Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-05-23

Raleigh, N. c.. May 22-The increas-
ing Importance of North Carolina and
the steady progress OF the Industrial
DEVELOPMENT of the State is shown by
the thirteenth annual report of the
Bureau of Labor and Printing that has
just been issued by Mr.. p. II. Lacy.
commissioner, and Mr.. w L.. Faison,
assistant commissioner. 1t is an at
tractivcly printed volume of over 400
pages. divided into ten chapters.
1t was very proper that the first
chapter of the book should be devoted
to agricultural statistics. For, as Mr..
Lacy so truly says:
There Is no better class of citizens
on earth than the farmers of North
Carolina; they are conservative and
safe. ard have furnished our cities with
many Of our most successful and cner-
getic business men,
Accompanying this chapter is a table
oil great value, showing the financial
and educational condition of the farm
crS OF the State, compiled from 379
blanks filed out by representative
farmers from every county in The State
from June 18th to September 18th, 1899
BY reference to table it will be seen
mat the average wages paid farm labor
ii VIC 'ot'itt Is as lplIoWS. Men, 1871,
women. S5.2I and children, $3.5S. In
addition to wages. rations to the value
OF $SS2 and house pasture, garden etc.
to the value OF $2.63 are furnished
which brings the average TO 1855 for
men. II VIII also be seen that the cost
OIL production of the principal crops is
as follows: Bale of cotton 600 pounds)
S2i.o6; bushel of wheat, Gle; bushel Of
corn. 4lc.: bushel OF oats, 29c.; 100
pounds Of tobacco. SG.9l. and the selling
price. cotton 5Ssc.. what 7Sc., corn dc.
oats 39c.. tobacco, s7z.
COTTON AND WOODEN MILLS.
The third chapter is devoted to the
advance in textile manufactures There
mas been an unprecedented growth in
the cottoninill business in North Caro-
INA this year, both in new mills and
the charging Of old ones. The follow
ing figures from the report show the
growth of the cotton mill business in
the past half century:
In 1910 there We're in North Carolina
~ cotton mills operating 1900 sDindlcS
ana 100 looms; in 1850, 2S mills, operat-
ing 10000 spindles and 500 looms: in 1860
80 mills, operating Al 800 splndles aud
500 looms; III 1870. 80 mills. operating
$500 spindieS and 600 looms; in 1850
~ mills. operating 92.400 spndies ana
$500 looms; in 1880, 81 mills. operating
S31.S00 spindies and 1900 looms in 1899,
ISL mills. operating 1,10923S spindes
nnd 257G5 looms
North Carolina ranks among the
leading cotton manufacturing States
being sixth in the number OF spindles
ana NTH III number of looms. Tho
cstma cd production of cotton for 1900
Is $4,000 bales and the estimated CON
sumption by the mills $4,000 bales
leaving surplus of 100000 bales
About twenty-five new mills have
been projected during the year and
"a hA "a e
construction. The total number OF
mills IS 2l5, spindlcs. 1.1l5.S20: looms
25.3'3; machines l,753; requiring 5l.472
hcrse-powcr. The average wage; per
day Is as follows Engineer, $l43: fire
men. Soc; men. skilled 81 lnl4 men, IN
skilled. Go%ic.; women, skilled, G7c;
women. unsl7illcd, 46hc.: children, S2c
Number OF employees 80, 76I. divided rs
follows: Men, 1852 women. 15.S14:
children. 3.S0S U,694 boys and 16li
G!ris). Fer cent. Of adult: who read
ana write SIS; of children, 69i Hours
vi i"p"' range from ten to twelve
TRADES.
he chapter on trades takes up 49,
pages Las chapter shows the condi-
ton of the various labor organizations
III TIE state. rates Of wages, etc.
OTHER INTERESTS.
Tobacco manufacture. mines ond
manufactures. wafer powers. nevsno
pers, fisheries and the other great inter
ests of the State are all treated in q
comprehensive and clear manner.
FOR COMMANDER.
The many friends OF Mr. Robert
Worth bingham are pleased to learn
tnat MS name is to be presented before
the convention of United Sons of con
tolerate Veterans.
Though now residing in Louisville
where he Is engaged in the practice of
law, Mr. Bingham is u native of North
Carolina, and was at one time connect
ed with the famous Bingham School OF
which his father. Colonel Robert RIM
ham, is superintendent, and which has
been under the management of the
Bingham family since its foundation
aLCut n century ago.
Mr. Robert Worth Bingham IS an
alumnus OF the University of North
Carolina and of the University of Viz
ginia. and is we'll known throughout
the entire South
a. AND NJ. COLLEGE CHANGES.
/. IL intlmated that there NAV he
several changes in the faculty of the
A and NJ. College before another term
opens. The trustees meet next week M
Raleigh and the designations of the fol-
lowing gentlemen may be received:
c. NJ. Pritohett, assistant in mechani-
cal engineering.
Benjamin Fennell, instructor in draw
Ing.
c. w. scribner. professor of mechanl-
cal engin ecring.
Thomas Ia Wright. assistant pro-
fessor OF mathematics
Charles NJ Parks. superintendent of
shops.
Messrs. Phitchett and Fennell have
already accepted other positions. Both
Of them will go with the ID. Il. Tomp
liins Machine Company at Charlotte.
A Now MINING COMPANY.