpetuated indef initely. The Tanning Industry. Six new 'tanning establishments making in ,all some seventy establish ments devoted to tanning. the manui facture of tanning tools and the pro duction .of tannic ac.id, are now 10 cated on the lines of tihe Soatherr ailay, while several oth ers-inclu ding on whih will probably be tn< I~ L ' taal amiount of cap)ital ivested in tis i industry on the Southern railway linls proper during the past four years was $2,429.ooo. while a considerable in vestment was also made in tributary -territory reached by subsidiary lines. Iron and Coal. The record for the past year shows an investment of capital in coal mines, iron mines, furnaces and other pri marily related interests of $5,672,462. In four years these instruments 'have aggregated $27,021,560; and while the investments for the last year did no-r approach in magnitude. these for 1904, when more than eleven million dol lars was thus invested, the grow.th has been normal and satisfactory. In 1902 the investment was $3.428,500. in 1903. $6.47.900, while the figures as given for igo4-$i1.449,698-were in fluenced by -two of these extraordi narily large investments. Aside from these - four great divisions -of indus trial development-cotton and its by products, products -of the forests and products -of the mines-there has been a great development of miscellaneous industries based upon an increasing production of farm s-taples other than cotton, to which more extended al lusion will be made in future issues of the Southern Field. 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