The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-03-27
BUSINESS OF THE SOUTH.
Re'tew of The manufacturers Record
Tor the Past Week..

Baltimore, Md, March 22-The Ianufac-
turei's' Record. in reviewing the business
OF the south for the week, says: Reports
from all parts Of the south indicate that
the general business outlook is very prom
lslnS though the volume of trade does
not yet show any very large increase. But,
II judged by the southwark trend of capital
ana immigration, and by the evident in
crease in the organization of new enter
pfises, the south is entering upon the most
soildly prosperous era OF it's history The
immigration movement especially is one of
the most noticeable signs of the times and
throughout the north and west the desire
10 move south seems to be assuming pro-
portions of national importance.
special reports from New Ena land show
more disposition than ever beto9 to invest
In southern cotton mills. and a uanufarf1Irp,.
o. that section tells The Manufacturers
itecord that Il number OF large mills viii
be putt in the south by New England pe9-
enterprises reported for the week are A
company capitalized at Sc coo 600 to build a
Town ana develop shipping facilities on
fatuA"ht RIVER MARY i1ilq; 100000 COM
pahy organized to ship barites from Blacks
DuIG, y. g, to Baltimore, where a large
nahulacturinG plant will be estab'ished a
%-9Qtu0 company to establish an artificial
Ice plant III Baltimore in connection win
a SAatlhS rink project: a lumber mill and a
AHGe factory IN Maryland; 100000 tobacco
company Il Shoe factory and a canning:
factory in Virginia; 4 100000 neutral GAS
tosHl,alE and i tannery in West Virginia:
d d., >-Vd''V00 iaihber exporting combination
$4,000 cotton mill company a $50 cen oil
!nll, Il compress and several cotton gins in
j eHdSi an electric power plant saw min
quarry ana canning factory in Georgia etc
The Manufacturers Record has comDilaj
from the census bulletin Just issued the
statistics Of manufacturers of the south in
1880 as compared with 1880 which shows nm
Increase in capital from $257244 5G6 in 1881
to $3.50 ST. in 1890. and increase in the
value cf products from $457 454 IN in 1880 70
$9iE3S9oi5 in 1890. The number of hands
increased from 305,4G7 to 5SS5 BPS and the
amount Of their wages from SIS 9174n to
So lS.h5. Adding to the value of manu-
featured products, the value of mining
products and the total for the south in 1890
was 1910 600 600 or more than two and a
h&H times as much as the average value
OF the south's cotton crops.
What Bradstreet's Says.
NEW YORK, March 22-Bradstreet's
March 2tth will say; Increased observance
Of Good Friday in business circles serves to
check the volume of trade. Notwithstand-
ing there being practically one less bus
mess day this week than last continued
spring like weather has further stimulated
sales of staples at nearly all
the larger cities in the eastern
middle and some of the western
states. Comparatively fewer southern dis
tTibuting centers reported large gains.
Among he the more conspicuous staple pro-
and Indian corn, decreased ava liable supplies
beinS primarily Responsible. Coffee ana
leaf tobacco remain stOnS at practically
unchan&ed figures and lower ranges of
value have been reached by several Vari-
cites Ct iron and of steel; by live cattle
and live hogs at western markets; by both
raw and refined sugar; by wheat, oats and
by mess pork.